Saturday 31st August is the feast day of St Aidan, the gentle inspirational monk, who, in 635AD, together with St Oswald brought Christianity to northern England.  In celebration of his feast day, the Bamburgh Bones team will be hosting two open days of the Crypt of St Aidan’s Bamburgh.

Guides will be on hand to explain the amazing Anglo-Saxon heritage of Bamburgh and the lives of the 110 individuals laid to rest in ossuary boxes in the second crypt as well as explore some of the colourful characters interred in the main crypt.

Entry is free and via an external staircase at the north end of the church.