Close to the Kyloe Hills and St Cuthbert’s Cave, the surrounding area abounds with walks and bridleways making it ideal to explore on foot or horseback.
Literally on the doorstep is St Cuthbert’s Way is a 62-mile (100 km) long-distance trail between the Scottish Borders town of Melrose and Lindisfarne (Holy Island.) St Cuthbert was a 7th century saint, buried in Holy Island. The cave used as a resting place along the way, affectionately known as Cuddy’s Cave by locals, can be seen from the grounds of Hetton Hall, and easily reached by foot. The walk offers beautiful views and can be enjoyed as shorter walks, along with the abundance of public footpaths in the area. For those wishing to complete a longer journey, we are ideally placed for an overnight stopover.
St Cuthbert’s Way connects with other well-known walks such as The Pennine Way, St Oswald’s Way and the Northumberland Coast Path. In the Scottish borders, it connects with Borders Abbeys Way, the Roman Heritage Way, the Sir Walter Scott Way and the Southern Upland Way.
Approximately 4 miles, from our site, is the village of Lowick where The Devil’s Causeway passes through. The causeway is a Roman road which starts at Hadrian’s Wall, extending 55 miles (89 km) northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.