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Bede's World
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Church Bank
Jarrow
Tyne and Wear
NE32 3DY
Website: http://www.bedesworl...
Email: visitor.info@bede'swor...
Telephone: 0191 529 4202
Fax: 0191 428 2361
Special Needs provision: Unknown
Bede's World celebrates the life and times of the Venerable Bede (AD 673-735). As well as a programme of summer activities, you can visit: an interactive Age of Bede exhibition; a stunning new museum, medieval ruins, a herb garden, and a recreated Anglo-Saxon demonstration farm. There is also a café within historic Jarrow Hall together with a museum gift and book shop.
Bede's World is open seven days a week
April-October
Monday - Saturday: 10.00 - 5.30
Sunday: 12.00 - 5.30
November-March
Monday - Saturday: 10.00 - 4.30
Sunday: 12.00 - 4.30
Admission Prices
Adults £4.50
Concessions (including children) £3.00
Family Ticket (2 adults and 2 children) £10.00
Concession Family £7.00
Activities
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Bede's World
At the core of the exhibition are the finds from the excavations of the site of St Paul's monastery. Finds dating from the late 7th and early 8th century - including large quantities of some of the earliest coloured window-glass from this country, fine imported pottery, green porphyry and beautiful stone carvings