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January 2024
Thursday 18 |
General Havelock Food and Film Night BARBIE! Film starts at 8.00 £5. Food served from 7.15, £15 including film. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Tuesday 23 |
Havelock Charity Quiz Night in support of RNLI. £1.50 pp, Raffle and Refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Saturday 27 |
Haydonian Social Club - Crucial meeting to agree future of the club. Our current Chairman and Treasurer are retiring after 25 years' service. Can you help us to secure the future of the club and save our community run asset? Please attend if you can 7-30pm |
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February
Thursday 1 |
Haydon Bridge Nature Club 'Trekking the Inca Trail from Choquequirao to Machu Picchu' with Ian Foster 7-15pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Hall, Church Street |
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Thursday 15 |
Haydon Bridge Nature Club 'Eco-efficient Farming: realistic goal or pie in the sky' with Chris Pollock 7-15pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Hall, Church Street |
Contact and Full Details:- |
Tuesday 20 |
Havelock Charity Quiz Night in support of Art4you Hexham. £1.50 pp, Raffle and Refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Saturday 24 |
TOY SALE at the Community Centre, 10 to 12 am. Following the closure of the playgroup at the end of December. Come and grab yourself a bargain! |
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Wednesday 28 |
Travelling Poetry Event, run by NCC Libraries. At the Bridge Library in the afternoon. |
Haydon Bridge Library 3-4pm Book for free via Eventbrite |
Thursday 29 |
Haydon Bridge Nature Club 'AGM -Members Only' then 'Haydon Bridge Nurture Nature Project' with Siobhan Stephenson 7-15pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Hall, Church Street |
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March
Monday 4 |
New Drawing for the terrified at the Community Centre. Mondays 10-12, £50 for 5 sessions | Contact sandicraig@gmail.com |
Thursday 7 |
The village library is looking for more volunteers to enable opening as often as possible. No prior experience is necessary, all training will be given. We just need reliable people who care about this important community service. A drop-in session is being arranged for Thursday 7 March details below. |
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Thursday 7 |
World Book Day! Celebrate by coming along to the Library to find out about volunteering! Drop in from 10.30 to 2.30, and we’ll tell you all about it. | |
Saturday 9 |
Lego session at the Bridge. Free 10.30 to 11.30. Under 8’s must be accompanied | |
Tuesday 9 |
Every Tuesday – Knit and Natter at the Bridge. 1.30 to 3.30pm, free just being your knitting or crochet | |
Thursday 14
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Haydon Bridge Nature Club 'Return of the Beavers' with NT's Helen McDonald of Wallington Ranger Team 7-15pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Hall, Church Street |
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Thursday 21 |
General Havelock Food and Film Night 'Vivarium' Film starts at 8.00 £5. Food served from 7.15, £15 including film. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Friday 22 |
Shaftoe Trust children singing for the Lunch Club, 12 noon in Community Centre main hall. Family and friends very welcome | Contact:- Carole admin@haydon-bridge.co.uk |
Friday 22 |
Churches together Beetle Drive, 6 – 8 pm at the Methodist Church. All welcome, prizes, fun and refreshments for all the family. Small admission – pay on the door |
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Saturday 23 |
Toy Sale upstairs at the Community Centre, 10 – 12 am. Organised by HB playgroup | |
Monday 25 |
Easter crafts for children at the Bridge Library Church Street 10 – 11 am
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Contact:- Carole admin@haydon-bridge.co.uk |
Tuesday 26 |
Havelock Charity Quiz Night in support of Motor Neurone Disease Association. 8-15 pm £1.50 pp Raffle and Refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday 28 |
Haydon Bridge Nature Club 'Geology of the SW USA National Parks' with David Hughes (not 'Glaciers' as previously advertised) 7-15pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Hall, Church Street |
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Friday 29 |
Churches Together Walk of Witness Meet 10.45 at the War Memorial, walking to the Old Bridge, Readings and Hymns, everyone welcome to join in | |
Saturday 30 |
Last chance to buy knitted egg cosies for Easter – Large £2.50 (fits Chocolate Orange) Small £1.50 (fits crème egg or large hens egg). A variety of chicks and rabbits |
April
Friday 5
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Friday Lunch Club returns after the Easter break. £5 For soup, sandwich and sweet. Community Centre Ratcliffe Road. From midday. Details of this year’s trip to Keswick will be available.
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Contact: Carole Price 0793 9202930 e-mail caroleannprice@hotmail.co.uk |
Saturday 6 |
LEGO Club on Saturdays 10.30 to 11.30 at the Bridge Library, Church Street | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 |
Tuesday 9 |
“Knit and Natter” on Tuesdays at 1.30 Free session | Contact: Carole Price 0793 9202930 e-mail caroleannprice@hotmail.co.uk |
Monday 15 |
Squirrel Scout taster session. 16:30 to 18:00 at St John of Beverley Church Hall | Contact:- Rob Copley |
Thursday 18 |
General Havelock Food and Film Night multi-Oscar winning “Poor Things” 2023 Cert 18 Film starts at 8.00 £5. Food served from 7.15, £15 including film. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Saturday 27 |
Newcastle City Temple Salvation Army Band and Songsters Methodist Church, Church Street at 7.30, all welcome, pay at the door. Supper to follow. |
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Tuesday 30 |
Havelock Charity Quiz Night in support of Oak Tree Animal Charity. 8-15 pm £1.50 pp Raffle and Refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
May
Thursday 2 |
Community Centre Polling Station Ratcliffe Road H-B. Local government elections in England; Local authority mayoral elections; Combined authority mayoral elections; Police and Crime Commissioners | |
Tuesday 7 |
Railway Pub Church Street H-B. Quiz night, 8.00pm. Table booking advised | |
Saturday 11 |
Charity Football Match in support of Dementia UK, in memory of Dan Little. Kick off 2pm at Low Hall Park H-B. All welcome | |
Friday 17 |
Charity Quiz at the Haydonian Social Club, Sir Bobby Robson charity. 8pm start | |
Saturday 18 |
Annual Plant and Book Sale at the Bridge, Church Street. 9-30 - 11-30am. Proceeds support the village gardening work and the running of The Bridge. Donations of seedlings, cuttings and plants will be very welcome. | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 Carole Price with any queries and offers of help |
Tuesday 21 |
Charity Quiz at the General Havelock in support of Christian Aid (HB Churches Together). 8.15 start, table booking essential, £1.50 per person, raffle and refreshments. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday 23 |
General Havelock Food and Film Night Carey Mulligan is “Promising Young Woman” 2020 Film starts at 8.00 £5. Food served from 7.15, £15 including film. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Sunday 26 |
Northumberland Day 12 to 4 at Strothers Green. Music, stalls, games etc. All Welcome |
June
Saturday 1 |
Shaftoe YFC Rally 2024 at Beacon Rigg Farm, Langley, Hexham Northumberland NE47 5LF. Open to the public from 11am. There are over 80 competitions to watch from tractor driving to tug of war. | Details Here |
Saturday 1 |
Saturday Produce stall at the Bridge. Please bring donations and come and buy from 9.30, finishes at 12.30. House Plants etc, surplus from the recent sales, will be available too | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 |
Thursday 6 |
National Garden Scheme Hill House, Haydon Bridge, NE47 6LH. (It will be open again in September) | Pre-booking is essential via |
Friday 7 |
Later this month – it will be time to get to grips with weeding the gardening projects, Ratcliffe Road and the Heatherbed in particular. | If you would like to help contact caroleannprice@hotmail.co.uk |
Saturday 8
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The Haydon Hundred Cyclo Sportif The 11th Anniversary of this popular cycle event 60km, 100km and 140km routes available |
Details:-
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Saturday 8 |
Haydon Bridge Festival from 2 in the afternoon. Festival information and tickets on www.haydonbridgefestival.co.uk Tickets also available from the Railway Hotel, The Anchor Hotel, The General Havelock & Odd Fellows Cafe |
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Thursday 20 |
General Havelock Food and Film Night Ken Loach film “The Old Oak” 2023 The future for the last remaining pub, The Old Oak, in a village of Northeast England, where people are leaving as the mines are closed. Houses are cheap and available, making it an ideal location for Syrian refugees. Film starts at 8.00 £5. Food served from 7.15, £15 including film. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Friday 21 |
Happy Summer Solstice! The library is now opening on Fridays 3 to 6pm, come along and have a browse. Bring the children too, we are looking for ideas for the summer holidays. | |
Saturday 22 |
Gardening volunteers needed to weed the Heatherbed, an hour or so from 2.00pm. Bring tough gloves, trowels, pruners etc – if you have them. End of John Martin Street. | |
Tuesday 25 |
General Havelock Charity Quiz, for British Heart Foundation. 8.15 start, table booking essential, £1.50 per team member includes raffle and refreshments. | Booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Friday 28 |
H-B Friday Lunch Club trip to Keswick, free to regulars, £16 per seat for guests subject to availability. Leaving from the Community Centre, Ratcliffe Road 9am prompt. Free time in Keswick and returning to Haydon Bridge via a well-recommended Garden Centre | Contact Sandra Brough or call in on Fridays to the Community Centre |
July
Thursday 4 |
General Election Voting in person from 7am to 10pm Langley Village Hall, Langley on Tyne and the Community Centre, Ratcliffe Road, Haydon Bridge. Photographic identification will be required | Accepted id:- |
Friday 12 |
Summer visit of the Shaftoe schoolchildrens choir to the Lunch Club, 12 noon. Friends and families very welcome | |
Saturday 20 |
Hexham Male Voice Choir Summer Concert "Rhythms of Life" - a musical journey! 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Haydon Bridge Methodist Church Church Street H-B |
Full details are Here Tickets £12 from Museum of Time (Haydon Bridge), on the door or online as above details link |
Tuesday 23 |
Tuesdays during school holidays. Free Learn to Knit and Crochet sessions at the Bridge library (Church Street). From 1.30 all ages welcome – we even have a pattern for The Taylor Swift crochet dress! We have needles and yarn but would welcome further donations | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 |
Friday 26 |
Last Friday lunch club until 6 September | |
Tuesday 30 |
Charity Quiz at the General Havelock,, £1.50 per team member. In support of local charity Holly’s Hope Ltd – placing trauma kits in public venues | Table booking essential 684376 |
August
Monday 19 |
Storytelling at the Bridge, Church Street, 10 to 11. Free, no need to book. “Rafi the Rabbit” | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 |
Tuesday 27 |
General Havelock Charity Quiz. Charity Get it together Society (GITS). 8.15 start. £1.50 per member, incl. raffle and refreshments | Table booking essential 684376 |
Saturday 31 |
Puppet Show at the Methodist Church, 3 pm. Light refreshments to follow |
September
Friday 6 |
Return of Friday Lunch Community Centre at 12 noon, £5 for Soup, Sandwich and Sweet. All welcome | Contact: Carole Price 0793 9202930 e-mail caroleannprice@hotmail.co.uk |
Sunday 8 |
Nurture Community Garden Drop-in all welcome. Come along for the afternoon (next to Low Hall) and see what is going on. See posters and Facebook for details of the day. This is the start of regular public sessions on Mondays (3 to 6) and Thursdays (12.30 to 3) | |
Monday 9 |
Starting in September after a very successful August introduction, free Storytelling Sessions on the second Monday of each month, 10 to 11am. At the Bridge, Church Street | Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658Contact the Bridge |
Saturday 14 |
St. Cuthbert's Harvest Market Church St.Haydon Bridge 10am to 1pm. Cakes, produce and all sorts |
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Monday 16 & Tuesday 17 |
Arrival of Baabaara the Illuminated Sheep (or is it Baanaby?) at the Bridge library Monday. Come along to a Sheep-themed Knit and Natter on Tuesday, 1.30 to 3.30 | |
Saturday 21
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Re-launch and Open Fun Day at the Bridge, Church Street from 10 to 4. Come and sample what goes on and let us know what you want to happen! Call out for village craftspeople to advertise their wares. Cake and Plant stall at the Open Day - we will need donations from bakers and gardeners please. Contact the Bridge |
Contact:- The Bridge during opening hours 01434 688658 More Here and |
Tuesday 24 |
General Havelock Charity Quiz, Macmillan Cancer Support. £1.50 per member incl. raffle and refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday 26 |
General Havelock Film Night “The Dead Don’t Hurt” Viggo Mortensen. Film only £6 at 8pm, Film and Food £16. | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday 26 |
Nature Club first meeting of 24/25 season. 7.15 at the Methodist Church, speaker Nick Johnson of “Northumbria Veteran Tree Project”. Annual membership or pay by meeting | Full club season details are Here |
Saturday 28 |
Cake Sale at the Macmillan Coffee Morning at the Community Centre 10am run by the Card Class – so great raffle prizes! Only £1.50 to attend. Sale of cakes supports the charity, bring your donated cakes on the morning from 9.30 or on Friday 27 between 11 and 2. |
October
Thursday 3 |
Uketeers Practice session at the General Havelock, 7 to 9pm. All welcome | Contact Tel 01434 684376 |
Sunday 6 |
and then 1st Sunday each month – Buskers Evening at the Havelock, join in or come and listen. 7 to 10pm |
Contact Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday10 |
Nature Club, Nick Morphet (Northumberland County Councillor and Vet) on “Impact of Motor Vehicles on Wildlife” £4 per meeting or £30 annual membership, refreshments available. | Full club season details are Here |
Saturday 12 |
The Secret Garden Quiz Night at the Anchor Hotel 7-30pm £2 pp in aid of the GITS | Details Here |
Saturday 12
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St. Cuthbert's Benefit Concert A tribute to the pioneers of Rock and Roll Steve Foti and the Wingettes Bar from 7pm Performance 7-30 to 10-00pm Tickets £17.50 including food |
General Havelock Inn HB
Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 Full details Here |
Sunday 13 |
Vintage Toy Train Exhibition, presented by the Hornby Collectors Association at Haydon Bridge Community Centre NE47 6ET. 11am – 3.30, last entry 3pm, Adults £3, children free. Refreshments available, proceeds to the Community Centre. | Further details are Here |
Sunday 13 |
Nurture Project open day 12 to 3pm (note time change). Come along and see what is going on, play equipment on site – children must be accompanied |
Location Temple Houses Haydon Bridge |
Sunday 13 |
Harvest service at the Methodist Church 10.30 am Led by Norman Fullard, all donations to the West Northumberland Food Bank | |
Tuesday 15 |
Knitting, sewing and crochet Sale. From 1.30 at the Bridge, Church Street. Needles, yarn, threads etc – all donations go towards Bridge running costs, bring some buy some. | |
Tuesday 15 |
Quiz Night at the Methodist Church 7pm. Pie and Pea supper £8 Proceeds split between church funds and African children’s charity | Book and state dietary requirements Tel:- 0778 8988162 |
Sunday 20 |
Last Day for RHS Big Seed Save We will be collecting your seed donations at the Bridge for redistribution. We have labels for you to explain what they are. RHS website has lots of advice plus instructions for origami seed packets. Bring some of yours in and take others away! | Seed Packets |
Tuesday 22 |
Knitting, Sewing and Crochet Sale. From 1.30 at the Bridge, Church Street. Needles, yarn, threads etc – all donations go towards Bridge running costs, bring some - buy some | |
Thursday 24 |
Nature Club, 7.15 at the Methodist Church. Speaker Robert Philipson “A year in the life of a Hill Farm” £4 per meeting or £30 annual membership, refreshments available. | Full club season details are Here |
Friday 25 |
Music with Meg (or Reg) at the General Havelock. 7.30 to 10.30, join in or just listen | General Havelock Inn HB
Tel 01434 684376 |
Tuesday 29 |
General Havelock Charity Quiz in aid of St. Cuthbert’s Parish Church. 8.15pm £1.50 per member raffle and refreshments | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Thursday 31 |
Film Night at the Havelock. Film to be confirmed Film only £6 at 8pm, Film and Food £16. | Table booking essential Tel 01434 684376 |
November
Thursday 7
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Nature Club 7.15 at the Methodist Church, Speaker Andy Poad on “Sycamore Gap” £4 per meeting or £30 annual membership, refreshments available. | Full club season details are Here |
Saturday 9 |
Unearthed: Soil Restoration in Northumberland with Johannah Churchill's Photography
The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre. Exhibition launch event 2-4 pm. The regenerative practices work of Haydon Bridge's West Wharmley farmer Stuart Johnson Exhibition closes 12 January 2025 |
The Sill: National Landscape Discovery Centre, Bardon Mill, Hexham, NE47 7AN Further information |
Saturday 16 |
Hexham Brass concert at the Methodist Church 7pm. Supper afterwards admission £8.50 | |
Thursday 21 |
Nature Club 7.15 at the Methodist Church, Speaker Bill Burlton “The North European Bison” £4 per meeting or £30 annual membership, refreshments available. | Full club season details are Here |
Thursday 21 |
Film and Food Night at the Havelock. “Typist, Artist, Pirate King” at 7.30pm The growing friendship of two women in an electric car looking for endings and reconciliation. £15:00 for two courses, £5 film only Info Here |
Booking Essential Tel 01434 684376 |
Friday 22 |
Free Craft session for children 7 to 12 at the Bridge “Make a Christmas Card” workshop, 3.30 to 5.30. Numbers are limited so you must book. 8’s and under must be accompanied by an adult. | Booking at the Bridge or email admin@haydon-bridge.co.uk or phone 01434 688551. |
Tuesday 26 |
General Havelock Charity Quiz Local Student Kenyan Support Project, £1.50 per team member inc raffle and refreshments
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Booking a table essential, 01434 684376 |
Thursday28 |
Uketeers at the General Havelock, 7pm | Information Tel 01434 684376 |
Friday 29 |
Second free Craft session for children 7 to 12 at the Bridge “Make a Christmas Card” workshop, 3.30 to 5.30. Numbers are limited so you must book. 8’s and under must be accompanied by an adult. | Booking at the Bridge or email admin@haydon-bridge.co.uk or phone 01434 688551. |
Friday 29 |
Music and Meg at the General Havelock, 7.30pm |
Information Tel 01434 684376 |
December
Sunday 1 |
Salvation Army Toy Collection at the Methodist Church during the morning service. All welcome 10.30am |
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Sunday 1 |
Buskers at 7 to 10pm at the General Havelock. Join in or come and listen. |
Information Tel 01434 684376 |
Saturday 7 |
Willow-weaving at the Community Centre £40pp to make garden obelisks. 10 to 12.30 Very limited availability |
Information first come first served. |
Saturday 7 |
Gift afternoon at the Methodist Church, 3 to 4.30. Includes Christmas themed teas, all welcome | Information Tel:- 0778 8988162 |
Saturday 7 |
“H.u.r.s.t” playing at the Haydonian Social Lounge, 9pm until late. Entrance free but in aid of Holly’s Hope. | |
Thursday 12 |
Book Club at the General Havelock, 8pm | Information Tel 01434 684376 |
Saturday 14 |
Craft Fair 10 to 2pm at the Community Centre. GITS coffee morning too. | |
Wednesday 18 |
Film and Food Night at the Havelock. “The Thin Man” at 7.30pm Classic film with William Powell and Myrna Loy £15:00 for two courses, £5 film only Info Here |
Booking Essential Tel 01434 684376 |
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