Self-Catering Holiday Cottages in the Peak District National Park, England, UK

General Facilities

The 300 yard tarmaced drive leads up to the cottages, with two seperate parking areas close to the respective cottages. In front of the cottages is a substantial garden area (laid mainly to lawn) for the exclusive use of our guests, with several high quality outside seating areas (not the sort where you have to 'hitch' your legs over). There is a shared barbecue.  There is a laundry room with two washing machines and two driers. (honesty box with proceeds going to charity).

Guests have access to a freezer where good quality, locally produced ready meals can be purchased, at modest cost - main dish currently about 7 pounds for two persons. 

Breakfast packs consisting  of  foods locally produced (apart from tea and sugar) can be booked in advance of guests' arrivals - sometimes for organisational reasons this service is only available to guests coming on a thursday friday or perhaps saturdays for a short break. They are sold by us at the price we ourselves pay to buy the invidivdual items in, so no more than the cost of buying in the shops. Details available on request..

Guests are able to access our wireless broadband facility from the cottages.

Cycles are available for hire at a cost of about one half charged by the commercial bicycle hire companies and organisations, with the added benefit that you do not need to drive to the cycle hire bases. Its a modest 'hire-fleet', but four of the bikes are aluminium framed Raleighs, new this year so as hire bikes go, pretty reasonable quality.  The other four are inferior. Profits from this activity (like many other income raising activities) go to our local hospice.

There is  a garage where bikes can be stored.

We like to think that our guests benefit from our farm house being on the other side of the courtyard from the cottages, yet the cottages themselves face away from the court-yard to give some degree of privacy, with The Dairy facing in one direction Dale and Liffs in a different direction and the Milking Parlour in a third direction.

Other Information and Advice

In each cottage we provide 8(!) well organised personalised information packs, which have been highly praised by both our guests and the Tourist Board - with an additional folder being added when young children are staying. (Mind you, with the extent of the attractions within say a half an hours drive, there is so much material to work on).

In addition to containing the more usual but extensive brochures produced by the various organisers of the tourist attractions, we set out extensive ideas on what to do in the immediate area, also making suggestions on the numerous eating and drinking establishments close-by. Furthermore, being on-site we are often able to assist in enquiries, but only when asked!

Armed with this information, many of our guests say that they had not begun to realise how much the Peak District had to offer, and that even a two week visit is only just enough to scratch the surface.

Others say they have been able to give their car a holiday, with the attractions immediately on offer, often aided by the excellent bus service stopping just yards away from the end of our drive, the route has on several occasions been described in national newspapers as the most scenic bus route in England.

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