| | | Homildon House, Alnwick, Northumberland | | | Spylaw Farm Homildon House, delightful cottage sleeps 6. | GBP305 - GBP755 | Working farm, fantastic views, close to beaches 2 double (1 en suite) 1 twin. Homildon House, (4* quality in tourism award sleeps 6+ baby) on Spylaw Farm- in glorious rolling countryside and surrounded by sweeping hills, the converted shepherd’s cottage and byres, on a working farm, offer beautiful accommodation in two converted stone cottages, Cuddy's Croft (Sleeps 2+ baby) and Homildon House (Sleeps 6). Homildon House has three luxury bedrooms, two double (one en-suite) and one twin, with secluded south facing walled garden, BBQ and garden furniture;ideal base for families,groups and couples wishing to explore; Lots of activities on the farm and locally, including walking, cycling, climbing, golfing, fishing, horse riding;
Farm market garden providing seasonal goodies. The village of Chatton with its pub, shop/PO, trout fishery and Gallery is 2 miles away.
Spylaw Farm offers you a very warm welcome to North Northumberland, nestled between the Cheviots and the fantastic Heritage coast; In the heart of rolling countryside, within four miles of a designated AONB, some eight miles from the Northumberland National Park; a short drive to Bamburgh and Ross Beaches; Close to the Farne islands, Lindisfarne and Budle Bay.
We offer a friendly, calm and safe environment for your holiday and are dedicated to providing you with an unforgettable experience, putting you at ease and making every visitor feel relaxed and most welcome. Our enthusiasm for the area, locally sourced and home produced food, our beautiful home and gardens, are completely infectious and we are always happy to share our local knowledge with our guests. There is plenty of information on beautiful places to visit, walks to try, birds to watch and castles to explore.
We have a passion for locally sourced and home produced food are members of Slow Food and Andy's market garden provides seasonal goodies. We provide freshly made meals on request and freshly baked bread. We have a drying room available and cyclists and walkers are most welcome.
Homildon House comprises 3 double bedrooms - one gf double, 1 double with en-suite and one twin Linen and towels included.Hairdryers;washer/dryer. TV. Video. DVD. Wood burning stove . Heating/logs provided FOC. High chair. Cot. Walled garden BBQ. Off road parking. Dogs welcome. | | | |
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| | | The Shieling, Alnwick, Northumberland | | | A luxurious holiday cottage with stunning view to Northumbria's Heritage Coast | GBP299 - GBP779 | The Shieling Superb Holiday Accommodation, Warkworth near Alnwick. 4 Star ETC An impressive, detached, luxury holiday cottage in Northumberland. Stay in our picture postcard holiday cottage and use it as a gateway to enjoy Northumbria’s many pleasures. The holiday cottage enjoys panoramic views to Northumbria’s Heritage Coast, Warkworth Castle and Coquet Island. Well equipped, warm and comfortable the Shieling is an ideal holiday lodge at any season of the year. It has an extremely attractive open plan living area and sleeps 6. A lovely sunny conservatory, overlooking rolling countryside, is ideal for relaxing after touring Northumberland’s’ holiday destination castles, coastline and pretty, fishing villages. Recently built, in a peaceful location, it is equipped to a high standard. There is great attention to detail personally supervised by the owner. The Shieling is light and airy, has a vaulted, beamed ceiling and features a ‘floor to roof’ window providing excellent holiday self -catering accommodation. Majestic Alnwick Town, Castle and Garden are only 5 miles away. This holiday cottage is of the highest standard and within easy touring distance are Lindisfarne, the Cheviots, Northumberland National Park, Hadrian’s Wall and Otterburn. Historic sites galore and contrasting coast and country offer a holiday full of variety and contrast in the superb, spacious Shieling holiday cottage where we hope you will share our love of Northumberland.
A single storey, luxury detached cottage with attractive open plan living area. Elegant, open plan living dining area with doors to conservatory with views towards the sea. A large fully fitted kitchen includes coffee machine, slow cooker and Forman Grill. This holiday base offers 1 double bedroom with ensuite shower room, 1 twin bedroom and 1 bedroom with full size bunks, family bathroom.
Oil fired, Central Heating.
Double Electric Oven with Ceramic Hob
Personal welcome. Tea on arrival
Comprehensive information on the area.
Private garden with furniture and barbecue
Ample off road parking.
Lockable storage for bikes.
Indoor and Outdoor games/ Local Maps/ Local Books/ Small Library Shop within 1 mile | | | |
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| | | Townhead House, Rothbury, Northumberland | | | Northumberland National Park | GBP350 - GBP525 | Spacious and comfortable house Townhead House is a comfortable family house in Harbottle in the Northumberland National Park. Behind the house are the castle ruins, and the front looks out to heather clad hills. Harbottle is a beautiful village with a cosy pub, and is ideally suited for walking, cycling and relaxing. The wild Cheviot hills are on the doorstep. Safe road cycling is available all round, and especially up the valley beside the tumbling waters of the Coquet.
The delightful small market town of Rothbury is 7 miles away and offers restaurants, pubs, and many interesting shops. In July the traditional music festival draws huge crowds. Local National Trust properties include Cragside and Wallington. Excellent day trips include Alnwick, Newcastle and Holy Island.
Alwinton Border Show - one of the largest shows in the Coquet Valley, is on Saturday, October 10th 2009.
This property offers 2 doubles with singles in each, 1 twin, bathroom with wc, bath and shower, sitting room with open fire, dining room with wood burning stove, kitchen with full range of requirements, private garden. | | | |
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| | | Felbrook Cottage, Haltwhistle, Northumberland | | | Traditional stone cottage on family farm with views of Hadrians Wall | GBP400 - GBP600 | Award winning cottage with 2 ensuite bedrooms and gallery, sleeps 6 Felbrook is an extremely spacious cottage on Hadrians Wall in Northumberland National Park.Tastefully converted from the original farm buildings, this cottage retains many of the original features. The large lounge with wood burning stove and magnificent stone fireplace has 2 comfortable sofas on which to relax and watch the large flat screen TV. There is a well equipped kitchen/dining room, which seats 6 comfortably.Guests retire to a twin bed e/s bedroom or a large double bedded e/s room with gallery with 2 full size bunkbeds.
Wheelchair access is provided through the rear of the property and there is Level1 mobility suitability throughout the cottage. The cottage has been furnished with locally made pine furniture to add authenticity.
Felbrook cottage is ideally placed to explore all the best bits of Hadrians Wall, We are only 5 minutes by car from Vindolanda. Housesteads, and the Roman Army Museum. Children can enjoy the many events throughout the summer that take place at these sites.Gibbs Hill is a haven for Walkers and Birdwatchers. There are numerous walks from the farm and one of the Sunday Times Best Walks in England takes place over our land.Gibbs Hill is also ideally situated to use as a base for the long distance Hadrians Wall Trail, as we are right in the middle of the Walk. Visitors are able to use the Hadrians Wall bus to transport them to the start of their walk or to bring them back. The present family are the fifth generation to farm at Gibbs Hill, and they farm in a totally environmentally friendly way.Membership of the Higher Level Stewardship scheme has meant the farm has a programme of dry stone walling, there is much heather regeneration and low stocking rates encourage many ground nesting birds to stay. Curlew, sparrowhawk, kestrel, and merlin are all resident and an osprey is a frequent visitor in summer. Greenlee Lough Nature Reserve is on our land and there is a most interesting walk over the Peat Mires across a boardwalk .A washing machine and tumble dryer are located in the laundry room along with a payphone.
Wallington and Cragside are renowned National Trust properties and they are about a 1 hour drive. Durham and Carlisle are a similar drive and Hexham with its magnificent Abbey is only 25 minutes away. | | | |
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