Hamsterley weekend

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: Hamsterley weekend

Morning All

Need some info on accomodation near trail centre
A few of us are planning a weekend there from Friday 22nd June, plan is to do the D/H on friday, (do they offer uplift service?) then a few beers local, Saturday do the trail centre then maybe into Durham for a night out on Saturday... So need somewhere to stop local to trail centre fri night and somewhere in Durham sat night...?

Is it worth stopping an extra night for the Durham night out? Is it any good?
Thanks

chris.

Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 963 Location: Sunderland

How close do you want to stay to Hamsterley?

If you don't mind travelling, Barnard Castle is only twenty minutes away by car, has plenty of places to eat and drink and has a few campsites nearby.

I can also recommend the campsite in Middleton In Teesdale (Daleview).

Durham is a good night out but I'd recommend getting a B&B in Durham as it's nearly an hour away from Hamsters.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:00 am Post subject:

Hi there

as close as we can to be fair, we are not camping though, but would do a lodge or something but looking at either B&B, hotel, self catering..??

Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 963 Location: Sunderland

My apologies, I assumed you were camping for some reason!

Barnard Castle has a good few B&B's and pubs which have rooms.

Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:24 am Post subject:

Cheers Kev

I'll have a look later

Joined: 26 Sep 2011 Posts: 247 Location: Stanley, Co Durham

Hey,

there are 2 B&Bs in hamsterley village, you then just drop down the bank to get to the main visitor centre or head through hamsterley to get to the DH car park. Below is a link to one of them.

http://www.dale-endhamsterleybandb.co.uk/

There is a pub in the village as well, and it isn't to far from Bishop Auckland which may have a few bars, I'm not sure.

As for Durham, Yeah its a canny night out there is a good mixture of Bars etc. Pretty sure there is a Premier inn pretty near the centre so you should be able to get a few rooms in there reasonably cheap like.

Hope that's useful.

Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:35 pm Post subject:

Hya Chris, Ime up hammers tomorrow I could call at some B&B,s and get some info/prices if you want, As mark says Durham is a good night out and a premier inn 100 yards for the bars Cool

Joined: 13 Apr 2012 Posts: 63 Location: Out on me bike

Tindale crossing brewers fare cheap and close bishop Auckland

Posted: Fri May 18, 2012 3:25 pm Post subject:

Thanks for the info and replies.

we have booked a couple of camping pods at Hillcrest camping, about 20mins away the owner tells me, a tenner each a night...bike storage onsite....sorted. 5 in each pod...Its a good job we are all mates.!

Premier inn Saturday night for a night in Durham.....trying out our best Derbyshire chat up lines..!

looking forward to it, it looks a crackin place...we have booked the uplift for Friday at descent, then going to do trails on Saturday...

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