Wild Northumbrian can be found at Thorneyburn which is a stones throw away from Greenhaugh, just six miles from the small town of Bellingham in the stunning Northumberland International Dark Skies Park.
When you arrive
On arriving at the site, you will find the parking areas and the main communal blocks and huts which house the toilets and showers and the kitchen area. Before your stay you will be sent a downloadable site map to ensure everything is as easy of possible to find including parking, your accommodation, the kitchen and washing facilities and other key areas. This can also be found as a download from the bottom of this page and on our contact page.
Toilets, showers & kitchen
The shower and toilet block have underfloor heating and are always bright and clean, ready for you to use. The kitchen hut is an ideal place to do your dishes and prepare food when you need to spread out a little. Each yurt or hut has its own shelf in a fridge so that you can keep your essentials cool, handy in warmer weather.
The site has communal kitchen shed and also a shower and toilet block in the old coach house next to the main house. Houlet, the treehouse yurt has its own composting loo and outdoor kitchen sink area. Plus a Hikki hot tub and outdoor shower, just across the path but guests are also welcome to use the shower block. Swallow Hut makes use of the shower block for toilet and shower facilities but also has a Hikki hot tub and outdoor kitchen.
Dogs
Dogs are very welcome throughout the site including in all accommodation. Please do keep them on leads as they may encounter livestock – there are often sheep in the surrounding fields. If in doubt, keep them on until you get a chance to work out which areas might be suitable for them to be off lead. Please ensure dogs are clean before entering yurts and huts and that they use their own beds and bedding.
Mobile phones & internet
You are also welcome to use available sockets in the kitchen hut to charge your mobile phones etc. but please be aware that if you leave them there you do so at your own risk.
There is now a 4G mobile phone signal at the site but why not take the opportunity to switch off your devices – forget your messages, emails and social media and just… relax! The Hollybush Inn in Greenhaugh which is just a short walk or drive away has free wifi for it’s patrons.
Preserving the landscape & enhancing your stay
We are committed to sitting as lightly on the landscape as possible and to that end, our site may seem a little different from other ‘glamping’ and wild camping sites that you may have visited.
Each hut and yurt is set within its own little area of the site, ensuring that you have peace and privacy from other guests. To ensure that the site looks as tranquil and unspoilt as possible, the paths between the main site area and the accommodation are small tracks rather than paved or covered ones.
Similarly there are no outdoor lights along the way. Again, to preserve the dark skies for which the area is famed and to give as natural an experience as possible.
Both of these mean you need to remember two simple things; sensible footwear and a torch! The site map that you will be sent on booking will guide you easily to the yurt or hut that you have chosen.
On arriving, please check the site map and collect a wheelbarrow from the parking bays which are right by Swallow Hut. Then, using torch light if necessary, make your way to your hut or yurt with your possessions and start to enjoy your stay!
Have a look at the site map here.
If there’s anything else you’d like to know before you book or before your stay then please just get in touch.
Find out more about using our wood stoves and outdoor showers.
Find out how to use our Hikki wood fired baths.