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Akeld Manor - Primula Patch, Akeld, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from: £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Akeld sleeps 4.

Features include: Hot Tub • Pool • Short Breaks • Games Room • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: A gracious manor and cottages of mellow stone . . . between history-steeped hills and a coast of golden sands . . .

Standing proudly at the foot of the Cheviot Hills, on the edge of the glorious Northumberland National Park and only 15 miles from the alternating sands and rocks of the coastline, Akeld Manor cottages offer the perfect setting for a holiday in England’s fascinating and beautiful Border country. The gracious Manor House and its cluster of cottages and mellow stone buildings have been sensitively renovated and converted to create an outstanding collection of holiday properties – all with shared use of a superb choice of facilities. A leisure building houses a wide range of amenities (available daily, all the year round) which include an indoor heated swimming pool with changing and shower facilities, a Jacuzzi and sauna. There is a well-equipped multi-gym, too, and the first floor of the building features a large games room (with pool table, table tennis and football game) and a separate snooker room with full-size antique table. The cottages are set in acres of shared grounds, which offer space for relaxing and for children to play, and they lie within 2 miles of the shops and inns at Wooler.
The Northumberland National Park stretches south through Kielder and Wark Forests as far as Hadrian’s Wall, and north to the Scottish border. Long stretches of sand can be found lining the coast south of Berwick-upon-Tweed (16 miles). At Beal (13 miles), the road to Holy Island runs gently down to the shore, where it becomes a causeway covered and impassable at high tide.
These quaint cottages, some of which have originally been cartsheds and byres are charmingly set in small groups within the spacious and colourful grounds. The large Manor House (which provides accommodation for parties of 15), also has a splendid large walled garden allowing total privacy. The setting of these cosy cottages is intriguing, many with small courtyards and gardens, a truly interesting and imaginative conversion full of detail and character – the individual and tasteful interiors are delightful. Shops 2 miles.

Dunstan Hall, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 18
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 18.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Beach nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 18

Accommodation overview: This exceptional, Grade II listed, ten-bedroomed country hall lies in an AONB, just outside the picturesque coastal village of Craster, on the coast of Northumberland. Parts of the existing pele tower may date from the 11th century, and the rest of the house was built in the early 14th and 18th-centuries, with the 18th-century wing rebuilt in the early part of the 20th century. The pele tower was rebuilt around 1310 as a watchtower for the nearby Dunstanburgh Castle, which was then being constructed. The unusual crowstepped top floor of the tower was created in the 16th century, when the then owners were no longer worried about maintaining defensive strength, and it was converted into a pigeon loft. Some of the fireplaces and stonework come from the lost Tudor house of Gloster Hill. There are spectacular coastal views to the east towards Dunstanburgh Castle. The beautiful beach at Embleton Bay is a mile or so north along a pretty bridleway. An excellent holiday base to enjoy the marvellous beaches, dunes and walks of the Northumberland coast. There is a wealth of historical and recreational sites, including Alnwick Castle and Garden, Bamburgh, Holy Island, Farne Islands, Warkworth and the Cheviot Hills. Craster itself is world famous for its kippers. Shops ¾ mile, pub 400 yards.

Entrance hall with 15th-century fireplace. Living room with cleaded walls, Jacobean carved wooden fireplace attached wooden brattish (fireside settle). Drawing room with Queen Anne panelling throughout, grand piano. Dining room with 14ft long oak refectory table (seats 18), stone fireplace, Morris tapestries. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen with large electric range. Breakfast room (seats 10) with 4-oven Aga. Reading room, stone vaulted ceiling. Utility/toilet. Separate toilet. Tudor stone staircase and early 20th century staircase to first floor: Large double bedroom with magnificent 18th-century panelling, window seats, cupboard leading to blocked door to lost second tower. Master double bedroom with window seats on two sides, 18th-century panelling, leading to tower twin bedroom. Two further twin bedrooms, one looking west over the garden, one looking east to Dunstanburgh Castle. Bunk bedroom with panelling. Two single bedrooms, one with 2ft 6in bed (for +1 child). Two bathrooms each with separate shower cubicle, toilet. Shower room. Tudor stone staircase to second floor: 25ft long games room, TV. Double bedroom, mullioned window facing west, leading to tower twin bedroom (for +2) with window facing east to remains of a medieval garderobe.

Akeld Manor - Lavender Cottage, Akeld, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from: £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Akeld sleeps 4.

Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: A gracious manor and cottages of mellow stone . . . between history-steeped hills and a coast of golden sands . . .

Standing proudly at the foot of the Cheviot Hills, on the edge of the glorious Northumberland National Park and only 15 miles from the alternating sands and rocks of the coastline, Akeld Manor cottages offer the perfect setting for a holiday in England’s fascinating and beautiful Border country. The gracious Manor House and its cluster of cottages and mellow stone buildings have been sensitively renovated and converted to create an outstanding collection of holiday properties – all with shared use of a superb choice of facilities. A leisure building houses a wide range of amenities (available daily, all the year round) which include an indoor heated swimming pool with changing and shower facilities, a Jacuzzi and sauna. There is a well-equipped multi-gym, too, and the first floor of the building features a large games room (with pool table, table tennis and football game) and a separate snooker room with full-size antique table. The cottages are set in acres of shared grounds, which offer space for relaxing and for children to play, and they lie within 2 miles of the shops and inns at Wooler.
The Northumberland National Park stretches south through Kielder and Wark Forests as far as Hadrian’s Wall, and north to the Scottish border. Long stretches of sand can be found lining the coast south of Berwick-upon-Tweed (16 miles). At Beal (13 miles), the road to Holy Island runs gently down to the shore, where it becomes a causeway covered and impassable at high tide.
These quaint cottages, some of which have originally been cartsheds and byres are charmingly set in small groups within the spacious and colourful grounds. The large Manor House (which provides accommodation for parties of 15), also has a splendid large walled garden allowing total privacy. The setting of these cosy cottages is intriguing, many with small courtyards and gardens, a truly interesting and imaginative conversion full of detail and character – the individual and tasteful interiors are delightful. Shops 2 miles.

Charlton Hall - Farm Cottage, Chathill, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Chathill sleeps 5.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 5

Accommodation overview: This beautiful country estate offers the perfect ‘home-away-from-home’ in England’s most rural county. Each pretty cottage and private garden is out of sight of any other property. Close to Northumberland’s Heritage coast, these secluded cottages have been renovated throughout to provide cosy interiors with wood-burning stoves - perfect for warm winter breaks.
Farm Cottage boasts its own gin-gang, a circular outbuilding once used as a mule-driven mill. The charming Stable Cottage, draped by a copper beech, was once the coachman’s home. Over the bridge lies Garden Cottage set inside the old walled garden. These three cottages are located in a tranquil pocket of beautiful rolling countryside, under vast skies where the sun rises over beaches and sets onto the moorland of the Cheviots. An ideal country retreat, just 3 miles from sparkling white sandy beaches and close to Northumberland’s magnificent castles. Charlton Hall’s ancient parkland makes for perfect scenic walks. Guests can stroll along the Shippton Burn, which runs under stone bridges, filling the trout lake before meandering to the sea. They can also explore woodland bursting with bluebells and wild flowers in spring and summer; and see nesting buzzards, roe deer, foxes, badgers, hares and weasels – all abundant here due to careful environmental management. A cross country course takes guests who wish to bring their horses through woods and fields. The nearby beaches are also excellent for riding and dog walking.
Additionally, West Lodge is a single-storey cottage nestling behind beautiful stone pillars at the entrance to the estate, screened by mature woodland and handily placed for touring just 100 yards from the single-carriageway A1. Local attractions include Holy Island, the Farne Islands, historic Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick Castle and Garden, the Heritage coastline and castles. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Edinburgh are just 1 hour by train.
Guests arriving by air met at Newcastle Airport (40 minutes by road) by arrangement. Shops 6 miles.

Tide View, Lesbury, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Lesbury sleeps 12.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Golf nearby • Pub nearby • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 12

Accommodation overview: Aptly named, this magnificent property offers spacious accommodation of a very high standard, and lies just a few minutes from a beautiful beach in one of Northumberland’s most attractive villages. Refurbished with great flair, original features such as vaulted ceilings and fireplaces are complemented by tasteful soft furnishings – enhancing each room whilst conferring individuality – and views towards the River Aln can be savoured from the first floor bedrooms, where the river flows into the sea behind the picturesque coastal town of Alnmouth. Adorning the beautiful Victorian-style cottage garden, fragrant roses and other traditional English blooms vie for admiration, and for wonderful al fresco dining, a lawned area with patio and barbecue to the side of the house make for lingering memories. An ideal venue for family gatherings, the property also boasts a games room and separate annexe within the grounds, where useful extended accommodation is provided for two to four people.
Within a few minutes’ walk, an excellent village pub offers a pleasant retreat in the evenings, whilst for golfers, Foxton Golf Club (1½ miles) claims to be Northumberland’s finest. Beadnell offers sailing and diving, Seahouses, diving and sea fishing, whilst Alnwick (5 miles) boasts an enchanting castle (setting for Harry Potter films) and contemporary water garden with cascading waterfalls and landscaped grounds. Endowed with many other castles, the area offers many interesting days out, with Dunstanburgh Castle and Bamburgh Castle also nearby. Shop 250 yards.

Spacious living/dining room with flatscreen TV and French doors to patio - combining comfort of stylish settees centred on a ‘sit-in’ inglenook with wood-burning stove, with magnificent dining area with oak floor and bespoke furniture. Separate sitting room with ornamental Regency hob grate feature fireplace and TV and video/DVD. Well-equipped Shaker-style kitchen with range, breakfast bar, vaulted ceiling, Velux windows, glazed external wall and tiled floor. Double bedroom with ornamental fireplace. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms; one with 5ft bed, TV, video and en-suite bathroom with toilet. Two twin bedrooms. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. External games room. Separate annexe: Three steps down to living room with sofa-bed (for +2) and compact kitchen area with m/wave and fridge. Large double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Vaulted ceilings throughout annexe.

Charlton Hall - West Lodge, Chathill, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Chathill sleeps 5.

Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 5

Accommodation overview: This beautiful country estate offers the perfect ‘home-away-from-home’ in England’s most rural county. Each pretty cottage and private garden is out of sight of any other property. Close to Northumberland’s Heritage coast, these secluded cottages have been renovated throughout to provide cosy interiors with wood-burning stoves - perfect for warm winter breaks.
Farm Cottage boasts its own gin-gang, a circular outbuilding once used as a mule-driven mill. The charming Stable Cottage, draped by a copper beech, was once the coachman’s home. Over the bridge lies Garden Cottage set inside the old walled garden. These three cottages are located in a tranquil pocket of beautiful rolling countryside, under vast skies where the sun rises over beaches and sets onto the moorland of the Cheviots. An ideal country retreat, just 3 miles from sparkling white sandy beaches and close to Northumberland’s magnificent castles. Charlton Hall’s ancient parkland makes for perfect scenic walks. Guests can stroll along the Shippton Burn, which runs under stone bridges, filling the trout lake before meandering to the sea. They can also explore woodland bursting with bluebells and wild flowers in spring and summer; and see nesting buzzards, roe deer, foxes, badgers, hares and weasels – all abundant here due to careful environmental management. A cross country course takes guests who wish to bring their horses through woods and fields. The nearby beaches are also excellent for riding and dog walking.
Additionally, West Lodge is a single-storey cottage nestling behind beautiful stone pillars at the entrance to the estate, screened by mature woodland and handily placed for touring just 100 yards from the single-carriageway A1. Local attractions include Holy Island, the Farne Islands, historic Berwick-upon-Tweed, Alnwick Castle and Garden, the Heritage coastline and castles. Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Edinburgh are just 1 hour by train.
Guests arriving by air met at Newcastle Airport (40 minutes by road) by arrangement. Shops 6 miles.

Akeld Manor - Freesia Cottage, Akeld, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from: £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Akeld sleeps 4.

Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Games Room • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: A gracious manor and cottages of mellow stone . . . between history-steeped hills and a coast of golden sands . . .

Standing proudly at the foot of the Cheviot Hills, on the edge of the glorious Northumberland National Park and only 15 miles from the alternating sands and rocks of the coastline, Akeld Manor cottages offer the perfect setting for a holiday in England’s fascinating and beautiful Border country. The gracious Manor House and its cluster of cottages and mellow stone buildings have been sensitively renovated and converted to create an outstanding collection of holiday properties – all with shared use of a superb choice of facilities. A leisure building houses a wide range of amenities (available daily, all the year round) which include an indoor heated swimming pool with changing and shower facilities, a Jacuzzi and sauna. There is a well-equipped multi-gym, too, and the first floor of the building features a large games room (with pool table, table tennis and football game) and a separate snooker room with full-size antique table. The cottages are set in acres of shared grounds, which offer space for relaxing and for children to play, and they lie within 2 miles of the shops and inns at Wooler.
The Northumberland National Park stretches south through Kielder and Wark Forests as far as Hadrian’s Wall, and north to the Scottish border. Long stretches of sand can be found lining the coast south of Berwick-upon-Tweed (16 miles). At Beal (13 miles), the road to Holy Island runs gently down to the shore, where it becomes a causeway covered and impassable at high tide.
These quaint cottages, some of which have originally been cartsheds and byres are charmingly set in small groups within the spacious and colourful grounds. The large Manor House (which provides accommodation for parties of 15), also has a splendid large walled garden allowing total privacy. The setting of these cosy cottages is intriguing, many with small courtyards and gardens, a truly interesting and imaginative conversion full of detail and character – the individual and tasteful interiors are delightful. Shops 2 miles.

Kern Cottage, Lowick, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Lowick sleeps 10.

Features include: Hot Tub • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: Formerly the joiner’s cottage/workshop on Barmoor Castle Estate, Kern Cottage is a beautifully furnished, spacious stone-built holiday house with the bonus of a sauna, Jacuzzi and games room. Close to Holy Island and the fabulous sandy beaches of the Northumberland Coast and just 1 mile west of Lowick, it is a perfect ‘get away from it all’ holiday base. It lies just 30 minutes from Alnwick (with its castle and gardens) and 15 miles from the walled town of Berwick with shopping, sports and art centres and entertainment. Bamburgh Castle and a boat trip to the Farne Islands to watch the seals, are a must. There is excellent walking nearby. The National Cycle Route, golf at Goswick, riding schools and fishing are also all on the doorstep. Equidistant between Edinburgh and Newcastle, 1 hour. Shop 1 mile, pub ¾ mile.

Spacious living room with wood-burning stove. Large well-equipped kitchen/dining room with electric Rangemaster. Utility. Library with wood-burning stove. Games room. Garden room. Wet room with large bath, separate shower and toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, each with sofa and en-suite shower room with toilet; one with 5ft bed and TV. Further double bedroom with sofa and sloping ceiling. Two twin bedrooms. Wet room with large bath, separate shower and toilet.