Reach Us

Ways to be in touch with us...

Send us an email and we'll get straight back to you.
Call us on 01665 720456. (+44 1665 720456 from outside the UK) We're nearly always here, so if you don't get a reply just picture us running around trying to find the handset... and leave a message,please. We'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Write to us: Jeff & Jill Sutheran, St Cuthbert's House,
192 Main Street, North Sunderland, Seahouses, Northumberland NE68 7UB
or, you can call round and we'll put the kettle on.

Here we are, we're over here...

Here's a location map of St Cuthbert's House, on Google maps. (It will open in a new window) It's very cool - you can use the slider to zoom in and out to get your bearings. Be sure to try the 'Satellite' option, which shows you an aerial photo - when you zoom right in, you can see our car parked outside the house. (Yes, really...you can!)

Driving yourself round the bends...

If you'd like to take the shortest and most direct route from the main road to us, then you might find this useful: I've posted some driving directions in pdf format, which bring you from the main A1 trunk road directly to the front door. If you're coming from the south then these are the directions you need. If you're approaching from Scotland then you need this set of directions. I can personally guarantee their accuracy. Really. If you insist on using your satnav, and are prepared for it to take you on a circuitous mystery tour around the lanes of Northumberland, tell it to bring you to NE68 7UB. Call when you get frustrated.

You could use the AA Route Planner to plan a route to us. Enter your starting point, and enter our postcode NE68 7UB in the 'To' box,and hit 'Get Route'. You can't go wrong. Except we always seem to, every time we use one of these.

On the right track...

We are close to the main East Coast railway line, which carries high-speed trains run by (insert the name of the train operator who will soon renege on the terms of the franchise here) between Scotland and London, and also Cross-Country services between Edinburgh and the south-west. The trains pass within four miles of St Cuthbert's House, but unfortunately we have to travel much further to actually get on or off any of them. The nearest mainline stations are at Alnmouth (15 miles to the south) and Berwick-upon-Tweed (about 20 miles to the north). Bus services run from either town to Seahouses, although they can hardly be described as 'frequent'.

Much as we would like to be able to wholeheartedly recommend this modus transportum, the fact is that (although the train is a delightful way to get to the region), public transport - or the relative lack of it - makes it difficult to conveniently move around and actually get to places, once you're here. Yes, that IS what it's supposed to be for, but just ask our teenagers how easy it is to do... Coming by train is great if you're a strong walker, or bringing your bike...or don't mind slowly pottering around the countryside on an empty bus.

If you're really determined, there is one slow train per day which connects from Newcastle-upon-Tyne (a mainline interchange) to our sleepy local station called Chathill, which is four miles from here. But there are absolutely no buses from there. See what I mean?

If you want (or need) to come by train, then please contact us so we can help you to plan your journey, and your transport from the station to St Cuthbert's House. We can sometimes arrange to pick you up (and drop you off ) at the station.

Some useful travel-by-train links:
National Express trains
Cross-country trains
thetrainline.com (covers all networks but you seem to pay a commission to them.)

Magic Bus

There are a number of coach networks, which seem to link virtually every town in England together. The nearest main coach drop-off point is Alnwick.

Some useful travel-by-coach links:
National Express coaches
Megabus

On your bike

Northumberland is a cyclist's dream. There's a great choice of beautiful, quiet waymarked routes, both on and off-road. Sustrans' 'jewel' is the Coast and Castles route, which goes - literally - past our front door. It's a linear route, but it's easy to turn sections of it into circular tours. As well as the 'official' waymarked routes, almost every road for miles around makes for wonderful cycling.

St Cuthbert's House is a great base for a cycling holiday. We have routes, ideas, maps and advice, as well as a track pump and a well-stocked bike toolkit. We also have about 20 spare inner tubes of every conceivable dimension... the result of being a large cycling family! We do have secure and dry cycle storage available too, and therefore we earned the 'Cyclists Welcome' accolade. Cool.