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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £600 to £899
Self catering accommodation in Long Compton sleeps 4.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Nestled in the heart of the village of Long Compton, Quince Cottage is a typical Cotswolds labourer’s cottage, over 200 years old and built from local stone with a steeply pitched thatch roof. The middle one of a row, the holiday cottage is adjacent to the owner’s home, it has a tiny garden at the front and a larger one to the rear, with seats and bench swing. Shop 100 yards, excellent pub 330 yards. Living/dining room with electric ‘wood burner’ in inglenook fireplace, low beams and exposed stone walls. Farmhouse-style fitted kitchen with electric Rangemaster (for cooking), linoleum floor and door to garden. Bathroom with over-bath shower, toilet and linoleum floor. First floor: Double bedroom. Twin bedroom with 2ft 6in beds (for +2 children).
  
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Sleeps 10
Weekly price range £1300 to £
Self catering accommodation in Wendover sleeps 10.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: Enjoy a unique holiday in this detached windmill, built around 1800, now converted to provide comfortable spacious accommodation over 5 floors with spectacular views over the Chiltern Hills from the second floor sitting room. Used as a working windmill until 1900 and then the home of an actress and a music publisher, The Windmill, now minus its sails, is located in the historic market town of Wendover. Set in a quiet location, it has an attractive enclosed rear garden.
Nestling in a gap in the Chiltern Hills the historic, picturesque market town of Wendover has a fine array of historic buildings, restaurants, shops and pubs; it also has a traditional market every Thursday. The area is blessed with a variety of walks through some of southern England’s most enjoyable countryside; the famous Ridgeway Path runs right down Wendover High Street. At nearby Coombe Hill, the highest point in the Chilterns, visitors can enjoy excellent views over the Vale of Ayesbury and the Chequers Estate, the Prime Minister’s country home. The Windmill is 18 miles from historic Oxford with its dreaming spires and famous colleges, whilst Wendover station is a 5-minute walk from The Windmill giving easy access to guests wanting a day in the capital city of London. Also conveniently located to visit Whipsnade Zoo and the Roald Dahl Museum. Shop 300 yards, pub 200 yards. Entrance hall. Dining room/well-equipped kitchen with breakfast area, TV and slate floor. Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom. Beamed twin bedroom with wooden floor. Wet room with toilet. Second floor: Spacious beamed living room with wooden floor. Third floor: Single bedroom with additional single pull-out bed (for +1) and fully-tiled en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Beamed single bedroom with additional pull-out single (for +1), wooden floor. Fully-tiled bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Fourth floor: Double bedroom (can be twin), wooden floor, dressing room and en-suite shower room with toilet.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly price range £300 to £599
Self catering accommodation in Lidston sleeps 2.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Golf nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 2
Accommodation overview: This stylish single-storey barn conversion, in an idyllic rural location, lies adjacent to the owner’s home. Oxford, Woodstock, Blenheim Palace, Burford, Stow-on-the-Wold and Stratford-upon-Avon are all within easy reach. The Designer Village at Bicester is one of the foremost retail outlets in the country. NT properties include the 17th-century Jacobean mansion Chastleton House, Snowshill Manor and Upton House with superlative art collection and lovely gardens. The Cotswolds will charm holiday makers with picturesque villages, lovely walks and country inns. Golf courses abound; excellent gardens at Batsford Arboretum and Kiftsgate Court. Shop 4 miles, pub 3 miles. Living/dining room with slate floor and compact, well-equipped kitchen area. Double bedroom with 5ft bed and slate floor. Bathroom with over-bath shower, toilet and Travertine marble floor.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly price range £300 to £599
Self catering accommodation in Souldern sleeps 2.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 2
Accommodation overview: Offering spacious open-plan living, The Coach House has been converted to provide loft-style accommodation, and has enormous gable end windows overlooking the gardens on either side of the living area. Apart from the paved terrace for sitting out, guests can enjoy a pretty wooded garden area and have use of a hard tennis court by arrangement. Bicester Village Retail Park and Silverstone are within 8 miles. Shop 2 miles, pub and restaurant 50 yards. Bathroom with over-bath shower, toilet and limestone floor. First floor: Large open-plan living/dining room/kitchen with 5ft double bed.
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Sleeps 3
Weekly price range £300 to £599
Self catering accommodation in Carsington sleeps 3.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Sleeps 3
Accommodation overview: Fine cottages and facilities – in a county of unspoilt landscapes, deep dales and winding rivers . . . This fine courtyard of old stone barns was part of a working farm, but has now been sensitively converted to offer seventeen beautifully furnished and well-equipped cottages, nine of which are featured here. Ible ref QVE, Middleton ref QUX and Wisels ref QUW are all next door to one another. Boasting a wealth of original features, they enjoy shared use of a rich choice of leisure facilities, including a superb indoor heated swimming pool in an adjacent purpose-designed building. With a shallow area for children, the pool has its own changing rooms and a sauna, and there is a separate games room. Brackendale Spa offers luxurious treatments. There is a separate laundry room with automatic washing machine and tumble dryer. Close to the cottages are patio and barbecue areas. All set in 3 acres of shared grounds, offering a children’s play area and plenty of space in which to relax.
This is an ideal setting for a Peak District holiday. Knockerdown Farm is conveniently situated on the road between Ashbourne and Matlock, within walking distance of beautiful Carsington Water, a superb windsurfing and sailing centre, which has an area devoted to wildlife and nature conservancy. Throughout the year they have special fun days for children of all ages. At the water sports centre you can hire (with tuition) Kayaks, windsurfers, Canadian canoes and bicycles. Professional fly fishing is available to enable guests to try their hand at fishing this popular, well-stocked reservoir. Fine walking country is virtually on the doorstep, and the renowned Tissington and Middleton cycle trails are both close by (with bikes available to hire). The principal centres of the Derbyshire Dales are nearby - Wirksworth, the market town of Ashbourne, attractive Bakewell (of pudding fame) and Matlock: all are fascinating ancient towns. Matlock Bath (6 miles) is popular as an inland resort, standing on the River Derwent amid lovely scenery, and offering boating, angling, bowls, tennis and cricket. The young (and the young at heart) will enjoy a day out at the National Tramway Museum - where visitors may enjoy the fun experience of trams from around the world! Magnificent Chatsworth House (16 miles) boasts a famous collection of art treasures as well as beautiful gardens. Haddon Hall (13 miles) is England’s most complete and authentic medieval house dating back to the 14th century. It is set in lovely countryside overlooking the River Wye, near Bakewell, which houses one of the National Park’s information centres. One of Britain’s premier theme parks, Alton Towers, within easy reach is amongst appealing countryside close to the picturesque village of Alton, offers a fun-packed day out for all the family. On site is a restaurant which is fully licensed and serves freshly prepared home-cooked food, to eat in or take away. There are several country inns within walking distance. Shop 5 miles.
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Sleeps 8
Weekly price range £900 to £1299
Self catering accommodation in Offcote sleeps 8.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: Enjoying a peaceful rural location with unspoilt views of the surrounding countryside, Annie’s Meadow Barn sits within 8 acres of its own meadows, offering complete seclusion and tranquillity. This detached stone barn, which dates back to the 18th century, has been converted into a comfortable and modern holiday home offering spectacular views. Shops and pub 2 miles. Living room with wood-burning stove, French doors, exposed brickwork, wooden floor. Spacious kitchen with dining area, TV and tiled floor. Twin bedroom with zip & link beds and en-suite wet room with bath. Separate toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with Velux window. Single bedroom, additional pull-out single bed (for +1). Shower room and toilet. Separate staircase to first floor: Double bedroom with TV, Velux window and en-suite shower room with toilet.
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Sleeps 3
Weekly price range £300 to £599
Self catering accommodation in Chinley sleeps 3.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Easy Walking • Sleeps 3
Accommodation overview: Enjoying a rural location and wonderful views, these two barn conversions (refs RB8 and RTT4) are furnished to a high standard throughout. Dewsnaps Spring is single storey and lies close to Dewsnaps Frost, which adjoins the owners’ home. There are many walks from the doorstep, including Kinder Scout Massif. Chinley, Hayfield and Chapel-en-le-Frith are 3 miles. Buxton is 15 minutes away, Chatsworth, Haddon Hall and Lyme Park within 30-minute drive. Shop 2 miles.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £600 to £899
Self catering accommodation in Ashbourne sleeps 4.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Easy Walking • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: This 18th-century Peakland stone barn has been converted and refurbished to an exceptionally high standard. It has its own large garden, and is set close to the owner’s home, surrounded by 40 acres of farmland. Dove Dale and the spectacular Manifold Valley are close by. Alton Towers 5 miles. Ashbourne’s fine country shops, inns and restaurants, 5 miles. Shops 1½ miles. Refurbished sitting-room with electric ‘wood burner’ and doors to patio and garden. Well-equipped, modern fitted kitchen with dining area. Double bedroom with four-poster bed (5ft), remote control colour TV and en-suite shower room (power shower), bidet and toilet. Twin bedroom and en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower, bidet and toilet.
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