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26th Jul 2017

History comes to life at Lindisfarne Priory

For many years visitors have flocked to Lindisfarne for it's wild, tranquil beauty and vast array of birdlife but it's the island's incredible rich hi...

5th Jul 2017

A dozen things to do with the kids in Northumberland this Summer

Northumberland's blessed with many fine, golden beaches and glorious countryside but did you know that it's also packed full of fun family activities....

22nd Jun 2017

The 'Where's Erik' Escapades...

Erik's our very own intrepid Northumbrian explorer and he flies the flag for Northumbria Coast & Country Cottages - it's amazing where he pops up. ...

31st May 2017

Alnmouth Arts Festival - 17th & 18th June 2017

We're proud once again to support Alnmouth Arts Festival 2017 as its headline sponsor. Organised by a team of enthusiastic and energetic volunteers ...

4th May 2017

The Last Kingdom: Uhtred and Bebbanburgh

If you've read Bernard Cornwell's best-selling Saxon novel series about 'Uhtred of Bebbanburg' and followed the extremely popular BBC television ad...

26th Apr 2017

Northumberland's Puffin-tastic!

Springtime has well and truly arrived. How do we know? It's simple, the puffins have started to arrive back on the Farne Islands and Coquet Isla...

22nd Mar 2017

Try Egg 'Jarping' - Northumbrian style

Northumberland is famous for many things but did you know about egg jarping? Known by other names across the world such as koni-juj (Assam) or eie...

22nd Feb 2017

A Walk in Winter - Guest Blog

We're delighted to introduce Footsteps in Northumberland, one of our holiday activity partners based here in Northumberland. This local company provid...

4th Jan 2017

Red Squirrels go 'nuts' at Kielder!

Northumbria Coast & Country Cottages are proud to continue as an official supporter of RSNE (Red Squirrels Northern England) in 2017, which is a par...

15th Dec 2016