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Cherry Blossom at The Alnwick Garden

The Alnwick Garden in Northumberland is home to the world’s largest collection of Prunus Taihaku cherry trees outside the land of the rising sun. Here for up to two weeks – often towards the end of April – large, ice-white flowers emerge from the pink buds of 329 cherry trees, turning the entire orchard into a perfumed sea of snow as far as the eye can see.

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Ad Gefrin

Read the story behind the new Anglo-Saxon Museum and Whisky Distillery based in the heart of Northumberland.

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Discover: Hareshaw Linn

Located on the outskirts of Bellingham, a small town in the heart of the North Tyne Valley, the enchanting Hareshaw Linn awaits adventurers along a route renowned for its captivating beauty.

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In Search of the Aurora

A guide to finding, witnessing and capturing the northern lights in Northumberland by Kielder Observatory astronomer, Dan Monk.

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The Night of the Burning Barrels

While most raise a glass to welcome in the new year, 45 men born in the Allen Valleys will traditionally raise something quite different – burning barrels filled with tar, sawdust, kindling and paraffin on their heads.

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Beekeepers of Berwick

Willie Robson and his family have kept honeybees at Chain Bridge Honey Farm near Berwick-Upon-Tweed since 1948. We discover the history of the four-generational family enterprise, the challenges they face and what the future holds for the honeybees on which their operation depends on.

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The Gruesome Tale of Winter’s Gibbet

On a rainy night in 1791, an elderly woman by the name of Margaret Crozier answers the door to a sodden man seeking shelter. Allowing this stranger into her home began not only the end of Margaret Crozier’s life, but the unnerving story of a gibbet that has become entwined in Northumbrian ghost lore.

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Forage & Feast

Meet the foraging experts putting wild food back on the menu.

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Within the Walls of Warkworth

See behind the walls of Wakworth Castle with this stunning photography collection by Callum Thompson.

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Salmon Netting on the Tweed

Preserving the intangible heritage of net fishing in the estuary of one of the world’s great salmon rivers. 

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