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Stay Northumbria is a local family run Northumberland Holiday Cottage company, passionate about helping you choose the best self catering holiday cottage in Northumberland - on the coast or in the country, just for you.

We offer you everything from a quaint fisherman's cottage for two, to family holiday cottages, and large holiday houses for extended families and groups. These together with spacious apartments and houses which have attained 5* Visit England ratings, offer simplicity to luxury, a real 'home from home' for individual travellers, couples, families and larger groups and dog & pet friendly holiday cottages too.

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Alnwick Garden Cascade

The Alnwick Garden

The Duchess of Northumberland had the vision of creating a garden open to all, which would reinvigorate the historic gardens at Alnwick Castle. Opened in 2001, the Alnwick garden reflects the glory and spirit of the earlier gardens on the site.

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Possibly the shortest and crumbliest Shortbread…

More new additions to our guest welcome packs, this time Laura Hindmarsh, Head of Housekeeping has been on the look out for the sweet treats for our packs this year.

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We’re Roasting in Northumberland

We love meeting our suppliers and finding new ones is a great adventure. General Manager Lisa Herbertson, has been looking out for some new items to put in our welcome packs for guests, something local, something useful, and really tasty.

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Places to visit

Alwinton

If you’re serious about walking or genuinely want to “get away from it all” then a holiday in & around Alwinton will be ideal for you.

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Golden Delight

Neil and I often take a Sunday afternoon trip out into Northumberland, we live and work on the coast so its nice to take off for a couple of hours inland for a change. Last weekend we headed for the village of Ford.

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Lets go North…

There are such a vast number of places to visit in Northumberland, many folks head to the North of the County and get as far as the beautiful coastline scattered with its castles along miles of sandy beaches, little fishing fishing villages, great

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Seal pups arrive on the Farne Islands

This little archipelago off the North East coast of Northumberland can be one of the most inhospitable places you could wish to visit as we enter the windy, stormy winter months, but it is here that a large group of Grey Seals choose to live, mate

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Garden Room Garden Party

Tea anyone? What a cracking day for the owners of Garden Room in Whitley Bay to have chosen to host their fund raiser event in aid of the Parkinsons UK.

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Farne Islands

The Farne Islands are a spectacular venue….. for birdwatchers and photographers, its great to take the kids they won’t come any closer to wildlife than here especially if you take a landing trip.

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Best of the best Holiday Cottages

2016 is the year where our British Olympians once again go for gold this time in Rio. But achieving Gold isn’t just restricted to elite sports personalities.

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Seahouses – gateway to the Farnes

Many of Stay Northumbria’s lovely self catering holiday cottages are based in Seahouses. Why? Well the village has a history seated deep in the fishing and farming industries.

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Bamburgh

With its world renowned beach top Castle, its challenging 18 hole golf course, its place on St. Oswald’s Way walk, and award winning butcher.

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