What’s On
Popular fireworks display Stanley Fireworks returns this weekend
THE popular well established community event Stanley Fireworks will take place once again on Sunday 2nd November 2025. The free event that has drawn a crowd of thousands from across the region since being established in 2012 will this year
Bishop Auckland is “bowled over by success”.
EXCITEMENT is growing in County Durham with the opening of the new Game’s On Bowling. Part of the £54 million Bishop Auckland Retail and Leisure Park, Game’s On Bowling attracted crowds to its official opening on Friday, including Bishop Auckland
Scary sights in Fir Tree
THE annual Scarecrow Competition is up and running in Fir Tree with many of the entries focussed on the theme of Halloween. Organised by the Fir Tree and Harperley Residents Association, the scarecrows are inventive and entertaining. Villagers have really
Visit Beamish, The Living Museum of the North this October as the museum focuses on folklore.
FROM ghostly goings-on to 1950s UFO sightings, discover the region’s folklore at Beamish Museum during its October Half Term event, from Saturday, 25th October to Sunday, 2nd November 2025. Visitors to the County Durham open air museum will be able
Twilight Treelaxation at Harperley
Join Hazel and Ruth at the earlier time of 4.30pm on Friday 7th November for our ‘Twilight Treelaxation’ in a private woodland near Crook in Co. Durham.Come and nurture yourself in nature Relax in a hammock with a gentle guided
Arts and Crafts Sale in Crook
AN Arts and Crafts Sale will be held in Crook Community Centre (formerly St Catherine’s Church Hall) on Sunday October 26th. Billed as a ‘Crafty Destash’, the event will run between 10am and 3pm. Free entry, all welcome. Cafe open
