Find self catering and cottages with a games room in Norfolk

Ferry View, Martham, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Martham sleeps 12.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Beach nearby • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Sleeps 12

Accommodation overview: Enjoying a beautiful waterfront location, these three holiday properties (refs CBBH, CBBJ and CYY) have their own private mooring and superb views over the River Thurne and a National Trust wildlife reserve (which featured in the BBC1 TV series Secret Britain). Ferry View, standing detached, and Heigham View, one of a pair, offer spacious accommodation for larger groups and have a first floor balcony where guests can take in the abundant birdlife. Ferry Cottage is a detached, two-bedroomed property with rooms all on the ground floor. All offer the very best in waterside living. For the fisherman, this part of the Broads offers some of the best coarse fishing anywhere in the UK (fishing licence required). For the nature enthusiast, everything is on the doorstep - walking and cycling can be enjoyed along a network of quiet lanes and the river and the Broads can be explored by boat, which can be hired directly from the owner. Winterton-on-Sea is a short drive away with its wonderful sandy beach and dunes. This is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the north beach is home to a colony of grey seals.
The BeWILDerwood Outdoor Adventure Park at Horning offers treehouses, zip wires, jungle bridges and more - all adding up to a great day out for children. The fine city of Norwich with its cathedrals, castle, museums, theatre and vast array of cafes and shops is half an hour away. There is a wealth of National Trust properties to visit in the area, which include Felbrigg Hall, Garden and Park (one of the finest Jacobean houses in East Anglia), the beautifully landscaped Sheringham Park and the magnificent Blickling Hall with its woodland and lakeside walks. Horsey Wind Pump is only 3 miles away (and a good destination for a boat trip).
For a special meal or family celebration a gourmet meal can be arranged with the owner. There are shops and pubs in the village 1 mile away.

Elwin House, Cromer, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 18
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Cromer sleeps 18.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 18

Accommodation overview: A perfect holiday venue for large groups and families, for reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas or New Year, this substantial Victorian period town house is the end one of a row. Retaining all its period features with rooms of large proportions and high ceilings, it is set on three floors and some rooms boast excellent sea views. Situated in a conservation area in Cromer town, it is less than 220 yards from the sandy beach and within walking distance of Cromer pier. Perfectly positioned in the heart of the town for its wealth of amenities and attractions for all ages. Cromer offers promenade gardens, a pier with a theatre hosting regular concerts and featuring visiting performers, an RNLI lifeboat station and museum, an 18-hole cliff top golf course, plenty of shops, cafes and restaurants, and a number of public houses within ½ mile. Popular events include Carnival week (normally held during the third week of August), and fireworks over the water on New Year’s Day (weather permitting). There are many National Trust properties within an easy drive. The neighbouring seaside town of Sheringham (5 miles) has a sandy beach, the North Norfolk Steam Railway, Splash Aqua pool, Sheringham gardens, regular market days, shops, cafes and restaurants. Elwin House is within one hour’s drive from the famous Norfolk Broads for daily boat hire and river trips, riverside restaurants, cafes and shops. The city of Norwich, approximately 30 minutes away, has excellent shopping, two cinema complexes, theatre, castle museum, cathedral, bowling and many pubs and restaurants. Shop 500 yards.

Entrance hall. Living room. Kitchen/dining room with gas range (for cooking), 12-seater dining table, additional seating for 6, breakfast area and door to patio. Games room with door to balcony. First floor: Four bedrooms: Three double, one with en-suite shower room, one with additional single bed (for +1) and travel cot and one single. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Separate toilet. Second floor: Five bedrooms: Two double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room and toilet and three twin. Bathroom with corner bath, separate shower cubicle and toilet.

Lodge Farm Cottage, Rushall, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from: £300 to £599

Self catering accommodation in Rushall sleeps 6.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Garden • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: Set in quiet rural surroundings, this well-equipped gig house has been tastefully renovated with beamed ceilings and Indian slate floor. Great holiday home for families of all ages with heated games barn. It is situated between the market towns of Diss and Harleston (2 miles) within a 14-acre working smallholding with livestock (lambing in season). There are public footpaths over adjoining farmland and cycling on quiet roads. Well placed to explore the magnificent coastlines and lovely countryside of Norfolk and Suffolk. Within easy reach of historic Norwich with its Norman cathedral, Castle Museum and 900-year-old market, the Norfolk Broads, Bury St Edmunds and the Suffolk Heritage Coast. Thetford Forest offers a cycle centre, treks and adventure playground. Local attractions include Banham Zoo, Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Minsmere bird sanctuary, Bungay and Beccles. Daily boat hire available to explore the Waveney/Norfolk Broads. Visit BeWILDerwood and the Dinosaur Adventure Park. Diss golf course 10 minutes’ drive. Popular pub serving food ¾ mile. Many other local restaurants and pubs serving food.

Beamed open-plan living room/kitchen. Utility. Twin bedroom with zip & link beds (can be 5ft double) and sofa-bed (for +2). Shower room with toilet. First floor: Double bedroom. Bathroom with shower attachment, bidet, toilet.

The Wain, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Wells-next-the-Sea sleeps 6.

Features include: • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: This attractive, 17th-century, flint holiday cottage is set in the oldest part of the fishing port, about 1 mile from a pine-fringed sandy beach. It is comfortable and spacious with pretty period furnishings. Table tennis and painting facilities are in the adjoining barn. A well-equipped beach hut and four bikes are available by arrangement. A wealth of local activities include cycling, sailing, sailboarding, bird-watching and boat trips to the seal colonies. Within walking distance are shops, inns and restaurants. Burnham Market 5 miles. Holkham Hall and fabulous beach 2 miles. Shops ½ mile.

Living room. Large beamed dining room. Fitted kitchen. Shower room with toilet. Laundry room. First floor: Double bedroom. Twin bedroom. Second twin bedroom with 2ft 6in beds. All bedrooms have rugs on wooden floors. Bathroom with toilet.

Haveringland Hall - The Smithy, Haveringland, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 5
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Haveringland sleeps 5.

Features include: • Pool • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 5

Accommodation overview: Surrounded by peaceful glades of woodland – the perfect venue for family and friends to get together...

Nestled within a tranquil woodland setting. This 19th-century Italianate courtyard conversion, with substantial coach house, designed by Buckingham Palace architect Edward Blore, offers a unique holiday experience with its superb indoor heated swimming pool. These four award-winning properties are perfectly placed for exploring the abundant delights of Norfolk.
The Coach House and its adjoining courtyard buildings are the only surviving testimony to this once prestigious hall. Built in 1840, the Clock Tower entrance (with working clocks similar to that of the Palace) is thought to be the only other example of its kind. With four-poster beds and marble-top dining tables, the properties are tastefully furnished and equipped to a high standard. The properties enjoy superb leisure facilities, including a 30-foot indoor heated swimming pool with full changing facilities, shower and W.C., an indoor games room with table tennis, pool table and a children’s play area. The Coach House, along with the three holiday cottages, are equally suitable for larger groups of up to 27 people, making them ideal for special celebrations and family get-togethers
The Coach House (sleeps 12, prop ref CEJ)
The Mews (sleeps 6, prop ref CEL)
The Smithy (sleeps 5, prop ref CEM)
The Clock House (sleeps 4-6, prop ref CEK)
Located at the epicentre of Norfolk’s finest attractions, guests at Haveringland Hall will find themselves only a short drive away from fine golf at Weston Park and Barnham Broom, and walking and cycling paths such as The Marriots Way, The Bure Valley and Weavers Way. There is easy touring to the North Norfolk Coast, with Holt and Burnham Market (known as the Hamptons of Norfolk) just 12 miles, with delicatessen and excellent shopping, first class pubs and restaurants. Cromer (possibly most famous for its crabs), Sheringham and Caister all offering sandy beaches. Within a 30-minute drive are the Norfolk Broads at Wroxham, where visitors can hire boats for the day, or alternatively enjoy a leisurely day cruise. The nature reserve of Hickling Broad is a haven for migrating birds, including sandpipers, osprey and spoonbills; it also offers excellent fishing, especially for pike and bream, as well as a number of nature trails to explore.
Full of cultural attractions, the city of Norwich lies just 20 minutes away, offering interests to suit all tastes; from history and architecture to art galleries, shops and leisure activities. The splendid cathedral boasts some of Britain’s finest Gothic architecture with carvings adorning its interior, while high on a hill stands the 12th-century Norman castle, which now houses the Castle Museum. Within driving distance are Somerleyton Hall and the NT properties of 17th-century Blickling Hall (where open-air concerts are staged in summer), Felbrigg Hall, Oxburgh Hall and Sheringham Park. For family entertainment, there is a wealth of adventure activities and parks nearby – choose from Dinosaur Adventure Park, Thigby Wildlife, Pettitts Animal Adventure and Wroxham Barns, to name but a few. Shops 3 miles.

Lodge Farm Barns - The Granary, Holt, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Holt sleeps 10.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: A perfect rural retreat - rustic, comfortable homes surrounded by woodland and nature reserves...

Tucked away on the edge of the historic Georgian market town of Holt, situated just a few miles inland from the North Norfolk Coast with its wealth of sandy beaches, RSPB nature and bird reserves. Providing perfect holiday retreats for discerning larger family groups, these converted barns offer spacious and comfortable accommodation boasting beamed interiors, wood-burning stove, limestone floors, en-suite bathroom facilities to most bedrooms and well-equipped farmhouse kitchens with granite work surfaces. Each has its own enclosed garden with seating furniture and parking.
Situated within landscaped grounds with an unfenced natural wildlife pond, the holiday properties are within walking distance of Holt market place, with its many very attractive buildings and the back streets leading to courtyards with their cafés and plenty of shops to enjoy. The town is served by a unique horse drawn coach service known as ‘The Holt Flyer’ connecting the railway station to the town, which is about three quarters of a mile away, at Kelling. The North Norfolk Railway (the Poppy Line) runs along the Norfolk coast onto Sheringham.
Excellent walking enjoyed from the doorstep, with designated footpaths and Holt Lowes Country Park; an area of SSSI and a tranquil setting of almost 100 acres of mature woodland adjoining the heathland and River Glaven with broadrides and way marked walks. One of the routes is designed for ease of use by the less mobile or for families with pushchairs. Interesting features within the park include totem pole, carved stile, play area and viewing tower.
Good cycling opportunities from the doorstep. Cley-next-the-Sea and Blakeney quay, 5 miles. Wells-next-the-Sea and Holkham for excellent sandy beaches, 12 miles. City of Norwich with excellent shopping, cathedral, castle museum, restaurants and famous Norfolk Broads within an hour’s drive. Shops and pub ¼ mile.

Riverside House, Old Costessey, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Old Costessey sleeps 10.

Features include: • Pool • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Games Room • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: Believed to be the oldest surviving house in its village (circa 1590), this spacious, detached, Grade II listed holiday property is beautifully positioned on the Upper Wensum an S.S.S.I. (with resident swans and mallards), yet only 5 miles from the attractive city of Norwich. It stands in secluded, mature lawned gardens, which are completely secure and benefits from sole use of an inter-connecting indoor heated swimming pool. With over 200 feet of private river frontage, two Canadian canoes and decked seating area with canopy cover this makes the perfect spot for visitors to dine and enjoy this idyllic setting, disturbed only by the sound of the occasional rowing boat of an angler. Lovingly restored by its owner, the house features a wealth of exposed beams and timber framing, a re-discovered inglenook fireplace and an original listed door. The sunny yellow kitchen has an enormous pine table for relaxed family meals, and the study is packed with information on the local area. Children will be delighted with their own, quite separate, series of rooms – a dining room with television leads to a games room, and up a staircase to a charming bedroom with beams and low sloping ceilings. Every comfort is thoughtfully provided to create a real home from home. Coarse fishing is freely available (in season) either from the riverbank or by boat, and in two local private carp lakes. From this restful, secluded spot, both the city amenities and the Norfolk Broads are easily reached. Wroxham, the ‘capital’ of Broadland is only 10 miles away, with day boat hire and cruises. Within 40 minutes by car are the delights of the North Norfolk coast: broad sandy beaches at Holkham, a bird and seal reserve at Blakeney, and seaside attractions at Wells. Four golf courses and a floodlit driving range can be found within 2 miles. Tennis, snooker and two pubs in village. Shops ½ mile.

Farmhouse kitchen with gas range (for cooking) and breakfast area. Large, beamed living room with inglenook fireplace. Dining room with gas fire and additional TV. Study. Bathroom with toilet. Utility. Games room. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with canopied brass bed and one with traditional oak bed. Twin bedroom overlooking the river. Single bedroom. Bathroom with shower cubicle and toilet. Second steep staircase to children’s bedroom with three single beds, beamed pitched ceiling and river views.

Ketlam View, Pentney, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 8
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Pentney sleeps 8.

Features include: • Pool • Open Fire or Woodburner Stove • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 8

Accommodation overview: Offering a welcome retreat for large family groups, surrounded by attractive countryside, this wonderful detached holiday home is built from local carstone and includes its own large enclosed garden and shared games room, with table tennis and football table. The garden has a badminton net with racquets, a children’s slide and double swing. It is comfortably furnished and well equipped to provide a warm welcome for discerning guests at any time of year. There is the opportunity to receive farmhouse-cooked meals delivered to the door. Every Sunday, Monday and Tuesday (this applies from 2012. It is available on a Wednesday only during 2011), the heated indoor swimming pool is reserved for private use by Ketlam View holiday guests. The property lies 15 miles from the North Norfolk Coast with its excellent sandy beaches, Coastal Path, RSPB nature and bird reserves. The long sweep of sandy beach runs from Snettisham through the popular seaside towns of Heacham onto Hunstanton. Snettisham also has an RSPB Nature Reserve. The local area offers wonderful woodland and river walks, excellent walking can also be found close at hand, and the network of quiet lanes offer good cycle routes. The Royal Sandringham Estate and Museum, 10 miles, is open to visitors when the Royal Family are not in residence. Fly fishing and coarse fishing available at the nearby Narborough trout and coarse lakes, 1 mile. Many places of historical and interest lie in the surrounding area, including Castle Rising, Castle Acre Priory ruins, Houghton and Oxborough Halls, Walsingham Abbey and Shrine ruins. The medieval town of Kings Lynn has waterfront shops, shopping complex, a theatre, inns and restaurants, 8 miles. Shop 2 miles, pub 1 mile.

Spacious living room with open fire. Sitting room. Dining room. Well-equipped kitchen with breakfast area, oil Aga and gas/electric cooker. Utility. Step to twin bedroom with door to garden. Step to shower room with toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom. Bathroom with separate shower cubicle and toilet.