We stayed here for our wedding at Cuddystone Hall. The cottage, the hall and the valley are absolutely stunning. This is somewhere we wil be visiting for years to come. Thank you to everyone in the College Valley Estate for helping us to create such happy memories.
Can’t recall how many times we have visited the valley, but each time is like the first wonderful stay. We love the peace and the quietness, we love the wildlife, many birds, hares, deer and a very special barn owl sighting. Walks in the valley are spectacular – the dogs are very tired!
The cottage is always warm and cosy and the College Valley team always make sure it is super clean and welcoming. Many, many thanks to you all. We have been feeding the birds this week to help them get ready for winter. See you again soon Coldburn.
Our ninth visit to College Valley and our second stay at Coldburn Cottage – our holidays here never disappoint.
The cottage, as always, was beautifully presented and spotlessly clean in arrival. Everything you could possibly need is provided so “thank you”! The addition of wi-fi is much appreciated too.
We’ve had some wonderful walks this week and even the weather has been kind.
Can recommend the Market Tavern in Alnwick and the Lord Crewe in Bamburgh for food and the welcome received.
This is Roscoe’s favourite place on the planet!!
Thanks again…..we’ll be back!
This was perfect for us all (13 months old to 70+ years). Wonderfully equipped especially so for colling Sunday lunch for 15!!
Our second visit to College Valley – we love it here! Dunsdale is perfect – location, facilities etc. Walking is splendid. See you in 2023
What a wonderful cottage. Fabulous scenery and peace and quiet. We had a really lovely stay in the College Valley for our daughters wedding. It was all perfect. Thank you for just making our stay so comfortable and welcoming. Loved it all.
Our third visit to Coldburn and it’s just as lovely as the first, if not lovlier. Thank you to Ros for making this cottage so spotlessly clean and welcoming. As ever, far too short a visit but our main purpose this time was a re-ascent of Cheviot as part of a challenge to climb to all the highest points of the National Parks – Cheviot was the last and was, predictably in cloud/mix of wild and beautifully sunny autuminal weather which makes the hills glow, and all the rain made the river crossings on walks extra fun!!
Fitted in a visit to Hay Farm to see the incredible Clydesdale horses, such a friendly place and the horses are magnificent. College Valley has a very special place in our hearts and again we are bereft at having to leave the beauty, solitude and utter peace……we’re trying to bottle it before we get in the car!!!
Meant also to say, how helpful and informative the boom of information is on the history of the valley, particularly all the plane crashes. We’ve never taken the time to read about the valley in detail before and it’s even more interesting now that we have, thank you for making the effort to do that! And if we weren’t already well and truly married ages ago, we’d definitely do it here if we had our time again!
Wow, what a lovely place. It’s brilliant for our dogs which is what I was looking for – safety! Big garden to relax and escape proof which it was, it ticked all the boxes. The cottage itself is beautiful and very well kept. Lovely and clean, nice and warm and everything you could want for a holiday. The place is totally relaxing, lots of great walks, scenery and wildlife all on the doorstep.
We will definitely be back and I will tell my walking group about the area too. Just wish we had booked a few more nights but there is always next time.
After holidaying here for many years, we were married on 24th September at Cuddystone Hall. The College Valley is very special to us and even more so now. It was a magical, wonderful day. The goats even called to wish us well 😊. Our families and friends were blown away by the beautiful scenery and I think we have inspired many of them to return for holidays. We couldn’t have asked for a better day for our wedding. See you again soon!
A great bunkhouse that, with a large group, works really well. We used as a base point for the St Cuthbert’s way with 18 walkers. A beautiful location and a good quality bunkhouse.
Would recommend Mounthooly as a great bunkhouse accommodation.