Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site
Haltwhistle, Northumberland
Family-friendly campsite 15 minutes from Hadrian's Wall. Spacious serviced hard-standing or grass pitches with electric. After more luxury? There are Wigwam cabins with hot tubs and luxurious en-suite glamping pods with hot tub and wood-burner. Perfect for Northumberland glamping all year round. Excellent amenities, sauna for hire, indoor camper's kitchen and BBQ hut. Children's playground and animal feeding at the petting farm.
Onsite petting farm with children encouraged to help with animal feeding
Just one mile from the historic Hadrian's Wall, great for dog friendly walks in Northumberland
Excellent amenities including hot tubs, sauna, indoor kitchen, playground, petting farm and shop
About Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site
Wide-open spaces, Roman history and rolling hills form the breath-taking backdrop of this site. Open all year round, guests can enjoy camping, glamping and touring in the great outdoors any month of the year. Choose from a selection of spacious grass and hard-standing pitches, suitable for tents and touring with excellent nearby facilities. All pitches have electric and most touring pitches have grey waste and water. Dogs welcome free of charge. Fire pits and BBQs available for hire. Family-friendly glamping includes a choice of dog friendly wooden Wigwams (camping pods). Sleeping from 2-5, some have an en-suite WC and running water. There is also a handful of pods with luxurious hot tubs too! Bedding packs, croc boxes and a handful of other extras to hire too. Inside the Wigwams, you'll find foam mattresses, heating, fridge, microwave, toaster, kettle and picnic table, with celebration packages to finish off the experience. Equipped with electricity, heating and thick foam mattresses, they provide a comfortable, all-year-round glamorous glamping experience in Northumberland. Fire pits available for hire. Exclusively for adults, The Castle Pods provide a modern luxury with hot tubs and a large private outdoor patio. En-suite shower room with WC, double bed, kitchen, sofa, smart TV, wood-burning stove, dining table and chairs. Amazing views down the Northumberland valley. The Castle Pods sleep two adults and are perfect for a romantic break. The Warkworth Castle Pod is accessible (hot-tub not accessible). Two of the Castle Pods are dog friendly. Luxury Lodge sleeping a maximum of 6 (maximum 4 adults) and is beautifully furnished and equipped. Private decking and garden with fire pit and outdoor hot tub and wonderful views of the alpaca field. Meet the friendly animals at the onsite petting farm and join in with animal feeding twice daily. Scenic dog walk on site. Head on many local walks nearby, including Hadrian's Wall or relax in the sauna, available for exclusive hire. There's also a large children's play area with a wooden Roman fort. Small on-site licensed shop with local Northumberland produce. Pizzas served Friday evening in season and delivered to your pitch. Breakfast and BBQ meat packs available. BBQ hut available for hire seating up to 20 people. Cook up some grub in the indoor camper's kitchen before hitting the hay. With little light pollution, enjoy the incredible Northumberland dark skies and the Milky Way direct from your own pitch, glamping pod or hit tub. Stargazing packs can be hired. Perfect for exploring Hadrian's Wall the AD122 Hadrian's Wall bust stops at the site entrance and at all the Roman attractions along the wall between Hexham and Haltwhistle. The walk into Haltwhistle along Haltwhistle Burn is extremely scenic and peaceful and there are a variety of shops, pubs and cafes in Haltwhistle as well as a host of country pubs a short drive. Kielder Water and the Northumberland Coast are just an hour's drive from Herding Hill Farm.
Open all year
The campsite's amenity block has underfloor heating and provides free hot showers, a family room with bath, two further baths within the ladies, baby changing, washing up area, laundry and drying room. It also features an 8 person unisex sauna, which is free to use.
The on-site shop sells a variety of essentials and homemade pizzas are available on Friday and Saturday nights during the high season. A BBQ hut, which can accommodate up to 20 people, is available for hire.
The AD122 Hadrian's Wall bus, which stops directly outside of the campsite, is dog friendly and runs between April and September.
Adult only
Allow commercial vans
Allow pets
Bike hire
Café / restaurant
Communal BBQ
Disabled facilities
Drinking water
Electric hookups
Entertainment
Family friendly
Fires allowed
Fishing
Games room
Glamping
Golf
Horse riding
Hot tub
Internet access
Kids club
Kids playground
Laundry
Near beach
Near pub
Open year round
Peaceful
RV pitches
Shop
Showers
Swimming pool
Toilets
TV room
Vineyard
Water hookups
Watersports
W.C. disposal
There are 49 accommodation options on-site
10 x Electric Grass Camping Pitches
Level grass camping pitches, all with 10A electric.
4 x Electric Hardstanding Touring Pitches
Large hardstanding pitches with 16A electric hook-up, including three super service pitches, which add water and drainage.
9 x Fully Serviced Hardstanding Pitches
Spacious fully serviced pitches set on hardstanding. Three super pitches sized at (9m x 9m) include 16-Amp electric, drinking water and waste connection point.
Site tariff
Interested in staying at Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site?
Call 01434 320175 to book.
Unfortunately Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
Site rules and policies
Herding Hill Farm is a low noise site and the team respectfully request no noise after 10.30 pm.
No electronic music is allowed on site.
Dogs must be kept on short leads. Dangerous breeds not allowed.
Things to do on site and in the Haltwhistle area
During your stay, you'll meet friendly farm animals, including the likes of alpacas, Coco the noisy donkey, goats, Robin the Shetland pony, chickens, rabbits, guinea pigs and two Kunekune piglets Chilli and Ginger.
The area around the site is a walking and cycling haven. It is situated less than a mile away from the most spectacular and best-preserved sections of Hadrian's Wall midway between two famous Roman forts of Chesters and Birdoswald. Housesteads and Vindolanda are a short drive.
Cawfields Quarry is just 15 minutes walk away, while the location is also a perfect stop-off for walkers of the Pennine Way. The Northumberland National Park (an International Dark Sky Park) is nearby too, so this site is a must if you are interested in stargazing.
There are excellent star gazing experiences at both Twice Brewed and the Kielder Observatory, as well as from your own pitch, glamping pod or hot tub here at Herding Hill Farm.
The gorgeous beaches of the Northumberland coast are around 90 minutes drive, and Newcastle and Carlisle are both less than an hour's drive.
Other nearby attractions include:
- Nearby town Haltwhistle, just 1.5 miles away with a good choice of shops and eateries
- Kielder Forest Park and Kielder Water
- Kielder Observatory
- Vindolanda and Housesteads Roman Forts
- The Sill National Landscape Discovery Centre
- Alnwick Castle and Gardens
- Talkin Tarn
Interested in staying at Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site?
Call 01434 320175 to book.
Unfortunately Herding Hill Farm Touring, Camping and Glamping Site doesn't share their availability calendar with us yet. Availability changes quickly, especially in summer, so we recommend enquiring by phone to avoid missing out.
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