Weekend Meet.
April 7 th Thursday – 12 th Monday – 4 nights
Bellingham – Club site. Cost £13.15
limited places Advance booking essential. Andy Dyko 01642 553 998.
You must follow the directions as given in the Site Seeker Book.
Roads in the area are unsuitable for units over 5.0m in length.
Due to Camping and Caravanning club rules, people who have booked to go to
Bellingham have to pay in full three weeks before going. That is by 18 th . March 2022.
Payment can be made in Cash to any steward at a meet. Payment by cheque or BACS.
Contact the above for details.
All places are HWE
Open Thursday 13:00
Close Monday 12:00
Address
Bellingham Club Site,
Brown Rigg
Bellingham
Hexham
Northumberland
NE48 2JY
Near by points of interest
Bellingham Information Centre
Station Yard, hillside. Bellingham. NE48 2DG (0.4 mile)
Museum and Heritage Centre with Tea rooms, house artefacts, photographs, maps,
drawings and documents recording the history and traditions of the North Tyne Valley
and Redesdale.
Displays include the Boarder Counties Railway, Border Reivers, Mining, Farming
including the Stannerburn Smithy.
The Heritage Centre also provides access to computerised database of historic
photographs as well as a database of local family names.
There is a wide range of things for children to do from trying on a Reiever’s helmet to
playing the Sammy the Salmon Videogame.
Black Middens Bastle House; English Heritage.
Bellingham. NE48 1NE (3.4 mile)
Black Middens Bastle House is situated in an isolated spot on the north side of the
Tarset Valley.
A Bastle House is a fortified or defensible farmhouse; peculiar to the Border Country
between England and Scotland.
Most were built between the mid 16 th century to the mid 17 th century in response to
cross boarder raids.
Living accommodation was on the first floor, while animals were kept on the ground
floor.
Bastles were often built in clusters so that the inhabitants were within easy reach of
their neighbours and could provide one another with support.
These were normally homes for the rich freeholders, lairds, and heads of border clans.
Keilder Water
NE48 1BX (9 mile)
Home to England’s largest forest and the biggest man-made lake in Northern Europe.
Keilder water and forest park is a playground for cyclists, walkers and outdoor
enthusiasts. A haven for wildlife, the best dark skies in England.
Keilder Observatory.
Keilder forest. NE48 1ER (14 mile)
Keilder observatory is one of the most remarkable places to visit in the whole of the
UK. A public astronomical observatory which is second to none, under some of the
darkest skies in the world.
It was opened in 2008 by former Astronomer Royal, Sir Arnold Wolfendale, and now
has a world class reputation for astronomical outreach under one of the best dark skies
in Europe.
Originally envisaged to host a few dozen events a year, it now hosts over 700 events a
year.
Chesters Roman Fort and Museum; English Heritage.
Chollerford. NE46 4EM (9 mile)
See what life was like at one of the Roman Empire’s most northern outposts.
Chesters Roman Fort is the most complete Roman Cavalry Fort in Britain. You can
wander round the unusually well-preserved bath and steam room, and the officer
quarters.