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Battlesteads
Hexham, Northumberland
Dee and Richard Slade's 'well-run' hotel, restaurant and village pub stands out for its 'laudable' approach to sustainable tourism.
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Dee and Richard Slade's 'well-run' hotel, restaurant and village pub stands out for its 'laudable' approach to sustainable tourism. Modern menus, 'well cooked and varied', use locally sourced produce and the bounty from the kitchen garden and mushroom farm, with duck, chicken and salmon smoked on site. The walled garden is a popular spot for birds and red squirrels; the dark sky observatory is simply 'amazing'. 'Food excellent, staff attentive and enthusiastic,' summed up a guest. Bedrooms, with bright furnishings, are in the main building and in wooden lodges to the rear. Some may be 'on the small side', but one reader's was 'very spacious and well equipped with water bottles for walkers'. (Christine Smythe, Anthony Livesey)
Hotel Details
Address
Wark-On-Tyne, Hexham, Northumberland, NE48 3LS, England
Telephone
01434230209
Bedroom
22. 4 on ground floor, 5 in lodges, 2 suitable for disabled.
Openings
all year except 25 Dec.
Background Music
in bar, restaurant.
Children
all ages welcomed.
Dogs
allowed in public rooms, some bedrooms (resident dog); outdoor dog wash.
Credit Cards
Amex, MC, Visa.
Prices
B&B doubles from £135, family room £195. À la carte £40.
Facilities
bar, dining room (veg menus), in-room TV (Freeview), civil wedding licence, function facilities, drying room, 2-acre grounds (walled garden, kitchen garden, dark sky observatory), EV charging.
Location
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