Here are some links to web sites which we hope will complement your stay in the region. They will open in a new window.

Raby Castle
One of the largest English medieval castles, provides a wonderful day out.

Bowes Museum
Visit the purpose built public art gallery and museum in Barnard Castle.

Beamish
The North of England Open Air Museum, where the past comes to life.

Locomotion
Visit the National Railway Museum at Shildon.

Barnard Castle, an historic market town full of local character which is built around the 12th century castle from which it took its name. It is the gateway to the Lake District, Teasdale, the Yorkshire Dales and the Northern Pennines. The Castle, the River Tees, and the Bowes Museum (ancestral home to the Queen Mother) are all highlights of any visit.

Darlington is an ancient market town famous as the birthplace of the world's first passenger railway in 1825.The town is an ideal centre for visiting the Lake District, the North Yorkshire Moors and Northumberland, all of which are no more than an hour away.

Northumberland is the historic border country of North-East England, lying between Yorkshire and Scotland and comprising the areas of Durham, Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and the Tees Valley. Explore some of the finest natural scenery in Britain: peaceful dales, dramatic hills and golden beaches. Visit the castles, country houses and early Christian and Roman sites which are the region's trademark.

Teesdale is in County Durham, Land of the Prince Bishops. It is also within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty where special efforts are made to conserve a landscape of national and international importance. Teesdale is perfect for an active holiday or complete relaxation in beautiful, unspoiled countryside, far away from the crowds. Here you will discover a world of waterfalls and wooded valleys, of open moors and magnificent skies, of pretty villages and romantic castles.

The Lake District offers immense variety, sufficient to keep the most demanding traveller amused, intrigued and enthralled for days. The incomparable grandeur of the English Lake District, Hadrian's Wall, magnificent coastal shores, wild and wonderful moorland, gentle rolling countryside and plains, all inset with meandering streams and rivers, provide a backdrop for quaint English villages, bustling market towns and the historic, walled city of Carlisle.

We hope you enjoy your stay in our area!