Low Urpeth Farm Holiday Cottages - Beamish Durham Newcastle Gateshead

02/11/2026

Katie's Cottage details

02/11/2026

Two weeks to go! 🤩

Brick Alley LEGO® User Group are returning to Locomotion on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 November for their tenth annual Shildon Brick Show!

Explore a range of displays, see incredibly detailed LEGO® creations, browse trade stands and see which characters you can spot in a mini-figure trail.

Don’t miss out – book your free admission tickets now on our website ✨

01/11/2026

Tommy's run completed today at Seaham. It was rather wet and cold waiting at the start.

Loved the atmosphere, the route, fellow runners and the spectators along the way.

It's my 17th race of 2026 challenge - run at least one race a month with a great medal! Haven't book December's race yet. Better book a race soon.

Thanks to Wild Deer Events for organising another great event.

Loved the medal and Finishers T-shirts

I then had a cappuccino and ... 😬 a very yummy apple crumble and custard for brunch at Creams Seaham as a reward!

30/10/2026

The Bungalow at Low Urpeth Farm Holiday Cottages sleeps 4 in two ensuite bedrooms, ground floor accommodation near Beamish Museum Durham Newcastle Gateshead Sunderland and Northumberland.

29/10/2026

Make memories and book a short break with us, Low Urpeth Farm Holiday cottages, and explore Beamish Museum Durham, Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumberland.

Our cottages

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sleeps up to 4 guests
⭐ 4 Star Gold Accommodation
🛏 2 ensuite bedrooms - King & Twin
🏡 Ground floor accommodation
☕ Nespresso coffee machines
📶 Free WiFi
🔑 Self Check in - Key entry
🟡 Arrival fr 16.00hrs & Check out before 09.45hrs
🚜 Working farm
🔵 Sorry, no dogs
🎂 Welcome treats - Nespresso Coffee Machine with coffee pods, milk, tea, Urpeth Hens Fresh Farm Eggs, South Durham Honey

Email: [email protected] or call 07769671808

🏛 3 miles fr Beamish Museum
🏞 20 min drive fr Durham & Newcastle
🏖 from 25 min drive from the coast⁠
🍻🍽 5 -15 min drive pubs, restaurants
🛒 5-10 mins local shops / supermarkets

Places to visit

⭐Beamish Museum
⭐Raby Castle,
⭐Durham University Oriental Museum
⭐Durham University Palace Green Library
⭐Durham Castle and Cathedral
⭐ Crook Hall Gardens
⭐National Trust
⭐The Bowes Museum
⭐The Alnwick Garden
⭐The Vindolanda Trust,
⭐Discovery Museum
⭐Great North Museum: Hancock ⭐Bamburgh Castle
⭐Alnwick Gardens
⭐ Alnwick Castle and so many more ..

27/10/2026

Loved the Jewel of the North Light And Sound show at the Norman Chapel, Durham Castle

27/10/2026

Make memories and book a short break with us, Low Urpeth Farm Holiday cottages, and explore Beamish Museum Durham, Newcastle, Gateshead and Northumberland.

Our cottages

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Sleeps up to 4 guests
⭐ 4 Star Gold Accommodation
🛏 2 ensuite bedrooms - King & Twin
🏡 Ground floor accommodation
☕ Nespresso coffee machines
📶 Free WiFi
🔑 Self Check in - Key entry
🟡 Arrival fr 16.00hrs & Check out before 09.45hrs
🚜 Working farm
🔵 Sorry, no dogs
🎂 Welcome treats - Nespresso Coffee Machine with coffee pods, milk, tea, Urpeth Hens Fresh Farm Eggs, South Durham Honey

Email: [email protected] or call 07769671808

🏛 3 miles fr Beamish Museum
🏞 20 min drive fr Durham & Newcastle
🏖 from 25 min drive from the coast⁠
🍻🍽 5 -15 min drive pubs, restaurants
🛒 5-10 mins local shops / supermarkets

Places to visit

⭐Beamish Museum
⭐Raby Castle,
⭐Durham University Oriental Museum
⭐Durham University Palace Green Library
⭐Durham Castle and Cathedral
⭐ Crook Hall Gardens
⭐National Trust
⭐The Bowes Museum
⭐The Alnwick Garden
⭐The Vindolanda Trust,
⭐Discovery Museum
⭐Great North Museum: Hancock ⭐Bamburgh Castle
⭐Alnwick Gardens
⭐ Alnwick Castle and so many more ..

27/10/2026

Have you been on a Durham Castle Tour recently? I loved the Jewel of the North Light Show in the Norman Chapel

Thanks Durham Culture County

Durham University Things To Do

Durham Castle Tours cost £7.50 per adult and can be booked online in advance and walks-in on the day (pm) are also available but subject to availability.

Jewel of the North’ light and sound artwork brings Durham Castle's Norman Chapel to life

A new immersive light and sound experience will transport visitors to Durham Castle back to the times following the Norman Conquest of England.

‘Jewel of the North’ is a permanent installation in Durham Castle’s Norman Chapel – a Grade I listed building and one of the oldest surviving Norman stone buildings in England. It tells the story of the Norman Conquest, the Battle of Hastings, and the building of Durham Castle through cutting edge projection art and sound.

‘Jewel of the North’ also brings to life original medieval imagery and carvings from the Norman Chapel. Combining the original words of Anglo-Saxons and Normans themselves to tell their own stories, the installation allows people to enter the world of early Norman England, its culture, voices, and music.

‘Jewel of the North’ will form part of the Castle’s public tours, bringing nearly 1,000 years of history vividly to life. It has been created by award-winning sound and light artists Ross Ashton and Karen Monid (The Projection Studio) in collaboration with experts at Durham University.

The voices and music featured in the installation are performed by academics and students at the University. Durham Castle’s Norman Chapel dates from the 1070s to 1080s, not long after William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion of England.

‘Jewel of the North’ makes innovative use of the chapel's architecture, illuminating its distinctive carvings, including the famous mermaid. The installation also reveals the stories and beliefs that shaped medieval Durham.

It brings together chronicles of the Norman Conquest, prayers from Anglo-Saxon and Norman traditions, medieval poetry, music, saints' lives and one of the earliest descriptions of Durham Castle and its chapel.

Visitors will encounter the writings of Durham monk Symeon and Lawrence of Durham, accounts of the Norman dukes, echoes of the Song of Roland, medieval bestiaries (illustrated manuscripts depicting real and imaginary animals), and sacred chants that once resonated across Norman Europe.

27/10/2026

Something a little different and interesting at

South Shields Museum & Art Gallery

Diary date Tues 3 November

Need to be booked on the link below.

Just announced - FREE curator's talk - Mignard and the Marquise: A Closer Look 📣

Join Dr Mary McMahon, Associate Curator at the National Gallery, at South Shields Museum & Art Gallery for a special talk and Q&A.

Discover the story behind Pierre Mignard’s The Marquise de Seignelay*(1691), currently on display as part of the National Gallery Masterpiece Tour. Learn more about the painting’s artistic significance and how this remarkable masterpiece made its way to South Tyneside 📍

⏰ Times: 11am–12pm and 2pm–3pm
📍South Shields Museum & Art Gallery Learning Room
🎟️ Free, booking required: https://shorturl.at/TynHB

Artwork Credit: Pierre Mignard, 'The Marquise de Seignelay', 1691 © The National Gallery, London

27/10/2026

Something a little different

The Light Durham

Thanks Durham Culture County

Explore 90s pop culture through the prism of colour at The Light Durham ✨

International light art and girl power will become one when a Durham City cultural venue heads back to the 90s for an exclusive party featuring a display of original Spice Girls outfits.

In the second of its After Dark events, on Friday 6 November, The Light is inviting people to Pop Goes The Prism , a celebration of the colour, sound and spectacle of 90s pop music.

The event is being curated by Liz West, whose artwork, Our Spectral Vision, is part of the Durham County Council venue’s current contemporary art exhibition, Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light.

Liz is also the owner of a Guinness World Record-breaking collection of Spice Girls memorabilia. A selection of Liz’s collection will be on display beneath the colourful lights of her artwork at the After Dark event, which coincides with the 30th anniversary of the Spice Girls’ debut album.

Liz will speak to the enduring impact of the girl band on contemporary culture, the links between her art and her collection, and how the pop cultural aesthetic has shaped artistic practice.
Party-goers will also be treated to a pop music set from DJ Annie FM, themed food and drinks and a chance to view The Light’s exhibitions after hours. And, for an added serving of nostalgia, there will be a 90s bedroom for visitors to explore.

After Dark is The Light’s monthly late-night event, combining art, music, performance, food, drinks and unique experience on the first Friday of the month. The first three events are being co-curated by creatives involved in Victory Over the Sun: Encounters with Light. Running until 17 January 2027, the exhibition features spectacular works by international artists who experiment with light in extraordinary ways.

After Dark Volume 2 – Pop Goes The Prism takes place from 7pm to 10pm on Friday 6 November. Tickets are £16 and £12 for students. A valid student ID must be shown.

After Dark Volume 3 – Into The Neon Firelight will follow on Friday 4 December and is being curated by Neon Workshops, the fabricators behind some of the artworks within Victory Over the Sun. The event will feature live glass blowing, a psychedelic folk soundtrack, fire performances, themed drinks and more.

Discover more: https://lnk.bio/s/AfterDarkTheLight