Dog Friendly Alnwick Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Claire, Ron, Tom and Milou - Verified booking

  Beautiful, comfortable, spotless property in a superb location. The welcome hamper was fantastic. The dog welcome hamper was a great extra touch too! We’ve been to Northumberland many times on holiday, usually staying in the countryside, but we really enjoyed being in Alnwick itself for ease of access to everything. We can really recommend Turnbull’s in town for lunch foods and the one on the outskirts of town for meat and other dining goodies. We had very good fish and chips and gelato from Carlo’s too. We had trips to the seaside at Longhoughton, Beadnell and Warkworth. A walk we have never missed on any visit is from Craster to Dunstanburgh Castle – recommend parking in the “field parking” before the main carpark – more space and friendlier! We also enjoyed walking in the national park at Simonside.For people with a dog, there’s a nice park about 5mins away from the property, turn right out of the front door and right up past the police station – the park is near Swansfield Primary School – the park is called Swansfield park. The dog also enjoyed a run off the lead in the landscape below the castle near to the river. And of course we also paid several visit to Barter Books! Our son enjoyed having his own “suite” on the mezzanine! A great holiday – didn’t want to leave! – Many thanks.

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• David - Verified booking

  Couple of things marred the experience, {something I have not experienced before with Sykes}.

  Firstly I was advised that adjacent building work would be completed by end of February, Wrong ! it was still in full flow all week with various vans plus a JCB back and forth and mud spattered all over my car. Secondly the Retreat is not covered by wifi "NFWIFI" but as I eventually discovered 3 days later it was "NFPOOL"! supposedly the link for studios and apartments only. Ms Nicola Snaith was not in her office to seek assistance on the three times I called between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. but then her office seemed to be a store for odd pieces of building materials. Finally I now note that you are operating a 30% discount due to the ongoing building work , something I would have preferred to receive .Net result is that I'm not a happy customer and as a regular customer I would expect some form of financial recompense. David Branchett 01/05/2023

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• Claire - Verified booking

  Had a lovely stay in The Retreat.

  Compared to the other properties the wee cottage is not modern or 'chic' but we knew that before we went as the photos are accurate. The cottage was clean, fully equipped and warm and the bread/milk/butter/OJ was a nice touch. We had a dog and there is a garden BUT its not enclosed so had to let her out on her lead to do her business which was ok in May but maybe in the winter a bit grim. It would be easy to enclose the garden. Slight criticism would be the curtains in the two bedrooms are thin so daylight from 5am, some may not bother but quite bright if you want a cheeky lie in on holiday. We made use of the pool which was clean and great you get the slot to yourself. A fabulous holiday in a great part of the country and great the owners cut the grass to make the walk to the beach and into the village easy.

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• Alicia, Damon, Eileen, Lionel and Peanut - Verified booking

  We have had a wonderful stay at The Old Library. We loved the décor and the furnishings. The whole place was way beyond expectations. We have stayed at quite a few cottages around the UK and this is the best by far! We had quite a lot of day trips whilst here but we would really recommend visiting Bamburgh Castle (with some time at the beautiful beach) and a visit to Seahouses to get the boat to The Farne Islands. Alnwick is a lovely little town, with plenty of places to eat, shop and drink. We would recommend The Tanners Arms for a friendly, welcoming atmosphere, a good pint and a place to take your dog. It’s also a stones through away from the cottage. We are going to recommend the cottage to all of our friends as we’ve absolutely loved it!

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• Elaine - Verified booking

  Before we arrived at cottage got a phone call from owner sue asking if we needed ...

  Before we arrived at cottage got a phone call from owner sue asking if we needed anything which I thought was really nice cottage was well all I can say amazing everything you need was there from washing powder to bin bags the kitchen was very well stocked plenty cutlery plates pots,and what I loved was bigger freezer as usually just little one, and a dishwasher,shower was great easy to use, lovely cosy sitting room plenty of nice little touches, bed was ever so comfy garden was lovely we had lovely BBQ, lesbury lovely village with well stocked shop Alnmouth beach stunning, and thanks sue for amazing welcome pack love our little holiday Paul Elaine bomber

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