Gloucestershire Cottages

Cider Apple Cottage

3 Properties - Two comfortable, adjoining cottages in a converted threshing barn. Each sleep up to 6 people. Peaceful location, lovely countryside. Weekend breaks welcome. Pleasant walks on lanes and footpaths direct from the cottages. Pub within a 2 mile walk. Ideal centre for touring the Cotswolds, Forest of Dean, Wye Valley and Herefordshire. Within easy reach of Tewkesbury, Cheltenham, Malvern, Ledbury and Worcester.

For weekend breaks only, an additional, adjoining cottage is available, sleeping 4 people. Together, all 3 cottages sleep up to 16 people. Harvest Cottage, the centre cottage sleeping 6, is spacious and allows 16 people to enjoy time together.

Saturday start date not accepted unless for a 6 night or less booking. Absolute maximum capacity is 16.

Coopers Cottage

This is a 19th century Cotswold stone built cottage, beautifully restored and well equipped. Centrally located in scenic village, handy for pubs and shop. Close to the Cotswold Way with superb scenery.

Local attractions include historic Gloucester, Berkeley Castle, Westonbirt Arboretum, wild fowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge. Close to Bath and Bristol. Golf locally.

Sleeps 4 adults and 2 children.

Only weekly bookings accepted for Christmas and New Year 2005

Cruck Cottage

Believed to be the oldest property in the village, this delightful Grade 2 listed cottage adjoins the owner's lovely Cotswold house and forms part of a small courtyard development.

Sympathetically renovated, the massive beams, inglenook fireplace and exposed stonework further enhance the unique "A" frame construction.

An excellent location for touring the nearby places of interest and scenic beauty, there is also easy access to the towns and villages of the Cotswolds and the many historic houses and fine gardens.

The picturesque town of Stratford with famous theatre is just 12 miles, classic Cotswolds' town Chipping Campden is 4 miles and historic Warwick is 15 miles.

Eggleton Styre

Situated on a quiet country lane, in a peaceful valley, Old Farm Cottages enjoy an idyllic rural setting. Within easy reach of major roads and motorways they are easily accessed for a relaxing short break or longer stay to explore the surrounding countryside. They are just one hour from Birmingham or Bristol and two hours from London.

The farmhouse and cottages are set in 8 acre of mature garden, paddocks and woodland from which you will have direct access to excellent walking, horse riding and cycling country, along with several golf clubs. We have many interesting pubs and restaurants nearby (the nearest only 400 yards away).

On the northern edge of The Royal Forest of Dean The Old Farm is close to Gloucester, Cheltenham, Ross on Wye and the Wye Valley, with the Cotswolds and Hereford just a short journey. Bath, Stratford and Cardiff are about an hour away.

Gennet Moyle

Goldfinch

Inglestone Common is an undiscovered rural haven. There is freedom to walk from the doorstep over unspoilt open grassland, 800 acres of wildlife Trust woodlands and our farmland. Dogs and horses are welcome.

Good star-gazing and nightingales in early summer. The cottages are well off a quiet lane, converted character single storey farm buildings around a south facing courtyard, with spacious open living/kitchen areas, shower rooms and an extra bathroom in the largest 3 bed cottage. Three good pubs, village shop and The Cotswold way are within a two mile radius.

Bath, Bristol and Gloucester (30 minutes) for theatre, concerts, museums, zoo etc. Enjoy visiting pretty Cotswold towns and villages, or complete isolation and tranquillity.

Harvest Cottage

Harvest, Shire & Cider Apple

Kestrel

Kingfisher

Lance Cottage

Nestling at the foot of the Cotswold escarpment above the Vale of Berkeley and the River Severn, Lance Cottage is a perfect base for touring the South West.

The Cotswold Way runs nearby, and there are many footpaths from your doorstep.

Ancient woodlands join the open Common by which Lance Cottage is situated. The cows that graze the Common in the summer are joined by deer, foxes and badgers. In May nightingales can be heard from the bedroom windows. Owls regularly hunt on the open Common, and skylarks, cuckoos and woodpeckers nest nearby. Rare flora are to be found a stones throw away.

There are many National Trust properties in the area as well as sleepy hamlets, antique shops, stately homes and crafts centres to explore.

Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, Westonbirt Arboretum, Berkeley Castle, Tetbury, Malmesbury, Castle Coombe, Forest of Dean, Bath, Bristol all within 20 miles.

Nightingale

Shire Horse Cottage

Streamside

Situated between the Severn Estuary and the beautiful Forest of Dean, Streamside has been described by our previous clients as comfortable and clean. We aim to provide a few little touches not always found in other properties. It is our holiday home too and we want you to feel at home in it.

The village of Blakeney has two pubs and an excellent, well stocked shop, together with a post office, hairdresser, church and doctors surgery plus a take-away.

From the rear bedroom window can be seen Blakeney Hill and from the top of the Hill there are magnificent views of the Severn Estuary and parts of Gloucestershire beyond.

All the attractions of the Forest of Dean are a short drive away - please see web site links.

Sweet Coppins

Tennyson House

Tennyson House is set in a 450 acre private country estate close to the Cotswold Water Park, in the South of the Cotswold region. The estate is fully managed and secure and includes a heated swimming pool and sauna, tennis court and childrens play area.

The estate includes 7 lakes and The River Thames. The rear deck of the cottage looks directly over the river and the garden extends down to the bank of Mill Lake. There are many lovely walks around the estate and the lakes - large area's are protected wildlife area's and undisturbed.

There is a lovely pub with retaurant within easy walking distance and the twon of Cirencester is approx 6 miles away. Carp, Coarse and trout fishing is available on the lakes with all the activities of the Cotswold Water Park nearby.

If contacting owner directly there is a 12 hour
time difference in New Zealand so email contact preferred.

The Alum House

A two-story cottage originally built for the Northwest Gloucestershire Water Board about 100 years ago. This unique property has recently been converted to a high standard into a bijou dwelling for a couple of discerning holidaymakers.

The cottage features a natural timbered vaulted ceiling in the lounge and a restored Victorian spiral staircase leading down to the comfortable double bedroom.

There is ample off-road private parking with even room for your trailed boat or small caravan.

The Alum House is located just 50 yards from Thomas Telford’s iron bridge over the River Severn and is ideally placed for miles of riverside walks along both the Severn & Avon. Boat launching is nearby and we can even provide temporary moorings for a trailed boat if you wish. Well-placed as a centre for touring - the Cotswolds and Malvern Hills are less than half an hour away, as is the Spa town of CHELTENHAM renowned for its excellent shopping. STRATFORD, BROADWAY, BOURTON etc. are within a 25 mile radius.

It is but a short walk of about a quarter mile to the edge of Tewkesbury and the first of many pubs/restaurants; a further walk of similar length takes you to the centre of this historic town. The famous TEWKESBURY ABBEY is exactly one mile away.

The Stables

A Luxurious holiday cottage situated on the ancient Roman Fosse Way, just 10 minutes walk from the centre of Stow-in-the-Wold. The cottage has central heating throughout and a wood burning stove for that extra cosy feel.

The Cotswolds is great walking country; the Gloucestershire, Monarch's and Macmillan ways all pass within 300m of the cottage. (OS Grid SP189249). It is an easy 2 hour walk from the cottage to Bourton-on-the-Water via the picture

Wood Pecker