Eating & shopping
Licensed tea-rooms
Any time is a good time for tea
© National Trust
Our licensed tea-room at the visitor centre use locally grown and seasonal produce. It's open from 10am for morning coffee, light snacks, hot lunches and afternoon tea. Fresh, seasonal home-made soup is a favourite, as is the mouth-watering selection of tea-time treats, all baked in our kitchen.
New for 2012 - a local taste
Why not call into our tea-room for asparagus roulade, made using locally grown asparagus, followed by brown bread ice cream. New for this season and an upper class delicacy in Victorian times.
Discover a local favourite: brown bread ice cream (external link)
A little retail therapy goes a long way
Support us at Cragside by visiting our gift shop. Treat yourself to fabulous local food and wines, hand-crafted pottery, pocket money toys, books and much more.
Perfect place for a picnic
Pack a picnic or buy some tasty treats in our tea-room, then relax by a lake, wander in the woodland or watch the kids have fun in the play area. It's your choice - we have 1,000 acres for you to get lost in. Enjoy.
A tempting taste
© May Wilson
A selection of what's available:
- Craster kipper pate
- Hot roast pork roll with sage stuffing and apple sauce
- Carrot and lovage soup
- Wild garlic and potato soup
- Jacket potato with various fillings
- Seasonal vegetable flan
- Selection of scones
- Carrot cake
- Raspberry and thyme custard tart
(Menu may vary from day to day)
The perfect preserve
Taste Cragside's very own jams, marmalades and chutneys or get out your green fingers with our new gardening ranges for children and adults - available to buy in the gift shop.
Cragside's kipper pate
Enjoy kipper pate in the tea-rooms and re-create the taste at home
© Faye Morris
A delicious and simple starter dish to make. Serve with oat cakes and a side salad to re-create the Cragside tea-rooms dish.