The new Hexham Golf Club moved up from the river to its present location in 1907. The 5470 yard eighteen holes of Hexham Golf Club were fully open in early 1908, with a new West Point clubhouse.

Hexham Racecourse is now Northumberland's only racecourse. Other sites of race meetings including Rothbury, Belford, Elsdon, Wark and Morpeth have come and gone. Gosforth has changed counties leaving only Hexham Racecourse.

Hexham Rowing Club is located at the Tyne Green, Hexham. Hexham Rowing Club was founded in 1878 and is one of the oldest sports clubs in the North East. In the early days of Hexham Rowing Club its boathouse landlords were the Haydon Bridge Temperance Society.

Tynedale Rugby Club is the top Rugby Union team in the region. Tynedale Rugby Club was founded in 1876. In their First match versus Elswick (now Northern) at Hexham on 30th Dec 1876 Tynedale won by a goal and two tries to nil. In 1877 other local teams merged with Tynedale Rugby Football Club - Hexham Excelsior, Heart of all England, Hexham Wanderers, Tynedale Rovers, Parkend Rangers and Hexham Violets. Tynedale became one of the six founder members of the Northumberland Rugby Union in 1880. Fourteen years later Tynedale hosted the first ever seven-a-side tournament in England.