Newbiggin Litter Pickers, a voluntary community group, have rolled out an ‘Adopt a Street’ scheme in Newbiggin by the Sea. To date 13 residents have adopted their local streets with more expressing an interest to join up. The residents are committing to litter picking their own streets a minimum of 6 times per year or […]
The Library Service has embarked on a public consultation with the residents of Northumberland to help decide the future of library services provided by Northumberland County Council. This covers both branch libraries and the mobile library service across the county as a whole. The Library Service needs to be redesigned to: ● clearly identify it’s […]
A Flood Alert has been issued by the Environment Agency. Flood Alert in force: Northumberland coast. Flooding is possible for: The North Sea from Berwick to St Mary’s Lighthouse. Be prepared. Waves are forecast to overtop sea defences with sea spray expected on the Northumberland coast between between 15:45 and 18:45 today, 13/01/2020. This is […]
Deputy Mayor Lynn Burns, a regular volunteer at Wansbeck Valley Food Bank, presented the charity with a donation on behalf of the Town Council. Wansbeck Valley Food Bank was set up to prevent and/or relieve poverty or financial hardship by providing food parcels to those in need. Cllr Burns stated ‘the Food Bank is a […]
The Little Gem Arts and Crafts Gallery, a not-for-profit charity, were successful in obtaining grant support from the Town Council to the amount of £854. The monies will be used to buy retail shelving to establish an arts supplies shop within the existing gallery. The charity is hopeful that by selling arts supplies to their […]
7th January (6:15 pm) is ‘run with a club’ night at Ashington Hirst Running Club. It’s all free to attend. They will have all their usual sessions/groups on this includes; run/walk, run groups, effort sessions and “technical tuesday”. The running club have about 20 coaches/run leaders on hand. The night includes warm up, the run […]
Hundreds of competitors braved the chilly North Sea to enjoy the annual Newbiggin Boxing Day Dip despite poor weather conditions including strong winds and rough seas. The large crowds estimated to exceed 1000 on the beach and over 200 hardy souls who braved the sea were up on last year’s count thanks to this established tradition of Boxing […]
The Town Council plan to replace the Front Street column banners in spring 2020. The original artwork for the existing banners could unfortunately not be obtained. The artwork features prominent structures and landscapes within Newbiggin (The Bay with Welcome signage, Café Bertorelli, Couple, RNLI boat, St. Bartholomew’s Church, Memorial Gates, Cobles, Golf and Children playing […]
Newbiggin Town Council awarded Newbiggin by the Sea Genealogy Project with a large grant of £2792.11 towards the cost of key capital items required for the new Family History Centre located on Front Street. Hilton commented ‘Newbiggin Family History Centre is a unique place & our database of more than 35,000 ‘people who have ever […]
Back in July the Town Council supported Pantomime by the Sea with £300 in grant funding towards the set up and materials required to create their new community Panto. Deputy Mayor Lynn Burns attended on Friday 13th December and thoroughly enjoyed herself. ‘On Friday December 13th myself and family members went to see Jack and […]
Our town centre office is located at 76 Front Street. The office will be open to the public between 9:00 am and 12:00 noon Monday to Friday.
