The Victoria Hotel

Down in the village, the Victoria Hotel is well-furnished with large four-poster beds in some rooms and a decorative style that marries modern chic with tradition. Candle-lit dinners beneath the domed glass ceiling of the award-winning brasserie form a very pleasurable end to a day's trip around this oft-neglected corner of Northumberland.

The historic landmarks of County Durham and the peaceful countryside of the Tees Valley are a short journey away and the parish of Bamburgh itself, set between Berwick upon Tweed and Alnwick, takes in miles of windswept sandy beaches and encrusted coastal cliffs. Hadrian's Wall is less than an hour's drive away, while golf, bird watching, country walks, horse riding and windsurfing are right on your doorstep. Throughout the parish there are breathtaking views of the Farne Islands, the Cheviot Hills and, of course, Bamburgh Castle itself.