£11m plans to build a visitor centre at Hadrian's wall
Plans to build a £11m visitor centre at Hadrian's wall could take another step forward. Councillors are meeting to discuss plans for a new facility at Bardon Mill in Northumberland.
Plans to build a £11m visitor centre at Hadrian's wall could take another step forward. Councillors are meeting to discuss plans for a new facility at Bardon Mill in Northumberland.
After months of extensive public consultation and refinement, The Sill project have produced the final design concepts for Northumberland's new Landscape Discovery Centre, an £11.2m visitor centre which could be built near Hadrian's Wall.
Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Ltd were selected earlier this year by Northumberland National Park and the Youth Hostels Association to explore concepts for the new multi-million pound landmark building, which would replace the existing facilities at Once Brewed near Steel Rigg on Hadrian's Wall.
"I would personally like to thank the local community for their amazing donations of food, toiletries and clothing. "
Owners John and Irene Hays say there is ''light at the end of the tunnel'', after the pandemic forced them to close 650 UK stores.
There has been resistance to calls to dismantle memorials to the explorer.