Blackcock Inn

The Blackcock Inn at Falstone is a family-run country pub and guest inn in the village of Falstone, near Kielder Water in Northumberland, England. According to its official website, the pub occupies a 16th-century coaching inn building with exposed wooden beams and a traditional cosy country feel. It sits within Northumberland National Park, surrounded by Kielder Forest and in the middle of Northumberland Dark Sky Park, about a mile from Kielder Water — described by the pub as the largest man-made reservoir in Europe — and roughly ten minutes from Kielder Observatory. The business is run by the Moore family, who welcome guests to the inn. It operates as a proper village pub with a small team, serving food on a limited number of days each week and offering overnight accommodation. Upstairs there are five rooms available to book, four of which are en-suite, plus a self-catering cottage in the pub grounds. All rooms are dog-friendly, and dogs are also welcome in the pub and grounds downstairs. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the building, and there is a car park just outside the front door. Opening hours are seasonal and can vary during quieter periods; the pub asks guests to call ahead to confirm. As described on its website, it is typically open Thursday to Sunday, with food served on Thursday and Friday evenings, through Saturday daytime and evening, and Sunday lunches at midday. The inn was recognised as 'Best Family-Run Pub and Guest Inn in Northumberland' in LUX Life Magazine's annual Resort and Retreat Awards for 2021. As a small independent hospitality business, the Blackcock Inn is privately owned and family-operated rather than part of a pub chain or listed company. Its appeal rests on its historic coaching-inn character, its location for Kielder Water and Dark Sky Park visitors, and its dog-friendly, family-run hospitality.

The Blackcock Inn at Falstone is housed in a building described by its operators as a 16th-century coaching inn, situated in the village of Falstone in the North Tyne valley, Northumberland. Coaching inns historically served travellers along road routes, offering food, drink and overnight lodging; the Blackcock Inn continues that tradition as a village pub with guest rooms. In the modern era the inn has been operated as a family-run business. Its official website states that the Moore family welcome guests to The Blackcock Inn at Falstone, presenting it as a 'proper country pub' run by a small team. The pub serves food on a limited weekly schedule and lets five rooms upstairs, four of them en-suite, along with a self-catering cottage in the grounds. Dogs are welcome in the pub, grounds and all rooms, and free Wi-Fi is provided throughout the building. The inn's location shapes its identity: it stands in Northumberland National Park, surrounded by Kielder Forest and within Northumberland Dark Sky Park, about one mile from Kielder Water and roughly ten minutes from Kielder Observatory. This positions it as a base for visitors to the reservoir, forest and dark-sky attractions. In 2021 the business was recognised as 'Best Family-Run Pub and Guest Inn in Northumberland' in LUX Life Magazine's annual Resort and Retreat Awards, an accolade highlighted on its website. As of the available evidence the inn remains an active, privately owned and family-operated hospitality business; no founding year, corporate parent or listing status is documented in the supplied sources.

• Building dates to the 16th century as a coaching inn (as described by the operators).

• Awarded 'Best Family-Run Pub and Guest Inn in Northumberland' in LUX Life Magazine's annual Resort and Retreat Awards for 2021.

A family-run, dog-friendly 16th-century coaching inn and country pub serving visitors to Kielder Water, Kielder Forest and Northumberland Dark Sky Park.

• Pub food (Thursday–Sunday schedule)

• Sunday lunches

• Guest rooms (five, four en-suite)

• Self-catering cottage

1. 1The Blackcock inn at Falstone | Kielder Accomodation | Falstone, Hexham NE48 1AA, UKtheblackcockinnatfalstone.com
2. 2About Us | theblackcockinntheblackcockinnatfalstone.com
3. 3Blackcock Inn — Wikidatawikidata.org