The Three Horseshoes Hotel

The Three Horseshoes Hotel is on Galgate in the middle of Barnard Castle, a historic market town in County Durham. Its 17th-century building stands within a mile of the River Tees.

Rooms feature an en suite with free toiletries, a flat-screen TV, a DVD player, a hairdryer and a desk. The hotel has a bar, a restaurant, a garden, a terrace and table tennis. A buffet breakfast is served each morning, and the evening menu can cater for special diets.

Free WiFi, parking and room service are available. The Bowes Museum is about three minutes by car, Raby Castle 13 minutes and High Force waterfall 26 minutes, suiting countryside explorers.