Date/Time
Date(s) - 26th Apr 2026 - 29th Apr 2026
All Day
Location
Holiday Inn Jesmond
Categories
STUDY TOUR TO NORTHUMBERLAND : Sunday 26 April 2026 for 3 nights
Cost: £530 pp (plus £120 single supplement)
Holiday Inn Jesmond Newcastle https://www.hinewcastle.co.uk/
Click to download the Harry Shaw Travel brochure and booking form.
DAY 1 : Cheltenham to Newcastle / Baltic Centre, Newcastle
Baltic: four floors of art, two viewing decks, a cafe, shop, library, sensory room and rooftop restaurant
https://baltic.art/
DAY 2 : Alnwick Castle & Gardens inc State Rooms Tour & The Alnwick Garden
Still home to the Duke of Northumberland and his family, this is the second largest inhabited castle in England. The lavish State Rooms contain an eclectic array of furniture, ceramics and art collected by the Percy family for over 700 years
Taihaku Cherry Blossom: the Cherry Orchard at The Alnwick Garden has the largest collection of ‘Taihaku’ in the world. Comprising 329 trees, they all bloom together for up to two weeks around the end of April/beginning of May
https://www.alnwickcastle.com/
DAY 3 : Bamburgh Castle inc booked tour / Cragside
Bamburgh Castle has stood guard above the spectacular Northumberland coastline for over 1,400 years. Spanning nine acres of land on its rocky plateau, it is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country
https://www.bamburghcastle.com/
Cragside: Britain’s original smart home – a pioneering Arts and Crafts mansion filled with the latest Victorian inventions for efficient, modern living, which sits at the heart of a grand fantasy garden. The house was built in stages by Richard Norman Shaw, so it has connections with Sidney Barnsley and W R Lethaby who worked for Shaw, and is a very good example of the architecture of the generation just before Gimson and the Barnsleys. Richly decorated with good late 19th-century pieces
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/north-east/cragside
Please note entrance will be an additional cost to those who are not Members of the National Trust
DAY 4 : St Andrew’s Church, Roker / National Glass Centre, Sunderland
St Andrew’s Church: designed by Edward Prior and fitted out with an extensive scheme of woodwork and metalwork by Ernest Gimson. It also has a Morris/Burne Jones tapestry and works by other major figures in the Arts & Crafts movement
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-andrew-roker
National Glass Centre: discover the art of glassmaking and its roots in the city
https://www.sunderlandculture.org.uk/national-glass-centre/
onward travel to Cheltenham
A minimum of 20 participants is required for this trip to go ahead.
Please email events@friendsofthewilson.org.uk or call Sue Reeves on 01242 675497 with any queries.