A range of outdoor projects in honour of the late Queen Elizabeth II are set to take place across Northumberland in the coming year.
Proposals include the creation of a picnic site and a coastal viewpoint at Warkworth Beach, a Queen's Garden in Tweedmouth, and the creation of two community woodlands in Alnwick; as well as park improvements and woodland walks in several of the county's towns. The proposals come after almost 1,000 residents came forward with ideas on how to celebrate the reign of Queen Elizabeth II following her death in September 2022 and will cost an estimated £370,000.
The chosen schemes are intended to reflect the late Queen's love of the outdoors and countryside, which was the theme suggested by many of the respondents to Northumberland County Council's consultation. As part of the commemoration programme, each site will have an interpretation panel installed that would identify the site as being part of the Council's QEII Commemoration Schemes, signposting visitors to where they could find further information on the initiatives, as well as providing site specific information.
