Alston, Cumbria
This two-bedroom, stone-built cottage is semi-detached with an exposed stone wall and ceiling beams in the living room. The busy town has pubs, a hotel, tearooms and a post office and it is a short walk from the 15-metre waterfall Ashgill Force. The website recommends walking behind the waterfall (when it is not in flood) and heading downstream to find smaller cascades – some of which are possible to slide down (it also advises wearing a wetsuit to protect bare skin from hard rock). £190,000. YoungsRPS, 01434 608 980