The White Swan Hotel is a 300 year-old coaching inn set in the heart of Alnwick. Although the hotel has been extensively modernised, it retains many of the features which were such a welcome sight to travellers taking the stagecoach from London to Edinburgh. The hotel has 58 handsomely furnished bedrooms.
Many rooms also have hairdryers, trouser presses and even an ironing board.
The majority of the rooms are reserved for non-smokers. The House of Hardy Bar is named after Alnwick's world-famous fishing tackle company. The walls are hung with photographs, rods, flies and angling memorabilia. It's a collection that arouses interest and enthusiasm even amongst those who don't know a Connemara Black from a Green Sedge. In the adjoining lounge you can sit back in leather sofas by an open fire and reflect on the day's events.