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Dogs are welcome to stay at East Cottage and in the B&B rooms at Cragend Farm.

This is Bonnie, a beautiful 2 year old sheepdog from Wirlsworth in Derbyshire who came to stay with her owners Nick and Heidi in June.  She had previously been in an accident where her jaw was broken by a cow that kicked her, but she is now fully recovered and back to being her wonderful self again. During their visit they went to Keilder Forest, Warksworth Castle and Amble ...

This is Libby a rescue Newfoundland who came to visit us with her owners last week.  She was a gentle giant and was so good all through her stay. A new breed to add to our Rogues Gallery of wonderful dogs who are brought by their owners on holiday ere. ...

This is Cassie an 18 week old Labrador who came  to visit last week with her owners. She was such a good girl, and loved running about the farm and fields. We would like to thank her owners for taking  this great photo of her for our Rogues Gallery! Dog friendly accommodation has its perks and we absolutely loved having her stay with us. ...

Christmas 2021 We are so thrilled that we are allowed to have guests staying for Christmas and New Year in 2021 and if you would like to book our cottage please contact us using the contact page or call 01669-621533. Log burner with range cooking facilities to keep you toasty warm in the winter. 140 acres of beautiful farm and woodland to explare. Dog friendly. ...

This is Teddy a Lakeland Terrier who is staying at Cragend Farm with his family over the Bank Holiday weekend. He is definitely centre stage here and as well as being very well behaved has a fancy for sausages! ...

Meet Teddy, the most delightful Shih Tzu who came to stay at Cragend Grange at the beginning of July 2021. We have not had people to stay for a long time because of Covid and so it was a delight to have this little chap and his owners staying here for a few days while they visited relatives and toured the Northumbrian countryside. He was so well behaved and very friendly.  ...

Key Workers are welcomed! East Cottage is a 2 bedroom Victorian workers cottage at Cragend Farm with masses of charm, original features and cosy comfort. With a Log burnering fire, country walks, places of interest nearby, free parking and dog friendly, you will be sure of a restful and relaxing stay. There is Freesat, Wifi, and all the home comforts to make a holiday an ex ...

We are open for guests wishing to have a self-catering holiday from 16th April 2021. Enjoy our beautiful Northumberland farm and walk in the 140 acres of grazing and woodland we have available to guests. We are also near the coast for day trips to Bamburgh, Alnwick and Alnmouth. We are dog friendly and have a beautiful Victorian workers cottage with cosy log burner and bath ...

Cragend Farm, Cragend Grange and East Cottage have all received super reviews this year and we want to thank everyone who has come to stay  with us, and given us these wonderful testimonies. Booking is now available for 2021. Thank you! ...

Saluki Salutations This is Pepper a beautiful Saluki that came to stay with her family at Cragend Grange. She was such a gentle beautiful girl, and we thank her family for coming to stay in The Armstrong Wing with her. She was definitely star of the show. ...

We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to your fantastic farm on the Historic Houses tour on Tuesday. We both agree that it was the most interesting HHA visit we have ever done - and we have done many over the years! We had no idea of the extent of the Armstrong connection or what you have there, having visited Cragside on so many occasions in the past 50 years or so. And indeed looked down on the farm from the walks at Cragend quite recently. We particularly enjoyed ascending and descending the ladders to look at the hydraulic equipment and get an idea of how it all functioned, the beautiful and unusual buildings which had housed the cattle, and were intrigued by the contents of your "underground " loo! Peacocks and chicks, hens and a beautiful pet lamb added to the feel of the farm.

Shaun & Lou Renwick are keen to harness the farm's natural resources, using wood to heat their water, to cook with on a wood burning range, and to heat the houses on the Farm. Even if your house is not equipped to totally run on wood there are things you can do to make sure you are using the best quality wood for your fires.

Why use Seasoned Wood?

Seasoned wood is a definition for 'wood drying'. About 5% of the energy of the log is wasted through evaporation and heating the water vapour of damp logs.

Moisture effects the burning process with unburnt hydrocarbons going up the chimney, which can in time create 'sooting' in the chimney, with the possibility of a chimney fire, all of which requires specialist sweeping.

Drying the wood before burning reduces moisture content in the wood before it is used for burning,

Air drying is the most traditional method, and it takes time. usually over and above 2 years! The fire will use less energy to burn the log if the water content is below 20%. Therefore is can give OUT more energy in the form of heat!

Cragend Farm endeavours to provide their customers with the best seasoned wood possible.

if you would like further information on the process of burning wood please contact us and we will be happy to help.

Why seasoned wood?

Thank you so much Lou and Shaun for a great holiday break on your farm at Cragend last week. East Cottage was a super place to stay. Very comfortable accommodation with everything we needed for self-catering and situated next to the beautiful Cragside National Trust gardens. It was super for our dog with fields to walk across as well as a secure fenced place for her to run off lead! Such interesting history too about the farm and how you have restored the buildings, the Victorian silo and so much else of the past farming life at Cragend. We look forward to returning! J&M Nottingham.

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