Special feature: Teal House, Lemmington Cottages, Near Alnwick, Northumberland, UK

A pheasant scurries across the road as we turn into the drive towards Teal House, our home for a week’s holiday in the north-east of England. We are about five miles to the west of Alnwick, widely regarded as one of the top pheasant shooting locations in the UK, and the many pheasants we see during our week in the area have survived the shooting season which ended just a few weeks ago.

Teal House, one of three properties available from Lemmington Cottages, all of which have been awarded the prestigious 5 star gold awarded by the National Quality Assessment Scheme for VisitEngland, and available to book through Premier Cottages, is a lovely four-bedroomed property that certainly doesn’t disappoint. This L-shaped ground-floor…