A holiday cottage in Northumberland

THE BADGER
Swindon,
Nr Hepple,
Rothbury,
Northumberland
NE65 7AP

Photo: Front of cottage

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Sleeps: 2 - 6.
Dogs by arrangement.
No smoking indoors.

Price range: £400 - £600 pw.

For further details please contact:

Dr William G Pickering.
Tel: 0191 284 2259

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the owner

A detached, comfortable stone cottage in its own 5 acres of woodland, pasture, stream and river.

Photo: View from back of cottage

Accommodation

Sitting room with beams and open fire.
Two double and a twin bedroom.
A further sitting room upstairs.
Kitchen.
Bathroom with shower.
TV, piano, BBQ area at back door with expansive secluded rural backdrop.
Strolls from garden into grounds and alongside river as and when you feel like it: at dawn, at noon or at dusk!

The dwelling is 6 miles west of the market town of Rothbury (shopping), and one mile from Hepple village. Centrally situated in the heart of Northumberland there is easy road access to Alnwick, the coast, the Scottish Borders, Hexham, Roman Wall, Wooler etc.

Photo: Back of cottage

Ideal for relaxing and as a centre for touring or for walking (Simonside hills literally alongside, Cheviot hills 7 miles). Diversity of natural habitat is very much on the doorstep. Dippers and other birds can be seen from the kitchen at the burn outside. Inside, the atmosphere is of clean, comfortable welcome. And the picturesque and historic features of Northumberland can all be easily reached from here.

Historically always called "The Badger", it is around 200 years old and was once a small hostelry used by drovers en route to market, for refreshment and rest. Conveniently, their thirsty livestock drank from the burn outside. Thus revived, both were then ready to resume their journey. Now, somewhat enlarged and updated, echoes of the cottage's past are evident and it still has a restorative effect.

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