We have a small number of bicycles which are available for hire during your stay. Please contact to ensure that they are available prior to your visit.
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Fish for wild trout and grayling on the Rivers Irthing, Gelt and Kingwater.
New Mills Trout Farm has been established for over 25 years and is situated in a scenic valley with two fishing lakes.
At its centre is a charming 1735 mill house that contains the family home and the newly opened tearoom.
It’s an ideal place for a family day out with fishing [even for the beginner] and rod hire available, a country style tearoom with a balcony overlooking the lakes and a working trout farm. Or it is simply an idyllic place top visit and spend a few peaceful hours admiring the scenery and wildlife.
Brampton Golf Course is situated in a beautiful area of North Cumbria and boasts superb views of the Lake District, the North Pennines and Southern Scotland.
St Martin's Church in Brampton is famous as the only church designed by the Pre-Raphaelite architect Philip Webb, and contains an exquisite sets of stained glass windows designed by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, and executed in the William Morris studio.
This tranquil 12th Century Augustinian priory was once a prime target for raiders because of its proximity to Hadrian’s Wall and the Scottish borders. One such raider was Robert the Bruce. In 1306-07, Edward I and his retinue stayed at Lanercost for five months. After the priory’s dissolution, the Dacre family converted parts of the monastic buildings into a fine residence. Visitors can see the ruined cloisters, choir and transepts, the grand Dacre Hall and the nave which continued in use as the current parish church.
Birdoswald Roman Fort was known in the Roman period as ‘Banna’ and was one of sixteen forts situated along the Hadrian’s Wall frontier system, now designated as a World Heritage Site.
Exhibitions, wildlife & geology, history and archaeology, fine and decorative arts. Click on the title above to view current exhibits, activities and news.
The first Brampton Live festival took place in 1995. Since then it has grown each year, and is now the biggest folk/roots music festival in the north of England. The festival aims to promote artists of the highest quality, drawing on a broad spectrum of contemporary roots music from across the world.
Tucked away at the top of Northumberland, close to the Scottish Border and Hadrian's Wall, beautiful Kielder Water is the largest man-made lake in Europe. Kielder Forest, one of Britain's biggest nature resorts, is home to red squirrels, deer and rare birds.
The Reivers Cycle Route is a major challenge route running from Tynemouth to Whitehaven. The route takes you from the North Sea through the beautiful scenery of Northumberland and the stunning presence of Kielder Water: Europe's largest man-made lake. From there the route passes briefly into Scotland to explore the remote beauty of Liddesdale before moving south-west to take in the majestic beauty of the northern fringes of the Lake District before ending at the Irish Sea.
Oak Tree Farm, Hethersgill, Carlisle CA6 6HF
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The Reivers Cycle Route