 | Les and Pat Dent started farming in 1975 and as a diversification income started taking in guests to their farmhouse. We moved to Greycroft in1998 when our son took over the running of the farm and we still have some of our original guests returning to stay with us after 27 years!
Here at Greycroft you will find real North country hospitality set in the splendid scenery of “England’s Last Wilderness”. The North Pennines are now established as an “Area of Outstanding Beauty”, and Alston, as its focus, has a wide variety of attractions, many unusual shops and a number of cosy pubs and good eating houses. Although in Cumbria, we are on the fringe of Northumberland and Durham.
Greycroft is set on a corner site with open views south across the beautiful South Tyne valley towards Cross Fell (the highest point on the Pennines). It is in the peaceful hamlet of the Raise, a five minute walk into Alston and is tastefully furnished to a high standard with our guests in mind. |
Greycroft offers bed and breakfast accommodation with two beautifully appointed en-suite bedrooms. Both bedrooms are situated on the ground floor (with wheelchair access), have both a double and a single bed and en-suite bathroom (one with a shower cubical, the other with a shower over the bath). The rooms have tea making facilities, cotton sheets, electric blankets, easy chairs, TVs and many extras.
The large comfortable guest lounge with bay window overlooking the garden and hills beyond is available at all times and the spacious and sunny dining room where guests can enjoy an award winning Cumbrian breakfast with homemade bread.
The bungalow is centrally heated and thermostatically controlled. We are a totally non-smoking household. We do not have a drinks licence, but you are welcome to bring your own. You are also welcome to bring your pets if they will sleep in the car (off street parking available). |  |
 | We have an abundance of birds visit our garden, including the great spotted woodpecker and other birds in the area include the skylark, herons, buzzards, grouse, pheasant, blackcock and peregrine falcons, making it an ideal location for bird watchers. You may be lucky enough to see our neighbouring red squirrel family who come regularly to play in the garden. The area is also home to many rare wild flowers and grasses including wild orchids and gentiouns.
Alston rests in the heart of the North Pennines which has now been designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty - 50 square miles of superb open landscape surrounded by breaktaking fells and river valleys. It has a wide variety of attractions, including the South Tynedale Railway where you can buy your ticket at the restored Victorian Station to take a leisurely ride through the beautiful scenery of the South Tyne Valley. |
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