Family Holidays In The United Kingdom

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Claire - Verified booking

  A fantastic stay in this property.

  We were made to feel special straight away with the welcome basket. A warm, cosy, original cottage in the heart of the friendly old town. Amenities close to hand and a great base for sight seeing/ visiting old haunts. Clean & well maintained. Cosy beds, great kitchen, cute living space, lovely bathroom ( great first a pamper) and plush carpet. Useful feedback: Kitchen: Would benefit from a tin opener/ bottle opener, waste food recycling bin, glass recycling bin outside and a sieve. Left hand tap handle kept falling off. Living room: instruction folder for telly, heating and microwave. Comments book & a lamp (for subdued lighting in evening). We used two from upstairs and made it feel even more cosy. We were there when bad weather struck so lots of cold air coming in under front door. Optional draft excluder may help in winter months. We know this is a new holiday rental and is work in progress so this is why we have added more suggestions. For me, my sister, two girls and a dog this was a fantastic property and nice to see a different aspect of the old town. Our grandparents used to live in Eastbourne and this break helped us say goodbye.

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• Gail - Verified booking

  This is our 2nd stay to Ford End Cottage in 6 months and it was just as fantastic as in November.

  We even got to sit in the small sunny garden this time! The views from all the upstairs windows were even better as it's late spring, so all the trees are in leaf. Probably the best view was from the en-suite bathroom as we could see horses in the field beyond the cottage. We received another very warm welcome from Lucy. She is such a brilliant, friendly and responsive host and she really does go the extra mile for her guests. We noticed a couple of people in earlier reviews requested more hanging space in 2 bedrooms and the ability to park a 2nd car on the property and she had already sorted it all out. Lucy asked us to let her know during our stay if anything could be improved but we found the cottage still exceeds our expectations in every way. Lucy is a photographer and it was a lovely touch that she has put a copy of her photography book of Ampleforth in the cottage for guests to enjoy. It is a love letter to the village and its villagers and made for a lovely personal touch. We will be back, thank you, Lucy and Will!

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• Gail - Verified booking

  Very friendly and superbly helpful host.

  The cottage is a Tardis (luckily no daleks) and much more spacious than we expected. Everything is tasteful and immaculately presented. It turned cold during our stay but the cottage was lovely, bright and warm. Beautiful country views from all 3 bedrooms. The beds are high quality and the village is very quiet, we slept like logs. There are 2 full bathrooms upstairs plus a shower room downstairs. The website doesn’t show the large entrance hall where you can leave all your shoes and coats. Kitchen very well equipped and there was tea, milk, coffee and bread on arrival plus a good supply of logs, you can buy more off the owner next door. We could park 2nd car easily on the road outside. Ampleforth itself is very pretty with 2 friendly pubs serving excellent food, a great coffee shop plus a small, well stocked village shop. All are on the same road as the cottage within 5 minutes walk. We can’t give 6 stars sadly so 5/5 will have to suffice! We will be back, a fantastic stay thank you.

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• Catherine - Verified booking

  We stayed for 10 days with our dog and found this cottage excellent for all our needs.

  Very clean and everything provided to make it a comfortable stay. There is a patio area where you can sit out which is quite a sun trap in the afternoon. We also received a welcome pack which was really kind. The location in the old town is really nice close to a supermarket, a few pubs, two of which were really lovely, The Lamb and The Rainbow which are good for food and drinks and also dog friendly. A few minutes walk away is a lovely big park. Eastbourne is a very nice seaside town with a lovely promenade if you like to walk, and plenty of shops. A good place to stay if you like to do a bit of sight seeing, we visited Herstmonceux Castle, Hastings, Peveney, Brighton and Battle. You can walk to Beachy Head from Eastbourne along the coastal path. We did have great weather which also contributed to our lovely holiday.

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• Lucy - Verified booking

  We stayed at Ford End Cottage in May this year and totally loved our time there.

  The cottage is situated peacefully away from the road going through Ampleforth which meant that we slept so well being gently woken by the birds singing and the spring sunshine. Ampleforth is a charming, peaceful village with good amenities. It was wonderful to arrive after a long journey and find that the kitchen was stocked with bread, milk, tea, coffee and sugar. The cottage is very cosy and immaculate with a modern kitchen stocked with everything that you could possibly need. The kitchen opens into a lovely courtyard garden which was a wonderful sun trap and totally secluded. Lucy is a fantastic host – nothing is too much trouble. I hope we have the opportunity to stay again and would heartily recommend this cottage.

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