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The formal gardens at Cragside with Cragside Garden Cottage behind, Northumberland
The formal gardens at Cragside with Cragside Garden Cottage behind, Northumberland | © National Trust/Mike Henton
The kitchen and dining room at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
A view across the roof of Cragside Garden Cottage to the formal gardens, Northumberland

Cragside Garden Cottage

A Northumberland getaway in the blossoming gardens of Cragside.

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The kitchen and dining room at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
A view across the roof of Cragside Garden Cottage to the formal gardens, Northumberland
The formal gardens at Cragside with Cragside Garden Cottage behind, Northumberland
Cragside Garden Cottage in the formal gardens at Cragside, Northumberland
The entrance porch at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The sitting room at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The sitting room at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The kitchen and dining room at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The kitchen and dining room at Cragside Garden Cottage, with glass doors onto a private terrace, Northumberland
The en-suite shower room to the double bedroom at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The ground-floor, double bedroom at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
One of the twin bedrooms at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The bathroom at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
One of the twin bedrooms at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
The private terrace at Cragside Garden Cottage, accessed by glass doors from the kitchen and dining room, Northumberland
Original features on the gables of Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
Windows of the two twin bedrooms at Cragside Garden Cottage, Northumberland
Cragside Garden Cottage in the formal gardens at Cragside, Northumberland
The formal gardens at Cragside with Cragside Garden Cottage behind, Northumberland
The Iron Bridge and Cragside House at Cragside, Northumberland
Cragside House at Cragside, Northumberland
Gardens at Cragside, with Cragside Garden Cottage in the background, Northumberland
Sheep grazing on the Cragside estate, Northumberland

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A Northumberland getaway in the blossoming gardens of Cragside.

  • Guests

    6

    Bedrooms

    3

    Acorn rating

    4What's this?

    Number of dogs welcome

    0

    Reference

    017005

    Stay in the house built by Victorian inventor, Lord Armstrong, on the Cragside estate. This uniquely designed cottage sits in the formal gardens of the estate where views extend over the Italian Terrace to the Coquet Valley and Simonside Hills beyond. Inside a homely space awaits, where original features and classic décor embellish the rooms. 

    As a guest you’ll have free access to the Cragside gardens, house and woodlands. You’ll also have the shops, pubs and tea rooms of traditional Northumbrian village, Rothbury, nearby too.

    Further afield, the Northumberland Coast AONB can be reached within a 35-minute drive. Be sure to visit Embleton Bay, a vast sandy beach with the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle providing the backdrop. 
     

    • Wi-Fi, available
    • Garden, available
    • EV charging, not available
    • Fridge, available
    • Freezer, available
    • Microwave, available
    • Open fire / wood burner, available
    • Television, available
    • DVD, available
    • Washing machine, available
    • Dishwasher, available
    • Tumble dryer, available
    • Cot & high chair, available

Book together...

Cragside Park Cottage is joined to Cragside Garden Cottage. They share an an open lawn area and can be booked together for a group of up to 12.

An aerial view of Cragside Park Cottage and the estate's formal gardens, Northumberland

Cragside Park Cottage 

An Arts and Crafts-style house. Sleeps six.

Things to see and do at Cragside...

Cragside 

Britain's original smart home which sits at the heart of a grand fantasy garden.

Morpeth, Northumberland

Fully open today
Cragside House on a spring day. The House is surrounded by green trees and there are some flowers appearing in the Rock Garden that surrounded it.

Things to do in the gardens at Cragside 

Explore the ultimate landscaped garden in Northumberland. With spectacular vision, Victorians William and Margaret Armstrong transformed the grounds from a bare moorside into a fantasy mountain landscape. Created for beauty and function you’ll discover towering trees, overflowing flower beds, trickling burns, dramatic water cascades and engineered lakes that were created to harness the power of water.

The 19th-century Clock Tower in the Formal Garden at Cragside, Northumberland.

Things to see in the house at Cragside 

Illuminated with hydro-electricity and powered by hydraulics, this impressive Arts and Crafts House was designed for modern living and efficiency. Electric light, gravity fed plumbing, water-power machinery and a hydraulic passenger lift provided an unrivalled level of comfort that wowed royalty and guests from all over the world.

Two visitors are looking up at an enormous, highly decorated marble fireplace in the Drawing Room at Cragside

Things to do on the estate at Cragside 

Stretching your legs in the cool winter air is a great way to blow away the cobwebs and recharge your batteries. You could re-discover some of your favourites hidden gems, or perhaps find a couple of new ones on a walk at Cragside.

A sculpture of a face with decorative leaves carved into a fallen tree at Cragside, Northumberland

Caring for Cragside's Red Squirrels 

Cragside is one of a few locations that has a population of the UK’s native red squirrels. Discover how we care for this tufty-eared species. Discover how we care for this tufty-eared species.

A close up of a red squirrel on a branch on the floor of woodland on Brownsea Island, Dorset

Nelly's Moss lakes walk, Cragside 

North East

Discover the historic lakes, engineered by Lord Armstrong as part of his pioneering hydro-electricity system, on this easy circular walk at Cragside, and spot wildlife like frogs and herons.

Activities
Walking
DistanceMiles: 1.5 (km: 2.4)
Two girls walking along the banks of the Nelly's Moss lakes

Exploring the area...

Wallington 

Discover Wallington, where a historical house meets rolling hills, woodlands and a walled garden.

near Morpeth, Northumberland

Fully open today
Young boy in khaki t-shirt and shorts and orange sunglasses is aiming a bow and arrow at a target with Wallington's house in the background. Part of Summer of Play, sponsored by Starling Bank.

Dunstanburgh Castle 

Iconic castle ruin, in an impressive coastal setting

Alnwick, Northumberland

A visitor with their back to the camera walks along a path to the entrance of Dunstanburgh Castle

Seaton Delaval Hall 

A place of great theatricality, drama and mischief

Seaton Sluice, Northumberland

Fully open today
South lawn at Seaton Delaval Hall in the spring sunshine

Embleton and Newton Links 

Breath-taking stretches of silver sands surrounded by wildlife-rich dunes

Alnwick, Northumberland

Family and dog on beach at Embleton Sands in Northumberland

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