Northumberland Illuminated

Synopsis

Northumberland is renowned for its breathtakingscenery, tiny villages, historic monumentsand sparkling townscapes. Largely rural in nature,its sweeping beaches and heather-clad hills are adelight to the eye. But after dark it takes on acompletely different character.A satellite image at night would show only adark mass west and north of the bright paintsplatof light that is Newcastle. But if you couldlook more closely you would find pockets oflight illuminating some of our greatest treasures:candles lighting ancient religious relics from thefirst flowering of Christianity in Britain; the900-year-old floodlit Hexham Abbey loomingover the town; the `Spirit of the Staithes