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Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Crimplesham sleeps 12.
Features include: Hot Tub • Short Breaks • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: Situated close to the popular town of Downham Market, this restored barn makes an ideal holiday home for large families or groups. Tastefully decorated and furnished, this adjoining property boasts its own seven-seater hot tub (on the patio at the front), as well as table tennis and shared use of a tennis court. Overlooking farmland, the property combines modern day standards whilst retaining original features such as internal beams. All bedrooms boast en-suite facilities, whilst a ground floor bedroom makes provision for infirm guests. A garden and furnished courtyard completes this lovely property and makes the ideal place in which to relax with a glass of wine, or evening meal, after a hard day’s touring. The dining-room table also converts into a snooker table for a friendly after-dinner game.
Downham Market lies just 5 minutes’ drive away and offers many interesting shops and restaurants, whilst a little further afield lies medieval Kings Lynn, complete with a waterfront and an array of restaurants, shops and theatres. The North Norfolk coast is nearby, renowned for its RSPB nature and bird reserves and excellent beaches – many of which have been awarded Blue Flag status. The traditional seaside resort of Hunstanton offers seaside attractions, Sea Life centre and sporting activities for young and old alike. Other places of interest to visit include the Royal Sandringham Estate (open to the public when the royals are not in residence) and Castle Rising, with its castle and abbey ruins. Shop and pub 2 miles. Spacious open-plan living/dining room with stove and well-equipped, fitted kitchen with electric range. Second sitting room with TV and sofa-bed (for +2). Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. First floor: Master double bedroom (6ft bed) with en-suite bathroom and toilet. Double bedroom (5ft bed) with en-suite shower room and toilet. Two twin bedrooms, each with en-suite shower room and toilet. Some bedrooms beamed. Hot tub.
  
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Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £900 to £ 1299
Self catering accommodation in Cromer sleeps 6.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: This adjoining former coach house and stable, built circa 1880, once owned by a prominent Cromer family, the Cabells, has been comfortably refurbished to provide a wonderful holiday home with modern living facilities, built around a small sitting out area and a courtyard. It lies in a peaceful location yet within easy walking distance of the sandy beach, pier, promenade, and the town centre with its wealth of shops, cafes and restaurants. Cromer boasts carnival week (held during the third week of August), an RNLI lifeboat station and museum, an 18 hole cliff top golf course as well as promenade gardens and pier with theatre hosting concerts and featuring visiting performers. Shops and pub 200 yards. Living/dining room. Kitchen. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. First floor: Double bedroom with en-suite shower room with toilet. Two twin bedrooms.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Cransford sleeps 6.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Nestling in 15 acres of ancient meadows, woodland and orchard on the slopes of the Alde valley, these three delightful holiday cottages have been sensitively converted from the outbuildings of nearby Cransford Hall. Featuring an Edwardian walled garden, the grounds are a refuge for a variety of wild birds, including owls. Of individual style and character, the cottages boast exceptionally well-equipped kitchens and fittings, furnishings and fabrics of the highest quality. Each has its own private garden area with furniture, all enjoy shared use of a games room with full-size snooker table, pool table, table tennis and a children’s area with toys and games. There are excellent walks, too, and facilities for croquet and other lawn games. The owner, who lives nearby, is a gourmet cook and offers evening meals for delivery to the cottages (only by prior direct arrangement). Within walking distance is the village of Bruisyard with its Saxon church. Framlingham (4 miles) is a small market town with shops, restaurants and inns; in its picturebook setting, the 12th-century castle dominates the town. Sutton Hoo, with its new visitor centre, is just a 20-minute drive away. Aldeburgh (about 12 miles) is popular for sailing and famous for its music festival and concerts at Snape Maltings. The coastal area is an excellent one for bird-watching, particularly at the RSPB reserve of Minsmere (10 miles). Sports centre, golf and riding all within 20 minutes’ drive.
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Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Helmingham sleeps 5.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 5
Accommodation overview: Set on a quiet backwater, yet ten minutes from Ipswich, Woodbridge and the A14, these delightful barn conversions are part of original farm buildings and have been furnished and equipped to a very high standard. Situated near to the owners’ home, both holiday cottages enjoy shared use of a games barn and gardens. Gables Barns are convenient for the Suffolk Heritage Coast (with the A1120 ‘tourist route’ just five minutes away), Constable Country, antique hunting at Debenham or Long Melford, or simply visiting some of the beautiful villages of this picturesque county. Local footpath walks abound and a village store and pub are within 2 miles. Both cottages (refs BRL and BRM) are part of the original farm buildings and can be booked together to accommodate larger groups.
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Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Martham sleeps 12.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach nearby • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Sleeps 12
Accommodation overview: Enjoying a beautiful waterfront location, these three holiday properties (refs CBBH, CBBJ and CYY) have their own private mooring and superb views over the River Thurne and a National Trust wildlife reserve (which featured in the BBC1 TV series Secret Britain). Ferry View, standing detached, and Heigham View, one of a pair, offer spacious accommodation for larger groups and have a first floor balcony where guests can take in the abundant birdlife. Ferry Cottage is a detached, two-bedroomed property with rooms all on the ground floor. All offer the very best in waterside living. For the fisherman, this part of the Broads offers some of the best coarse fishing anywhere in the UK (fishing licence required). For the nature enthusiast, everything is on the doorstep - walking and cycling can be enjoyed along a network of quiet lanes and the river and the Broads can be explored by boat, which can be hired directly from the owner. Winterton-on-Sea is a short drive away with its wonderful sandy beach and dunes. This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the north beach is home to a colony of grey seals.
The BeWILDerwood Outdoor Adventure Park at Horning offers treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges and more - all adding up to a great day out for children. The fine city of Norwich with its cathedrals, castle, museums, theatre and vast array of cafes and shops is half an hour away. There is a wealth of National Trust properties to visit in the area, which include Felbrigg Hall, Garden and Park (one of the finest Jacobean houses in East Anglia), the beautifully landscaped Sheringham Park and the magnificent Blickling Hall with its woodland and lakeside walks. Horsey Wind Pump is only 3 miles away (and a good destination for a boat trip).
For a special meal or family celebration a gourmet meal can be arranged with the owner. There are shops and pubs in the village 1 mile away.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £600 to £ 899
Self catering accommodation in Cransford sleeps 4.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Nestling in 15 acres of ancient meadows, woodland and orchard on the slopes of the Alde valley, these three delightful holiday cottages have been sensitively converted from the outbuildings of nearby Cransford Hall. Featuring an Edwardian walled garden, the grounds are a refuge for a variety of wild birds, including owls. Of individual style and character, the cottages boast exceptionally well-equipped kitchens and fittings, furnishings and fabrics of the highest quality. Each has its own private garden area with furniture, all enjoy shared use of a games room with full-size snooker table, pool table, table tennis and a children’s area with toys and games. There are excellent walks, too, and facilities for croquet and other lawn games. The owner, who lives nearby, is a gourmet cook and offers evening meals for delivery to the cottages (only by prior direct arrangement). Within walking distance is the village of Bruisyard with its Saxon church. Framlingham (4 miles) is a small market town with shops, restaurants and inns; in its picturebook setting, the 12th-century castle dominates the town. Sutton Hoo, with its new visitor centre, is just a 20-minute drive away. Aldeburgh (about 12 miles) is popular for sailing and famous for its music festival and concerts at Snape Maltings. The coastal area is an excellent one for bird-watching, particularly at the RSPB reserve of Minsmere (10 miles). Sports centre, golf and riding all within 20 minutes’ drive.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly prices from £300 to £ 599
Self catering accommodation in Wattisham sleeps 4.
Features include: Hot Tub • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: These renovated old farm buildings exude charm, with exposed beams and oak floors, and are set in the most idyllic location amidst the owner’s 350-acre working farm. Adjoining one another, they are surrounded by a moat and rolling Suffolk countryside, and provide an ideal ‘get away from it all country holiday retreat’, yet lie within easy driving distance of numerous places of interest.
An abundance of picturesque villages are close by including the old wool market town of Lavenham, famous for its Guildhall, medieval buildings and antique shops. The historic market town of Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Hadleigh and the races and stud farms at Newmarket are all easily accessible. The Suffolk and Norfolk Coasts, the Constable Countryside of Dedham Vale and the stunning university city of Cambridge are well worth visiting. Shop and pub 2 miles.
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Sleeps 16
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Hunstanton sleeps 16.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 16
Accommodation overview: Just 100 yards from a sandy beach and close to the Millennium Sensory Gardens, this extremely spacious, very carefully furnished and equipped family house enjoys sea views and its own secure garden. Within walking distance is the centre of Hunstanton, a charming Victorian seaside town with plentiful shops, inns and restaurants. It is famous for its miles of beautiful beach and majestic red and white cliffs, providing wonderful walking for all seasons, and many low-tide rock pools. The sporting facilities are excellent and cater for young and old alike, including tennis courts, croquet lawns, bowling greens and an 18-hole golf course. Within 500 yards is a Sea Life Centre and The Oasis Sports Centre, which offers both indoor and outdoor swimming-pools, two squash courts and Winter indoor bowling. Brancaster, 8 miles, is a pretty coastal village with superb sailing, and the staithe from which visitors may take boats to the Nature Reserve on Scolt Head Island. Close by are Holkham, with the splendid Palladian Holkham Hall housing a fine collection of art and furniture, and Wells-next-the-Sea, an amiable fishing village with quayside stalls selling freshly caught produce. A short drive away is Sandringham House, magnificent holiday home of the Royal Family since 1861; further inland, within an hour’s drive, are the Broads and the historic city of Norwich. Shops 250 yards. Very attractive living room with gas ‘wood burner’, arch to sitting room with cocktail bar. Very large dining room with arch to games room with pool table. Large, attractive and well-equipped modern kitchen with dual fuel range-style cooker, breakfast bar and door to small secluded walled garden. Separate toilet. Half landing: Cloakroom with toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, each with vanity unit; one with sea views and additional single bed (alternative sleeping). Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Cloakroom with toilet. Second floor: Four double bedrooms, two with en-suite shower room and toilet, two with vanity units, one with sea views. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Four bedrooms with portable TVs.
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Sleeps 16
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Holt sleeps 16.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 16
Accommodation overview: Offering a substantial venue for discerning large family groups wishing to holiday together, this beautiful detached barn conversion is full of charm and character with brick and flint stone walls, limestone and oak floors, well equipped to offer all modern day comforts. It also boasts its own coach house with games room including pool table and table tennis, set in a ½-acre of lawned gardens with a seating terrace. The holiday property offers spacious, comfortable accommodation with a well-equipped kitchen with Aga, range cooker, entrance dining hall with wood-burning stove and first floor gallery sitting room with electric ‘wood burner’.
Park Barn is tucked away on the edge of the historic market town of Holt, with a good selection of shops, cafés, pubs, restaurants and weekly markets. Holt Lowes is within a few minutes’ drive or 30 minutes’ walk away and has been recognised as an outstanding site for wildlife. It is designated as an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and as an SAC (Special Area of Conservation). Holt Country Park, covering more than 200 acres of woodland and heathland is a similar distance away. It is made up of woodland dominated with Scots pine and native broadleaves and is home to abundant wildlife goldcrests, greater spotted woodpeckers, emperor dragonflies and deer. Excellent walking and cycling can be enjoyed from the doorstep and the property is ideally placed for bird watching with RSPB nature and bird reserves and North Norfolk coastline within 5 miles. The North Norfolk Coastal Path runs along the coastline, offering excellent walking and rambling opportunities.
There are many stately homes in the area which merit a visit. These include Holkham Hall (an 18th-century country house located adjacent to the village of Holkham, constructed in the Palladian style) and Houghton Hall (residence of Great Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole with magnificent interiors). There are also NT properties Blickling Hall and Felbrigg Hall as well as Sheringham Park, Walsingham Shrine and Priory ruins which offer interesting day trips. A half hour’s drive away is the city of Norwich with excellent shopping, restaurants, cathedral, castle, theatre, cinema, pubs, cafés and weekly markets and the famous Norfolk Broads. Shops 1 mile, pub ½ mile. Beamed living room with French doors and limestone floor. Dining room with wood-burning stove, beams and stone floor. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen with breakfast area, beams, Aga and electric range cooker. Utility/pantry. Double height sun room. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Shower room with toilet. Separate toilet. First floor: Galleried sitting room with electric ‘wood burner’. One step into two twin bedrooms, one with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Grand double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment, shower cubicle and toilet. Second floor: Galleried double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, shower cubicle and toilet. Coach house annexe: Sitting room. Games room. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Separate toilet.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from £300 to £ 599
Self catering accommodation in Rushall sleeps 6.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Set in quiet rural surroundings, this well-equipped gig house has been tastefully renovated with beamed ceilings and Indian slate floor. Great holiday home for families of all ages with heated games barn. It is situated between the market towns of Diss and Harleston (2 miles) within a 14-acre working smallholding with livestock (lambing in season). There are public footpaths over adjoining farmland and cycling on quiet roads. Well placed to explore the magnificent coastlines and lovely countryside of Norfolk and Suffolk. Within easy reach of historic Norwich with its Norman cathedral, Castle Museum and 900-year-old market, the Norfolk Broads, Bury St Edmunds and the Suffolk Heritage Coast. Thetford Forest offers a cycle centre, treks and adventure playground. Local attractions include Banham Zoo, Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Minsmere bird sanctuary, Bungay and Beccles. Daily boat hire available to explore the Waveney/Norfolk Broads. Visit BeWILDerwood and the Dinosaur Adventure Park. Diss golf course 10 minutes’ drive. Popular pub serving food ¾ mile. Many other local restaurants and pubs serving food. Beamed open-plan living room/kitchen. Utility. Twin bedroom with zip & link beds (can be 5ft double) and sofa-bed (for +2). Shower room with toilet. First floor: Double bedroom. Bathroom with shower attachment, bidet, toilet.
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Pentney sleeps 10.
Features include: Hot Tub • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: Situated in rural Norfolk, ten miles from the Sandringham Estate, Ashwood Manor is set by the River Nar and offers both space and comfort, with several sporting activities on offer, and plenty of room to relax amid beautiful surroundings. Adjoining the owners’ home, both properties are located in extensive grounds with gardens, a lake, and an indoor heated swimming pool with sauna. Further facilities include an exercise room, children’s adventure playground and games room.
Ashwood Manor has been renovated and offers comfortable, well furnished rooms, ideal for large parties. There is a spacious sitting room with lovely views over the lake and countryside, separate dining room, and attractive kitchen leading to a conservatory, as well as five bedrooms, one with a king-size four-poster. Ashwood Wing offers smaller but equally comfortable holiday accommodation for a group with fewer people. Guests at both properties have their own enclosed garden and access to the owners’ 7 acres of paddocks; the lake is close to the house but is fenced for safety. Fly-fishing and coarse fishing is available all year round at Narborough trout and coarse lakes ½-mile away. Lake at house available for fun fishing.
The local area offers wonderful woodland/river walks, and the superb gardens and park at Sandringham can be visited when the Royal Family is away. Good places to visit include Castle Rising and Castle Acre. The coast is only 15 miles and is a haven for bird-watchers, with the nearest RSPB reserve at Snettisham, which also has a beautiful church and Park Farm. The long sweep of sandy beach runs from here to Hunstanton and beyond, from where the Norfolk coast path begins. Medieval Kings Lynn, with its handsome waterfront, shops, inns and restaurants is just 8 miles. Swaffham market town, 6 miles. Shop ¾ mile.
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Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from £1300
Self catering accommodation in Holt sleeps 10.
Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 10
Accommodation overview: A perfect rural retreat - rustic, comfortable homes surrounded by woodland and nature reserves... Tucked away on the edge of the historic Georgian market town of Holt, situated just a few miles inland from the North Norfolk Coast with its wealth of sandy beaches, RSPB nature and bird reserves. Providing perfect holiday retreats for discerning larger family groups, these converted barns offer spacious and comfortable accommodation boasting beamed interiors, wood-burning stove, limestone floors, en-suite bathroom facilities to most bedrooms and well-equipped farmhouse kitchens with granite work surfaces. Each has its own enclosed garden with seating furniture and parking.
Situated within landscaped grounds with an unfenced natural wildlife pond, the holiday properties are within walking distance of Holt market place, with its many very attractive buildings and the back streets leading to courtyards with their cafés and plenty of shops to enjoy. The town is served by a unique horse drawn coach service known as ‘The Holt Flyer’ connecting the railway station to the town, which is about three quarters of a mile away, at Kelling. The North Norfolk Railway (the Poppy Line) runs along the Norfolk coast onto Sheringham.
Excellent walking enjoyed from the doorstep, with designated footpaths and Holt Lowes Country Park; an area of SSSI and a tranquil setting of almost 100 acres of mature woodland adjoining the heathland and River Glaven with broadrides and way marked walks. One of the routes is designed for ease of use by the less mobile or for families with pushchairs. Interesting features within the park include totem pole, carved stile, play area and viewing tower.
Good cycling opportunities from the doorstep. Cley-next-the-Sea and Blakeney quay, 5 miles. Wells-next-the-Sea and Holkham for excellent sandy beaches, 12 miles. City of Norwich with excellent shopping, cathedral, castle museum, restaurants and famous Norfolk Broads within an hour’s drive. Shops and pub ¼ mile.
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