Falstone

Last updated: 9 September 2004

Falstone is the last village with a shop before the turning for Plashetts. Milk, bread, a paper, and often a meal. If you are coming for the day and have not brought a flask, this is the place to stop. There is no shop in Plashetts. There is a small eating-house, The Ginger Cat, which is not a shop and is not this stop. Plashetts has a post office two mornings; it is not a grocer. Plashetts has a market on Saturday. Kielder will do as well if you are approaching from the north, and those offices keep their own hours.

From Bellingham, follow the North Tyne. The river keeps you company. After Falstone continue as signed. The forest closes in. The turning for Plashetts is easy to pass if you are looking for a larger place, or if you are looking at the water, which begins to show itself as the valley opens. Brown signs, where they remain, refer to this village — to Plashetts, that is, not to Falstone. Visitors coming from Kielder should not rely on a through sign; see from the north.

The shop will sometimes take a message for the Heritage Centre, which is a kindness, and is not a substitute for writing to the centre in the ordinary way. We do not list a private number. Sunday hours in Falstone are their own. The request-stop for Plashetts is at the hall, not in Falstone; the weekly sheet is kept with the hall notes.

Parking, when you reach us, is at the Village Hall. The green is for walking and for Sunday tea. See by road.