🌟🎭 Local Events, Shows & Things To DoFind out what’s happening in Consett: from family workshops and local clubs to live music, talks, demos and special one-off events.

Talk about tip of the iceberg. When you enter the old ice cream shop little do you realise it has a history going back to 1937. Sarah and husband Liam took over the Lilydale Pet Supplies 2020 and ...

I didn’t find that funny! On Saturday I was hungry, And my face began to droop, So on Sunday I filled my cooking pot, With my homemade chicken soup!

This year’s display carries an exciting theme: “Anthems in the Sky”, promising a showstopping fireworks display choreographed to legendary songs and timeless tracks. Expect a high-energy fusion of ...

Huddling at the Bus Station early on a Friday morning in November, waiting for the scholars bus to English Martyrs school in Leadgate. The cold Consett wind blowing around our navy blue mini skirted ...

When slight subsidence was discovered to part of the chancel arch in the old village church, experts were called in to investigate the cause to this 11th century building close to Consett. The Book by ...

The Three Currocks (sometimes spelt “Curricks”) are three prominent stone cairns six miles from Consett on open heather moorland between Muggleswick and Edmundbyers. The Three Currocks silhouetted on ...

Born in South Shields in 1947, Fred’s lifelong passion for boats began early. Leaving school at 15, he joined Robson Boat Builders, where he honed his skills. Over the years, Fred became a true expert ...

Watts Stelling has lived his entire life in Leadgate’s Bradley Cottages. From childhood, football was his passion, excelling as a striker at school and scoring 67 goals in 44 games at Leadgate Primary ...

Children receiving care on Treetops Ward at University Hospital of North Durham are benefiting from a generous donation from Happy Smiles Nursery in Consett. Nursery manager Danielle Casey, who ...

The classes averaged 31-33 pupils per class and music was a mixed ability class…this was a good introduction to what was the norm for me over the next 40 years. One catastrophic day I remember well ...

New hub opening in The Grove Primary school, Oakfield Lane, Consett, DH8 8AP. Our mission is to unleash the power of food and ignite long-lasting change in struggling neighbourhoods across the UK. We ...