1st Feb - 31st Oct:
10am - 5pm Mon - Sat and 11am - 5pm Sun,
1st Nov - 31st Jan:
10am - 4pm Mon - Sat and 11am - 4pm Sun
May Twilight opening Fri and Sat till 9pm
Newbiggin Maritime Centre
We are the gateway to Northumberland's coastline.
- Discover life in a historic fishing village
- Discover the Mary Joicey and Girl Anne interactive exhibitions
- 45 seat cafe serving local food, overlooking the bay
- Accessible, all weather attraction, open all year
- Business / function / group space & catering
- Car and coach park and bus terminus adjacent to centre
- Longest promenade in Northumberland
- Playpark adjacent to centre
- Sandy beach with rock pools (Site of Special Scientific Interest)
- St. Bartholomew's Church adjacent to centre
- Lifeboat Station - UK's oldest operational boathouse
- Sean Henry offshore sculpture 'COUPLE'
- Birdwatcing, golf, fishing, sailing, other watersports nearby
- Regular events, education and outreach programme
What Our Visitors say.
Great venue. Lovely food and reasonably priced. Great day out for the family.
I visit every week with my elderly father. Excellent project.
I liked the train, sand and the dress-up part.
Thoroughly enjoyable. Superb value for money.
Excellent!! Loved the visual displays. Children enjoyed stories and dressing up. Brilliant - great for the whole family. Really enjoyed storytime too.
Liked filling in the questions.
Very well presented and a wonderfull experience.
Wonderful centre. Staff very freindly and helpful.
Excellent to see local history well displayed.
Lovely displays and great for young imaginations.
A good place to come. Will be back.
I visited the Newbiggin Maritime Centre yesterday for the second time bringing my husband and a friend. We greatly enjoyed the displays and the video presentations, along with a meal in your very good restaurant. We think the Centre is a great asset to Newbiggin and we wish you great success with it.
Volunteer - Help Out
Every bit of help, every bit of expertise we can muster is so useful at this critical time. If you have an hour a month or many hours a month to spare, please do contact us. We need skills in many areas and are open to what you feel you can contribute best.
Exhibition of the Mary Joicey Lifeboat
Girl Anne Coble and Fishing Exhibition
Exhibition of the Mary Joicey Lifeboat
Communities Exhibition
Communities Exhibition
Sun 6th May
The Ogden Sisters
The Ogden Sisters - Theatre - Sunday 6th May
Prelude - Music Night - Friday 11th May
PreludeWar Horse - Cinema Night - Friday 25th May
War HorseEat
Bookings and other enquiries: 01670 819 251
Contact Us
Church Point
Newbiggin by the Sea
Northumberland
NE64 6DB
Tel: 01670 811 951
or 01670 819 251
Contact details...
Opening Times
- Open:
1st Feb - 31st Oct:
10am - 5pm Mon - Sat and 11am - 5pm Sun,
1st Nov - 31st Jan:
10am - 4pm Mon - Sat and 11am - 4pm Sun
Use of The Breakwater Cafe and the shop, Sea Shore, is free of charge. A small admission charge applies for entrance to the exhibition.
May 2012 - Twilight Opening till 9pm
Due to popular demand we are opening the Breakwater Cafe until 9pm on Fridays and Saturdays. If this proves as popular as we think it will be we will look to extend this throughout the summer.
NMC Breakwater Cafe - Evening Menu
Meet Shelly and Rocky - Sea Explorers, by Chloe, age 9, New Delaval Primary
Name our 2 Sea Explorers!
Thank you to all who entered the competition. We had great fun sifting through your entries and because the quality of entries was so good we had a lot of trouble coming to a final decision.
But we are very proud to announce that Chloe (age 9), from Year Group 4 at New Delaval Primary, is the winner of our Name Our Sea Explorers Competition. Well done Chloe, and welcome home to:
Shelly and Rocky - Sea Explorers
Accessibility
The Cafe
Whilst you're here why not visit our friends at The Heritage Centre, Bellingham, Northumberland
