The "Hottys" curved sash windows look out onto Allendale market square where there are good shopping facilities including - Post Office, Co-op, Butchers, shop, pharmacy, four pubs of which each provide good food.

Allendale Town was recorded in 1842 to be the centre of Great Britain.The Latitude and Longitude readings of the sundial on St Cuthbert's Church Tower at midday Greenwich Mean Time are said to substantiate this claim.

If you are lucky to be staying in Allendale on New Years Eve, you will experience the famous Northern spectacle of the Allendale Tar Barl procession. This annual event involves "guisers" carrying blazing tar barrels on their heads to a midnight bonfire in the middle of the village.