Brand new in 2020, Crasterway is a 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom contemporary, super comfortable home from home in the beautiful historic village of Craster with its working harbour, award winning pub and right on the coastal path. The entrance hall. provides plenty of room for boots and coats and offers a downstairs cloakroom with toilet and basin. Off the hall is the open plan kitchen/dining/sitting room. A fully equipped kitchen with oven, microwave and hob, plus clothes washer/dryer. There is a dishwasher, coffee machine (ground coffee), plenty of tableware and a glass for every occasion! There is also a smart tv.The kitchen has glass bi fold doors which open straight into the garden. In the shed are outdoor games and BBQ and coals. The garden also has an outdoor table and seats. The garden is enclosed and provides a lovely suntrap! The shed makes a secure storage for golf clubs too. Across the hall, the other way is our relaxing lounge with colours of the coast! Comfy sofas, smart TV, games, books, a separate room to chill out or spend fun family evenings together. Upstairs there are four bedrooms. There are two double bedrooms, one kingsize bedroom with ensuite (shower, toilet, sink), plus a bedroom with two large single beds which can also be pushed together to make a superking sleeping area. There is a family bathroom with bath (shower over), toilet and basin.Outside there is secure parking right outside the house, off the road in our private drive. We have fast broadband, hairdryers, fans, hot water bottles, and provide hand and body wash, toilet rolls, dishwasher tablets, clothes washing tablets, dish cloths. tea towels, oven mitts, all bed linens plus bath, hand and beach towel for each guest. A travel cot and high chair are also available plus we have some temporary black out blinds, even though all our curtains are black out lined for that extra deep sleep! We'll provide Jackie Charlton's Northumbrian tea, Ringtons coffee, biscuits, crisps, sweets, milk and a bottle of fizz to say thank you for staying and getting your holiday off to a great start! Food deliveries can be ordered from Sainsburys and Asda locally. A very short walk takes you down to the harbour to see the fishing boats land their daily catches of lobster, crab and herring. A lot of the fish goes straight to the pub and to Robsons, the family owned smoking house in Craster for the famous Craster kippers - there's also a shop in the smokery offering a variety of delicious foods! The pub, the Jolly Fisherman, is open from 10am for coffee and cakes, and usual pub hours. There is a beautiful outdoor seating terrace looking out to seas, as does the restaurant plus a cosy dog friendly bar seating area. Booking is highly recommended! Craster is right on the coastal path and there are some fantastic walks right from the front door. There are also cycle routes and a tourist bus. There's a lovely kids' play area in the village, plus an abundance of rock pools to explore and small sandy beach in the harbour and don't forget the ice cream van every afternoon! Alnwick is just a 7 minute drive away, with the famous Alnwick Castle - learn to fly your broomstick and play quidditch - Harry Potter filming used the Castle and quadrangle for a number of scenes. or explore the beautiful state rooms. Alnwick Gardens offers the largest water cascade in the UK. It's formal gardens, cottage and rose gardens, bamboo maze, poison garden and cherry blossom orchard with over 300 Japanese cherry trees - spectacular in April/May. New for 2024 was Lilidorie, a magical kingdom with Europe's largest children's play structure! There's crazy golf and the famous Tree House Restaurant too. Alnwick town has an abundance of lovely shops, pubs, restaurants, fish and chips, coffee shops to fill a day too. We are right in the centre of some of the best links golf courses - Dunstanburgh, Bamburgh, Goswick and Alnmouth offer fantastic golfing experiences for visitors. You can visit stunning Bamburgh Castle (with its Utred Viking tours), Warkworth Castle, the Victorian Estate villages of Ford and Etal, the battle site of Flodden, all with 30 minutes. Hike in the Simonside hills or along the beautiful Northumbrian beaches and dunes - so much to do, you'll need to come back! We're always happy to help in any way, answer any questions and provide lots of recommendations for eating out and places to visit. We want to make sure you have a great stay and come stay with us again soon!
