Location
(Last updated December 2024)
8, Garden Terrace, Glanton, near Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 4AW
8 Garden Terrace is a lovely south-facing small stone cottage particularly suitable for families with school age children, or others who wish to explore the Northumbrian castles, coast and countryside.
How to get there:
By car, 50 minutes north of Newcastle upon Tyne, up the A1 and then A697.
Public transport is somewhat limited. Currently there is a Glen Valley bus to and from Newcastle on Wednesdays and Saturdays. There are more frequent buses to Alnwick and Wooler.
Alnmouth has a railway station and is on the main East Coast line from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh.
Nearest Towns:
Alnwick – 20 min drive; Wooler – 15 min drive; Newcastle – 50 min drive; Berwick – 45 min drive
Local Area
There a small shop with post-office in the village.
There’s a good small supermarket (with petrol and car cleaning) in the next village, Powburn.
There are Co-op, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, and Aldi stores in Wooler or Alnwick. Most big supermarkets will deliver in Glanton.
Restaurants are available in Wooler, Alnwick and Longframlington.
Glanton is in the Southern Cheviots, a good base for discovering all the renowned beaches and castles of mid and north Northumberland and the Northumberland National Park. Alnwick Castle and Gardens are about 20 minutes’ drive away (as is the famous “Barter Books” store in Alnwick).
The Ingram/Breamish Valley with fabulous picnic sites besides the river where children can paddle is just about 15 minutes away, and Cragside (National Trust) is fairly near in Rothbury. Holy Island, Bamburgh, Beadnell, Seahouses, Newton and Craster are all on the coast, with the nearest beach being Alnmouth. (Remember that the North East is somewhat cooler than the South East!)
Alnwick has a swimming pool and Wooler a pharmacy. The URC church in Glanton has fortnightly services. Wooler Evangelical Church has regular services and a resident pastor. Whittingham (the local parish church) has a priest-in-charge and responsible for several churches. Wooler has “Ad Gefrin”, a new Anglo-Saxon museum of the 7th Century (the Golden Age of the Celtic Church) as well as the Milk Bar cafe serving ice-cream from a local dairy
Facilities
8 Garden Terrace is a single-story small stone-built end terrace cottage, down a narrow private lane in the centre of the small (c 200 population) Glanton village, with a south facing patio and garden (mostly lawn).
Bedrooms – one double bedroom and two very small bedrooms, with a king-size bed in the main back bedroom room (including a writing desk), a single bed in the small front room, and a bunk-bed for two in the small back room. Duvets and pillows are provided, but please bring your own sheets, duvet-covers, pillowcases and also towels and tea-towels.
Kitchen – equipped with cutlery, crockery and cooking utensils, washing-machine, dish-washer, microwave, oven and fridge.
Heating – a coal fire in the living /dining room, and electric radiators in each bedroom, and electric blower heaters.
Television/Wifi – provided.
Bathroom – with a shower over the bath.
Parking – on the ‘reinforced’ grass at top of the lawn (parallel to the patio), or, in the main village street (1 minute walk) to avoid reversing.
Games – some primary-school games and toys and a few board games in a cupboard.
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Costs
For Clergy and Church staff £350 per week in June, July and August, £300 per week at other times. 8 Garden Terrace is available only to clergy and church workers (and previous guests) at this cost of £350/300 per week. That includes a cleaner coming between guests; but please tidy up when you leave.
– providing full contact details, the number of people in your family and the details of the church in which you serve, and the dates you are enquiring about. If those dates are available, guests are normally asked to pay £100 deposit, and to pay the balance two weeks before the holiday begins.
Energy Provision:
Electricity included. Some firelighters, kindling wood and smokeless coal are provided (if stocks run low, please buy bags from Hedgeley Service Station with the small supermarket at Powburn).
Availability
April to October.
Arrival and Departure times: 3.00 pm arrival time. 10.00 am departure time.
Booking arrangements: Normally Saturday start. Short breaks by arrangement – eg 4 days @ £200
Pets: Sorry -no pets
Contact the Owner
If you are interested in making a booking, or you would like further information, please get in touch using the following contact details:
Name: Annabel Holloway
Email Address: GardenTerraceGlanton@gmail.com