The Grey Bull, Haltwhistle

The Grey Bull is a substantial former 19th-century coaching inn, set in the Northumberland town of Haltwhistle on the edge of the National Park. The property has been thoughtfully converted to provide comfortable self-catering accommodation, operating as a holiday let for a number of years. The furniture, website and future bookings are available by negotiation.

The Business

This is a genuinely profitable holiday let operation. Full income and cost figures are available to serious buyers on request. There remains clear scope to grow revenue further, including through the introduction of a hot tub and by accepting pet-friendly bookings, alongside more active yield management across the calendar. 

The Property

The accommodation extends to 4,695 sq ft across 3 floors and sleeps up to 18 guests across nine en-suite bedrooms. The kitchen has been newly fitted with a large American-style fridge-freezer, a 90cm range cooker, twin eye-level ovens and dual dishwashers, and opens onto a breakfast room with central island. A separate dining room seats 18 guests, while a generous sitting room, cinema room and bar adjoining a games room give guests plenty of communal space. A separate utility room provides additional washing facilities.

Notably, the property was originally configured as two separate dwellings — a private owner's residence comprising two bedrooms, kitchen and lounge (now the bar and games room), alongside a six-bedroom B&B with dining room, two lounges, kitchen and office. An internal door still connects the two sides, and reversion to this configuration would be straightforward, with the bar readily converted back to a kitchen and the original gas feed already in place, currently capped. This offers a purchaser genuine flexibility to run the property as a single large group let, or to reinstate separate owner's accommodation within the main house.

Alternatively, a good-sized outbuilding presents further potential for conversion into independent living accommodation, allowing an owner or manager to live on site while preserving the full nine-bedroom, 18-guest capacity of the main house for letting.

Externally, the property has a paved area with pergola and seating, a climbing frame, and off-road parking for several vehicles.

The Location

Haltwhistle sits at the gateway to Northumberland National Park, just two miles from Hadrian's Wall, surrounded by open countryside with immediate access to walking, cycling and history on the doorstep. Kielder Water and Forest Park and the Northumberland Heritage Coast are within easy reach, as is the market town of Hexham (15.3 miles). Carlisle is around 23.5 miles, Corbridge 19.1 miles, with Newcastle International Airport approximately 34.2 miles and Newcastle city centre around 37.1 miles away.

Services: mains electricity, gas and water. Gas-fired boiler.

Tenure: Freehold

EPC: C

Business rates: The property is assessed for business rates rather than council tax.