Northumberland Tourism on November 30th, 2009

  It’s always great to discover foreign journalists praising Northumberland after a trip to the county. Today Google news alerts took me to a piece in California’s Mercury News. The writer, Marta Yamamoto, recently had a walking holiday in Northumberland and described the county as ‘a land made for long walks’. Marta spent a lot [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on November 25th, 2009

Northumberland will present a new face to the world in 2010. The county will embrace an identity that captures the heart of the place, the positive energy of the people and their desire to protect their authentic way of life.  These core characteristics create the county’s new identity – Northumberland: An Independent Spirit. “Our research [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on November 19th, 2009

  Northumberland Tourism and partners were present at the British Birdwatching Fair in August and the Birdwatching Northumberland stand was a great success. Martin Kitching, owner of Northern Experience Wildlife Tours, reports that a number of press trips are in the works thanks to Birdwatching Northumberland’s presence at the event. We had a competition too, [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on November 17th, 2009

  A topic that frequently comes up in visitor surveys is the poor quality of a community’s public toilets. So it is excellent news that two public toilets in Morpeth have been rated highly in a scheme which recognises the country’s best kept public toilets. The bus station toilets in Back Riggs, Morpeth were given [...]

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Northumberland Tourism on November 16th, 2009

  The weather across many parts of England has been pretty bad this weekend, and the rain and wind continues. But if you are in Northumberland or planning a trip, don’t let the weather put you off, because there is so much to do indoors. In the southern part of the county is Woodhorn. This [...]

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