Craster cottages and self catering

Violet Cottage, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £195 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 4.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach near • Fishing close by • Golf close by • Pub near by • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Situated in the heart of the popular coastal village of Embleton, Violet Cottage is a spacious mid terraced cottage boasting oodles of charm.  Immaculately presented throughout and with much thought, care and attention to the finer details; this delightful cottage offers beautifully co-ordinated accommodation in a highly sought after location.  A warm welcome awaits visitors to Embleton, a picturesque village less than a mile from the golden sands of Embleton bay where guests enjoy listening to the waves lap gently against the seashore.  Local facilities are a mere gentle stroll from Violet Cottage including a shop, pubs serving good food and an excellent childrens play park.

Porthole, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly price range £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 10.

Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: Situated in the picturesque fishing village of Craster, half-way along the Heritage Coast, this beautiful old stone fisherman’s cottage stands peacefully, not far from the tiny harbour which dates back to 1906. Craster is the main location for ITV’s Distant Shores, and this distinctive cottage, with porthole window, was used as a backdrop (Hildasay). A wonderful coastal walk leads to the dramatic ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle. Porthole provides an excellent holiday base for touring, bird watching, walking, fishing and golf, with the famous Craster kipper curing sheds and seafood restaurant just 70 yards away. Shop 100 yards.

Step to main entrance, level access at rear. Beamed living room with open fire. Spacious kitchen/dining area with electric Belling range, slate floor, Belfast sink and block wood worktops. First floor: Double bedroom with additional bed (for +1). Twin bedroom with additional bed (for +1). Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Second floor: Double bedroom. Single bedroom with pull-out bed (for +1). Shower room and toilet.

Rosemarkie, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly price range £1300 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 10.

Features include: • Golf nearby • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: Superbly situated on the seashore, by the fishing village of Craster, this stone house has a spacious first floor living room with balcony overlooking the sea, and its own large garden. Comfortably furnished and well equipped, the holiday home is perfect for exploring the beautiful Northumberland coastline.
The small fishing village of Craster is well known for its good kippers, which can be bought at the factory above the tiny harbour. From the village, there is access along the top of the cliffs to the National Trust property of Dunstanborough Castle, which occupies a solitary position along the beautiful Northumberland coast. Originally built in the 14th century, the castle was later enlarged by John of Gaunt and later badly damaged during the Wars of the Roses. There is a sandy beach and rolling dunes at Alnmouth (5 miles), which boasts a fine 9-hole golf course situated right on the coast, claiming to be the second oldest in the country. Boat trips can be made from Seahouses to the Farne Islands, which is one of Britain’s most important seabird sanctuaries. Coming under the care of the National Trust, the islands are home to puffins, eider ducks and different species of terns. Along from Seahouses, Bamburgh is famous for its restored castle towering above the tiny village which came under the ownership of Lord Armstrong, a wealthy engineer and arms manufacturer, who made Cragside (near Morpeth) the first house in the world to be lit by hydroelectric power. Historic Alnwick, seat of the dukes of Northumberland, lies 5 miles distant and hosts an annual fair in June – a medieval re-enactment lasting the entire week. Renowned for its famous castle which has featured in several films, the castle’s 19th century walled garden has been transformed into a contemporary water garden with fountains and waterfalls. Holy Island is half an hour’s drive away. Golf locally. Shop and pub 500 yards.

First floor: Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with over bath shower and toilet. Spacious living room with wood-burning stove and French doors to balcony. Ground floor: Spacious modern fitted kitchen/dining room. Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with bath, shower cubicle and toilet. Further double bedroom with additional single bed (for +1). Twin bedroom with additional single bed (for +1). Bathroom with toilet. Utility. Bedrooms have rugs on wooden floor.

Harbourway, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 8
Weekly price range £1300 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 8.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing nearby • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 8

Accommodation overview: This beautiful 19th-century former fisherman’s stone cottage stands in an elevated position with commanding views of the harbour. One of a pair, and renovated to the highest of standards, Harbourway makes the ideal location for a family holiday or get together with friends.
Craster is a popular fishing village, noted particularly for its superb kippers - there is an on-site shop at the famous Craster curing sheds where fish can be bought, and there is a good seafood restaurant within the village. Situated on a 20-mile stretch of breathtaking coastline, which has been designated as one of the nation’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the coastal walk from Craster to the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle is a must, and has been recently nominated as Britain’s most popular walk. Fishing, bird-watching and golf (the course at Foxton is reputed to be the best in Northumberland) are all available locally.
A short drive away lies Alnwick Castle - home to the Percy family, and the second largest inhabited castle in England. Featured in the Harry Potter films, this enchanting and magnificent castle is filled with an array of decorative and fine art. The famous Alnwick Garden, together with the largest treehouse in Europe and stunning water gardens, make a good day out for all the family. Embleton Bay is close by and is said to be one of the most romantic bays in England. Shop and pub 220 yards.

Spacious living room with wood-burning stove in inglenook fireplace and bay picture window with harbour views. Large dining room with original inglenook fireplace, dog grate, harbour views, French doors and stripped wooden floor. Large farmhouse-style kitchen with recess range with over mantle, slate floor and stable door to covered porch area. Conservatory to raised decked terrace, feature circular window and original arched cottage French doors to dining area. Double bedroom with 6ft bed (zip & link beds). Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom (5ft bed) with TV, heritage roof lights, original stripped pine floor and en-suite shower room with double cubicle (power shower), LED lighting and toilet. Double bedroom with 5ft bed, feature cast-iron fireplace, heritage roof lights and en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with bedsteads. Bathroom with double-ended bath and toilet. Original pine doors and beamed throughout.

Diggers Den, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £195 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 4.

Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach near • Pub near by • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Situated in the popular coastal village of Embleton this charming mid terraced cottage has been recently refurbished to provide excellent quality holiday accommodation in a highly sought after location. This stylish cottage is tastefully furnished and immaculately presented throughout. The lounge boasts the friendly comfort of a wood burning stove to snuggle in front of during the evening and a bright and airy conservatory at the rear of the property is a haven for relaxation.

Harbour View Cottage, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 4.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Aptly named, this stone cottage enjoys a wonderful setting overlooking Craster Harbour; and the small front garden is a good place to watch while crabs, lobsters and salmon are landed from the local fishing boats. Indeed this property was originally built in the 1830s as a fisherman’s cottage, and although since modernised to the highest of standards, it has retained many features of the period. Bird-watching (on the Farne Islands), walking, sailing, diving, fishing and golf can all be enjoyed whilst holidaying along this heritage coastline. There are also many places to visit, including Holy Island, Alnwick, historic Berwick-upon-Tweed, and the Northumberland National Park. Shop 200 yards, pub 150 yards.

Beamed living room with electric ‘living-flame’ stove and harbour views. Farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with ceramic-tiled floor. Utility. Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with harbour views. Twin bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.

Craster Tower - Penthouse Apartment, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 8
Weekly price range £1300 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 8.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 8

Accommodation overview: This elegant and spacious holiday apartment occupies the entire top floor of historic Craster Tower, a superbly preserved Grade II* country house dating from the 15th century, built around a 14th-century pele tower. Set above part of the owners’ home but with a separate entrance, this magnificent penthouse was refurbished in 2008 and has a Visit Britain 5 Star gold award. There are views from all sides of delightful gardens and countryside. The picturesque village of Craster is a short walk down a footpath through woods and fields or two minutes in the car. Here the tiny horseshoe-shaped harbour can be found, which was built to commemorate a member of the owner’s family. Today crabs and lobsters are the main catch. The village smokehouse remains at the heart of the village, renowned for its fine kippers. An exhilarating short walk leads to Dunstanburgh Castle, voted in the top ten walks in Britain. The Northumbrian Heritage Coast is famous for its beautiful and under-populated golden beaches. Try sand yachting at Bamburgh, jet skiing at Beadnell or sandcastle building at Embleton, voted the most romantic bay in England. Craster is only 7 miles from the historic town of Alnwick, while Bamburgh and Seahouses are a short drive. No trip to Northumberland is complete without first checking the tides to cross over the causeway to Lindisfarne, known as Holy Island. There are five magnificent golf courses within 20 minutes and beautiful hills and valleys for a relaxing stroll amongst the panoramic countryside. Walkers, cyclists and nature lovers will be spoilt for choice in this part of the friendly county. Shop 50 yards, pub 250 yards.

Utility. Drying room. Separate toilet. Second floor: Large living room with wood-burning stove. Large well-equipped kitchen/dining room with electric range cooker. Large gallery/library area. Small play room with Z-bed (for alternative sleeping only), TV. Large master double bedroom with 5ft bed, marble fireplace, additional Z-bed (for alternative sleeping only) and interconnecting door to double bedroom with 6ft zip & link bed (also has separate access). Two twin bedrooms, each with window seat. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Shower room with large shower cubicle and toilet. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Stairs to large formal drawing room with decorative fireplace, chaise longue, window seats and arch picture window.

Dunstan Hall, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 18
Weekly price range £1300 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 18.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Beach nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 18

Accommodation overview: This exceptional, Grade II listed, ten-bedroomed country hall lies in an AONB, just outside the picturesque coastal village of Craster, on the coast of Northumberland. Parts of the existing pele tower may date from the 11th century, and the rest of the house was built in the early 14th and 18th-centuries, with the 18th-century wing rebuilt in the early part of the 20th century. The pele tower was rebuilt around 1310 as a watchtower for the nearby Dunstanburgh Castle, which was then being constructed. The unusual crowstepped top floor of the tower was created in the 16th century, when the then owners were no longer worried about maintaining defensive strength, and it was converted into a pigeon loft. Some of the fireplaces and stonework come from the lost Tudor house of Gloster Hill. There are spectacular coastal views to the east towards Dunstanburgh Castle. The beautiful beach at Embleton Bay is a mile or so north along a pretty bridleway. An excellent holiday base to enjoy the marvellous beaches, dunes and walks of the Northumberland coast. There is a wealth of historical and recreational sites, including Alnwick Castle and Garden, Bamburgh, Holy Island, Farne Islands, Warkworth and the Cheviot Hills. Craster itself is world famous for its kippers. Shops ¾ mile, pub 400 yards.

Entrance hall with 15th-century fireplace. Living room with cleaded walls, Jacobean carved wooden fireplace attached wooden brattish (fireside settle). Drawing room with Queen Anne panelling throughout, grand piano. Dining room with 14ft long oak refectory table (seats 18), stone fireplace, Morris tapestries. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen with large electric range. Breakfast room (seats 10) with 4-oven Aga. Reading room, stone vaulted ceiling. Utility/toilet. Separate toilet. Tudor stone staircase and early 20th century staircase to first floor: Large double bedroom with magnificent 18th-century panelling, window seats, cupboard leading to blocked door to lost second tower. Master double bedroom with window seats on two sides, 18th-century panelling, leading to tower twin bedroom. Two further twin bedrooms, one looking west over the garden, one looking east to Dunstanburgh Castle. Bunk bedroom with panelling. Two single bedrooms, one with 2ft 6in bed (for +1 child). Two bathrooms each with separate shower cubicle, toilet. Shower room. Tudor stone staircase to second floor: 25ft long games room, TV. Double bedroom, mullioned window facing west, leading to tower twin bedroom (for +2) with window facing east to remains of a medieval garderobe.

Lilac Cottage, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 3
Weekly price range £180 to £

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 3.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing close by • Golf close by • Easy Walking • Sleeps 3

Accommodation overview: Lilac Cottage is a quaint white-washed 18th century traditional fishermans cottage and sits in a small terrace adjacent to The Cottage Inn, renowned for its good food and welcoming atmosphere. Dunstan is a friendly hamlet only a mile from the picturesque fishing port of Craster, famous world-wide for its oak smoked kippers and the film location for Distant Shores.  Its positioned mid way along this stunning 20 mile stretch of Heritage coastline and where the atmospheric ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle are within walking distance. 

Emblestone, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 6.

Features include: • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: In a superb setting on the seashore, this architect-designed house has a spacious first floor living room with a large window and French doors to a balcony, to enjoy the wonderful uninterrupted sea views. Comfortably furnished and enjoying its own garden, it makes a delightful holiday base. Alnwick 5 miles. Bamburgh and Holy Island 30 minutes’ drive. Several excellent golf links nearby. Sea fishing and boat trips to the Farne Islands from Seahouses, 10 miles. Shop and pub 500 yards.

Entrance hall. Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom and toilet. Two twin bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room and toilet. Bathroom with toilet and bidet. First floor: Open-plan spacious living room with wood-burning stove and French doors to balcony, leading to modern fitted kitchen with dining area. All rooms have sea views.

Beggars Roost, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 4.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Beach nearby • Pub nearby • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Overlooking the picturesque harbour of an unspoilt fishing village, this refurbished fisherman’s cottage (dating from the 1830s) offers accommodation of a very high standard. It occupies an enviable seafront position, with sea views from all main rooms. A pub, tearoom and old smoke house (famous for Craster kippers) are all within walking distance, whilst a coastal footpath running alongside the cottage leads to the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle. This Heritage coastline offers spectacular scenery, scope for activities such as golf, sailing and bird-watching and wonderful beaches. There are also many places to visit, such as the Alnwick Gardens, the Farne Islands and Bamburgh Castle. Shops 200 yards.

Small step to entrance. Beamed living room with electric ‘coal-effect’ fire, wooden floor and harbour views. Well-equipped, farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with ceramic-tiled floor. Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom overlooking harbour. Twin bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.

Stable Cottage, Craster, Northumberland, North East England

Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Craster sleeps 4.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Garden • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: This very pretty and comfortable cottage, formerly the Georgian stable block of Dunstan Hall (MRD), is Grade II listed and provides an exceptional holiday home. It is situated in the small village of Dunstan which lies in an AONB on the Northumberland coast. The delightful fishing village of Craster is half a mile away, and paths along the coast lead to the superb sandy beach at Embleton Bay, with its adjoining golf course. Convenient for a wealth of historical and recreational sites, including Alnwick Castle and garden, Bamburgh, Holy Island, Farne Islands, Warkworth and the Cheviot Hills. Shops ¾ mile, pub 400 yards.

Two bedrooms; one double with 5ft bed and en-suite shower room and toilet with tiled floor, one twin. Bathroom and toilet. First floor: Living room/kitchen with electric stove, exposed beams, wooden floor and outstanding views over the fields to Dunstanburgh Castle and the sea.