The considerable damage done to the Georgian fabric of London between 1900 and 1930 led directly to the foundation of the Georgian Group in 1937. The talk will highlight Georgian architecture but also some of the extraordinary events and characters involved in the complex negotiations to establish the Group, which has subsequently become one of the foremost of the seven National Amenity Societies in the UK, tasked with looking after our built heritage.

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Berwick Old Bridge celebrates its 400th anniversary this year. Join Berwick Archivist, Linda Bankier in this walk across the bridge and find out more about its history and how it has been used in the past.

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Berwick Rangers Football Club was formed in 1881 when an enthusiastic group of players, led by local businessman and town councillor Peter Cowe, came together regularly on an informal basis for training on the Bull Stob Close pitch before getting their first taste of competitive action with home and away matches against Alnwick, both of which ended in draws. The club was officially constituted as “Berwick Rangers Football Club (Association)” in early 1884.

Known as the Black and Gold Army, the team has played at their present ground since 1954. They had previously played at Bull Stob Close and Old Shielfield Park which was nearby.

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Martins the Printers is an independent family- owned book printers, which has been operating from Berwick-upon-Tweed since 1892. In the beginning, Martins was a general commercial printer with its own local newspaper The Mercury, produced until 1945. In the 1950s the company started to concentrate on book publishing and has remained dedicated to book printing ever since. Today Martins is one of the few remaining book printers and binders left in the UK. The event includes a tour round the working factory.

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Find out about Berwick's history in its Visitor Centre sited in a former Methodist Church. As well as its usual displays on Berwick, see an exhibition about the history of the Methodist Community in the town.

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Using the theme of networks, our Big Bridge exhibition combines all the entries to the HODS logo competition with creations from our Artful Adventures workshop in August. Come and see what has been created.

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Enjoy some creative doodling at our Zentangle drop in at Berwick Library. Fill in as much of the white space on the HODs logo as possible and enter your creation into a competition to win a prize!

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Take yourself on a walk around Spittal and find out about some of the properties and buildings there both past and present.  

Spittal was once a seaside resort but also a place with an industrial past. Walk round and look for posters in windows, on a gate or lamp post with anecdotal and hearsay information from local residents, newspapers of the time, censuses and directory with extra historical facts thrown in for good measure. 

Fri 8th–Sun 17th: All day 

You can begin the walk anywhere in Spittal, however, a good starting point is outside St Paul’s Church.