Wildlife experts are celebrating the soaring success of the osprey breeding programme at Kielder. This year has seen a record number of new chicks at the Northumberland site, with nine already fledged ...

A Northumberland castle has closed its doors until next summer as a "major refurbishment" gets under way. Kielder Castle is set to reopen in August 2026, with improvements intended to make the castle ...

Plans to overhaul a Northumberland castle and bring it ‘back into public prominence’ have been lodged with the county council. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Sunderland Echo, you can get ...

DAREDEVIL mountain bikers are set to defy gravity at the launch of a trials attraction at a North-East beauty spot. A trials area will open at Kielder Castle Visitor Centre, Northumberland, on Sunday, ...

Opportunities for visitors to live the wild life at Kielder Water & Forest Park will be created with the support of new funding of more than £330,000 from the National Lottery. At the end of 2015, an ...

Purple Mountain runs the cycle centre in Dalby Forest, near Pickering, North Yorkshire. The new Kielder centre opens on on 1st July. Located at the hub of a multi-million pound trail network near ...

A young pair of adult ospreys in Kielder Water & Forest Park has given birth to Jubilee chicks. The female on the second of two nests in the 62,000 hectare (155,000 acre) Northumbrian wilderness had ...

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A 19th Century railway viaduct which has been shut for more than 50 years is being brought back to life in the depths of Northumberland this summer. Kielder Viaduct, at Kielder Water and Forest Park, ...