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Willow Cottage, Barnstaple, Devon, South West England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £503 to £ 1110

Self catering accommodation in Barnstaple sleeps 6.

Features include: Short Breaks • Four Poster Bed Pool • Open Fire or Wood Burner Stove Pets allowed sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: Set amidst tranquil Devon countryside these attractive cottages boast outstanding views over a valley teeming with wildlife and shared enjoyment of an indoor swimming pool and children's pool open all year round and heated to a delightful 30°C. A jacuzzi and sauna offer an opportunity to relax and unwind whatever the season whilst the 8 acres of shared grounds afford plenty of space for gentle strolls and picnics. There is also an all weather tennis court as well as a games room with pool and tennis tables and for children a large safe outdoor play area.
North Hill Cottages sit within a short drive of Devon's famous golden coast – miles of sandy beaches at Woolacombe Croyde Putsborough Westward Ho! and Saunton. These glorious beaches are a paradise for surfers of all ability levels with boards wetsuits and expert tuition available at most locations.
Just 3 miles away is Barnstaple north Devon's ancient capital whose charming blend of old and new combines a fascinating glimpse of times gone by with exciting browsing in the indoor Green Lane shopping centre its Pannier Market and its theatre which is the centre point of the annual North Devon Festival. At the railway station one can pick up the famous traffic free Tarka Trail and bicycle hire is available from Fremington Quay just up river. Close by is Bideford a historic fishing port and market town with steep narrow medieval streets and a busy quay from where visitors can enjoy a two hour boat trip to Lundy Island. Also within easy reach is Braunton nature reserve a beautiful 'lunar landscape' wilderness of sand dunes noted for its rare and exotic plants.
Within easy reach are the glories of Exmoor National Park – among its numerous attractions are the charming coastal resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth linked by a unique water-powered funicular cliff railway; the National Trust's mesmerising Watersmeet – a woodland gorge with beautiful walks where the East Lyn River meets Hoaroak Water; Badgeworthy Water – the supposed hideout of the notorious 'Doone' family; Dunkery Hill – at 1705 ft the highest point of the moor; and the ever popular of Minehead – a traditional seaside resort and the start of the West Somerset Railway. There are splendid National Trust properties at Arlington Court Dunster Castle and Knightshayes Court.
This is wonderful walking country too. Magnificent views can be savoured amidst the tantalising beauty of Exmoor National Park and all along the north Devon coastal path. With its soaring cliffs quaint harbours and long stretches of beach almost entirely made up of designated areas of outstanding natural beauty north Devon's fabulous coastline is a joy to explore.
Riding sailing and golf are all readily available locally and fly fishing can be enjoyed at Blakewell Fisheries conveniently located at the end of the drive leading to the cottages. Pubs serving food and a good choice of shops are found in Barnstaple 3 miles.
Comfortably furnished warm and welcoming and enjoying an excellent range of facilities as well as easy access to a host of attractions North Hill Cottages are the perfect choice for year round holidays and special breaks in north Devon.

Comfortable beamed open plan sitting room with wood burning stove and well equipped kitchen and dining areas. Twin bedded room with ensuite shower room/W.C. First floor: Double bedroom with 5' four poster bed. Twin bedded room. Bathroom/W.C. (power shower over bath).

Phone enquiries: 0844 847 1143

Country View, St Tudy, Cornwall, South West England

Sleeps
Weekly prices from £

Self catering accommodation in St Tudy sleeps .

Features include: Short Breaks Fishing nearby • Four Poster Bed Pool Pub near by sleeps 3

Accommodation overview: On the western fringes of Bodmin Moor and just 20 minutes drive from the magnificent surfing beaches of north Cornwall Hengar Manor offers comfortable well appointed holiday properties set within 35 acres of parkland.
With a superb all season leisure village at its heart it is a perfect choice for families and couples all year round - whether for a relaxing short break or a fun packed holiday.
Hengar Manor boasts two excellent restaurants a lounge bar and a relaxed cosmopolitan cafe bar. All guests enjoy complimentary membership to the country club with access to a well equipped entertainment lounge 25 metre family swimming pool (with slide and toddler pool) sauna whirlpool spa steam room and mini gym. The centre also offers relaxing massage aromatherapy and beauty treatments by fully qualified therapists.
On site leisure facilities include a 9 hole pitch and putt course crazy golf hard tennis courts three well stocked coarse fishing lakes (free all year) children's woodland adventure area and toddler's play area. A convenience store and fishing tackle shop are open from mid April to October.
This area of Cornwall makes an ideal base for touring the county – with the pretty fishing villages of Padstow Port Isaac Tintagel and Boscastle all within 15 miles. The world renowned Eden Project is only 20 miles away for both daytime and evening visits (superb summer theatre and many other arts and cultural events hosted here). Horse riding can be organised locally and there are several quality golf courses within easy driving distance.

An external staircase leads to this first floor property within the Manor House. 'L' shaped sitting/dining room with large original leaded windows and stunning views overlooking the golf course and lakes. Kitchen. Double bedroom with four poster bed. Single bedroom. Bathroom/W.C. (shower over bath).

Phone enquiries: 0844 847 1143

Harcombe House - Trinity, Harcombe Bottom, Dorset, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899

Self catering accommodation in Harcombe Bottom sleeps 4.

Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Games Room • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: An ancient landscape of rolling downs, sheltered valleys
and Iron Age forts, immortalised in Hardy’s writings ...

Enjoying a truly tranquil position in the village of Harcombe Bottom, close to the popular resort of Lyme Regis, Harcombe House offers a variety of accommodation to suit all tastes and requirements. Completely renovated, the house started life as a Victorian gentleman’s residence, and was more recently used as a boarding house for the local public school. Honeysuckle Cottage ref DZJ is a detached property just 100 yards from the entrance to Harcombe House and lies 30 yards from the grounds. Surrounded by 9-acre grounds, comprising gardens brimming with rhododendrons, well-tended lawns and shady woodland, each property is furnished to a good standard and enjoys shared use of an indoor swimming pool, hard tennis court and games room and well-equipped children’s playroom – making this an attractive choice for families. With sandy beaches, a host of seaside attractions, and beautiful countryside peppered with picture-postcard villages, all on the doorstep, Harcombe House truly is an ideal holiday location for exploring the delights of Dorset.
Just 2 miles distant lies Lyme Regis, setting for the TV adaptation of John Fowles’ novel A French Lieutenant’s Woman. Here colourful fishing vessels and pleasure craft line the pretty harbour, and a host of outdoor activities, such as fishing, boating, sailing and windsurfing tuition, and golf can be enjoyed. Superb coastal walks can be taken along the World Heritage Coast, with its stretches of fossil beaches to explore, and magnificent views to admire from Golden Cap – the highest point on England’s south coast at 626-ft high.
Nearby, Hardy Country beckons visitors to discover the rolling green pastures and pretty thatched villages made famous in his novels, while for a great family day out, the Georgian seaside town of Weymouth is within easy reach, offering in addition to its harbour and sandy beaches, a host of all-weather attractions, as well as several RSPB sanctuaries. Also well worth a day trip is the county town of Dorchester (20 miles), alias Hardy’s Casterbridge; offering a bustling market square, and some excellent shops and restaurants, Dorchester is also a great base from which to explore the impressive Maiden Castle rising up from the plains. Exeter is within easy driving distance, its skyline dominated by the distinctive monument of St Peter’s Cathedral. Other important historical buildings in the city include the 14th-century Guildhall, several ancient churches and the restored Quayside with its Custom House dating back to 1681. Another town well worth a visit is Weymouth, with many attractions for all the family. The Sea Life Park gives the opportunity to get close to sharks and rays, the Deep Sea Adventure tells the sobering story of the Titanic disaster and The Timewalk contains an entertaining and educational walk-through exhibition of Weymouth’s maritime and brewing past.
Nearby Sidmouth boasts nearly 500 buildings listed as having special historic or architectural interest, and in August the town hosts what many consider to be the country’s best folk festival at the beginning of August. Folk and roots artists from around the world as well as dance and theatre companies take over various venues in the eight-day event. The fishing village of Beer lies huddled within a small sheltered cove between gleaming white headlands. Much of the village remains unchanged since the time when it was a smugglers’ eyrie. With numerous stately homes and gardens to visit locally, including Abbotsbury Swannery and Tropical Gardens, ancient forts perched upon hilltops affording far-reaching views and a host of seaside towns, including Seaton (with its tramway) stretching along the coastline, there is something for everyone to enjoy in this part of the country. Shops ¾ mile.

Court Cottages 2, Hillfield, Devon, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £443

Self catering accommodation in Hillfield sleeps 4.

Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking • Pool • Open Fire or Wood Burner Stove Pub near by Internet and/or WiFi • Parking available • Luxury accommodation sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Court Cottage 2 is one of six delightful properties designed and furnished to the very highest standards with a sumptuous settee, rustic oak furniture, a hand crafted kitchen and under floor heating. A private deck area with barbeque equipment is available along with a first floor balcony overlooking the tennis court - the perfect spot for an evening drink! The cottage is part of the stunning Hillfield Cottages and Country House development of 28 properties nestled near historic Dartmouth, in the South Devon countryside. Facilities include acres of beautiful gardens, an outdoor swimming pool, all weather tennis court and children's play area.

106 Ocean Views, Portland, Dorset, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £499 to £ 1319

Self catering accommodation in Portland sleeps 4.

Features include: Pool • Close to the Beach • Close to the Sea • Pub nearby • Parking available • Luxury accommodation •

Accommodation overview: 106 Ocean Views is a fifth floor apartment in a landmark building benefiting from level access and stunning views over the 2012 Olympic sailing venue.

5 Horizons, Newquay, Cornwall, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £399

Self catering accommodation in Newquay sleeps 4.

Features include: Pool Close to the Sea • Internet WiFi • Parking available • Luxury accommodation •

Accommodation overview: A luxury apartment in an excellent location

Little Dunley Cottages - Acorn Cottage, Bovey Tracey, Devon, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299

Self catering accommodation in Bovey Tracey sleeps 4.

Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Situated on the edge of the Dartmoor Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve and within 24 acres of tranquil meadowland, Little Dunley Cottages have been carefully restored and finished to a very high standard. Pristine and tastefully furnished they enjoy pleasant views overlooking the lakes and surrounding countryside. Each of the properties has its own private outdoor secluded seating area and are ideal for family gatherings, celebrating a birthday or anniversary or for those who wish to escape and unwind on a holiday in a truly magical place. Guests can enjoy carp fishing within the grounds, as well as an indoor heated swimming pool, all-weather hard tennis court and games room. There is a BMX track nearby in Bovey Tracey (please bring own bike). Just a few miles off the Devon Expressway, the holiday cottages are well situated for all attractions such as sandy beaches at Teignmouth, Dawlish and Sidmouth, and tourist attractions. A haven for birdwatchers, and walkers will enjoy the many stunning walks in the area. Pretty Bovey Tracey, one mile, with its numerous shops, pubs and cafes, is known as the ‘Gateway to Dartmoor’, which has one of the best known national parks, offers stunning scenery to ride, walk and fish in. There are a variety of golf clubs nearby. The locality offers a hugely varied range of walks, through woodland, along the coast or nearby on Dartmoor. Dartmoor has so much to offer from its heather-clad tors to dramatic landscapes, Dartmoor ponies, to quaint villages offering Devon cream teas. For a family day out take a trip to Crealy, or spend a day in Exeter, visit the magnificent cathedral, shops, take a look around the quay where there are little caves turned into shops, or walk the canal path and find the hidden pubs only reached by foot. Torquay offers boat trips from the harbour over to Brixham, or visit Living Coasts where penguins wander freely. Further afield visit the Eden Project or Plymouth to take in the Barbican and the Hoe, or visit the huge aquarium, another great day out. Agatha Christie’s house at Greenway is a must for fans of crime novels. There are many National Trust properties all close to Little Dunley, also visit Dart Valley Steam Train, or Buckfastleigh and see the otters. There are many sandy beaches nearby, or spend a day at Lyme Regis fossil hunting. The Jurassic Coast is spectacular and it is well worth taking a walk on the coastal path. Shop 1 mile.

Court Prior Farm - Pear Tree House, Cornworthy, Devon, South West England

Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £1300

Self catering accommodation in Cornworthy sleeps 4.

Features include: Hot Tub • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 4

Accommodation overview: Wonderful countryside, stunning beaches and friendly locals - the perfect combination for an unforgettable holiday experience....

Set in the heart of village life, Court Prior Farm is a lively working farm where lambs are in the pastures, cattle graze in the fields and the smell of the hay fills the air. In season guests may be able to bottle feed the lambs or feed the bullocks. Elderflower Barn (HDDI) and Cowslip Barn (HDDJ) have been converted from the old milking parlour and retain lovely original features, such as stone arch windows, and both have heavy beams and wooden floors. Each holiday property has a good sized lawned rear garden with pretty planted flower tubs and farming machinery decorating the driveway completes these two lovely adjoining properties. All three properties including Pear Tree House (HGGD) combine modern elements such as underfloor heating, vaulted open ceilings, wood-burning stoves and a farmhouse-style kitchen with granite worktops.
Court Prior Farm has an indoor heated swimming pool shared by all properties, with its own shower and pool house with sauna(sauna available from 2012). A hot tub is situated on the terrace amongst the pretty landscaping for all properties to share. All properties have their own changing room, toilet and access into the pool, via their own private patio areas. Elderflower Barn has a large patio area to the side with specimen trees planted into large tubs giving an almost Mediterranean feel. All three properties may be booked together for a wonderful family gathering to celebrate a special birthday or anniversary.
These three holiday properties would make a super location for a winter break, as well as a summer holiday enjoying the many glorious beaches of the South Devon coastline all within easy driving distance. Blackpool Sands is a fantastic family beach just 4 miles away, has a small shop and facilities as well as ample parking, and makes a lovely day out by the seaside. Slapton Sands is a lovely drive, with the sea on one side and the freshwater lagoon on the other. This area is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the birds and wildlife on the lagoon are amazing, so remember to bring a pair of binoculars. A little further along, the relic of the World War One tank can be recovered from the beach. Driving along inland a little way leads to the town of Kingsbridge.
Alternatively guests may enjoy visiting Dartmouth or Totnes, both just 4 miles away and both quite different. Totnes is a lively colourful town, full of different types of ethnic shops, and hosts a busy market day on Fridays and Saturdays. Dartmouth, nestling on the edge of the river Dart, has a strong maritime history and many designer shops and local artists. For great food the famous New Angel is located in Dartmouth, and is the ideal place for a special meal out. More local to the property is the village of Cornworthy - a quiet hamlet tucked away in the rolling Devon landscape - where there is a nice pub within walking distance which serves good food and real ales. There are many village pubs dotted all around this area including places to eat on the river at Tuckenhay, Ashprington and Dittisham. Shop 3½ miles (shop in Cornworthy open Sats).