Bellingham is a small market town set on the north bank of the River Tyne among spectacular countryside, which makes an ideal base for walking holidays or enjoying the water-sports at Kielder Water.
The 12th century Church of St. Cuthbert testifies to the lawlessness of the area in the years of border strife as it has a stone vaulted roof designed to stop looting clans razing it to the ground. This era is covered in more detail at the Bellingham Heritage Centre.
Bellingham once had a thriving iron industry and supplied the metal work for the construction of the Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. Those days are now long gone and life moves at a much more leisurely pace.
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2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
