Guest House - Bed & Breakfast for rent in a residence and castle in West Woodburn

The inn sits by the River Rede in the quiet Northumberland village of West Woodburn. The Rede Valley and its surrounding area is known for its peace, tranquility and wide open spaces. Northumberland is England's most sparsely populated county, lying at the juncture of the Cheviot and Pennine Hills. Redesdale is ideal for outdoor pursuits, including many walks directly from The inn. We're also well located for cycle routes, horseriding and for ramblers. The area around West Woodburn has great natural beauty and history of much of the county’s turbulent past. Legend has it that at the Battle of Otterburn, 1388, the fallen dead of the Percy and Douglas armies stained the waters of our river red (or ‘rede’) with their blood giving the River Rede its name. The Border Reivers (raiders) are remembered in surviving ‘bastles’ (fortified farmhouses). Reminders of Roman occupation are preserved along Hadrian’s Wall (we have our own Roman milestone at The inn). The Inn is conveniently located for Northumberland's castles, such as Alnwick, and country houses, such as Cragside, Wallington Hall and Belsay. Scotland's border towns are 20 miles away. We have the largest man-made lake and forest in Europe at Kielder, ideal for fishing, boating, watersports such as swimming and ski-ing, and there is the Bird of Prey Centre. Kielder boasts the clearest skies for star-gazing in England.