Northumberland

With a wonderfully wild, castle-dotted coastline, a huge national park, a chunk of the Pennines and the beautiful Kielder Water, as well as lovely seaside towns and Alnwick’s Barter Books, a contender for the UK’s best bookshop, Northumberland has everything you could ask for. Walk wet sands to the abbey on Holy Island at low tide, drop into Craster for a lobster lunch, take a night-time stargazing tour at the stunning Kielder observatory, or escape into the Northumberland National Park and follow old stone walls to windy hilltops. Finish it all at one of our personally inspected places, where our team have checked for comfort and class, but also the warmth of the welcome and the touches of magic that turn a place to stay into lifelong holiday memories.