Sandy Bay gives you everything the name suggests! Take life easy on the golden sands: enjoy…
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Inspired by monster coal-cutting machines, the Cutter building houses emotive displays about life in the mining community, colourful banners and exhibition galleries. It is also home to the archives for Northumberland with records dating back 800 years. Unique listed colliery buildings have also been brought back to life for the Colliery Experience.
Facilities – at a glance
Assist dogs allowed
Refreshments
Suitable for all child ages
Features
- Suitable for children of all ages
- Parking onsite
- Parking nearby
- Cafe
- Facilities: Dedicated parking, loop system, printed copies of soundtracks, large print on request
- Accessible toilets
- Open all year
- Opening Times: Open all year, Wed-Sun & BH Mons, Oct-Mar 10-4, Apr-Sep 10-5. Also open Mon-Tue in school hols. Closed Xmas
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About the area
Discover Northumberland
If it’s history you’re after, there’s heaps of it in Northumberland. On Hadrian’s Wall you can imagine scarlet-cloaked Roman legionaries keeping watch for painted Pictish warriors while cursing the English weather and dreaming of home. Desolate battlefield sites and hulking fortresses such as Alnwick, Dunstanburgh, Bamburgh and Warkworth are reminders that this, until not so very long ago, was a contested border region. The ruins of Lindisfarne bear witness to the region’s early Christian history.
Northumberland also has some of Britain’s best beaches. On summer days, and even in winter, you’ll see surfers and other brave souls making the most of the coast. Inland, there are some great walks and bike rides in the dales of the Cheviot Hills and the Simonsides – just hilly enough to be interesting, without being brutally steep. There's dramatic scenery in the High Pennines, where waterfalls plunge into deep valleys, and there are swathes of heather-scented moorland. Northumberland National Park covers over 400 square miles of moorland and valleys with clear streams and pretty, stone-built villages. It’s just the place for wildlife watching too. You’ll find flocks of puffins, guillemots and other seabirds around the Farne Islands, and seals and dolphins offshore.
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