Old Coach House at the Golden Lion

Accommodation Description:

A typical Dales Coaching Inn with modern en-suite accommodation in stunning Weardale situated in the North Pennines AONB area in County Durham. A perfect place to relax and enjoy all that this region has to offer with superb scenery all around pleasant villages and quaint market towns. This is seeing the North of England at it's best.

Recently refurbished accommodation adjoining the Golden Lion a coaching Inn situated in the village of St John’s Chapel in Upper Weardale. The area is known as The Roof of England with fantastic views all around on the high Pennines. This is where you can explore one of the most beautiful areas in England.

Fantastic walks all around either by the rivers in the valleys or on the high windswept fells where only the call of the curlew can be heard. The night skies are amazing with some of the least light pollution in the UK. It’s a perfect place to explore The Durham Dales and all the north of England has to offer including the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District, Northumberland, and the Cities of Durham and Newcastle.

The Golden Lion is a friendly local where you will find well kept ales and a traditional menu offering local produce and of course good old fashioned hospitality.