Lovelady Shield Country House Hotel Alston

General Information

This luxury family hotel, in three acres of lonely terraces beside the River Nent, in the pretty Eden District of Cumbria, features been presented two rosettes for food by the AA. An superb Georgian Country House Hotel standing on the previous location of a 13th century convent on the banks of the River Nent, which nestles in the foothills of Alston Moor on the Pennine Way between the Lakes and Newcastle. Located two miles from Alston in Cumbria the peaceful location makes it a charming heart from which to stay the Lake District, Hadrian's Wall, the North Pennines, Durham Cathedral and the Yorkshire Dales. The bedrooms are privately styled and equipped in keeping with the ambience of the guesthouse, offering conventional design together with a full variety of up-to-date amenities all clients would expect from a hotel of this caliber. Bedrooms are equiped with full en-suite amenities, widescreen televisions, DVD players and a dainty variety of furniture and accessories. The inn restaurant provides dainty vicinity in which to appreciate the AA two rosette award winning cuisine ready by resident Master Chef. Menus are imaginative and varied using mostly local make. They have been described as being British with mainland excursions. The wine catalogue proposes over 100 wines and features been short listed for the 'Wine List of the Year', and have previously been presented North-West Wine List of the Year by Les Routiers. There is also a confidential cocktail lounge together with a library and hall with log fires. Lovelady Shield specialise in hosting cottage parties, if for privately-owned celebrations such as birthdays, anniversaries, retirements or for Christmas and New Year celebrations. The Hotel also makes a rural place for little meetings, seminars and management conferences. Unlike so plenty of larger venues the guesthouse is superbly set for those wanting a place for privately-owned dining and smallish intimate conferences. Alston is a little market place city with cobbled streets in the Eden District, on the borders of Cumbria, Northumbria and County Durham. The fantastic countryside features been designated an 'Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty' making the guesthouse an exquisite center from which to stay 3 of Britain's most well-known national Parks - the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and the Northumberland National Park. Not far from is the World Heritage location of Hadrian's Wall and the lively cathedral town of Durham. Thanks its serene location the Lovelady Shield proposes a ideal stopover point for those traveling to and from Scotland.

Transportation

From THE M6: take combination 40 on the M6 and follow the A686 to Alston. Turn right on the B6277 signposted to Barnard Castle and then take the 1st left, the A689 to Nenthead, Stanhope and Durham. The lobby to the guesthouse is two miles along this highway on the left at the fusion with the B6294.