CHURCHES across Tynedale are planning a whole host of special festive services for all the family this Christmas.

HEXHAM

Hexham Abbey, Beaumont Street

Candlelit Carol Service Friday, December 23 and Saturday, December 24 at 6.30pm.

Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 3pm.

Midnight communion Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8.30am.

Christmas Day Eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

Hexham Community Church, Beaumont Street

Christmas celebration Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.

Hexham Trinity Methodist Church, Beaumont Street.

All age Christmas celebration Saturday, December 24 at 4.30pm.

Christmas holy communion Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.

All age Christmas Day service Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.

Hexham West End Methodist Church, Shaftoe Leazes

Christmas Day service Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am.

Hexham Quakers, meets at Hexham Community Centre, Gilesgate.

Meeting for worship Sundays at 10am.

St Aidan’s United Reformed Church, Hencotes

Christmas Eve candlelit carols Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Hencotes

Vigil mass with carols Saturday, December 24 at 7.30pm.

Mass to celebrate the nativity of Our Lord Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

St John Lee Church

Blessing of the crib Saturday, December 24 at 3.30pm.

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Christmas morning communion service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

The Point Church, meets at Priory School, Corbridge Road

Christmas Day service held at the bandstand Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

CORBRIDGE

St Andrew’s Church

Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 3pm.

Roman Catholic mass Saturday, December 24 at 5pm.

Candlelit carol service Saturday, December 24 at 7.30pm.

Midnight communion Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8am.

Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.

St Oswald’s Church, Halton

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.15am.

ALLEN VALLEYS

St Cuthbert’s Church, Allendale

Holy communion Saturday, December 24 at 11pm.

Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.

Holy Trinity, Whitfield

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.

NORTH TYNE AND REDESDALE

St Christoper’s Church, Gunnerton

Crib service Saturday, December 24 at 5pm.

St Aidan’s Church, Thockrington

Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am

St Giles’s Church, Birtley

Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 10.30am

St Aidan’s Church, Thorneyburn

Candlelit carol service Friday, December 23 at 7pm.

Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.

All Saints Church, West Woodburn

Carol service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm.

Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 11am.

St John’s Church, Otterburn

Crib and carol service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm.

St Cuthbert’s Church, Bellingham

Christingle service Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Family eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.

St Peter’s Church, Falstone

Christmas service Saturday, December 24 at 9pm.

St Cuthbert’s Church, Elsdon

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Holy Trinity Church, Horsley

Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am.

St Francis’ Church, Byrness

Family service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

EAST TYNEDALE

St Elizabeth’s Church, Minsteracres

Carols and midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Christmas Day mass Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.

St Peter’s Church, Bywell

Parish communion Sunday, December 25 at 9am.

St Mary Magdelene Church, Prudhoe

Christingle and crib building service Saturday, December 24 at 4pm and 6pm.

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Family service Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

SOUTH TYNEDALE

Holy Cross Church, Haltwhistle

Christingle service Saturday, December 24 at 6pm.

Family eucharist Sunday, December 25 at 9.30am.

St Cuthbert’s, Greenhead

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

PONTELAND

St Mary the Virgin, Ponteland

Family carols Saturday, December 24 at 3pm and 4pm.

Carol service Saturday, December 24 at 7pm.

Midnight mass Saturday, December 24 at 11.30pm.

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 8am.

Family communion Sunday, December 25 at 10am.

Holy Saviour Church, Milbourne

Holy communion Sunday, December 25 at 11.15am.

* This is not an exhaustive list. All information was correct, to the best of our knowledge, at the time of going to press