The Perfect Hideaway for two!*
Rural Location
Hot Tub
Dog Friendly
Garden & Woodland
Fire Pit
16/08/2025
We have had this beautiful girl ‘Genevieve’ staying with us for a couple of days. She’s 4 months old Guide Dog pup. We did a lovely walk through Swarland woods yesterday morning while it was nice and cool and as with most of our walks, we always plan a coffee stop. 🐶 😍 ☕️
If you are interested in fostering for Guide Dogs we can highly recommend.
13/08/2025
Looking for a special treat or a surprise gift for your other half next visit?
Just 5 minutes drive from The Hide! 🙌
✈️ Triple the nostalgia, triple the thrill.
Three stunning Tiger Moth aircraft lined up in front of our ops building - a timeless tribute to aviation history and adventure ✨
Whether you’re an enthusiast or looking for a unique gift, now’s your chance to take flight in one of these iconic beauties.
Buy your flight now on our website and make your memories soar!
13/08/2025
🦭 THE SEALS NEED YOUR OLD TOWELS! 🦭
Next time you visit don’t forget to bring any old towels you might have. We have a collection point at The Hide and the towels get taken to the BDMLR where they are used for sick and injured sea life - particularly seals. Storms like ‘Floris’ last week are very impactful and supplies run short quickly. 🦭 🙏 🦭 🙏 🦭 🙏 🦭
07/08/2025
What the …. Hey girls we weren’t invited to the party!!!!
They just love the willow brought down by storm Floris earlier in the week 😋 🐑 😁
07/08/2025
100 years ago, the Farne Islands in Northumberland came into our care. The cluster of 28 islands are home to a breeding colony of more than 23 different species of seabirds, including the 50,000 puffin pairs that return every year.
In the latest episode of Wild Tales, the National Trust podcast for nature lovers, take a trip across the sea to the Farne Islands with rangers Rosie, Dan and Tom and hear the chatter of Arctic terns, discover how puffins put on their ‘party clothes’ for breeding season, and find out how rangers monitor and care for these colourful seabirds.
Image description: Four puffins sit on a rock. The puffins have black and white feathers, and bright orange and yellow bills.
05/08/2025
Just love seeing the hay baling going on around us at this time of year 😍
Should be a good harvest 🤞 🌞
04/08/2025
Arrived before 7 to get Alfie some exercise before ‘Storm Floris’ decides if she’s going to pop over the border from Scotland for a wee visit! The beach was empty for as far as our (rapidly failing) eyes could see ♥️
Good luck to our regular visitors from / in Edinburgh 🤞
02/08/2025
Availability Friday 15th to Monday 18th August!
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02/08/2025
The good news is The Foxes Den in Felton came first 🙌 The bad news in apart from The Anglers Arms at no7, we don’t know much about the others 😞 Looks like Phil Hantman and I will have to remedy that - for the sake of our guests of course! 😁🙌
There’s not much better than a visit to a village pub on a summer’s day.
02/08/2025
Filmed by our guests this week looking into the wood 🤫 🦌 🦌 😍
01/08/2025
A great opportunity for our guests visiting the area with dogs 🙌 Thursdays and Sundays throughout the summer - your pooch can join you to explore Alnwick Gardens 👍 🐶 ♥️
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The Story Of The Barns
Hidden away in the heart of Northumberland you’ll find The Barns, home to The Dairy and The Hide. Our secluded setting makes it hard to believe that we’re only 5 mins drive from the A1.
We have lived at The Barns for 16 years now and have been developing the buildings and the grounds throughout that time. We started with The Barns to house our blended/growing family, then started work on The Dairy and The Hide
Phil and I are pictured here with our two youngest, Megan and Ben - we were on our way to kiss the Blarney Stone in Cork - not that we need any help when it comes to talking!
We love our corner of Northumberland as we have all of the joy of living in a rural location and we are centrally located between three villages: Longhorsley to the South, Longframlington to the North and Felton to the East - all of which are only five minutes drive. Our nearest towns are Morpeth (15 mins South), Alnwick (15 mins North), Rothbury (15 mins West)... 15 mins to the East brings you to the beautiful Northumberland coast - perfection!!!!
So given we love it here we decided to share it and see what others thought and fortunately we have had lots of great feedback and met some wonderful people on our journey.
Its essential our guests love dogs as our three adore people and other dogs! They are pictured here in the middle of our pine wood - our next project.
Do you have any idea how hard it is to get them all in one shot?
Sparki is the eldest at 12, a Lhasa Apso AKA The Boss. Ringo is 9, a Labrador - The Good Guy. Alfie is 2, a Welsh Springer Spaniel ... I have no words!!!!
They are all super friendly, sociable & very gentle.
Time to introduce some more very gentle inhabitants... our three pet Alpacas. Our boys have been with us for 14 years now - for whatever reason they weren't suitable for breeding so we rescued them! We have Ernie, Vivyen and Shaun and whilst not halter trained (we just couldn't do it to them!) we can help you to feed them by hand.
They are pictured here at the rear of The Dairy where they can be seen daily grazing in the pasture - occasionally joined by a deer or two!
We love birds and could probably own a holiday home of our somewhere hot if we hadn't invested so heavily in bird food. The Hide is so named because not only is it the perfect hide away from it all, it is also a great spot for bird watching. This image of a Barn Owl was taken from the bedroom window in The Hide.
This Greater Spotted Woodpecker is a regular visitor and in this shot was trying to open up the Woodpecker nesting box visible from The Hide.
We’d love to welcome you to The Barns for your Northumberland holiday, please get in touch with us if you’d like to arrange a stay or have any questions.