Ovingham

Ovingham Ovingham is a civil parish and village in the Tyne Valley in south Northumberland. St Mary church has a late Saxon tower and fine 13th century lancet windows. E.

It lies on the River Tyne 16 kilometres (10 miles) east of Hexham with neighbours Prudhoe, Ovington, Wylam and Stocksfield. In the porch is a stone slab commemorating Thomas Bewick who is buried in the churchyard. Ovingham Bridge, which crosses the River Tyne, was built in 1883. The steel tubes are marked Dorman Long Middlesbrough, the firm which designed and built the Sydney Harbour Bridge and th

e Tyne Bridge.. For such a small place, Ovingham has made quite a contribution to popular music in recent years. The punk-rock band China Drum formed in Ovingham in 1989, and more recently Rob Barker of Newcastle upon Tyne-based post-rock act Peace Burial at Sea grew up in the village. It has two schools: Ovingham Middle School and Ovingham C. First school.

I'll be sharing this post along with updates of training runs and photos (good and bad!), thoughts and rants on how it's...
22/05/2024

I'll be sharing this post along with updates of training runs and photos (good and bad!), thoughts and rants on how it's going 🏃‍♀️💙💙

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Own a bit of local music on vinyl and help Ovinghams own Dean Parker
15/05/2024

Own a bit of local music on vinyl and help Ovinghams own Dean Parker

Hey all, its a tricky one this old Kickstarter game!

BUT.

We're at 51% with 4 days to go! Thank you to everyone that has pledged so far. With the current state of streaming and recent news, I feel it's important to get things immortalised physically.

There's 4 days left, but we can certainly still do this. If you want a vinyl - now is your chance! Thank you all 🙏

You can pledge via the link below:

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Dean

17/05/2021

Fill their library with new books - plus you could win £100/€120 just for you!

09/04/2021

Update from Ovingham Parish Council is that the road by the church/bridge is now open.

08/04/2021

Ovingham bridge update-
Good news.

I have just been in contact with Northumbrian Water who say the Traffic management company will be attending ‘first thing in the morning’ and the bridge will be reopened.

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