Northumberland Farm

The farm:

Northumberland Farm lies less than a mile from the beach and only a 10 minute walk from the local pub in the North Northumberland AONB (Voted “Best UK Holiday County of the Year” at the 2018 British Travel Awards). There is a host of visitor attractions on the doorstep including the huge breeding colonies of puffins and seals on the Farne Islands as well as grand castles at Bamburgh, the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, Dunstanburgh and Alnwick. The Douglas family have farmed in the area for many generations, traditionally in the Scottish Borders and then into England a hundred years ago or so. The farm is a traditional one with grassland supporting cattle and sheep alongside cereals such as wheat and barley.

Activities at the farm:

Explore the farm in springtime and see newly born lambs gamboling in the fields next to the lodges. Children can help out with the newborns and really get a feel for life on the farm. Bottle feeding the lambs always goes down a treat! Beef cattle graze throughout the farm all summer long. Wildlife is very important in the area. The traditional approach to farming works in harmony with nature and gives rise to superb biodiversity throughout the farm with lots of birds, plants, and insects, and other wildlife in abundance… hares, badgers, roe deer, owls, yellowhammers, merlins, kestrels, geese, swans, and buntings galore. Northumberland Farm truly is a wildlife haven! You’ll be able to enjoy a relaxing family holiday at this unique coastal location. Experience luxury camping for yourself by staying in the Canvas Frills Lodge that has its own en-suite private shower!

You’ll also be able to hunt for your own eggs from our chickens and feed pet lambs every day. The honesty shop offers local honey from bees on the farm, local ice cream, oysters as well as daily essentials. A tour of the farm is a must, learn about daily life on the farm, check the livestock each morning with the farmer!

Explore the area:

Tourists have long been drawn to the area by the many attractions along the coast. The options are many, from a boat trip to the Farne Islands from the very pretty Seahouses harbour less than five minutes away to the splendour of Bamburgh Castle just ten minutes up the coast and make sure to check the crossing times before setting off to Holy Island of Lindisfarne, the causeway to the island is flooded by the incoming tide twice a day!

Peace and tranquillity are easy to find away from the bustle of the busier spots, try Budle Bay and the mouth of the Long Nanny Burn, and the stunning walks along the coast from Low Newton, across crescent-shaped Embleton Bay to Dunstanburgh Castle and then onward to the capital of the kipper, the tiny village of Craster that crowds around a dramatic harbour.