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Cragside Garden Cottage

A view across the roof of Cragside Garden Cottage to the formal gardens, 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
BBQ, not available
Cot & high chair, available
Heating: Gas central heating included.

WIFI: We’re pleased to provide free WiFi access at this accommodation which is supported by BT. Please note intermittent connection problems can sometimes occur and therefore should not be relied upon.

Garden: Small terrace is accessed from French window at dining end of kitchen. There is an open lawn area shared with Cragside Park Cottage. While the lawn area is private, it is adjacent to Cragside’s formal garden, and therefore not completely secluded from the public view.

Guests have access to the Cragside grounds except in extreme weather conditions and/or when forestry operations or maintenance taking place in certain areas.

Parking: Parking space outside cottage.

Offers: Holiday cottages guests have free access to the house, gardens and woodland.

Offers: Guests will benefit from a late Sunday checkout of 4pm at this cottage.

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.

Cragside Park Cottage

An Arts and Crafts-style house. Sleeps six.

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Cragside

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

A family of three walking along a path in the Rock Garden. It's rhododendron season and the family are surrounded by pink and purple flowers.

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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.

Inside the large double-height kitchen at Cragside, Northumberland, with its huge iron range, and a large wooden table with utensils and ingredients

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Things to do in the house at Cragside

Cragside House was Britain's original 'smart home'. The Victorian mansion illuminated by hydroelectricity and powered hydraulics.

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

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

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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.

Two girls walking along the banks of the Nelly's Moss lakes

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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.

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Wallington

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

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Dunstanburgh Castle

Iconic castle ruin, in an impressive coastal setting

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Seaton Delaval Hall

A place of great theatricality, drama and mischief

Family and dog on beach at Embleton Sands in Northumberland

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Embleton and Newton Links

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

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