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| Articles about Northumberland |
| The Alnwick Garden, Northumberland | | 2007-06-28 19:41:23 | | I visited The Alnwick Garden today. It’s billed as one of the most exciting contemporary gardens developed in the 20th century, a magical landscape created from unique ideas. I was disappointed by the gardens, it wasn’t very large and I didn’t observe much that was unique. It’s £8 for an adult to enter and I don’t think it’s good value for money.
I grant that the grand cascade is pretty impressive with its different displays every 30 minutes. However in my opinion the stone used in the construction looks very new and does not blend in with the surrounding landscape, it reminds me of a new housing estate plonked in former countryside.
The rose garden is pretty but not original. It reminded me of Italian style gardens.
The Ornamental Garden had some beautiful large delphiniums. It is acknowledged as being strongly influenced by European garden design. Although on a smaller scale the garden at the local public park where I lived in Kirkcaldy in e | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
| | Hexham, Northumberland | | 2007-05-20 10:44:38 | | I visited the market town of Hexham yesterday. Hexham lies between Carlisle and Newcastle and is on the rail line between these two cities. Hexham Abbey dates from the 7th century and still contains the Saxon crypt. The Abbey Festival runs from 28 September to 6 October 2007.
Hexham Gaol is the oldest purpose built jail in England dating from 1330. It is also home to the Borders History Museum.
The Queen’s Hall Theatre is a Victorian building, opposite the Abbey.Technorati Tags: Hexham, Northumberland, Hexham Abbey | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
| | Wallington, near Morpeth, Northumberland | | 2007-05-19 23:54:35 | | Today I visited Wallington a mansion set in extensive grounds with a beautiful walled garden. It’s named as one of the top ten picnic locations owned by the National Trust. The are several footpaths from the house to the walled garden, we walked past the china pond and the garden pond. There were ducklings and goslings in the ponds.
The walled garden was larger than I expected with lovely avenues and a fountain.
Unfortunately you are not allowed to take photos in the house. The most striking feature of the house is the Pre-Raphaelite “Wallington Murals” by William Bell Scott portraying the history of Northumberland in eight works from the construction of Hadrian’s Wall to the industrial revolution. I though that the paintings of flowers and plants on the pillars between the murals although beautiful, looked rather incongruous. When I did a bit of research I discovered that they were painted by Lady Pauline Trevelyan and various guests including Ruskin, much | | By: Europe a la Carte Blog | | |
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