Hunter's Inn is set in a picturesque location in the deep, wooded Heddon Valley. There is a National Trust Visitor Centre, car park and toilets. There are relatively level paths forming a popular walk either side of the river to the small, rocky beach and lime kiln at Heddon's Mouth.
Hunters Inn
Hunters Inn
The original Hunters Inn was roofed with thatch but unforntunately burned down in 1895. It was a popular haunt of visting students from Oxford and Cambridge.
The inn has been a focal point for both locals and visitors to the area since the mid 19th century, when the Berry family first started serving beer from their kitchen. The original inn started life as a thatched cottage but in 1895 was almost totally destroyed by fire. Over the following few years it was rebuilt in its current present day form.
The Hunters' Inn owned large tracks of land in and around the Heddon Valley and was one of the largest employers in the area. It was regular frequented by the 'well heeled' and a number of famous people crossed its threshold. In more recent times a large part of the Hunters' estate was sold off to the National Trust and today there is still a close tie between the NT centre in the Heddon valley and the Hunters' Inn, which is just a short walk away.
Hunter's Inn - photo presented with the kind permisssion of www.grumpystumpy.com
Hunter's Inn - photo presented with the kind permisssion of www.grumpystumpy.com
The Inn has immense charm and character and is just a short walk away from the sea at Heddon's Mouth. The inn is set in over four acres of landscaped gardens and ponds, that are accessible by residents and visitors to the inn, and bordered on one side by the rivers Heddon and Blackwater that flow down to the sea at Heddon's mouth. There is an abundance of local wildlife including stags and deer.
Hunter's Inn is set in a picturesque location in the deep, wooded Heddon Valley. There is a National Trust Visitor Centre, car park and toilets. There are relatively level paths forming a popular walk either side of the river to the small, rocky beach and lime kiln at Heddon's Mouth.
The National Trust Information Centre at Hunter's Inn in the River Heddon Valley- photo courtesy of Bob Story http://bigbikerbob.blogspot.com/2008/05/walk-to-heddons-mouth.html
OS Grid Reference: SS6548 |
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