Nunnykirk Its Recent Starring Role As Hogwarts in the House in the World to Be Lit by Hydroelectricity
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Out and about Local attractions •Alnwick Castle & Gardens Home to the Duke and Duchess of Welcome to •Cragside House Northumberland, Alnwick Castle is one The revolutionary home of Lord Armstrong, of the largest inhabited castles in England Victorian inventor and landscape genius, was and is known as The Windsor of the North. a wonder of its age. Built on a rocky crag high The Castle has dominated the town since above the Debdon Burn, Cragside is crammed medieval times and you may recognise it from with ingenious gadgets and was the first Nunnykirk its recent starring role as Hogwarts in the house in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity. Harry Potter series of films. 01665 510777 01669 620333 www.alnwickcastle.com Caravan Club Site www.nationaltrust.org.uk •Warkworth Castle •Wallington House Once the home of the powerful Percy Family. Dating from 1688, Wallington was home Borrow an audio tour and let the voices of to many generations of the Blackett and history guide you around this dramatic hilltop Trevelyan families, who all left their mark. fortress. 01665 711423 The result is an impressive, yet friendly, www.english-heritage.org.uk house with a magnificent interior and fine •Lindisfarne Priory collections. 01670 773967 A perfect island escape! A place of pilgrimage www.nationaltrust.org.uk for 1300 years. Cross the dramatic causeway •Brinkburn Priory and explore the atmospheric runs of the Priory. Find this beautifully restored 12th century 01289 389200 church located in a picturesque setting by the www.english-heritage.org.uk River Coquet,and explore the adjecent manor •Northumberland Coast AONB house where parts of the monastic buildings A designated area of outstanding natural are incorperated. 01665 570628 beauty that covers 39 miles of coast from www.english-heritage.org.uk Berwick to the Coquet estuary. •Northumberland National Park Northumberland National Park has a rich heritage left from the past for us to discover Activities through archaeology. From Hadrian’s Wall Walking in the south, to the wonderful prehistoric • There are numerous walks within a short landscapes of the Cheviot Hills in the north, drive of the site. Some information is there are evocative reminders of our turbulent available on site and more at: Shepherds past. 01434 605555 Walks, The Northumberland and National Get to know your site www.northumberlandnationalpark.org.uk Park Information Point, Coquetdale Centre, Peace and tranquility reign at this and slough off the troubles of the everyday Whitehouse Farm Centre Rothbury, NE65 7UP, 01669 621044 • attractive site, making it a haven for world. All is peace - and yet this countryside “Farmtastic” fun on the farm. Play areas, wildlife and a bird watcher’s paradise. has seen some of the hardest-fought border café, gift shop. Hundreds of animals to feed Fishing • Hill walkers will enjoy the splendours battles in our history. The Romans had their and stroke from traditional breeds to unusual There is trout fishing at the Fontburn Reservoir. and exotic species. 01670 789998 Permits can be purchased at the reservoir. The of the nearby Simonside Hills. A place border conflicts too, and you can see how www.whitehousefarmcentre.co.uk River Coquet also offers trout fishing. Permits where you can breathe fresh air, feel they solved them with Hadrian’s Wall, in the may be purchased from Thropton Post Office. space and open countryside around you south of the county. General site information Motor vehicles and bicycles on site should, and Marks and Spencer, and in Alnwick a Reception Services Electric hook-up The costs of electricity are included in your at all times, be used with due regard to Sainsburys, Morrisons and Aldi. At Scots the safety and convenience of others and Gap there is a Robson and Cowan Country Mail and messages pitch fee, but please help us minimise our their speed should not exceed walking pace Store, which sells everything except food. Mail and messages are put on the board effect on the environment by considering (5mph). No cycling is permitted on site outside the information room. Cinema your electricity use while on site. Also any between the hours of dusk and dawn, as Please ask for details at reception. Site shop saving could help to reduce pitch fees or determined by the Wardens. Any one-way Open at the same times as reception. The help towards investments in new sites or system signs should be observed by all Swimming pool shop sells Gas, toilet fluids, milk, ice cream redevelopments. vehicles and cycles. Foot pedalled cycles, In Rothbury. and TV cables. scooters and skateboards can be used, but Tourist Information Centre Information room Site facilities must not be ridden on footpaths. Please In Morpeth. note that motorised mobility scooters are Leaflets are available about the many Public transport attractions and places of interest that you Please do not hang washing lines between allowed on site, but children’s motorised There is no service near the site. can visit during your stay. trees or on the fences. scooters or skateboards are not. Mobile & public telephones Recycling Visitors Places of worship No mobile phone reception on this site. A On site. Please ask your visitors to make themselves C of E, Catholic, Methodist and United signal can be picked up just outside the known at reception when arriving at the Reformed Churches are in the local area. site. There is a public telephone on site. This Safety on site site. If you are expecting visitors after hours, phone does not accept incoming calls. please meet them at reception. Visitors’ cars Tell us what you think… Pets must be parked in the car park. If you have any comments or suggestions Pitches Please keep your dog on a lead not that could help us to improve this Site, exceeding 3 metres at all times on the Close by please put them in our Visitors’ Comments pitching areas and roads within the site, Book. And if you discover a local pub or Pitch care and clean up after them. There is no dog Supermarkets restaurant or an interesting place to go, Please do not dispose of waste or hot walk on site. The land outside the site Rothbury is approximately 5 miles away, and tell us about that too! water onto the pitch and please lift awning offers a Co-op supermarket, local shops, is private but there is no objection to Site address: Morpeth, NE61 4PZ ground sheets daily. cafes, pubs and takeaways. About 15 miles caravanners using the lane alongside the Telephone: 01669 620762 Motorhomes site, providing dogs are kept on a lead. away in Morpeth there is a Morrisons, Lidl, If your pitch is left unoccupied, please leave Please keep to the lane, which leads to your motorhome sign on display. Nunnykirk House (now a private school) and clean up after your dog. Please do Vacating your pitch not wander into the woods, which is a If you wish to stay after 12 noon on your conservation area. day of departure, please ask at reception. Fire point Barbecues (to activate alarm/warning) Located at These are allowed on site but open fires are all service points. The fire assembly point not. Please keep barbecues off the grass. is outside reception as shown on the TV reception Site map. TV reception is poor. A digital booster Vehicles and cycles system is available via the Elcetric Hook-Up Parents are reminded that children Bollard. A TV cable is required and can be remain their responsibility and therefore purchased from reception. they should be supervised at all times, and to ensure that all members of their party follow the principles of road safety..