There are two quite different ways to enjoy Christmas at Beamish Museum, and they’re booked separately. We’ve set out how they differ below, including which one your museum pass covers, so you can choose the visit that suits you. Here’s how it works this year, and what’s worth sorting out before you travel. Daytimes and […]
Discover Durham and the Local Area Around Plawsworth
Whether you’re visiting for a short break or planning an extended stay, the area around Plawsworth Hall is full of charm, history, and things to explore. From riverside walks and scenic countryside to vibrant towns and hidden gems, our local area guides help you make the most of your time in County Durham.
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Durham Christmas Festival runs from Friday 4 to Sunday 6 December 2026, with three markets across the city centre and festive entertainment spread between them. Christmas market weekends are a lovely time to be in Durham, and a little planning goes a long way. The city centre is medieval, compact and fairly hilly, with the […]
A Quiet Base Near Durham (That Doesn’t Feel Like a Compromise)
Quiet and convenient don’t often appear in the same sentence when it comes to accommodation near a city. Usually you get one or the other: peaceful but remote, or well-located but noisy. Plawsworth Hall is genuinely both, and it’s worth explaining what that actually means in practice. The village Plawsworth is a small village, around […]
Durham Book Festival: planning a trip from outside the city
Durham Book Festival runs from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 October this year, and it’s one of the oldest literary festivals in the country. A long weekend of authors, ideas and conversation spread across venues in the centre of Durham. If you’re coming from further afield, the accommodation question tends to get decided before the […]
Making a Longer Durham Work Stay Feel Easy
Checking into a hotel room for a week is fine. For two weeks it starts to grate. By week three, eating every meal out, living out of a suitcase, and paying for parking on top of everything else stops feeling like a work perk and starts feeling like a grind. Self-catering accommodation solves most of […]
Why Our Guests Keep Saying “I Didn’t Know I Needed This” About Plawsworth
People often book a countryside stay thinking it’ll be simple: somewhere quiet, a good base, easy parking, fresh air. Then they arrive at Plawsworth Hall and realise the best part isn’t just the setting, it’s how easy everything feels. Plawsworth Hall offers serviced cottages and apartments in the village of Plawsworth, with one and two-bedroom […]
