Find self catering and cottages with easy walking access in East England

Park Barn, Holt, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 16
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Holt sleeps 16.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Pub nearby • Detached • Games Room • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 16

Accommodation overview: Offering a substantial venue for discerning large family groups wishing to holiday together, this beautiful detached barn conversion is full of charm and character with brick and flint stone walls, limestone and oak floors, well equipped to offer all modern day comforts. It also boasts its own coach house with games room including pool table and table tennis, set in a ½-acre of lawned gardens with a seating terrace. The holiday property offers spacious, comfortable accommodation with a well-equipped kitchen with Aga, range cooker, entrance dining hall with wood-burning stove and first floor gallery sitting room with electric ‘wood burner’.
Park Barn is tucked away on the edge of the historic market town of Holt, with a good selection of shops, cafés, pubs, restaurants and weekly markets. Holt Lowes is within a few minutes’ drive or 30 minutes’ walk away and has been recognised as an outstanding site for wildlife. It is designated as an SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) and as an SAC (Special Area of Conservation). Holt Country Park, covering more than 200 acres of woodland and heathland is a similar distance away. It is made up of woodland dominated with Scots pine and native broadleaves and is home to abundant wildlife goldcrests, greater spotted woodpeckers, emperor dragonflies and deer. Excellent walking and cycling can be enjoyed from the doorstep and the property is ideally placed for bird watching with RSPB nature and bird reserves and North Norfolk coastline within 5 miles. The North Norfolk Coastal Path runs along the coastline, offering excellent walking and rambling opportunities.
There are many stately homes in the area which merit a visit. These include Holkham Hall (an 18th-century country house located adjacent to the village of Holkham, constructed in the Palladian style) and Houghton Hall (residence of Great Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole with magnificent interiors). There are also NT properties Blickling Hall and Felbrigg Hall as well as Sheringham Park, Walsingham Shrine and Priory ruins which offer interesting day trips. A half hour’s drive away is the city of Norwich with excellent shopping, restaurants, cathedral, castle, theatre, cinema, pubs, cafés and weekly markets and the famous Norfolk Broads. Shops 1 mile, pub ½ mile.

Beamed living room with French doors and limestone floor. Dining room with wood-burning stove, beams and stone floor. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen with breakfast area, beams, Aga and electric range cooker. Utility/pantry. Double height sun room. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Shower room with toilet. Separate toilet. First floor: Galleried sitting room with electric ‘wood burner’. One step into two twin bedrooms, one with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Grand double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with shower attachment, shower cubicle and toilet. Second floor: Galleried double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, shower cubicle and toilet. Coach house annexe: Sitting room. Games room. Double bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. Separate toilet.

The Cart Lodge, Holt, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Holt sleeps 10.

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

Accommodation overview: Tucked away on the edge of the historic Georgian market town of Holt, just a few miles inland from the North Norfolk Coast with its sandy beaches, RSPB nature and bird reserves, this is a perfect holiday retreat for larger groups, ideal for relaxing and entertaining with family and friends. A converted barn, it offers spacious and comfortable accommodation with a beamed interior, wood-burning stove, limestone floors and a well-equipped farmhouse kitchen with granite work surfaces. Outside there is a sheltered private patio seating area equipped with table, chairs and a gas barbecue. Set within landscaped grounds with an unfenced natural wildlife pond, the holiday property is within walking distance of Holt, with its many attractive buildings and back streets leading to courtyards with their cafés and array of local shops. The town is served by a unique horse drawn coach service known as ‘The Holt Flyer’ connecting the railway station to the town, about ¾ miles away at Kelling. The North Norfolk Railway runs along the Norfolk coast to Sheringham. Excellent walking is on the doorstep, with designated footpaths and Holt Country Park, a tranquil setting of almost 100 acres of mature woodland adjoining heath land and River Glaven with its way marked walks. Cley-next-the-Sea and Blakeney Quay are 5 miles away, whilst Wells-next-the-Sea and Holkham, for excellent sandy beaches, are 12 miles away. Norwich, with its excellent shopping, cathedral, castle museum, and restaurants, is within an hour’s drive. Charm and character combined with the best of modern living are what makes The Cart Lodge such a pleasant place to stay. All the traditional features of a renovated north Norfolk barn, such as beamed, vaulted ceilings and brick and flint stone walls, blend harmoniously with the contemporary fittings. Shops and pub ¼ mile.

Spacious living/dining room with limestone floor, beams, wood-burning stove, French doors and well-equipped, farmhouse-style kitchen area with electric range (for cooking). Utility. Step to master double bedroom with 5ft bed, French doors and en-suite bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, shower cubicle, shower attachment and toilet. Three twin bedrooms. Bathroom with shower attachment and toilet. Shower room with toilet. Step to separate toilet. First floor: Gallery double bedroom with en-suite bathroom with corner bath, shower attachment, shower cubicle and toilet.

Old Rectory Cottages - Nuttery Cottage, Edingthorpe, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Edingthorpe sleeps 6.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Detached • Easy Walking • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: Within 1½ miles of the North Norfolk Coast and sandy beaches, with local forest walks and bridle paths close by, and in a designated area of quiet lanes, these warm and comfortable holiday properties (Garden Cottage AWE and Nuttery Cottage AWF) each have their own patio and enjoy shared use of the owners’ attractive walled gardens and 3-acre grounds, including a small bluebell wood, with a large natural pond (fenced and gated). The nearby coastal road leads to bird-watching reserves, with Norwich, the Broads and NT properties all within easy reach. The market town of North Walsham is 3 miles which has a public swimming pool. Village shop and inns, 1½ miles.

The Old Coach House, Pentney, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Pentney sleeps 6.

Features include: • Pool • Pets allowed • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: Offering guests their own exclusive indoor heated swimming pool (Friday 3pm-10pm, all day Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday from 2012. Until then for 2011 use is every day excluding Wednesdays and the Friday of departure), sauna and shared games room with table tennis and football table, visitors can always be sure of plenty to do whatever the weather during a peaceful and comfortable stay here at The Old Coach House. Surrounded by beautiful countryside, and attractively built from local Carstone, this comfortable and cosy single-storey 18th-century stable conversion stands close to Ketlam View (ref CAAG). In addition, there is the opportunity to receive farmhouse-cooked meals delivered to the door.
Some excellent walking can be found close at hand, while the sandy beaches of Hunstanton, Brancaster and Holkham lie within a 20-mile radius for a family day by the sea. King’s Lynn itself, which was once the country’s fourth largest town in medieval times, offers a handsome waterfront and medieval winding alleyways, where visitors can browse amongst a good selection of shops and dine in traditional inns.
Historical houses abound in the region, with ruins to be found at nearby Castle Rising and Castle Acre. The Queen’s country residence of Sandringham is open to the public (unless a member of the Royal family is in residence) and is just 11 miles away. The market towns of Fakenham and East Dereham are close by and well worth a visit. Excellent trout and coarse fishing nearby. Good bird-watching, golf, sailing, horse riding and antique hunting locally. Shops 2 miles.

Beamed living room with wood-burning stove. Small step to fitted kitchen with dining area. Two double bedrooms, one with en-suite shower room and toilet. Small twin bedroom. Bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Conservatory with cane furniture adjoining pool building.

Hornbeam, Burnham Market, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Burnham Market sleeps 10.

Features include: • Golf nearby • Pub nearby • Detached • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 10

Accommodation overview: A perfect property for large family and discerning groups, with every bedroom boasting en-suite facilities. Lying just a few minutes’ drive from the magnificent coast, this impressive modern detached holiday property is tucked away within easy walking distance of bustling Burnham Market with its shops, cafes and restaurants. Furnished and decorated to an excellent standard, offering spacious accommodation, it makes a unique opportunity for guests to enjoy a very special property. The living room with large sofas boasts a wood-burning stove, and French doors from the dining-room and well-equipped kitchen lead into a large conservatory/garden room; a perfect place to relax with doors opening to an enclosed lawned garden and seating terrace. This area of North Norfolk is a haven for wildlife, with excellent walking and bird-watching amid the nearby salt marshes and sand dunes a must for any enthusiast. The sailing village of Burnham Overy Staithe is just 2 miles. An RSPB nature reserve, Blakeney Quay and Morston are all nearby; trips are available to visit Blakeney Point Nature Reserve and the basking seal colony. Holkham Hall and excellent sandy beach backed with pine wood, plus the traditional seaside town of Wells-next-the-Sea with its sandy beach and working fish harbour are 7 miles. The lively seaside resort of Hunstanton is 8 miles. Golf enthusiasts will welcome the rare opportunity to play on the world class golf course at Brancaster. Connoisseurs of fine food will find award-winning pubs/restaurants within easy reach. Tennis available locally. Good walking and cycling from the doorstep. Shops 50 yards, pub 300 yards.

Spacious living room with wood-burning stove and wooden floor. Large conservatory/sitting room with TV. Spacious dining room with tiled floor, leading to children’s retreat. Spacious, well-equipped kitchen with Aga (for cooking), breakfast area and tiled floor. Utility. Double bedroom with four-poster bed and en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Separate toilet. First floor: Two double bedrooms, one with 5ft bed and en-suite bathroom with Jacuzzi bath, shower cubicle and toilet, one with en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. Two twin bedrooms, each with en-suite bathroom with over-bath shower and toilet. All bedrooms with TV.

Crew Yard Barn, Crimplesham, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 12
Weekly prices from: £1300

Self catering accommodation in Crimplesham sleeps 12.

Features include: Hot Tub • Short Breaks • Games Room • Easy Walking • Sleeps 12

Accommodation overview: Situated close to the popular town of Downham Market, this restored barn makes an ideal holiday home for large families or groups. Tastefully decorated and furnished, this adjoining property boasts its own seven-seater hot tub (on the patio at the front), as well as table tennis and shared use of a tennis court. Overlooking farmland, the property combines modern day standards whilst retaining original features such as internal beams. All bedrooms boast en-suite facilities, whilst a ground floor bedroom makes provision for infirm guests. A garden and furnished courtyard completes this lovely property and makes the ideal place in which to relax with a glass of wine, or evening meal, after a hard day’s touring. The dining-room table also converts into a snooker table for a friendly after-dinner game.
Downham Market lies just 5 minutes’ drive away and offers many interesting shops and restaurants, whilst a little further afield lies medieval Kings Lynn, complete with a waterfront and an array of restaurants, shops and theatres. The North Norfolk coast is nearby, renowned for its RSPB nature and bird reserves and excellent beaches – many of which have been awarded Blue Flag status. The traditional seaside resort of Hunstanton offers seaside attractions, Sea Life centre and sporting activities for young and old alike. Other places of interest to visit include the Royal Sandringham Estate (open to the public when the royals are not in residence) and Castle Rising, with its castle and abbey ruins. Shop and pub 2 miles.

Spacious open-plan living/dining room with stove and well-equipped, fitted kitchen with electric range. Second sitting room with TV and sofa-bed (for +2). Twin bedroom with en-suite shower room and toilet. First floor: Master double bedroom (6ft bed) with en-suite bathroom and toilet. Double bedroom (5ft bed) with en-suite shower room and toilet. Two twin bedrooms, each with en-suite shower room and toilet. Some bedrooms beamed. Hot tub.

Wattisham Hall Cottages - Owls End, Wattisham, Suffolk, East England

Sleeps 10
Weekly prices from: £900 to £1299

Self catering accommodation in Wattisham sleeps 10.

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

Accommodation overview: These renovated old farm buildings exude charm, with exposed beams and oak floors, and are set in the most idyllic location amidst the owner’s 350-acre working farm. Adjoining one another, they are surrounded by a moat and rolling Suffolk countryside, and provide an ideal ‘get away from it all country holiday retreat’, yet lie within easy driving distance of numerous places of interest.
An abundance of picturesque villages are close by including the old wool market town of Lavenham, famous for its Guildhall, medieval buildings and antique shops. The historic market town of Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, Hadleigh and the races and stud farms at Newmarket are all easily accessible. The Suffolk and Norfolk Coasts, the Constable Countryside of Dedham Vale and the stunning university city of Cambridge are well worth visiting. Shop and pub 2 miles.

Rose Cottage, Reedham, Norfolk, East England

Sleeps 6
Weekly prices from: £600 to £899

Self catering accommodation in Reedham sleeps 6.

Features include: • Short Breaks • Pets allowed • Fishing nearby • Pub nearby • Easy Walking • Garden • Sleeps 6

Accommodation overview: This pretty thatched cottage overlooks the quay on the River Yare, and lies at the heart of the charming Broadland village of Reedham. The end one of a row, it is within walking distance of the railway station, shops and two village inns – both serving good food. Fishing from the quay, and daily boat hire (in season) available to explore the famous waterways. Within easy driving distance of historic Norwich city, with its excellent shopping, theatre, castle and museum, as well as the coastal resort of Great Yarmouth with fun fair, Sea Life Centre and swimming-pool. Pettits Animal Adventure Park within village. Shop 200 yards, pub 50 yards.

Spacious beamed living room with wood-burning stove in inglenook fireplace. Small sun room overlooking quay. Well-equipped farmhouse-style kitchen/dining room with stable door to garden. Bathroom with over-bath shower. Separate toilet Twin bedroom. Open-tread stairs to first floor: Beamed double bedroom with wash basin and en-suite toilet. Beamed twin bedroom.