 |
Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Uplyme sleeps 12.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: With exclusive use of a superb indoor heated swimming pool, this spacious property offers well-equipped holiday accommodation, just 1½ miles from the sea and the picturesque harbour town of Lyme Regis. With a large secluded garden (south-facing with lovely views), it boasts a tranquil yet convenient location, just a stroll away from Uplyme village green (with playground and tennis court) and friendly village pub and post office. This is an ideal base from which to explore the beaches and spectacular footpaths along the World Heritage coastline.
In Lyme Regis you can visit the Dinosaur Museum, working watermill, small theatre and cinema, or simply enjoy the winding streets of the old quarter, with its numerous shops, restaurants and cafes. The Cobb, surrounding the ancient harbour, is famous for its literary connections, featuring in both Jane Austen’s Persuasion and John Fowle’s novel and film The French Lieutenant’s Woman. There is no end of interesting places within easy reach by car: go fossil hunting on Charmouth beach, take the miniature train at Beer or tram at Seaton, explore Thomas Hardy’s Casterbridge (Dorchester), or pay a visit to Forde Abbey and a host of NT sites. Outdoor activities to be enjoyed locally include walking amid this Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, golf, sailing, horse riding, fishing and bird-watching. Shops ½ mile. Large living room with wood-burning stove and two sets of French doors to terrace. Spacious well-equipped kitchen with granite worktops/dining room with natural slate floor. Separate utility/kitchenette. Cloakroom with toilet. Games room with table football, Playstation 2/X-box and glazed doors to swimming pool. Step to two double bedrooms, each with beamed, vaulted ceiling and en-suite shower room with toilet; one with 6ft bed, and one with 6ft zip & link bed on ground level plus two guest beds (for +2) accessed via ladder with stairgate. Ladder-style stairs to first floor: Double bedroom with 5ft mahogany four-poster bed. Two twin bedrooms. Family bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
  
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £629 to £ 1649
Self catering accommodation in Lulworth sleeps 10.
Features include: • Close to the Beach Pub nearby Internet WiFi • Parking available • Luxury accommodation Garden •
Accommodation overview: A charming yet contemporary thatched cottage close to Lulworth Cove.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 15
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Dewlish sleeps 15.
Features include: • Pool • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 15
Accommodation overview: Situated in the pretty village of Dewlish, surrounded by the rolling Dorset hills, these two highly individual and beautifully converted 18th-century farm buildings occupy a quiet corner of a courtyard on the edge of a
500-acre dairy and arable farm. Both are full of charm and character and are set around a shared outdoor heated swimming pool. Manor Farm Barn is detached, the larger of the holiday properties, and is arranged over three floors, offering eight en-suite bedrooms. The spacious living room has a beamed ceiling and French doors out to the courtyard, and there is a large, well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen with range. Churn House offers four bedrooms, and boasts attractive brick and flint walls with pine panelling in the kitchen/dining room. Each has its own patio with furniture and bbq, shared use of a games room and access to acres of unspoilt woodland. Children will enjoy watching the farm activities, with ducks and hens on site. There are bridle paths extending from the farm and many lovely walks to enjoy, with several inns nearby and a village pub just 150 yds away. The area is rich in history, and the landscape featured in Thomas Hardy’s novels. Nearby is Tolpuddle, made famous by the Tolpuddle Martyrs, Clouds Hill (NT) where Lawrence of Arabia lived, and Athelhampton, a 15th-century manor house set in fine gardens. The Dorset Coast is only 12 miles away, with unspoilt chalk cliffs, and the notable beauty spot of Lulworth Cove. Shop 11/2 miles.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Watton sleeps 8.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Detached • Garden • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: In the small hamlet of Watton, 11/4 miles from the beach at Eype and the Famous World Heritage Jurassic Coast, this lovely, upside down 1870s barn conversion has a spacious upstairs with vaulted ceiling, wooden floors and beams and is ideal for exploring from Lyme Regis to Weymouth. Surrounded by footpaths, West Bay is a short walk across fields or a 5-minute drive. This beautiful, popular fishing port has many attractions, pubs and restaurants. Superb for coastal walking, fossil hunting, swimming, boating, fishing and quaint seaside resorts. Shop 3/4 mile, pub 1/2 mile. Four bedrooms, each with TV/DVD; two double, one twin, one single (for +1) with additional 2ft 6in pull-out bed (for +1 child). Wet room with toilet. Separate toilet. First floor: Large living/dining room with kitchen area, door to balcony, vaulted beamed ceiling and oak wood floor.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Higher Bockhampton sleeps 8.
Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: Greenwood Grange offers the ideal holiday combination - premium quality accommodation, fine facilities all within a family-run friendly and welcoming atmosphere, and it has achieved a Green Tourism Business Scheme Silver Award in 2009 Set at Higher Bockhampton (which is Hardy’s ‘Upper Mellstock’), Greenwood Grange is a secret hideaway set in its own 4 acres of peaceful grounds and landscaped gardens. All the cottages have undergone a major refurbishment and offer the very highest quality accommodation and facilities, with each cottage having its own individually styled interior using natural and recycled materials where possible.
As well as offering plenty of space for strolling and relaxing, there are two en-tous-cas tennis courts, lawns for croquet and badminton, a children’s play area with swings and yurt (with toys and games) and a dogs’ exercise paddock, in addition to the newly established organic vegetable garden and pick your own fruit area, with free range chickens providing eggs, to be enjoyed by all the family. There is also a magnificent Roman-style indoor heated swimming pool (complete with mural!) with full changing facilities, a large sauna and sitting area.
At the entrance of Greenwood Grange is Thorncombe Wood - a wildlife sanctuary from which a nature trail leads through magnificent chestnuts, beeches and oaks, and through 70 acres of black heath, furze, birch, holly, heather and rhododendrons. This is just one of many walks directly from the door over some of the most beautiful countryside in Dorset, perfect for healthy walks for dog lovers and all the family. Greenwood Grange offers bicycles for hire and a drop-off and pick-up service by prior arrangement.
Those interested in the literary landscape can explore the locations of Hardy’s famous novels. Steeped in history, Greenwood Grange was built by Thomas Hardy’s father, whilst a short distance away is the thatched cottage where Hardy himself was born, built by his great-grandfather and little altered. At Lower Bockhampton, Hardy went to school and there is a lovely walk from there to the next village, Stinsford, where his heart is buried.
All around is a wealth of glorious National Trust countryside, pretty towns and villages as well as the beautiful coastline just 6 miles away. Excellent local village restaurants and pubs can be recommended. Kingston Maurward College with animal park, gardens, conference, function and education centre is within walking distance.
Dorchester (Roman Durnovaria and Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge’) is a pleasant walk away (2 miles) and a most attractive country town, with museums of the dinosaur and the military, swimming pool, golf (good golf can also be found at Weymouth and Charminster) and has plenty of good shops, restaurants and pubs. Also of interest is Prince Charles’s development at Poundbury, near Dorchester.
Weymouth is 8 miles with its Georgian seafront Blue Flag beach - ideal for castle building! It is overlooked by an elegant 3-mile level esplanade; there is swimming from the beach, and there are lots of traditional entertainments. Two nearby RSPB reserves are at Lodmoor and Radipole which has nature trails from which grebes, swans and warblers may be seen. Nearby Portland is set to hold Olympic sailing events in 2012.
The beach at Ringstead Bay (6 miles) is known for its geology, fossils and the vegetation and wildlife of its undercliff; nearby can be seen the outlines of a village abandoned in the Middle Ages.
The Dorset World Heritage Coastal Path offers magnificent views and surprising sights, such as the natural arch of Durdle Door, and the almost circular cove of Lulworth, about 7 miles away.
Further west dotted along the coastline towards West Bay and the market town of Bridport are the ‘chocolate box’ villages of Burton Bradstock and Abbotsbury (famous for its swannery and gardens).
The area offers abundant river stretches for coarse or trout fishing, and ...
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Cann Common sleeps 8.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Garden • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: At the heart of Thomas Hardy country, this delightful detached holiday cottage has a large garden. Just south of Shaftesbury, attractions nearby include Stourhead House and Gardens, Longleat Safari Park and Salisbury Cathedral. Superb scenic walking can be enjoyed on Melbury Downs, and the seaside resorts of Poole, Bournemouth and Weymouth are worth visiting. Shops and pub 1½ miles. Large living room with wood-burning stove. Large dining room with wooden floor. Large kitchen with tiled floor. Sun room. Separate toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room with double shower cubicle and toilet. Twin bedroom. Bunk bedroom (2ft 6in beds for +2 children). Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Waytown sleeps 6.
Features include: • Garden • Sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Nestling in the peaceful village of Waytown this attractive cottage forms part of a former 17th-century rope barn serving Slape Mill. Designed in open-plan style, it feels very spacious and lies 6 miles from the beach at West Bay, where boating and fishing are available. An array of local produce can be bought locally, and the village pub is just a short stroll up the lane. Within easy reach is the dramatic World Heritage Jurassic coastline, including Lyme Regis and its famous Cobb (14 miles). Bridport is nearby and Exeter, Weymouth, Abbotsbury and Dorchester are all easy drives. Shop 2 miles. Split-level open-plan living room with wood-burning stove, oak floor, French doors to garden, and large well-equipped modern fitted kitchen and dining area. Separate toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with 5ft iron bedstead and en-suite shower room with toilet. Large twin bedroom. Main bathroom with free-standing roll-top bath and toilet.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Puncknowle sleeps 8.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: These delightful holiday cottages are set in the peaceful conservation village of Puncknowle, an AONB. The Jurassic Coast is just 1½ miles away with superb scenic walking, along with use of 8 acres of grounds and footpaths. Each cottage is finished to a high standard offering very comfortable holiday accommodation and is set in the same smart courtyard area as the owners’ homes. The ‘chocolate-box’ village of Burton Bradstock is 3 miles with a good small beach. Abbotsbury, along the coast, has its famous swannery and sub-tropical garden. Further east is the Victorian seaside town of Weymouth, with Blue Flag beach, sea fishing, windsurfing, Sealife Centre and two RSPB nature reserves. Monkey World and the Tank Museum near Wool are great places for a family day out. Dorchester, the county town also known as Thomas Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge’ is 30 minutes’ drive and has a lively weekly market and beautiful Maiden Castle. To the west is the market town of Bridport which was Thomas Hardy’s ‘Port Bredy’ and has the twice weekly market as featured in the popular TV programme River Cottage. The picturesque harbours of West Bay are a great place for fishing. Lyme Regis is an attractive seaside resort which enjoys a dramatic setting with high cliffs, landslips and handsome harbour, known as The Cobb. Both Lyme Regis and Charmouth are renowned for their prehistoric fossils which are displayed in the local museum and on sale in the fossil shops. Local pub serving good food 250 yards.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Powerstock sleeps 4.
Features include: • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Set in the peaceful village of Powerstock, 4 miles from the World Heritage Jurassic Coast at West Bay, this detached hamstone holiday cottage nestles in the pretty Dorset countryside. With wonderful walks nearby and on the coast, Glenview Cottage is an excellent base from which to explore Dorset. Guests can enjoy superb scenery along the coast, along Golden Cap and towards Lyme Regis with its famous Cobb and harbour. Coast, beaches and golf course 5 miles. Shops 4 miles, pub nearby. Living room with wood-burning stove, tiled floor and doors to large fully enclosed garden. Kitchen/dining room with tiled floor. Utility/second kitchen with door to garden. Separate toilet. Underfloor heating throughout. First floor: Double bedroom with 5ft 9in bed and basin. Two single bedrooms. Shower room with vanity unit, underfloor heating and heated towel radiator. Separate toilet.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Harcombe Bottom sleeps 5.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 5
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.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Tarrant Hinton sleeps 8.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Detached • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 8
Accommodation overview: Sprakes offers a relaxing retreat with complete peace and tranquillity with no other building in sight and surrounded by fields which form part of a large arable farm. This substantial detached barn conversion sits in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the site of an RSPB special bird project where many birds of high conservation concern have been spotted including linnet, a large population of corn buntings, grey partridge and yellow hammers. The barn conversion offers a west facing garden with a large pond which has many wildlife visitors including deer and badgers. In addition, there is a walled enclosed courtyard with a Spanish-style barbecue. Within the farm there are the remains of a Roman villa and the longest long barrow in the south west of England. Sprakes is nestled in the Tarrant Valley, making a good base for walking, cycling or just relaxing in the Dorset countryside. The nearby footpaths join up with the Jubilee Trail.
There are many NT properties, gardens and historic sights including Kingston Lacy House, Stourhead Gardens and Brownsea Island all within a short drive. Within a 30-minute drive lies the wonderful Dorset coastline, with the Blue Flag beaches of Bournemouth and Poole, the Purbeck Hills and the pretty villages of Corfe Castle and Lulworth Cove. Bournemouth is renowned for its clean sandy beach and boasts several public gardens, the best known of which is Compton Acres. The Jurassic and Heritage coastline takes in the port of Weymouth and the lovely village of Abbotsbury with its famous swannery and sub tropical gardens. Along the coast is the famous pebbled Chesil Beach which runs for 18 miles along the coastline. The local Georgian town of Blandford Forum has a range of independent shops waiting to be explored and the cathedral city of Salisbury is a 30-minute drive away. A well stocked farm shop is an easy 20-minute walk along the lanes and there are local pubs with restaurants from 1½ miles away. Shop 1 mile, pub 1½ miles. Large living room with wood-burning stove and Bath stone floor. Large well-equipped kitchen/dining room with vaulted ceiling and Bath stone floor. Utility. Three double bedrooms, one with door to courtyard. Twin bedroom. Two bathrooms, each with over-bath shower and toilet. Separate toilet.
|
| |
|
| |
 |
Sleeps 14
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Hamworthy sleeps 14.
Features include: • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Garden • Sleeps 14
Accommodation overview: This impressive former manor house dates back to 1604 and is set in ½-acre grounds. It is reputedly the oldest brick house in Dorset and is considered to be the finest bit of early Jacobean architecture in the south of England. A hidden gem steeped in fascinating history, it is now a stylish period holiday home with a contemporary twist, from the grand dining hall with it ornamental stone fire place, flagstones and wide imposing oak staircase to the cinema room with real cinema seating.
The harbour town of Poole is ½ a mile away with its shops, bars, pubs and cafes and which boasts the second biggest natural harbour in the world after Sydney, where boats can be watched as they sail by from the quayside, or from where trips to the National Trust’s Brownsea Island can be enjoyed. Hamworthy Park and beach is a 5-minute walk and has great view across the harbour and the Purbeck Hills. In the heart of Poole is Poole Park with its miniature train and boating lake where pedaloes can be hired to a sailing dinghy. 1½ miles east is Bournemouth’s town centre, with its town gardens, pier, oceanarium and trips on the Bournemouth Eye which rises high above the town to give the most amazing panoramic views over the whole area. Blue Flag beach can be found both at Bournemouth and Sandbanks Poole. Also nearby is Upton Country Park which has over 100 acres of garden, open parkland, woodland and shoreline. Shops ¼ mile.
Large living room with open fire in inglenook fireplace. Sitting room with TV, ornamental fireplace and feature framed wall panel with exposed original drawings. Large dining hall with ornamental fireplace and flagstone floor. Large well-equipped kitchen with TV and tiled floor. Utility/shower room with toilet and flagstone floor. Imposing oak staircase to first floor: Large double bedroom with 5ft four-poster bed, TV, bay window and ornamental fireplace. Double bedroom with 6ft brass bed. Double bedroom with 6ft zip & link bed. Twin bedroom. Fully tiled bathroom with shower over double Jacuzzi bath and shower attachment. Second floor: Second kitchen with tiled floor. Cinema room with projector and cinema seating. Double bedroom with wash basin. Double bedroom with 6ft zip and link bed, day bed (for alternative sleeping only) and TV. Double bedroom with 6ft zip and link bed. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Separate toilet.
|
| |
|
| |
|
