Our Time at The Walled Garden
We'd walked past the entrance more times than we'd like to admit. Then, one blustery Friday, sandblasted after a walk out to Stag Rock, we finally went through the archway and stopped in our tracks.
Inside is a beautifully kept garden with a sunny seating area, space for children to play, and a handsome timber-framed café with enormous glass windows looking out over it all. On a calm day we'd have been straight outside. After that wind, a table indoors with Meg at our feet felt just right.
We shared two lattes and a slice of raspberry cheesecake, quite possibly the best we've had in a very long time. The counter is full of proper, home-baked-looking cakes, and the breakfast and lunch menus looked every bit as tempting. Prices sit towards the upper end for a casual stop, but one look around the room and out over the garden goes a long way to explaining why.
What really won us over, though, was the staff. When Meg was unexpectedly (and spectacularly) sick on the café floor, they couldn't have been kinder: straight over to help, water outside for Meg, a check that she was all right, and not a single disapproving look. It's easy to shine when everything goes to plan. You learn far more about a place when it doesn't.
Heather & Sand verdict: A gorgeous setting, exceptional cake and genuinely lovely people. A new favourite in Bamburgh.
- Good for: Coffee and cake · Breakfast and lunch · Families · Dogs
- Dogs: Well-behaved dogs welcome inside
- Don't miss: The raspberry cheesecake
- H&S tip: On a calm day, take a table outside overlooking the garden.
- We'd go back: We're already planning lunch. If they'll have us.
Read the full story from our visit: Gone With the Wind. Almost.