The Jane Austen Festival

About The 2025 edition of The Jane Austen Festival will take place from Friday 12 September to Sunday 21 September and is the largest and longest running Jane Austen Festival in the world.  The…

The Bath Lookout – Bath’s Elevated Panorama

Tucked within Alexandra Park, perched above Bath’s city centre, is The Bath Lookout, one of the city’s most cherished scenic vantage points. Accessible via the steep paths and stairs of…

Sherlock Holmes: The Hunt for Moriarty

Overview Blackeyed Theatre, in association with Theatre Royal Winchester and South Hill Park Adapted by Nick Lane from the work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Composer – Tristan Parkes “When…

Letting Off Steam – Walking Tour WA

About this event Travel & Outdoor • Hiking Meet at Cardinal Hume's Statue opposite Central Station and finish at the Boiler shop. Join us to celebrate the 200th anniversary of…

Hopetown Darlington – S&DR200 Festival

S&DR200 Festival S&DR200 is a 9-month international festival taking place across County Durham and Tees Valley in 2025, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the first journey on the Stockton…

Titans of Steam Gala

TITANS OF STEAM GALA  Legends of the railway  As part of this year’s S&DR200 celebrations, Hopetown Darlington will be front and centre of the festival as the home of the…

Titans of Steam: Footplate Tours

A truly unique opportunity for an intimate encounter with some of the most iconic locomotives* in the UK today. Visits begin in the Viewing Gallery at Darlington Locomotive Works, accessed…

Hopetown – Site Admission

Item: 27 September - Afternoon at Hopetown - Site Admission - Afternoon - 27/09/2025 Afternoon Session - 1.30pm - 4.30pm

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

Bold. Shocking. A slice of musical history. Who’s on stage The ball of energy that is Nil Venditti, the Principal Guest Conductor of our home band, Royal Northern Sinfonia. Plus…