On this page we will keep you advised of any future events we are planning or anything which is new to The Sanctuary.

It may be that we will be visiting another tourist attraction, a school fair or a village fete, or it  may be that we are planning a special event at the Sanctuary. 

Whatever it is, you will find out any information you need to know on this page, so please keep visiting to find out what we are planning.

If you are planning an event and would like us to attend with some of our animals please contact us.

Following is a list of the shows, fetes etc that we plan to attend this year.  Please come along and meet our animals and give them your support

FELTON & THIRSTON FAIR

Saturday 10th July 2010

This will be our second visit to the Felton Village Fete, which is held in the centre of the village of Felton, just north of Morpeth and begins at 11:00.   This is a very popular traditional village fete, with stalls, brass bands, childrens' games, dog show, sideshows and traditional village fete competitions, such as Welly Hoying and China Smashing!

We will be there again with our usual tombola and some of our animals and hope to meet old and new friends.

MORPETH FAIR DAY

Sunday 13th June 2010

On this day we will be out in force, with our animals, face painter and tombola to raise money to help feed our ever increasing family of animals in need.  Please come along to say hello and show us your suport.

SANDERSON ARCADE, MORPETH

 Wednesday 2nd June 2010 - school half-term

This will be our first visit to this venue and we are grateful for the opportunity to come along.   We will be bringing our usual animals to meet you.   We will be holding a few competitions to raise money and also will be face painting, so please come and say hello.

PETER BARRETT GARDEN CENTRE

 Saturday the 20th February 2010 - school half-term

This will be our first visit to this venue and we are grateful for the opportunity to come along. We will be bringing our usual tombola to help us to raise funds to feed our animals and some of our animals to meet you, so please come and say hello.

HEIGHLEY GATE GARDEN CENTRE

 Friday 19th February 2010 - school half-term

Heighley Gate have once again invited us to fundraise at their venue. We will be bringing along our usual tombola to help us to raise funds to feed our animals and some of our animals to meet you.  So please come and say hello.

HEIGHLEY GATE GARDEN CENTRE

 Friday and Saturday 23rd and 24th October 2009

BIRD NEST BOX WEEK!!

DYKE NEUK AGRICULTURAL SHOW

Sunday 30th August 2009

This agricultural show is a traditional country show held at Meldon on the Morpeth to Scots Gap road.

We went along with our tombola, gifts and of course with our animals, which are the most popular part of our days out.

ROYAL QUAYS

Saturday 8th August 2009

We were back at Royal Quays with some of our animals.

FELTON & THIRSTON FAIR

Saturday 11th July 2009

Felton Village Fete, which is held in the centre of the village of Felton, just north of Morpeth and begins at 12:00 is a very popular traditional village fete, with stalls, brass bands, childrens' games, dog show, sideshows and traditional village fete competitions, such as Welly Hoying and China Smashing!

We were there with our usual tombola and some of our animals and had a most enjoyable day meeting old and new friends, who came along to see the animals.

ROYAL QUAYS SHOPPING OUTLET

Saturday 4th July 2009

The Management Team at Royal Quays kindly invited us along to fundraise and provide some 'light entertainment' for their shoppers.  It was a beautiful day, the sun shone and our animals were very popular.  We started off the day with Confucius, our tortoise and Monty and Calleigh the corn snakes. 

We were joined after lunch by Star, the Barn Owl, Meatball the hedgehog and Rose the Tarantula, all of which were very popular with the shoppers!   Never were so many photographs taken I think as there was today!

MORPETH FAIR DAY

Saturday 14th June 2009

On this day we were out in force, as not only were we attending with our animals and tombola, but Gill Jones and her beautiful miniature horses were also there collecting on our behalf.

KIRKLEY HALL, PONTELAND

Sunday 7th June 2009

The staff and students held an open day to raise funds for us which we were happy to attend with some of our animals.

JESMOND DENE

Thursday 28th May 2009

We spent the day with The Northumberland Wildlife Trust in Jesmond Dene.  We took along two of our snakes, a tortoise and a hedgehog which everyone enjoyed meeting, especially the gentlemen who ended up with one of our snakes (Monty) in his pocket - on the left in the bottom photograph!!  (Click on a photograph to see an enlargement)

MAY DAY MONDAY

 Monday 4th May 2009

On May Day Monday, three local reptile enthusiasts brought along a variety of reptiles for our visitors to enjoy.   

Rachel Jackson and Matt Hepburn brought along one of the most popular with our visitors - Gandalf, a bearded dragon, who arrived on a harness and lead!!  they also brought 2 corn snakes, 3 geckos and 2 fire skinks, which are reputed to be the most beautiful skinks in the world.

Clare Brass brought along a young boa constrictor, a young royal python, a fully grown Great Plains Rat Snake, a 9 month old corn snake and a leopard gecko.  Finally, a member of our own staff who is a reptile enthusiast also brought along her 2 adult corn snakes.

All were very calm reptiles which gave our visitors the chance to handle whichever they were interested in and most of them, including children as young as 4 years old took advantage of the opportunity.  Everyone certainly seemed to enjoy the experience!  Click on any of the thumbnails for a full size photograph

HEIGHLEY GATE GARDEN CENTRE

 Saturday 11th April 2009