Self Catering Holidays In The United Kingdom

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What our customers say about their holidays

• Mr A - Verified booking

  Though Regular visitors to Westleton, this was our first stay in Yew Tree Cottage. It was clean and very well equipped, with a good spacious kitchen area. The garden, especially the veranda style seating area would be lovely to use on a pleasant summer evening. Whilst the house is certainly comfortable, we found that during an unseasonably warm week in early March, it became the opposite on occasion. We would have preferred to have the heating off completely at times, but the only way of controlling this, as per instruction, was to drop temperature on room thermostat. The trouble was it never seemed to hold and living room stayed at a constant 23 degrees. It felt uncomfortable at times and coupled with the early morning sun, it made it worse. We certainly could have cut the owners energy bill that week!

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• Paul - Verified booking

  Lovely place to stay for a week's hiking around the Lakes.

  Friendly owners and comfortable cottage - has just about everything you need and more. We were able to put our bikes in their barn and there was a really handy freezer and drying room in another barn opposite which meant wet and smelly coats/footwear didn't have to go in the cottage! There are some great walks from the doorstep - although be warned that "the Screes" walk isn't at all easy. A short drive (10 mins or so) to National Trust car park at Wasdale puts you at the start of a host of classic mountain hikes including Scafell Pike and many others. Also a short drive (5 mins) takes you to some great areas for swimming and paddleboarding - but leave early to make sure you can park. Our first time this side of the Scafell massif but we'd definitely come back.

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• Fred - Verified booking

  The cottage was wonderful - clean, well equipped and comfortable.

  The owners, Sally-Ann and David are friendly and very helpful. We were made to feel very welcome. There was also a fine and very generous welcome pack. The cottage is in the farm yard and there are chickens wandering freely. You can also watch a wide variety of birds visiting the many feeders. It's a great base for walking in Wasdale with several good walks accessable straight from the door. There's a great tea room and farm shop (The Sawmill - great for lunches and coffee and cakes) and a fine pub (The Strands Inn - wide range of beers and good, substantial meals); both are about a 15 minute walk away. If you're looking to stay in the area we heartily recommend The Old Barn. (Buy some of the farm’s eggs whilst you're there - they're delicious!)

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• Menza - Verified booking

  Excellent in every respect.

  The level of provision and personal concern for our enjoyment of our stay could not have been better and were very much appreciated. The warmth and good humour of our welcome, the very generous welcome pack, the decor , furnishing and lighting of the accommodation, the floral displays in the patio area, provision of a variety of walks guides, suggested additional routes that we would have missed otherwise, the generous supply of wood for the wood fire, had we decided to light it. One feature of the accommodation we have not come across is one Sykes would do well to recommend to all its property owners, viz. low level green safety lighting on staircases, which came on automatically at night.

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• Daria - Verified booking

  Really lovely cottage.

  Exactly what we were after - comfortable, convenient and with character. The owner kindly contacted us in advance to provide some useful details. We are a family of four and stayed with two kids (14 and 10), and the place was perfect for us. Well-equipped kitchen, fireplace, nicely set up living room, no issues with heating so we were warm, everything worked well. It is in a nice village with a pub and easy to get to around Lake District, whilst also very easy to travel back especially if you are coming from the South. We loved it and would stay again.

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