Christmas jumpers and woolly hats at the ready, imagine this for a perfect pre-Christmas evening in Northumberland:

Fairy lights twinkle along the cobbled streets at the fabulous local Christmas Market of Corbridge or Hexham while sipping on a warm mulled spiced wine and watching the world, followed by heading back to your own rural retreat cottage to escape the cold, by warming your toes and roasting marshmallows on an open log fire.

Frosty walks, food festivals and festive events are just a few things you can enjoy this winter in Northumberland. As the darker nights set in, enjoy a night of stargazing at one of our discovery sites: Kielder Observatory, naming one which is the largest gold-tier dark sky park in Europe, thanks to minimal light pollution.

As there is SNOW place like Northumberland in wintertime.