Dog Friendly Cottages in Northumberland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Adam - Verified booking

  We’ve had a lovely stay at High Tide House.

  It’s in a fabulous location in Craster, just a 2 minute walk to the harbour and Jolly Fisherman pub (who also do takeaway fish & chips too). It’s around a 30 min walk to Dustanburgh Castle too. The house itself is lovely, with more than enough space for everyone and has most things you’d need for a holiday. There were just a couple of small things though that we noticed when we got to the house. Some of the kitchen utensils were dirty, the baking trays especially - they hadn’t been washed from previous guests. Also, there were a couple of chips on some bowls and a glass was cracked in the cupboard too. The BBQ hadn’t been cleaned either, with loads of ash at the bottom and tonnes of grease on the grill part - there were also no utensils for it which was a real shame. We were hoping to have a BBQ whilst we were here but this put decided not to in the end. Also, it would be useful to have some hooks on the back of doors, especially in the bathrooms so we have somewhere to hang towels/clothes etc. there’s nothing in the bedrooms either. Finally, although this doesn’t affect your stay and it’s no one’s fault, if you are a light sleeper and have early risers in your party, be prepared to be woken up from movement upstairs (as it’s an upstairs house). The en-suite bedroom in particular is directly under the kitchen and you can hear everything. Not sure what it’s like in the other bedrooms but we were often woken up very early because of this. Just something to mention. But overall we had a fab time. We probably wouldn’t come back only because and upside down house isn’t for us (first time we’ve stayed in one) but 100% would stay again if it was the usual bedrooms upstairs and living downstairs.

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• Barbara - Verified booking

  The house is well designed and very comfortable.

  The kitchen was well equipped with good oven and large fridge freezer and plenty of crockery, glasses etc. The bedrooms and bathrooms were very clean. Sadly what let it down was the disappointment re cleanliness in the kitchen/sitting room on our arrival especially given the emphasis on this in the description and in the instructions to us both before and as a firm reminder before leaving. We had to vacuum the rug due to a lot of crumbs, the dark sofa and arm of another sofa were covered in dog hair and numerous articles in the kitchen cupboards needed washing before we could use them including baking trays, cutlery, egg cups, some crockery, plastic plates. I know that people, are not allowed to have their dogs on the furniture but if they do let them it's not for the next people to deal with. As someone else has suggested the pans and baking trays, are very tired. Such a shame as a lovely house. We spent over an hour cleaning thoroughly to make sure that the next people wouldn't have the same experience. Good to have parking and a garden. Craster a delight as always. We had excellent walks to Dunstanburgh, beach day at Bamburgh and a lovely walk and tea at Hawick Hall Gardens. We couldn't use the coast bus due to my husbands need to isolate but it is a fabulous service whuch means you can leave your car at the house. A good meal at the Jolly Fisherman, prebooking well worth it but the fish and chips from the van there were disappointing. Excellent shop at the smokery worth supporting including milk, bread, teabags etc as well as lovely fish.

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• Hugh - Verified booking

  This is a great property in an excellent location that's convenient for easy car access north or south along the Northumberland coast, and inland to Alnwick, Rothbury or the Cheviots.

  But it's also perfect for instant access on foot to the magnificent Dunstanburgh Castle and other fine walks in the area, and in the evenings when most of the tourists depart Craster you have the village largely to yourselves. Everything in the property is in good condition, and apart from some tired pans (always the same in every holiday rental - what do people do to them!) doesn't lack for much. It was well cleaned when we arrived, and there were clear instructions and extra info about facilities and places of interest in the area. Our 2 greyhounds (not the most agile dogs) took a little while to get used to the stairs which were a little steeper than at home, but had mastered it by the end of the week. The included baby gates came in very useful to keep them corralled! Overall it's one of the nicest places we've stayed in, and we'll definitely book it again for next year, and keep our fingers crossed that we get similar perfect weather for most of the week. If I could add only one thing to make it better, it would be an electric car charging point!

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• Graham - Verified booking

  We were given the wrong code to access the lock box for the cottage key.

  Luckily, the cleaner was at another property and was able to give us the correct one, otherwise it would have been a problem as there is no mobile phone network coverage in the area. The property is very modern and new and presumably has not had many bookings yet. There are a few areas that could be improved - blinds would be preferable in the en-suite bedroom and front double bedroom as one is overlooked by a public footpath and the other faces the main road. The en-suite shower would benefit from some sort of shelving for toiletries. Given that the property is designed to accommodate 7 people, the dishwasher is too small. There were only 2 of us, and the dishwasher was on almost every day. These points are intended as constructive and not complaints. We had a very enjoyable stay here and the property is well situated for various attractions and there is also a multitude of walking trails, notably the Northumberland Coastal Path.

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• Samantha - Verified booking

  All went smoothly on our arrival at Russett, although the surprise was that it is right next door to the 'pub', the only negative of this being the low humming noise from the fans at the back which can be heard from the back bedroom and the garden.

  The 'pub' itself is quiet and mostly used for dining. Russett was clean and everything worked as it should and was fairly comfortable. The log burner is a lovely touch as the weather was wet and windy but perhaps a few more seating options would be a good idea, particularly when there are 4 adults or more occupying. The only other negative was that there was not enough cutlery, only 3 forks, but apart from that there were enough cooking utensils etc. Lovely kitchen, appliances execellent and a really lovely welcome basket including a bottle of wine and some good quality products which is a lovely touch. The property is ideally located to to get to all the main places on the Northumberland coast, e.g. Bamburgh, Alnwick, Berwick etc which was great. We would definitely recommend Russett, handy 'pub' next door to dine, within easy distance of all landmarks, clean and comfortable generally.

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