Beamish & Sunderland Coast

Staying at the 4 * Marriott Hotel Gosforth Park Newcastle. Lounge, restaurant and leisure facilities.

Marriott Gosforth Park

Included
Beamish: A visit to the Step Back in Time Museum; travel on the old trams and bus around the vast museum. Visit the Old Town, The Colliery, The Farm and much much more!

Day off in Resort

Optional
Seahouses with an option of a boat trip of the Farne Islands:
Seahouses: Saunter along the bustling harbour of this colourful fishing village and browse an Aladdin’s Cave of shops in this popular seaside holiday resort. Board a Billy Shiel or Serenity boat trip bound for the Farne Islands, one of the UK’s top wildlife experiences. During the breeding season around 150,000 seabirds vie for space here. Get dive bombed by terns on Inner Farne and encounter curious grey seals that make up one of the country’s largest colonies. Sup a pint of Farne Island ale in a friendly inn’s beer garden overlooking the islands themselves and take in the sights of Bamburgh Castle and Holy Island.

Farne Islands: The islands have strong links with Celtic Christianity and St Cuthbert, who lived on the islands as a hermit in the 7th century. The island’s other famous resident was young Victorian heroine Grace Darling who with her father William, the keeper of Longstone Lighthouse, set out in their small open coble boat to rescue survivors of the stricken paddle steamer SS Forfarshire which had struck Big Harcar rock in 1838. Grace, aged just 22 years old was hailed a national heroine