Hoppers Cottage Guest House

About Hoppers Cottage Guest House

Hoppers Cottage is a genuinely small bed and breakfast - three guest rooms - on a private road at Whickham, on the Gateshead side of the Tyne about four miles from Newcastle city centre. Being tucked away off the main road makes it noticeably quieter than anything you will find in the city, and the hosts run it themselves, which shows in the consistently high scores it picks up for cleanliness and welcome.

The rooms are comfortable and domestic in scale, with en suite or private bathrooms, free wi-fi, tea and coffee trays and televisions. A cooked breakfast is prepared to order each morning, and the hosts are used to accommodating early departures for flights. Off-street parking is included, which for anyone arriving by car is a considerable saving against a central hotel that charges by the night.

Whickham is a residential village with pubs, a bakery and shops of its own, and it sits on high ground with views back over the Derwent and Tyne valleys. Derwenthaugh Country Park and the Derwent Walk cycle route are close by, and the Metrocentre, one of the largest shopping centres in Europe, is under a mile away with its own rail and bus interchange.

For the city, buses run from Whickham to Gateshead and Newcastle in around twenty minutes, or it is a ten-minute drive across the Redheugh Bridge to the centre. The airport is roughly half an hour by road. It suits travellers who would rather have a quiet room, a home-cooked breakfast and a parking space than a lobby and a lift, and who do not mind a short journey into town in the evening.