Harbut Law Holiday Cottages - The Cottage
Westmorland and Furness
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The Cottage is one of three converted barns a mile from Alston, a historic market town perched among the high moorlands. For small groups and families, it offers a self-contained base with its own sitting area, sleeping four across two bedrooms—a double and two singles—with a bathroom containing a bath and shower. The ground floor holds an open-plan living space with a woodburner, plus a kitchen equipped for proper cooking with an electric cooker and dishwasher. Heating, electricity, bed linen, towels and Wi-Fi are all included; logs for the burner cost nothing extra.
Guests share access to a hot tub on a rota system, positioned to take in views across the South Tyne Valley. Alston's cobbled main street sits close by with independent shops, pubs and restaurants, while the narrow-gauge railway and various walking routes—including stretches of the Pennine Way—radiate from the town. The North Pennines and Tynedale are easily explored by foot, bike or car, and Hadrian's Wall, the Lake District and Beamish Museum all fall within reasonable driving distance. There is parking for one car on site. No smoking is permitted, but one well-behaved pet stays free of charge.
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Check-in & check-out
Arrive after 15:00 Depart before 10:00
🚭 No smoking, please
What guests say
Absolutely amazing cottage with hot tub 😍 ❤️ beautiful views nice and comfortable beds spacious friendly owners, 😊 and there children are friendly especially with my great granddaughter ava she's 7 home from home definitely going back 😀
2 months ago · via Google
Great place to stay for a quiet break, the hot tub is new and amazing even in December -1c. The owners are really friendly and will help wherever they can.
7 months ago · via Google
We’ve just returned from a short break at The Cottage between Christmas and New Year. We loved it. The cottage was wonderful. Clean, spacious, and perfectly remote. Ideal for our family of four and our dog. The owners even decorated for Christmas and left milk and treats. We made good use of the hot tub on two evenings. Booking was simple and on both nights no one else had reserved it, so it felt like we had it all to ourselves. We walked into Alston one afternoon, a lovely walk across fields and public footpaths. It's a small town with not a huge amount going on, but that suited us. We ate at Alston House and The Cumberland Inn; both were friendly pubs serving decent food. We also drove to High Force Waterfall, about 30 minutes away. Absolutely worth the trip. The cottage had all the essentials, but nothing beyond that, so if you’re staying for longer you might want to bring extras like board games, salt and pepper etc. Overall, The Cottage and the surrounding area were perfect for us. It was great value for money, and we’d really happily return.
7 months ago · via Google
We stayed over Christmas 2024 and can honestly say what a wonderful time we had. The location is stunning and the cottages lovely, the owners were great and we had a lovely welcome pack with festive treats which was a lovely gesture. Highly recommended and we would visit again definitely….
a year ago · via Google