activities

Hadrian's Wall

The close proximity of the hotel to Hadrian's Wall, provides a range of fascinating excursions to nearby forts and museums including:

Birdoswald Roman Fort and Visitor Centre (1.5 miles): fascinating interactive visitor centre
The Roman Army Museum - Carvoran (5 miles): an insight into the daily lives of Roman soldiers
Vindolanda Fort and Museum (13 miles): extensive remains of the fort and civilian settlement; an award-winning site
Housesteads Fort (12 miles): the most complete Roman fort in Britain
milecastles at Poltross Burn (1 mile) and Cawfields (7 miles)
see also the Northumberland National Park Visitor Centre at Once Brewed (9 miles)

bowling green
putting green
French boules pitch
croquet lawn
all are conveniently located near the coffee shop for mid-competition refreshments!

the hotel grounds extend to 140 acres and provide a variety of walking - including some flat easy walks with magnificent views in all directions and some tougher 3-4 mile walks through the splendour of the Irthing Gorge
the East Cumbria Countryside Project web site has details and maps of several nearby walks including 2 circular walks (each 3.5 miles long). One of these passes through the hotel grounds. These 2 walks can be combined to make a longer circular walk
the local beauty spot of Talkin Tarn is a very pretty setting for walks (8 miles)
the Hadrian's Wall trail runs for 84 miles from the Solway estuary in the west to Wallsend in the east. It links to over 80 short walks and passes within a mile or so of the hotel. See also this information about the trail on the Ramblers Association site
the 268 mile long Pennine Way passes within 2 miles of the hotel
the 23 mile long South Tyne Trail passes through Haltwhistle (5 miles)

the Hadrians Wall cycleway follows the route of the wall from coast to coast. See also the Sustrans site - Hadrians Cycleway is Sustrans route 72
the South Tyne Trail mentioned above is both a cycling and a walking route
the Reivers Cycle Route runs for 171 miles from coast to coast and passes though Bewcastle (about 7 miles)

Haltwhistle Golf Club (2.5 miles)
Brampton Golf Club (8 miles)
Eden Golf Club and Driving Range (16 miles)
Bellingham Golf Club describes itself as "Northumberland's Friendliest Club" and is located close to Kielder Water (30 miles)

Lanercost Priory: this Augustinian priory was much involved in the Anglo-Scottish wars (5 miles)
the pretty town of Brampton - market day Wednesday - (8 miles)
Carlisle with its castle, cathedral and the Tullie House Museum (18 miles)
Hexham - market day Tuesday - has many interesting small curiosity shops and Hexham Abbey (18 miles)
Kielder Water and Forest Park is the largest forest in England and includes the largest man-made lake in Europe and several visitor centres (about 35 miles). A wide range of activities is available including:

"We love to come here...relaxing, peaceful...I can walk...search every nook & cranny."
Mr. & Mrs. D., Doncaster