Christmas Cottages in Northumberland

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Wendy - Verified booking

  We had an absolutely amazing stay.

  We found the cottage to be delightful with everything we needed and very dog friendly. Throughout our stay we visited Bamburgh, Alnwick, Holy Island, Seahouses and had wonderful walks with the dogs in the fresh air. This was just what we needed to get away from our stressful jobs. Although the cottage is very dog friendly we found the adjoing neighbour not to be. We arrived late in the evening around 8pm and the dogs where excited when we got there after a 5 hour drive (as you can imagine they were excited) our dogs are well-behaved but because excited they did bark a little when exploring their new home and to our amazement the neighbour banged on the walls and put very loud music on. Although we are sorry for the dogs barking, all dogs bark to some extent, unfortunately this put me on edge for the rest of our stay in case they did bark again. Also please accept our apologises but we forgot to empty the fridge, we remembered half way home, so sorry. On the whole though we had a lovely stay.

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• Claire - Verified booking

  Lovely stay but we had a few issues.

  We have a 4yr old who often wakes in the night and will come to our room, which was anxiety provoking in this cottage due to the stairs (master bedroom comes directly off staircase - hard to describe). Reading people had fallen down the stairs didn’t help. I think this should have been mentioned in the description. Fixing a stair gate was difficult and only possible below the problem steps. We’ve never stayed at a cottage before that didn’t provide basics such as sugar, salt and pepper, cooking oil or a welcome pack. There was an opened, unsealed milk left in the fridge which we didn’t use as wasn’t sure if this was left for us or not. We were cold. The heating system was set to a max of 15 meaning we constantly had to turn the temperature up and boost the radiators. Being left only 2 firelighters seemed stingy. If a guest had 2 vehicles you would struggle to park as there is no roadside parking. We didn’t find the train an issue and soon got use to the noise and vibrations.

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• Nicola - Verified booking

  Canny Cottage was absolutely wonderful.

  Owners clearly take huge pride in the way it has been presented and was cosy and very comfortable. We loved it. Ideally positioned for getting to some amazing beaches and being mid way between Alnwick and Berwick worked very well for us. Yes, its close to the train line but they go past so quickly you hardly notice them and they certainly didn't detract from our enjoyment. Would love to come back. With regards to Sykes the communication could have been clearer about key information (you should say that owner will contact you) and the stated arrival time differs to the owners details. Can't understand the predominance of Friday start dates - you are effectively having to travel on really busy days (significantly less lorries on roads on weekends as well as no commuters) plus you need to take 6 days annual leave for a weeks holiday.

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• Sarah - Verified booking

  A comfortable, clean and surprisingly spacious cottage in a great location for exploring Northumberland.

  A couple of things we'd like to mention though. The description of the cottage said there were books, DVDs and games but there were none except one game of connect 4. It also said all fuel was included but failed to mention wood for the stove was charged at £5.00 a bag. Lastly, we absolutely appreciate that nothing but toilet paper should be flushed away in the toilet but a bin in the bathroom would be helpful rather than having to carry female hygiene items and the like downstairs to the kitchen bin. Sorry to complain. We had a really lovely week and would recommend this place highly but felt feedback should be honest.

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• Sharon - Verified booking

  Thé cottage was lovely.

  Clean and welcoming. The radiator in the living room didn’t seem to come on when needed in evening. And the bedroom one was blasting out the heat unnecessarily. We were asked not to adjust the heating so we didn’t but we weren’t always comfortable. On a negative note I felt bombarded by emails and texts reminding me what to do on day of check out. Please don’t do this. We were only there 3 nights and really didn’t need to be reminded what to do on the day of departure. And only one bedside table and lamp seemed a bit mean. But we did like the cottage and enjoyed our stay

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