A Northumberland farm cottage has been named one of the best charity holiday stays in the UK.
Codley Gate Farm Cottage on Hadrian's Wall is owned by the Vindolanda Charitable Trust and sits in the shadow of the Roman Fort of the trust's name, with proceeds from renting out the accommodation going towards excavations on the site. It has been named by Guardian Travel alongside apartments in Edinburgh's Royal College of Surgeons and whisky barrel pods in the Scottish Highlands as the best holiday accommodation owned by charities.
Billed as "brilliantly positioned for visiting several locations on Hadrian's Wall" as well as Vindolanda, the Roman Army Museum, Housesteads Fort, Sycamore Gap, and Cawfields Quarry are all within walking or cycling distance. Back on the site of the farm, there's the only Roman milestone still in its original position in Britain.
