External events

NOTE; On this page we include information about events arranged by outside organisations that we think our members will be interested in. This has usually been provided by the organisers, or taken from their website. While we try to check the content is accurate, we have no responsibility for any later changes or problems with the event. If you are organising an event you would like to be included, please let us know at events@newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk

April 2026

  • 2 April, 5.00, Iron Age and Roman Encounters in Northern Britain: Insights from the “Beyond Walls” Project by Prof. Manuel Fernández-Götz FSA (in collaboration with Prof Derek Hamilton and Dr Dave Cowley), Society of Antiquaries of London lecture, in-person at Burlington House, London, and online, must book (recording will be available afterwards)
  • 9 April, 7.30, Spanish Admirals, Pauline Piddington, Collingwood Society event at Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ. £4 for non-members. Follow this link for their full 2026 programme.
  • 11 April, 11.00, Segedunum Fort; what life was like for women inside and outside the fort, Alex Croom, Friends of Segedunum event (also their AGM), at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members.
  • 10-12 April, Northumbrian Gathering in Morpeth, including events linked to the 300th anniversary of the death of Sir John Vanbruch, architect of Seaton Delaval and (perhaps) Morpeth Town Hall. Follow this link for details of the programme.
  • 14 April, 7.30, Celebrating and Supporting Northumberland Archives: the work of the Northumberland Archives Trust, Sue Shaw, Large Hall, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham NE4 6 3LS.  Hexham Local History Society meeting, non-members £2 including tea & coffee.
  • 15 April, 6.00, A plain substantial piece of workmanship: the marine compound engine and the tramp ship in 19C Britain, Dr Oliver Carpenter. Newcomen Society hybrid event, free, no need to register in advance. Find more information and the Zoom link here
  • 16 April,  History and Archives in Practice, Sheffield University Library. Event supported by the National Archives, Royal Historical Society, and the Institute of Historical Research ‘where historians and archivists come together to consider shared interests in archive collections, their interpretation and use’. Follow this link for more details. Currently fully booked on Eventbrite, with waiting list.
  • 17-18 April, 7.30 each night, Boiler Room Six; a Titanic Story,  Live Theatre, Broad Chare, Newcastle NE1 3DQ. Must book, tickets various prices
  • 18 April, 11.00-4.00, The People’s Story at Durham Castle. Event for World Heritage Day at Durham Castle and in the Cathedral. Fair in the Great Hall of the Castle, events (some of them chargeable) in Castle and Cathedral. 
  • 18 April, 11.00-12.00, The People who Made Belsay, talk by volunteer Angus Thompson, at Belsay Hall, Nr Morpeth, Northumberland, NE20 0DX. £10 per person in addition to admission charges (includes a cream tea). Follow this link for more information about Belsay Hall. To book, e-mail Belsay.Hall@english-heritage.org.uk or book in person at Belsay Hall
  • 23 April, 1.00, Doon the Waggonway, book launch and talk by author Les Turnbull at The Common Room (former Mining Institute), Westgate Road, Newcastle. Free but must book, follow this link to do so and see details of the book..
  • 24 April, 9.30-4.30, Food and War, the 40th Leeds Food History Symposium (at the Quaker Meeting House in York). Now open for booking via Eventbrite, £27.50.
  • 29 April, 1.00-2.40, Historic Towns Trust - a map for Newcastle and Gateshead, Dr Sally Watson (Newcastle Univ), at the Farrell Centre, Eldon Place, NE1 7RD. Free, please book via Eventbrite.
  • 30 April, 7.00-8.00, Nurseries and ‘British Restaurants’: Women in WW2,  online talk, part of a series on trade union and working class history, from the GFTU Educational Trust. Free but must register.

May 2026

  • 4 May 2026, 4.00 and 8.00 Centenary: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 1926 General Strike, Wisecrack Productions, Glasshouse, Gateshead. 
  • 7-8 May, two-day conference on The British General Strike of 1926, at Newcastle University. Tickets are selling out fast. Free, follow this link to book and for more information. 
  • 7 May, 6.00, Pevsner and Classicism in the North Riding of Yorkshire, Jane Grenville, at the Institute of Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 7 Owengate, Palace Green, Durham. Free, no booking required, part of a series from the Durham Centre for Classical Reception.
  • 8-9 May, The Late Shows, evening events at museums and cultural venues throughout Newcastle and Gateshead. Follow this link for details of what will be open when.
  • 12 May, 7.30, The Roman Lead Industry in the Northern Frontier Zone: Corbridge's Role, Damian Rudge, Large Hall, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham NE4 6 3LS,    Hexham Local History Society meeting, non-members £2 including tea & coffee.
  • 13 May, 7.30, A Gun Through Time, David Olusoga, talk at Tyne Theatre and Opera House, must book, tickets limited.
  • 21 May, 7.30, The Battle of the Glorious First of June, John Flynn, Collingwood Society event at Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ. £4 for non-members. Follow this link for their full 2026 programme.
  • 23 May, Segedunum Fort; How the Fort was rediscovered during the 1970s-1990s, Bill Griffiths, Friends of Segedunum event, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members. 
  • 28 May, 7.00-8.00, Part Time Work in the Post War Years, online talk, part of a series on trade union and working class history, from the GFTU Educational Trust. Free but must register. 
  • 30 May, 10.00-4.00, Sunderland History Fair 2026, at Bethany Church, Bede Tower, Burdon Road, Sunderland SR2 7EA. Free admission. To book a table, e-mail history.club2@btinternet.com

June 2026

  • 5 June, 8.00, The Friday Night Club at the Glasshouse, Gateshead, will include a talk by our February speaker Katie Liddane on seventeenth-century ‘witches’ in the North East of England. You can find out more about the event here.
  • 13 June 2026, New Insights into Durham Castle and the mediaeval city, Dr Adrian Green,  Room ER 140, Elvet Riverside, New Elvet, Durham, DH1 3AQ. AASDN event; follow this link for their full programme for 2025-26.
  • 18 June, 6.00, Vanbrugh and Cicero: The architecture of Castle Howard and Seaton Delaval reconsidered, Anthony Geraghty, Free, no booking required, part of the series from the Durham Centre for Classical Reception.
  • 25 June, 7.00-8.00, The Ford Dagenham Strike, online talk, part of a series on trade union and working class history, from the GFTU Educational Trust. Free but must register.
  • 27 June, 11.00, Segedunum Fort; How Volunteers and Friends have contributed to the Museum, Ken Hutchinson,  Friends of Segedunum event, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members.

  • ... and further ahead

  • 30 July, 7.00-8.00, Trico: the Longest Equal Pay Strike, online talk, part of a series on trade union and working class history, from the GFTU Educational Trust. Free but must register.
  • 8 Sept, 7.30 The Community of Hexham Archaeology Project; results so far, Jane Harrison, Hexham Local History Society meeting, 7.30 pm in Large Hall, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham NE4 6 3LS,  Non-members £2 including tea & coffee.
  • 12 Sept, 11.00, Binchester Fort: Excavations and finds over recent years, Gordon Henderson, Friends of Segedunum event, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members.
  • 17 Sept, 7.30, Nelson and Collingwood, Capt. Stephen Healey, Collingwood Society event at Morpeth Town Hall, NE61 1LZ.  Follow this link for their full 2026 programme
  • 6 Oct, 7.30, At 12, Mr Byng was shot, Tim Gittins, Collingwood Society event at Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ. £4 for non-members.  Follow this link for their full 2026 programme
  • 13 Oct, 7.30, Bastle Houses, Julia Grint, Hexham Local History Society meeting, 7.30 pm in Large Hall, Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street, Hexham NE4 6 3LS,  Non-members £2 including tea & coffee.
  • 17 Oct, 11.00, Segedunum Fort: how the present museum has changed over the years, Geoff Woodward, Friends of Segedunum event, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members.
  • 12 Nov, 7.30, The Battle of Camperdown, George Cansino, Collingwood Society event at Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ. £4 for non-members. Follow this link for their full 2026 programme
  • 21 Nov, 11.00, The Rocks at the Edge of the Empire, Ian Jackson, Friends of Segedunum event, at Segedunum Roman Fort, Buddle Street, Wallsend, NE28 6HR. Refreshments available from 10.30. £3 for non-members.
  • 10 Dec, 2.00, Wilfred Collingwood; a biographical talk, Dr Tony Barrow. Collingwood Society event (also their AGM) at Trinity House, Broad Chare, Newcastle, NE1 3DQ. £4 for non-members.  Follow this link for their full 2026 programme