School Holidays 2017 Cottages In Warminster

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Alan - Verified booking

  Our family, from the oldest to the youngest at 14 years old, loved the 7 days we had in this large bungalow.

  If you are not familiar with this area, you will find you can travel north or south from Knoll Farm Bungalow (aka Downs View) and find something for everyone. Yes, most roads here are north or south, but the A303 (worth avoiding on a busy day) runs east/west and it is only 4 miles from the bungalow. Having said that, Bath is 26 miles north, and it is easy driving through hills and vales. Day trips to the Jurassic coast, Corfe, Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck, are a little further in the opposite direction. Frome 8 miles north has large supermarkets. Equally, we all enjoyed wandering over the road from the bungalow to walk the 1km top ridge of "Long Knoll", up to 288m above sea level, admiring views and the Covid-19 NHS "ribbon of light" installation by a local artist. Our activities ranged from easy walking or cycling of canal tow paths (Dundas), to kayaking rivers (Wareham), watching steam trains, seeing museums, and farm animals.(City Farm, Bath) This bungalow has 2 electric showers each in a separate room (with toilet) which enable an immediately warm, quick, shower ready for your fun packed day. One of the showers also shares it's room with a bath. There is also a separate toilet room. 3 Toilets was enough for our group. The advert for this bungalow mentions road noise, we think for light sleepers you will probably need to relocate to the back bedroom with your ear plugs to get to sleep. The large comfortable lounge and conservatory/dining area are very quiet at the back of the house even with the occasional heavy lorry that rumbles past at any hour of the day or night. Plenty of towels were provided. If you can't live without your large bath sheet/towel bring it with you. The duvets are very warm and cosy. If you can't live without your thin summer duvet, bring it with you. Any issues and the new owners (July 2020) are very thoughtful and quick to respond. We rate them very highly.

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• Tom - Verified booking

  Absolutely amazing stay in this spacious, clean and well equipped house.

  The owners were so helpful and friendly answering all of our questions and doing all they could to accommodate our needs and welcome us. They are by far the best we have ever dealt with. Our check in experience on arrival day was also the best we have ever had and we can’t thank the owners enough for being so accommodating to our situation. They left welcoming gifts and it was an absolute pleasure arriving to find this total gem of a house. The fenced gardens were immaculate with plenty of seating. Great for the dogs to play without any worries of them wondering away from the property. The house itself is fantastic and more like a dream home. The layout is perfect and there is so much space for everyone. Brilliant modern bathrooms and showers and a fantastic deep bath with all the hot water you need and everything was ultra clean. There is a very spacious living room with plenty of seating and a good sized tv with plenty of channels. A wonderful light and sunny conservatory has a large dining table and it was so nice to enjoy food with the patio doors open on a summers evening enjoying the smells and sounds of the countryside. The beds were all very comfortable and actually everyone slept better than when at home! Finishing with the big ultra clean and very well equipped kitchen and utility areas. There is everything you could need and the owners have gone above and beyond to make sure guests have the best stay possible. Longleat safari park is so close to the house and there are little towns and villages very close with all the shops and services you will need. We can’t recommend this place highly enough and we have already started looking at dates to come back. Unfortunately after doing four Longleat safari trips we still didn’t see Anne the elephant so absolutely a must we come back!! And we can’t wait to enjoy this wonderful house again when we do. Thank you so much to the owners.

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• Cherry - Verified booking

  The Nest is a REALLY lovely holiday home.

  We had a week stay at the end of November, and it provided us with a warm, cosy and perfect retreat. The owners have thought about everything that might be needed to provide a real home from home while staying there, and everything that they have used and provided, speaks of quality and thoughtfulness. Lovely Welcome Pack of goodies on arrival too. Unfortunately for my husband, he's now got the head scratch, of trying to figure out how we can get underfloor heating in our own home, as we're now completely sold on it...its sooo cosy! Two of the main issues for me when renting holiday accommodation, are usually the comfort of the bed, and the power of the shower....both of these get a big 5 star rating. The bed is an absolute dream, and the shower is lovely and hot and perfectly powerful. I shouldn't forget to mention that The Nest is well positioned for visiting many beautiful places, including Stone Henge just a short distance away, and the local view gave us lots of sightings of Red Kites, which are birds that I've not seen before, so was quite a thrill. All in all for comfort, location and all round enjoyability, we couldn't fault The Nest as a pefect holiday cottage.

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• Ann - Verified booking

  This was our second stay at The Nest and was as wonderful as the first!

  Everything that 2 people would need or want is provided including reclining chair, entertainment system and a very comfortable bed to name but a few. Plus on arrival there is a welcome pack of essentials including milk, artisan bread, spreadable butter and fruit which was much appreciated. The owners Sue and Dave are very friendly and approachable if you require help or just a chat, but they leave you to 'your own devices' if you so desire. Chitterne, although a small village is well situated for visiting local towns in Wiltshire for your groceries and tourist attractions along with being close to Somerset if you wat to venture there. Fortunately, both my husband and I are not constantly on smartphones so the lack of mobile network coverage was mot a problem and there is the bonus of having use of wifi and a smart tv. I don't think anyone will be disappointed after staying at The Nest at the Roundhouse and will want to visit again in the future.

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• Yasmin - Verified booking

  The driveway could home 3 cars easily if they are small cars.

  The hedges were very overgrown unlike in the picture, this made it difficult for larger cars to get up the driveway with very little space for getting out of the car. Considering there were 8 adults and a baby on our stay 2.5 toilet rolls was not really sufficient luckily we did bring some of our own, nor was one bin bag or just 2 dishwasher tablets. The house itself was lovely lots of space and each bedroom has its own theme of decoration which we all really liked. The garden and view at the back of the house was lovely as well. Unfortunately we did find some dog mess on the grass which must have been left from a previous guest. The location is perfect for a trip to longleat just a 15 minute drive, pretty much every direction you leave the house from has a stunning view. All in all we would recommend it for a large group but bear in mind you should take essentials that you would not normally think of.

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