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MEAD, MOTHERS AND MURDER….

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MEAD, mothers and murder are on the menu at one of the North East’s best loved venues in the coming weeks – although, thankfully, not at the same time.

They each feature among the packed programme of events at four-star Lumley Castle Hotel, Chester-le-Street, beginning on Friday 2 March with one of the venue’s famous Elizabethan banquets.

Also scheduled for Friday 16 and 23, these turn back the clock to 1595, with a five- course meal, goblets of wine and mead and entertainment from the Lords and Ladies of the Court, followed by a disco in the castle’s dungeon.

Then, on Sunday 4 and Friday 30, the hotel, which this year celebrates its 630^th birthday, will provide the setting for two murder mystery events, when guests can enjoy either dinner or afternoon tea while solving a real-life mystery as it unfolds around them.

But it is mothers who take centre stage on Sunday 11, with a trio of treats including afternoon tea, a three-course lunch and the chance to stay in one of the castle’s unique bedrooms with dinner in its renowned Black Knight Restaurant.

Lumley’s Elizabethan Banquets cost £36.50 per person, with the Murder Afternoon Tea on 4 March and Motive for Murder on 30 March priced at £22.50 and £36.50 respectively.

On Mother’s Day,11 March, lunch costs £29.95 for adults and £15.95 for children, with afternoon tea at £20 for adults and £12.50 for children.

An overnight stay on this date is priced at £75 per person based on two people sharing and includes a dinner allowance from the a la carte menu.

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