Louise’s guidebook

Louise
Louise’s guidebook

Historic house and gardens

Allow a full day to visit. Enjoy visiting the state rooms. Have a tour. Enjoy finding out why Downton Abbey and Harry Potter we’re partly filmed here. Try activities including broomstick training. Don’t forget to have your ticket upgraded at the ticket office to a yearly pass free of charge.
First house with electricity built for Armstrong family. Well worth a visit to the house and grounds. Suitable for all ages.
Cragside House
First house with electricity built for Armstrong family. Well worth a visit to the house and grounds. Suitable for all ages.
Events throughout the year. Enchanted Belsay is on (ticket only) from 5 - 22 December 2019. Suitable for all ages.
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Belsay Hall, Castle nezihlahla
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Events throughout the year. Enchanted Belsay is on (ticket only) from 5 - 22 December 2019. Suitable for all ages.
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I-Alnwick Castle
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Sightseeing

Gardens including poison garden. Fabulous meals in the Treehouse Restaurant. Events throughout the year.
Kielder has its own observatory and lovely walking.
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Kielder Forest
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Kielder has its own observatory and lovely walking.
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I-Alnwick Garden
Denwick Lane
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Lovely seaside town with golf course and horse riding. Boat trips to see seals, puffins, and if you are lucky dolphins.
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Isakhiwo seSeahouses
Harbour Road
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Lovely seaside town with golf course and horse riding. Boat trips to see seals, puffins, and if you are lucky dolphins.
Hadrian’s wall is a UNESCO world heritage site with bath houses, turrets, wall paths, galleries, museums, live excavations, re-enactments and more. However you wish to discover it, a visit is a must. Nearest fort is at Rochester (9 miles)
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Umkhumbi kaHadrian
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Hadrian’s wall is a UNESCO world heritage site with bath houses, turrets, wall paths, galleries, museums, live excavations, re-enactments and more. However you wish to discover it, a visit is a must. Nearest fort is at Rochester (9 miles)
Riverside walks along the River Coquet, local shops, walking in Simonside Hills. A short car journey (15 miles) over the hills.
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Rothbury
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Riverside walks along the River Coquet, local shops, walking in Simonside Hills. A short car journey (15 miles) over the hills.
Hexham has a beautiful Abbey, The Old Gaol, lovely riverside walks, a Leisure Centre. Farmers Market on 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 9.30 am.
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Hexham
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Hexham has a beautiful Abbey, The Old Gaol, lovely riverside walks, a Leisure Centre. Farmers Market on 2nd and 4th Saturdays from 9.30 am.

Food scene

Fabulous meals at reasonable prices within metres of Cosmic Lodge. Prebook Sunday lunches or bottomless breakfasts.
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The Coach House
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Fabulous meals at reasonable prices within metres of Cosmic Lodge. Prebook Sunday lunches or bottomless breakfasts.
Village hall with local history displayed opens Saturdays and Sundays 10-3 for light lunches and great cakes. Run by volunteers to keep the village hall running. Popular with cyclists.
Capheaton Cyclists' Café
Silver Hill
Village hall with local history displayed opens Saturdays and Sundays 10-3 for light lunches and great cakes. Run by volunteers to keep the village hall running. Popular with cyclists.
Local wedding venue with creperie.
Le Petit Château
Jedburgh Gardens
Local wedding venue with creperie.

Crazy golf

Lots to do, visitor centres, boat trips on reservoir, various watersports, fishing, swimming pool, birds of prey centre. Events throughout the year including Kielder Winter Wonderland.
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Kielder Water
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Lots to do, visitor centres, boat trips on reservoir, various watersports, fishing, swimming pool, birds of prey centre. Events throughout the year including Kielder Winter Wonderland.

Shopping

Basic food at reasonable prices and outdoor clothing shop with a few extras.
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Otterburn Mill Shop and Café, Otterburn
Otterburn Bridge
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Basic food at reasonable prices and outdoor clothing shop with a few extras.

Pub

Local pub with board games and live music most weekends.
Bird in Bush Public House
Village Green
Local pub with board games and live music most weekends.

Walking/biking

Great walking area. Popular also with cyclists and bikers.
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The Cheviot Hills
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Great walking area. Popular also with cyclists and bikers.