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Throstle Cottage
“Pretty stone property with one bedroom in a charming village.” - VisitEngland Assessor
Alnwick, Northumberland
Our Inspector's view
Throstle Cottage is a pretty, one-bedroom stone-built cottage right by the local pub and village store in picturesque Lesbury. Inside, a lovely lounge with a wood-burning stone in a sandstone inglenook and a country-style kitchen/dining room add up to a perfect cosy bolthole. It’s about 20 minutes’ walk along the River Aln to Alnmouth beach.
Facilities – at a glance
Dogs allowed
En Suite
Garden
Linen provided
TV
Features
- Total units: 1
- Maximum occupancy: 2
- Cots provided
- High chairs
- Offsite pool
- Offsite riding
- Offsite cycle hire
- Offsite fishing
- Private garden
- Lawn area
- Garden furniture
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- Tumble dryer
- Microwave
- Freezer
- Sky or freeview
- En suite
- Linens provided
- Towels provided
- Internet
- Fireplace or wood burning stove
- Open all year
- Changeover day: Friday, Monday
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About the area
Discover Northumberland
If it’s history you’re after, there’s heaps of it in Northumberland. On Hadrian’s Wall you can imagine scarlet-cloaked Roman legionaries keeping watch for painted Pictish warriors while cursing the English weather and dreaming of home. Desolate battlefield sites and hulking fortresses such as Alnwick, Dunstanburgh, Bamburgh and Warkworth are reminders that this, until not so very long ago, was a contested border region. The ruins of Lindisfarne bear witness to the region’s early Christian history.
Northumberland also has some of Britain’s best beaches. On summer days, and even in winter, you’ll see surfers and other brave souls making the most of the coast. Inland, there are some great walks and bike rides in the dales of the Cheviot Hills and the Simonsides – just hilly enough to be interesting, without being brutally steep. There's dramatic scenery in the High Pennines, where waterfalls plunge into deep valleys, and there are swathes of heather-scented moorland. Northumberland National Park covers over 400 square miles of moorland and valleys with clear streams and pretty, stone-built villages. It’s just the place for wildlife watching too. You’ll find flocks of puffins, guillemots and other seabirds around the Farne Islands, and seals and dolphins offshore.
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