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£9m visitor centre planned for Northumberland
by Tom Anstey | 07 Jun 2013
A proposed £8.8m Landscape Discovery Centre in Northumberland National Park (NNP) has the potential to contribute £3.5m (US$5.2m, €3.9m) to the local economy, according to reports. The Economic Impact Assessment, prepared by New Skills Consulting and the KSA Partnership, which was commissioned by NNP and the Youth Hostels Association (YHA), estimated that 'The Sill' has the potential to attract up to 120,000 new visitors and generate £3.35m (US$5.2m, €3.9m) annually
Princess Royal officially opens new Northumberlandia landform
by Pete Hayman | 05 Sep 2012
Image: Charles Jencks has designed the landform Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal has officially opened Northumberlandia - one of the world's largest human landforms which has been created near Cramlington. The Charles Jencks -designed scheme features a reclining female figure standing taller than an eight-storey building and has been built on Viscount Ridley's Blagdon Estate. Northumberlandia and its adjacent water bodies are the result of around £3m of investment
Work starts on Northumberland landform
by Pete Hayman | 12 Apr 2010
A turf-cutting ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on a major £2.5m sculptured human landform as part of a new 29-hectare (71.7-acre) park in Northumberland. Designs for the Northumberlandia project, which will be located on land donated by The Blagdon Estate at Shotton, near Cramlington, were drawn up by artist Charles Jencks. Developer The Banks Group is leading the scheme, which will see the shape of
Northumberlandia proposals submitted
by Pete Hayman | 06 Jul 2009
Plans for the creation of a new £2.5m landform, which will be the centerpiece of a proposed 29-hectare (71.7-acre) public park at Shotton, near Cramlington, have been submitted to the local authority. Initial designs for the Northumberlandia scheme were drawn up by artist and designer Charles Jencks as part of the Banks Group's proposals for a surface mine development in 2006, which was eventually approved by the government. However, revised
£200m leisure resort planned for Northumberland
by Tom Walker | 20 Feb 2009
New revised plans have been announced to build a £200m tourism and leisure attraction on the site of three former mines in Northumberland. According to Widdrington Regeneration Partnership (WRP), the joint venture behind the scheme, the development will now include a holiday village with chalet accommodation, an indoor leisure complex with a 50m swimming pool, a man-made sailing lake, a 150-room luxury hotel, a health spa and a championship golf
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