A base camp for adventures

The Carrshield Camping Barn is the upper floor of 18th Century Barney Craig Mine Shop located just outside Carrshield in Northumberland. It has accommodation for up to 18 people in three separate rooms, each with a wood-burning stove and a raised wooden sleeping platform. The rooms are individually secure, but can be interconnected, making it ideal for larger or mixed groups.

WHAT'S INCLUDED

Heated dormitory sleeping for 18

• Three separate rooms with sleeping benches, which are independently secure and can be booked individually
• Or book all three rooms and use them as a connected community sleeping space
• Each room has electrical lighting and a double electrical socket (for low power device charging only e.g. phones and torches). 
• Log burning stove in each room (prices include a basket of logs for each stove and additional logs can be purchased if required)

Shared toilets + cooking area

• ​​Composting toilet
• Communal 'galley' room for cooking with stone benches for your own stoves to sit on
• Running hot and cold water for hand-washing in the toilet/kitchen area. (no food waste should be put down the waste pipe please, as it is a water soak away not a proper full drain)
• Each room has a wooden clothes dryer on a pulley. 

Other facilities

• Ordnance Survey map of the area in the kitchen for route planning.
• Walking maps and local information folder​
• The outside sink for washing with bicycle safe bars to lock bikes onto.
• Car parking
• Additional outdoor camping space may be available by prior arrangement​

WHAT YOU DON'T GET

• NO MATTRESSES or BEDDING The wooden sleeping platforms are hard so you will need camping mats.   The stoves make the rooms nice and cosy but don't forget your sleeping bags! ​
• NO SHOWERS Just hot and cold water for hand-washing in the toilet/kitchen area​
• NO SHOPS Nearest shops and pubs are in Allendale (approx 10 min drive), Whitfield, Nenthead, Alston or Allenheads (pub only). 
• NO PHONES There is limited mobile phone reception in this remote location.

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2022 TARIFF

Duck – sleeps 8, £56 per night
Lapwing - sleeps 6, £44 per night
Curlew - sleeps 4, £32 per night

If available, all three rooms sleeping up to 18 people, can be booked simultaneously  - at a discounted total cost of £118.80 per night. Simply enter the promocode: THEWHOLEBARNPLEASE when booking

​Price includes baskets of logs for the stoves (additional logs can be purchased if required)

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2023 TARIFF

Duck – sleeps 8, £60 per night
Lapwing - sleeps 6, £50 per night
Curlew - sleeps 4, £40 per night

If available, all three rooms sleeping up to 18 people, can be booked simultaneously  - at a discounted total cost of £135 per night. Simply enter the promocode: THEWHOLEBARNPLEASE when booking

​Price includes baskets of logs for the stoves (additional logs can be purchased if required)

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TO MAKE A BOOKING

Please click on the Book your stay tab in the menu.  On this page you can check availability on FreetoBook and make a booking for your stay.  Your booking will not be accepted unless it is paid in full via the Stripe payment system.  You only require a debit card to do this.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Check in time: 3:00pm
Check out time: 10:00am 
Dogs:  We have no problem with accommodating dogs
Infants (under 3): This accommodation is not really suitable for the very young due to inter-room noise and the presence of hot stoves
Cancellation policy:  50% refund if cancelled more than 48 hours before booking date

If you have any questions regarding your booking, or are local to the venue and would like book any of the rooms for daytime use,
​please use the form below to contact the camping barn coordinator.

Nearest local services during your stay

Nearest railway connections

Haydon Bridge station (14 miles - approx 25 mins by car/taxi)
Hexham station (17 miles - approx 30 mins by car/taxi)

Link to Trainline

Nearest shopping

Allendale Coop, Allendale (7.3 miles - approx 10 mins by car)
Alston Co-op, Alston (7.8 miles - approx 15 mins by car)
Spa, Alston ​ (7.8 miles - approx 15 mins by car)
There are Aldi, Tesco, Waitrose and M&S stores in Hexham (30 mins)

Nearest petrol

Alston services  (7.8 miles - approx 15 mins by car)
​Bridge End, Hexham (17 miles - approx 30 mins by car)

Nearest taxi services

Baynes Travel, Allendale   tel: 01434 683269

Nearest takeaway food

Allen Mill Tandoori, Allendale ​ (7.8 miles - approx 10 mins by car)  Tel: 01434 683355​

Nearest cafes

Hemmel Cafe, Allenheads  (6 miles - approx 10 mins by car) Tel: 01434 685568
Forge Cafe, Allendale  (7.8 miles - approx 10 mins by car) Tel: 01434 683975
Tea Rooms Allendale ​ (7.8 miles - approx 10 mins by car)  Tel:01434 683575​

​Alston (15 mins) also has a choice of cafes

Nearest pubs

​Allenheads (6 miles - approx 10 mins by car)  - The Allenheads Inn 
​Allendale (7.8 miles - approx 10 mins by car) - Allendale Inn, The Golden Lion Allendale, The Kings Head, 
Whifield (8.4 miles - approx 10 mins by car) - The Elks Head, 

​Alston (15 mins also has a choice of pubs)

Nearest auto mechanic

Paul Gowland, Allendale Tel: 01434 683433
Howard Pringle, Allendale ​Tel: 01434 683210