Plan your visit

We don’t have any private parking at St Valery unfortunately.  On street parking is available throughout the village and is free of charge and mainly unrestricted.  A very small section of about 5 spaces on the high street (near Scott’s of Alnmouth delicatessen) is time limited to 2 hours during the day, but everywhere else is restriction free.

If you don’t find parking space immediately, or after a couple of times round the village, you might find it easier to stop opposite on the double yellow lines to unload and get checked in before parking the car.

Alnmouth does get busy, particularly in the late afternoon as people return to their homes, holiday lets and hotels etc, but you’ll find spaces do come up pretty frequently so don’t worry too much as you will always get parked, albeit maybe a few minutes’ walk away.  There is also a larger car park down by the beach which costs £3.50 per day which some of you may find simpler to make use of rather than trying to get parked on the road.  You can also buy a weekly pass for the beach car park for around £10 – monies raised from the car parking fees are used to fund the upkeep of the common and dunes (around 90 acres in total) as well as supporting a wide range of local charities.

Check in at St Valery is between 4pm and 6pm.  Because we’re a small B&B rather than an hotel, we don’t have a manned check-in desk or reception and so whilst it may be possible to arrive later than this, please just check with us before making a booking – it may be that there is something arranged on that date which would prevent a later check in for example.  Checking in later than 9pm is unfortunately not possible.

You’re more than welcome to arrive earlier, we can’t guarantee your room will be ready, but you can leave your bags and we can let you know just as soon as your room is ready.

If you arrive early and there’s no answer at the door, please feel free to call or message 07920 238345 and let us know you’re here – we’re most likely doing other jobs but we’ll not be far.

Check out is ideally by 11’ish.  If you’re planning on staying locally on the day of departure or waiting for a late train, you’re very welcome to leave bags with us, and to make use of the communal areas until it’s time to leave.

For any cancellations up to 30 days prior to the start of your stay there will be no further charge other than the 50% non-refundable deposit paid when you made the booking.

For cancellations, changes or curtailments within 30 days of the start of your stay, the full cost of the entire reservation will be due and we reserve the right to charge the card you used when making the booking accordingly.  Whilst we will do our utmost to accommodate date changes, depending on the circumstances and notice given, date changes may be classed as cancellations or no shows.

You can manage your booking including paying the balance or making changes/cancellations online at: Manage my booking.

We’re sure you can understand that as a small B&B with only 3 rooms, any cancellations can represent a significant loss of revenue for us and so please do give as much notice as possible if you do need to cancel to allow us time to hopefully rebook the room.

We strongly advise you have appropriate travel insurance in place to cover unexpected events such as illnesses or travel distruption.  If you dont have a suitable policy, we offer this through our partner Xcover which can be purchased at the time of making your reservation for an additional premium (typically less than 10%).  For full terms and conditions, please visit our partners website at: https://www.xcover.com/en/pds/booking-refund-protection-travel

We’re just 3.5hrs from London King’s Cross by train, and under an hour from Edinburgh on the East Coast Line.  It is recommended you pre-book taxis if you’re arriving by train as it’s a small station and most of the taxis you might see on arriving will be booked.  We recommend using Knights for train station pick ups as they are based in the village and don’t charge additional to come over from Alnwick – that said, you should still expect to pay about £7 for the very short 1 mile journey .  Alternatively it’ll take about 15-20 minutes to walk into the centre of Alnmouth from the train station .

A few numbers of local firms are Knights Taxis – 07760 751667; AA Taxis – 01665 606060; RSM Taxis – 07541 650101.

The village is served by the X18 bus operated by Arriva travelling towards Newcastle to the south and Berwick to the North.  There is also the 418 service operated by Travelsure once per day covering Alnwick to Belford (including Alnmouth) via the coast.  Whilst it might take longer than by car, you can reach most of the coastal villages such as Craster, Beadnell and Bamburgh by bus.

For up to date timetables, visit the Arriva or the Travelsure websites.

Why not treat someone to a stay at St Valery that they can redeem for whatever dates are suitable for them?  Our gift vouchers are available in a variety of monetary values, are valid for 2 years and can be purchased on our website here.

We have one room (St Benedict) located on the ground floor and is therefore the most suitable for anyone with mobility issues.

St Aidan and St Cuthbert are on the first floor up one flight of stairs whilst St Bede is on the second floor and the least suitable for guests with mobility issues.

Our dog friendly accommodation is on the ground floor and we charge an extra £20 per dog per stay. We typically accept up to two small-medium sized well behaved dogs over the age of 6 months in the St Benedict guest room at any one time and keep our other rooms pet free.  If you have larger dogs, please just call us to check.

Dogs who are staying with us are not permitted to be in the dining room during breakfast service unless you are the only guests or you have the entire house on an exclusive use basis. Dogs are welcome in the dining room any time after breakfast – please keep dogs on a short leash at all times when out of your room.