Macclesfield Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Eleanor - Verified booking

  We spent a week at the cottage as a family, and had a great time.

  The hosts K&L were gracious, friendly, responsive and personable, and really went out of their way to make our stay memorable. The kids loved seeing all the animals on the farm, feeding the chickens and holding the newborn piglets! The cottage is spacious, well-stocked, and recently decorated to a high spec. The hottub was a bonus on a cold, wet week! The location is perfect - it’s remote enough so we could switch off and relax, but close enough to amenities in case needed. The village of Wincle (about 2 miles away) has a charming micro brewery and pub, and can be used as a departure point for some stunning country walks. The cottage is also within easy driving distance (or ambitious walking distance) of Lud's Church and the Roaches. A couple of really minor things - - Google Maps took us to the wrong farm (just down the road), so some clearer directions would be helpful. - I really appreciated the laundry service and it was professional and really quick, but as a family (who did not pack enough clothes for a muddy week away!!) it would have been helpful to do our own laundry once or twice - so just worth noting that there is no washing machine - a few extra kitchen utensils would have been helpful, e.g. peeler, spatula, serving / cooking spoon, more crockery But all that being said, we had a fantastic week and would love to come back!

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• Bethany - Verified booking

  This place is truly special.

  The interior of the cottage is everything you could wish for, it feels like pure luxury yet so cosy and a home from home feel. So spacious, and the most comfortable bed ever! The location is great, the property is easy to locate and you’re only a short drive from many surrounding places to visit, plenty lovely local pubs to chose from and loads of nice walks to adventure on in The Peak District, and even directly from the cottage. The wildlife & animals surrounding the property is wonderful to see and it gives the perfect rural setting, with the added bonus of a hot tub under the starry skies. This place allows you the perfect mix, for either a relaxing break to do nothing but chill or explore the area and go on an adventure, we were spoilt for choice. The hosts couldn’t have been more accommodating and helpful, they have really created something special here, we were absolutely gutted to leave but it just means we have to come again! This place (unknowingly to me at the time) would also become the place I got engaged which only added to the whole experience. I couldn’t have wished for anything more, thank you for everything.

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• Peter - Verified booking

  A lovely cottage with plenty of good walks and beautiful countryside within a short distance.

  It was well equipped and laid out, and had been prepared very nicely for us. We use the DVD player to watch a film one evening; it worked well and instructions were easy to follow. Our group has two trips a year and we all agreed this had been one of the best - the fabulous May weather helped of course! Just two very minor niggles - one is that it looks as though no expense has been spared for most of the work in the cottage - fittings are done to a very high standard, the furnishings were great, etc. But the pans in the kitchen were very thin bottomed, and although we're all pretty experienced cooks we had problems with burning the pan bottoms. The other point wasn't one that bothered us particularly, but it might be worth flagging up more clearly that there's no wifi in the cottage. Some people will see this as an advantage anyway (it may help get the kids away from their screens!), others might not be aware of it as wifi is becoming more standard these days, and may see it as a negative. These are really minor points. Overall we had a very good stay and the cottage definitely met or exceeded expectations. Thanks!

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• Colin - Verified booking

  We really loved our stay at Gun End Cottage, a cottage full of character in a beautiful part of the world.

  The cottage is well equipped and comfortable with an interesting history that you can read about in the information folder, this folder also has a tongue in cheek poem about the cottage and its idiosyncrasies which made us smile. It has a simple quaint appeal, if you appreciate fittings from an earlier age which we do, you will love this place, the brass door knobs, the leaded window's, the fireplaces and the Duckett basin in the upstairs bathroom. The nearest neighbours are the sheep in the field adjacent to the cottage. With every trip out you are immediately on a scenic drive. We visited Buxton, Leek and Longnor all places with individual appeal, as for walks, The Roaches, Lud Church and the Manifold Trail are great and can be made as leisurely or taxing to suit your own level of fitness. Another nice walk is to leave the cottage, turn left down the hill until reaching a footpath sign on the left for 'Gighall' which leads to the river Dane. Some of the more remote roads in this area are winding,narrow,steep and 'interesting' to say the least and one gets a great sense of achievement at journey's end.

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• Sharon - Verified booking

  What an amazing holiday cottage which has been sympathetically restored with no expense spared.

  We spent a long weekend with friends there and we felt at home there straight away. It has everything and more that you could wish for! The hosts, Liz and Kelvin, were so friendly and helpful, taking time out to chat to us and helping us sort the hot tub out which is heated by a log burner! We loved that we could collect freshly laid eggs for breakfast from the chicken coup at the bottom of the garden. The scenery around is beautiful, ideal for a chilling weekend away. We visited Leek and Bakewell and the Ryals Arms just up the road does wonderful food! All in all we had the perfect weekend with friends in a beautiful cottage and the hosts couldn’t do enough for us. Would highly recommend and we will definitely return!

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