Location
The Lodge is located on the edge of the Werakata National Park with plenty of trails for a morning walk. It is also only 0.5km from the Hunter Valley Zoo and just minutes away from the great wineries and restaurants of Lovedale and Pokolbin.
The Hunter Valley Lodge and Retreat is located on the border of Lovedale and Nulkaba. You can access it easily by taking the Cessnock exit on the M1 or the Lovedale exit on the Hunter Expressway.
If you are travelling on the Hunter Expressway, take the Lovedale Rd exit and from the roundabout, turn onto Lovedale Rd towards Cessnock. Continue to the end of Lovedale Rd and turn left into Wine Country Drive. Follow the road and turn left at Lomas Lane (signposted Hunter Valley Zoo). Continue along this road for 1.9kms and turn right into the Hunter Valley Lodge and Retreat driveway. Follow the driveway and park at the side of the main Lodge building and Retreat. (Please do not park on the grass to the rear of the Lodge).
Alternatively, you can take the Cessnock exit from the M1 and follow the Cessnock signs via Freemans Waterhole, Brunkerville and Kearsley.
- (R) Vincent Street Cessnock (first set of lights)
- (L) Wollombi Road
- (R) Allandale Road (signposted wineries)
Drive past Potters Brewery and turn right onto Lomas Lane on the corner of the St Phillips School (signposted Hunter Valley Zoo). Continue along this road for 1.9kms and turn right into the Hunter Valley Lodge and Retreat driveway. Follow the driveway and park at the side of the main Lodge building and Retreat. (Please do not park on the grass to the rear of the Lodge).
The Lodge is located on the edge of the Werakata National Park with plenty of trails for a morning walk. It is also only 0.5km from the fantastic Hunter Valley Zoo. If you like to get up close and personal with animals, then this is your zoo!
Furthermore, the Lodge is just minutes away from the great wineries and restaurants of Lovedale and Pokolbin so have fun!
Amazing wine country experience inside and outside
Over 25 people, who were soon to become one family, via a wedding, spent 3 days together in the most wonderful accommodation. We looked at spectacular sunsets and fog covered mountain views, laid back in quiet areas, gathered noisily in the huge games room / den, dined in style at the “long table” in the dining room and chatted around the fireplace under the cathedral ceilings, after too many lovely wines.