Announced on the twentieth anniversary of the closure of Vaux, a local artist has been commissioned to make a dray and horses sculpture for the former brewery site.
***Update*** More Info on The Market Shaker.
A new pub is taking over the former Ember Lounge in the Clothe Market and now work is well underway.
Shipwrights due for major refurbishment.
The 350 year old former coaching inn is a proper pub with low ceiling and wood beam interior with lots of brass and it is right on the banks of the Wear.
North East Pubs Added To the AA Pub Guide
The best ‘pick of the pubs’ in Northumberland & the North East according to the AA Pub Guide Interesting list of North East pubs in the AA good pub guide Much to my internal shame I haven’t been to any of them.