Lou is the owner of Cragend Farm with her husband Shaun, and deals with everything from Holiday Accommodation inquiries to egg collection from the chickens; she is the social media and web design finger-tapper.
Cragend Farm is opening its gates for 3 one day visits to walk the new Tree Trail that has been created over the past 15 years.
With a collection of specimen trees planted by Lord Armstrong of Cragside and newer plantation and The Great Northumberland Forest additions, Cragend Farm is offering the opportunity to see parts of the Estate not usually open to the public, to see the Tree Evolution from the Blackburn to the River Coquet, and up to The Cragside Estate border.
3 dates:
May 12th
June 9th
July 7th 2026 2-3.30pm
Booking in advance required as limited numbers.
Bring sensible outdoor attire, picnic snacks in rucksack and a thermos of something hot, or cold weather dependant.
This trail is rugged and varied with wet and steep areas, craggy and pastoral areas.
Booking enquiries to [email protected]
Find Out More About Cragend
Cragend Farm has a interesting and diverse history, from technical innovations to historic buildings. Tied in closely to the neighbouring Cragside Estate home of Victorian inventor and industrialist Lord Armstrong.
Wonderful Dog Friendly B&B and self catering cottage, Amazing unique historic site, (featured on TV: Matt Baker’s Travels with Mum & Dad North East)
Original Cragside Architecture and Machinery. Celtic Camp and Ducal Border Reiver settlement, remodelled by Victorian Lord Armstrong of Cragside as his show case for hydraulic machinery.
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