Ridley Hall is a fine old country house set on a 33 acre estate comprised of woodland, playing fields and lawned gardens.

Under the auspices of Northumberland County Council it offers a venue for courses, lunches, weddings, conferences and activity holidays.

The original Ridley Hall, built in 1567, burned down and was replaced by a Georgian building in 1743.  In 1876 John Bowes, the founder of  Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle, inherited the house.  The Hall passed to the Bowes-Lyon family in 1891 under whose ownership the Hall was rebuilt in the popular neo-Tudor style.

Formal Gardens were laid out and a system of paths was made in the Allen Valley (now National Trust property).

Many of the internal fittings are of historic interest, noticeably the fireplace in the Dining Room which was originally from Mottisfort Priory in Hampshire. 

The stone fireplace in the Main Hall dates from 1639.

The estate borders the Allen Banks, a nature reserve owned by the National Trust.  The surrounding woods comprise mainly of mature stands of oak and beech trees which harbour roe deer, red squirrels and other fauna.

The area is popular with walkers (the Pennine Way passes close by), ornithologists and others interested in natural history, ecology and botany.