Percy Boynton Cottage is only a mile from the welcoming village of Rothbury - known locally as ’The Gateway to the Northumberland National Park’ - found snuggled at the foot of the Simonside Hills which straddles the River Coquet and where golf, fishing and several quaint tea rooms, shops and pubs are available. The 1,000 acres estate at Cragside, the first home in the world to be lit by hydroelectricity is an interesting National Trust visitor attraction three miles away. The historic market town of Alnwick, with its cobbled streets has its own dramatic castle; its the ancestral home to the Duke of Northumberland and film location for Harry Potter’s Hogwarts Academy! The spectacular ’Alnwick Garden’, with its Grand Cascade waterfall, Poison garden and restaurant incorporated within the largest tree house in Europe is a popular tourist destination 15 miles east.