post congress tour

EUROPA NOSTRA ANNUAL CONGRESS 2008
POST CONGRESS TOUR, 15-18 June 2008

The Post Congress Tour will concentrate on Northumberland’s later history; its castles built against the invading Scots, but also the elegant country houses, and their notable gardens, built by the descendants of those castle-builders whose family names continue through the centuries and are still represented today.

To participate in the Post Congress Tour, please register using the Europa Nostra Annual Congress Registration Form. Due to a limited number of places, registrations will be counted on a “first come, first served” basis. Priority will be given to the participants of the Congress.

Sunday 15 June

Monday 16 June

Tuesday 17 June

Wednesday 18 June

Sunday 15 June - EXCURSION TO NORTHUMBERLAND

Together with all participants of the Congress

	Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall

	Lunch at Matfen Hall Hotel

For participants of the Post Congress Tour only

14.30	Depart from Matfen Hall Hotel

	Visit to Corbridge Roman site and museum on Hadrian’s Wall

	Visit to Aydon Castle One of the finest and most unaltered examples of a 13th century English manor house

	Matfen Hall Hotel A 19th century hotel with pool, spa and golf course

	Dinner followed by a talk about Northumberland

Monday 16 June - CASTLES AND A NEW GARDEN

	Depart from Matfen Hall Hotel

	Visit to Netherwitton Hall A Classical house, dating from 1688, private home of the Trevelyans - not normally open to the public

	Visit to Warkworth Castle An impressive 15th century ruin on a bluff above a river, once a Percy family castle.

	Lunch at Warkworth House Hotel

	Visit to Alnwick Castle The 14th - 19th century, Percy family home of the Duke & Duchess of Northumberland

	View the Old Masters galleries and ramparts

	Tour of Alnwick Garden Tour of the 21st century with the head gardener. Alnwick Garden is one of the most exciting contemporary gardens to be developed in the last century, a magical landscape created from a unique idea by the Duchess of Northumberland.

	Drinks on Pavilion Terrace

	Dinner in the Pavilion overlooking the cascade

	Overnight at Matfen Hall Hotel

Tuesday 17 June - COUNTRY HOUSES AND THEIR GARDENS

	Depart from Matfen Hall Hotel

	Visit to Belsay Hall An early 19th century Greek Revival house, hanging gardens and ruins of former medieval castle and 17th century addition

	Travel to Wallington The historic home of the Trevelyns with early connections to the Blacketts

	Talk about the first National Trust Estate with a Zero Carbon Footprint (t.b.c.)

	Lunch at Wallington

	Tour of the house, the 1688 Italian Rococo plasterwork, later Arts and Crafts decoration Visit of the 18th century Walled Garden with 20th century planting

	Visit to Blagdon Hall A Classical house with formal canal, private home of the Ridley family - not normally open to the public

	Dinner at Matfen Hall Hotel

	Talk by Matfen’s owner, Sir Hugh Blackett

Wednesday 18 June - DEPARTURE DAY

	Leave Matfen Hall Hotel with luggage

	Visit to Cherryburn The cottage & farmstead (also shop selling prints), birthplace of Thomas Berwick, 1753-1828, artist, wood engraver & naturalist

15.30	Newcastle Airport

16.30	Newcastle Railway Station

17.00	Copthorne Hotel