Beautiful - Bowburn Hall (right)
fully decked out for a sociallydistanced
wedding.
Impeccable tastes – and with
beautiful rooms, The Impeccable Pig
in Sedgefield (below).
Jewel in the crown – Ramside Hall
Hotel, pictured from the Prince
Bishops golf course.
And nothing sums up 2020, and business’s
slow walk back to ‘normality’, more than
Ramside Hall Hotel’s reopening.
Starting with the golf club welcoming
back fourballs in mid-May, the three new
Treehouses hosting wedding ceremonies for
couples in July, hotel rooms rehoused, the
steady stream of visitors to the RibRoom,
Pemberton and Fusion restaurants and
splashdown in the spa again from the end
of July. There is even now a hot-tub in the
hotel’s farmhouse for visitors.
A luxury hotel set in 350 acres of stunning
grounds, Ramside Hall Hotel is County
Durham's highest rated AA four-star hotel
on TripAdvisor. There are two, 18-hole
championship golf courses and awardwinning
gardens too.
Formerly the home of the Pemberton
family, the former country house was
transformed into a hotel by John’s
grandfather, Dick Coleman, and his business
partner Gordon McIntyre in 1963 and since
then under Michael Adamson and now son
“We were all determined that Ramside
Estates had to survive this because it has
always been an integral part of the region
and reinvested in the local community."
John, it has transformed into the largest
privately-owned luxury hotel in County
Durham and built its reputation on offering
good value and a personal touch. The hotel
even has its own Bentley to collect visitors
and a gold-painted custom-made buggy to
serve the lucky Treehouses residents.
The hotel accommodation is of the highest
standards, with a whole host of options for
guests, including a new wing of 47 premier
rooms and the acclaimed Celebration Suite
with its free-standing copper bath.
Ramside Estates has eight venues across
the North-East. The Sticky Wicket, inside
Durham County Cricket Club's Emirates
Stadium complex, reopened on July
4. Two bars in Newcastle city, Colonel
Porter’s Emporium on Dean Street and The
WonderBar in The Gate, recommenced
trading from the middle of August following
their temporary Covid closures. The popular
Lancastrian Suite is also expected to return
to action shortly.
John added: “Across Ramside Estates,
every venue offers something different and
we have worked hard to adapt to make sure
our guests are comfortable.
“It has been a challenging year for all of
us so far but I think we have enjoyed the
challenges here and adapting to the kind of
changes none of us could have envisaged at
the start of 2020.”
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