Kielder Water Lodges

From A-frames to deluxe-style cottages, you can take your pick of living spaces and you won't fail to be thrilled by the results. Each contains a handy payphone, TV, DVD player, high chairs, travel cots, bath-shower and kitchen corner. Some of the additional family bathrooms possess a lavish whirpool bath that will tickle every kind of patron no matter how jaded they are. Both pets and enormous groups of youngsters in mixed or single-sex formations are not permitted to stay here at Kielder Water Lodges. Duvets and bedding are provided by the house which is a nice touch of good service.

The communal facilities are almost too myriad to mention, but here are a few anyhow: skip-hop, disc golf, tennis, table tennis, spa, sauna, sea scooters, water walkerz, FUNdamentals Gymnastics (under-6s), guided cycle trails and archery. Patrons of all ages can learn about the local wildlife at the Birds of Prey Centre and go fishing by boat or off the bank. The shop with off licence stays open till late and guests repeatedly report how useful it is to them. Also sitting on the lake is the delightful Boat Inn Restaurant where you can sit and recharge your batteries with a good long feed.

A vast network of running, cycling and walking trails radiate out from Kielder Water Lodges and that makes for plenty of fun beyond the premises themselves. The opportunity to hire a pleasure boat will also take you further afield - or upriver. You can also hop on a ferry that will deliver you safely over the other side.

Combining great fun land-based and water-based activities, the unique selling points of Kielder Water Lodges will bring back visitor after visitor. If you want a smashing Northumberland break then you too should add yourself to the guest list, you'll have a superlative time of it.