Northumbria & Beamish

Staying at the Holiday Inn  Newcastle – Gosforth Park hotel sits in a peaceful setting close to the junction of the A1 and A19 roads. There’s free WiFi throughout the hotel. Enjoy a walk in the sprawling grounds, clock a few laps in the leisure club’s indoor pool or wind down in the sauna, steam room and spa bath. Linger with a coffee or snack in the comfortable Mercury Bar, or sip a cool beer on the patio. The Blagdon Brasserie serves an English and continental buffet breakfast and bistro meals. 

Holiday Inn – 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!

Durham: No visit to the county would be complete without a visit to the world-famous Durham Cathedral, which together with the adjacent Castle forms a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Durham City. And if you love history you can delve further into the county’s fascinating past at exciting attractions in the Durham Dales, Durham Coast and the Vale of Durham including Beamish – The living Museum of the North, England’s largest open air museum. 

Optional
Coastal tour to Alnwick Castle & Gardens: is a castle and stately home of the Duke of Numthumberland , built following the Norman conquest, and is a Grade I listed building.  Alnwick Castle most recently featured as Rouen in the BBC’s series of Shakespeare adaptations The Hollow Crown: The Wars Of The Roses, as well as starring as the magnificent Brancaster Castle in Downton Abbey’s 2015 Christmas special. Having already featured as Hogwarts in the first two Harry Potter films, as well as appearing in Elizabeth and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, among others, the castle is no stranger to film crews!