After the last hugely successful BMC NE Festival, which took place in 2017, we're back for another weekend of NE action. The event will take place on the second weekend in May this year - this time in Northumberland. It promises to be a great weekend of walking, climbing, bouldering, eating and drinking, based at at Greencarts Farm Campsite, between Hexham and Wark. We're very excited to have Mark Savage speaking at the event, with tales and photos of beautiful boulders, routes and landscapes from all over the county. Organiser Franco Cookson has all the details... Read more »
As part of the BMC’s 70th birthday celebrations, volunteers from across our local areas came together to host a series of climbing and walking festivals and put some welly into the summer. Read more »
Geoffrey Winthrop Young, founder of the BMC, thought there was no nobler country than that of Northumberland, so it’s fitting that in the BMC’s 70th anniversary year, we held a festival to celebrate the climbing and walking opportunities of England’s most tranquil place. Read more »
Whether you’re local, a regular visitor or a first-timer, come to the County to climb, walk and socialise at the 2014 BMC North East Climbing & Walking Festival, which takes place over the weekend of 11-13 July. Read more »
V Festival might think it’s clever holding its music festival in two locations over the same weekend, but BMC volunteers can top that, so we’re putting on three festivals in one September weekend, and adding another later in the month for good measure. Read more »
Festival season comes to Northumberland this weekend (19-21 July) for the North East Climbing and Walking Festival. This is an opportunity for local climbers and walkers to welcome newcomers to the outdoors, and to showcase ‘the County' to people from further afield. Read more »
A crag restoration event is being planned for one of Northumberland’s finest low to mid-grade crags over the weekend of the 15 and 16 September. Read more »
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