In this area there are many public footpaths & cycle ways. The famous C2C cycle route is only one field away.

There is cricket at Chester-le Street, golf at Slaley Hall, bowls at Stanley, racing at Hexham, horse riding, bird watching, and fishing on the many rivers and reservoirs.

The unusually clear light in the North East is particularly favoured by landscape artists and photographers.

Within a 20 mile radius of Bee Cottage you can visit

Newcastle with its bridges, shops, restaurants and entertainment

Gateshead Metro Centre caters for shopaholics!

Durham City with its Cathedral, Castle, gardens, theatre, riverside paths and museums

Beamish Open Air Museum

Hadrian’s Wall, museums and forts

Barnard Castle and the Bowes Museum

Hexham town with its Abbey and Gaol

Corbridge village with its arts and crafts shops

Picturesque Blanchland medieval village

Locomotion Railway Museum, Tanfield Railway

High Force, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, is England’s highest waterfall

Beautiful Weardale with delightful villages such as Stanhope, Wolsingham and Alston. There are also two lead mining museums.

A little further afield takes you to Alnwick Castle and Gardens, Cragside House, Wallington House, Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens, Holy Island, and the beautiful Northumberland Coast.

There is so much more not included here—2 days will not be enough!