Holiday Cottages in Northumberland

Bamburgh is famous around the world for Bamburgh Castle - a wonderful medieval castle built high up on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Northumberland coast. The castle abounds with history and legends including associations with King Arthur. There are also a few ghost stories! Read about haunted Bamburgh Castle

Warkworth is 3 miles south of our location. Towering over the town and the river Coquet is the magnificent 12th Century Warkworth Castle, once the stronghold of the Percy family, Earls of Northumberland. Reputed to be haunted, Warkworth Castle has its own legend with a tragic love story. Read about haunted Warkworth Castle

Alnwick has a good range of shops and is the home of the present Duke of Northumberland. Alnwick Castle is world famous as "Hogwart's Castle" having been used as a location for the "Harry Potter" movie series. Other major movies and top tv series including Rowan Atkinson's "Blackadder" were also filmed here - read about Alnwick Castle in the movies

Northumberland abounds with historic castles, houses and battle sites. The dramatic ruins of the coastal fortress of Dunstanburgh Castle are a fine example. Visited and painted by English artist JMW Turner, the castle can be reached via a refreshing, coastal walk from the small fishing port of Craster (world famous for its oak-smoked kippers).

Other notable locations in Northumberland include .... Holy Island, also known as Lindisfarne. This is further North and is the jewel in the crown of Northumberland's beautiful coastline, reached by a narrow causeway which is cut off at high tide. The castle on the island is now owned by the National Trust.

Other National Trust properties in the area include Wallington Hall. formerly the home of the Trevalyn family, and Cragside, built by Lord Armstrong, who also owned Bamburgh Castle.

Here is a great Northumberland Glossary covering many of the towns and villages in the county.