Peak District self catering cottages
| country: | England |
| location: | 6 miles from Ashbourne |
| price: | From £250 - £690 per cottage per week depending on season & cottage chosen (sleep 2 or 6).Mar-Nov: 3 day (Fri-Mon), 4 day (Mon-Fri)& 7 day lets (from Fri or Mon). Nov-Mar: fully flexible, 2 day min stay |
| offers: | Late availability on 22nd August and 12th September in Little Cottage for 1 week; book now and get a scrumptious local food box for two. |
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Peak District self catering cottages
Our home is a long low traditional farmhouse on an organic dairy farm in the beautiful Peak District National Park. Built from local limestone the farmhouse has been added to over the centuries since the 1500's. We have two beautiful Peak District self catering cottages for guests with farm trail, garden games and walks from the door.
You can’t see another house from the Little cottage, a tranquil hideaway for two, warm and peaceful in its walled garden. The carefully converted Cottage by the pond sleeps six and has access for all, including those with wheelchairs. Both cottages have radios, DVD players, videos and we have a small video and DVD library so you can while away cosy evenings.
There is no need to cook either; available from the farmhouse is a range of delicious, locally produced ready-meals, puddings and a delicious ‘take-away’ breakfast. Local honey is available too, and you can ‘Meet the Bees' with honey man Mark. You can also enjoy an ‘Elemental Experience’ in the Swedish Hot Tub.
Bed & Breakfast: We have two en-suite bedrooms in our friendly farmhouse bed & breakfast, both with views south over a country garden, grazed fields and rolling hills and plains beyond. Wake up to beautiful views and the scent of fresh organic bread. Our carefully prepared breakfast is the perfect start to your day, with homemade organic yoghurt and special local porridge, alongside food sourced from local and organic suppliers. For full details & availability please see here.
Our home is a long low traditional farmhouse on an organic dairy farm in the beautiful Peak District National Park. Built from local limestone the farmhouse has been added to over the centuries since the 1500's. We have two beautiful Peak District self catering cottages for guests with farm trail, garden games and walks from the door.
You can’t see another house from the Little cottage, a tranquil hideaway for two, warm and peaceful in its walled garden. The carefully converted Cottage by the pond sleeps six and has access for all, including those with wheelchairs. Both cottages have radios, DVD players, videos and we have a small video and DVD library so you can while away cosy evenings.
There is no need to cook either; available from the farmhouse is a range of delicious, locally produced ready-meals, puddings and a delicious ‘take-away’ breakfast. Local honey is available too, and you can ‘Meet the Bees' with honey man Mark. You can also enjoy an ‘Elemental Experience’ in the Swedish Hot Tub.
Bed & Breakfast: We have two en-suite bedrooms in our friendly farmhouse bed & breakfast, both with views south over a country garden, grazed fields and rolling hills and plains beyond. Wake up to beautiful views and the scent of fresh organic bread. Our carefully prepared breakfast is the perfect start to your day, with homemade organic yoghurt and special local porridge, alongside food sourced from local and organic suppliers. For full details & availability please see here.
travellers' tales
The farm is organic and is very beautifully situated. It seemed idyllic. (more)
rooms, food and facilities
Little cottage (sleeps 2): This warm, cosy cottage is a tranquil hideaway for two with 1 bedroom (canopied king-size bed, old pine furniture and shutters), 1 bathroom and a mural ceiling. Tucked away in a walled garden, you can’t see another house from here. Cottage by the pond (sleeps 6): The larger, spacious, warm cottage has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with access for all, including those with wheelchairs. All accommodation is ground floor and level except one bedroom nestled in the rafters. The large bathroom has a flat floor shower and accessible WC.
Both of our Peak District self catering cottages have log burners, radios, DVD players, videos and we have a small video and DVD library so you can while away cosy evenings. Also available are genuine, wood fired Swedish Hot tub and heated cave, table tennis, garden chess, a farm trail and organic farm.
Family friendly: The Cottage by the pond is ideal for families, with swings and games in the nearby garden. Accompanied children can watch milking.
Disabled access: The Cottage by the pond has a large bathroom with non-slip floor, non-slip bath, pull down rails both sides of the toilet, flat-floor shower and mobile shower chair/commode. Other aids available including Oxford Major hoist. It has two ground floor bedrooms, one twin, one zip-link can be super-king size or two singles plus one bedroom on first floor. It is ideal for wheelchair users with carers. The Little cottage is smaller and all on one level. Please note we strive to be 'allergen free' so are unable to accommodate pets.
how to find our Peak District self catering cottages
By Air: Manchester, Nottingham East Midlands and Birmingham are the nearest airports.
By Rail: The nearest mainline railway station is Derby which is 18 miles away.
By Road: Take the A515, north from Ashbourne towards Buxton, after 1 mile turn left (signed to ‘Ilam Thorpe Dovedale’), Continue 5 miles to Ilam, at T junction turn right, continue 1 mile up the steep hill.
how this holiday makes a difference
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We are an organic dairy farm in the heart of the Peak District National Park, we have initiated many local sustainable projects and believe passionately in the strength of our local community. We try to live by organic principles; buying local food, using local services, reducing our environmental impact and that of our guests. We believe that it is up to us as farmers to be open about how farming works and why buying local helps everyone.
We nurture our great crested newts. We have hares on the farm. We feed birds and have a huge charm of goldfinches that over winter with us, we also have linnets, fieldfares, winchats, owls, pied wagtails, wrens, wheat ears, skylarks and many more. We have installed owl and bat boxes. To celebrate the millennium we planted an avenue of native trees, each one dedicated to a family who had stayed regularly over the last ten years. Overall we have planted about 1000 trees on the farm since 1984.  We look after and maintain our traditional stone listed buildings. We do most of our building work, but where we do employ, we employ local people. We insulate well and use eco friendly paints where possible eg Sikkens paint has just been used on all the farmhouse window frames. Most of our outside lights are solar powered with PIRs- because we want to appreciate the real darkness and beauty of the stars.We and our guests separate and recycle paper, cans, plastic, glass and we compost vegetable waste. We grow much of our own food and give surpluses to guests. We only print when necessary and then use recycled paper and we recycle our print cartridges. All paper goods are recycled, loo rolls, kitchen rolls, tissues etc. Rain water is collected, half goes into a storage tank for use, and half feeds a pond with great crested newts. Most of our toilets are dual flush, we are engaged on a programme of changing the remaining three to dual flush also. We are restoring a traditional stone hay barn at present and will use grey water for toilets there. The waste water from the farm is partially cleaned by a small plantation of goat willows. |
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