The construction of Berwick Parish Church began in 1650, and as part of the events to celebrate its 375th anniversary, an illustrated talk will be given by Professor Kenneth Fincham of the University of Kent in the Parish Centre on Friday 24th October 2025 at 7:00pm.  The talk is entitled “A New Church in Tumultuous Times – Berwick Parish Church and the Puritan Revolution of 1640-60”.

Professor Fincham has written extensively on religion and politics in Tudor and Stuart England. He is a former Vice-President of the Royal Historical Society and an Honorary Fellow of the Historical Association. Among his books are...

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Heritage Open Days return to Berwick, bigger than ever, between Friday 12th and Sunday 21st September 2025.  They offer talks, guided walking tours, exhibitions, online videos, family activities, and opportunities to explore many sites and buildings which are not normally open to the public.  Some of these require pre-booking.  All of them are free.

The greatest concentration of events occurs over the weekend of 19th-21st September, but there is also a wide selection of things available throughout the preceding week.

For a full guide to everything that is happening, visit the

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An exhibition entitled “North Northumberland’s contribution to the Far East campaign” will be held to mark VJ Day from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th August 2025, in the church of St Andrew’s Wallace Green.  It will focus on the experiences of local people in World War 2.

The opening times of the free exhibition will be:

Friday 15th, 2.00-4.00pm

Saturday 16th,  11.00am-4.00pm

Sunday 17th, 1.00-4.00pm

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An exhibition on the history of photography in Berwick is being prepared by Cameron Robertson, to open at the Granary Gallery in October 2025.  He is hoping to include photographs from family collections – these could be portraits taken in studios in the town, snapshots, or anything relating to Berwick, Tweedmouth and Spittal in the period 1840-1980.

A Drop-In event is being held on Saturday 5th July, 10.30 – 12.30, in Berwick Record Office, where you can find out about the exhibition, share some of your own photos, and see some of the images in the collections.  Cameron will be on hand with a scanner to digitise any...

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Did you go to Holy Trinity School or the Parade School?  On Saturday 14 June 2025 from 10.00am until 12 noon there will be a ‘Drop In’ event at Holy Trinity First School (which is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year).  Please come along and share your memories and any photographs with each other and with the staff of Berwick Record Office who are organising the event.  Memories from c.1980 to 2010 will be especially welcome.

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