• 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…

  • Roman Baths in the city of Bath

    The Roman Baths in the city of Bath, England, are one of the best-preserved ancient bathing complexes in the world and a major example of Roman engineering in Britain. Built…

  • Bath Abbey Tower Tour

    The Bath Abbey Tower Tour offers visitors a unique opportunity to explore the hidden heights of one of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Climbing the narrow spiral staircase to the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 1825 Tour | September

    Thursday 25th September | 11am The Lit & Phil: the first 32 years What would you see in Newcastle from the time the Lit & Phil was founded in 1793…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • ‘The Storytellers’ by Luxmuralis

    Wednesday 8 to Sunday 12 October 2025 Escape into a world of light and sound projections that brings storytelling to life. Gaze up at illuminations on Durham Cathedral’s centuries-old architecture…

  • An Evening with Professor Alice Roberts

    AN EVENING WITH PROFESSOR ALICE ROBERTS DOMINATION – THE RISE AND FALL OF AN EMPIRE Join Professor Alice Roberts as she takes us on an investigative journey to establish who…