Holdstone Cottage

Holdstone Cottage is pretty, charming, and very comfortable for a small family or two couples. It is a detached stone cottage that sits on a wonderful small resort within a glorious extensive estate and with access to brilliant communal facilities and activities. Holdstone Cottage faces a triangular courtyard with two of the other resort cottages close to the swimming pool building. It comes with a small private garden perfect for alfresco dining and star gazing.
 
This exclusive resort is nestled near the charming seaside town of Combe Martin. It is the perfect place for a spot of switch off. Combe Martin enjoys blissful secluded sandy beaches, wonderful rock pools, dramatic coastal scenery, a picturesque harbour, quaint shops, cosy seaside pubs, water sports, the fabulous Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, an interesting museum and easy access to the stunning Exmoor National Park, North Devon’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the famous Southwest Coast Path. Nearby, you can explore the sensational Hangman Cliffs, the amazing beaches of Broadsands, Wild Pear, Tunnels and Barricane, Lee Bay, the Woolacombe beaches, Putsborough Sands, Croyde and the magnificent Saunton Sands. There are fabulous attractions such as National Trust houses, the wonderful Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway and amazing activities including horse riding and coasteering. You will never tire of exciting, interesting, and thrilling excursions in this wonderful area.

Guests staying at Holdstone Cottage enjoy access to fabulous resort facilities including an indoor heated swimming pool, fast EV charging for cars, indoor soft play, a thrilling adventure play area for children, fire pits, a games room, yoga classes, an honesty shop, outdoor dining areas, over fifty friendly animals and extensive grounds. There is something for everyone at this wonderful resort and you are welcome to bring your furry friends. If you want to take a holiday with friends, we also feature the other cottages on the resort. You may want to take a peep at Old Combe Barn, Broadsands Farmhouse, Newt Cottage, Sandy Bay Cottage, Combe Martin House or Wild Pear House and book one or more of those too. Newt Cottage and Sandy Bay Cottage are located in the same courtyard.

Holdstone Cottage is beautifully presented throughout. The open plan living, and dining room is lovely with gorgeous beams, two comfy sofas, a Bluetooth music system and a Smart television. If you fancy a cosy night indoors, you can snuggle on the sofas with Netflix. The kitchen is fabulous with an original slate floor, modern units, colourful tiles, and excellent appliances. There is a separate laundry block that is shared by guests staying in the three courtyard cottages.

A small winding staircase leads you to the two bedrooms and family bathroom. The master offers a delightful king-size four poster bed, and the other enjoys comfy twin beds. Both come with calm, mellow tones and the master enjoys a gorgeous feature wallpaper. The immaculate family bathroom offers a bath and separate shower.

The cottage boasts a secluded garden area with lawn and a patio with garden furniture and a barbecue. Alternatively, you can head to any one of the beautiful, picturesque spots on the resort with a picnic and a bottle of wine. The resort swimming pool which sits very close to the cottage is wonderful. You can relax on smart cradle rope weave seats and day beds. The pool building offers changing rooms, toilets, and showers. The resort games room offers table football, table tennis and a soft play area for little ones. The resort sits in its own pretty valley with sixteen acres of grounds sprinkled with lush lawns, gardens, sunken nature trails, ponds, meadows, an orchard, streams, an extensive kitchen garden and a greenhouse where you can pick yourselves something fresh and tasty to go with your alfresco dinner. As you wander through this wonderful estate, you will hear owls hoot and the wind whispering through the boughs of the oaks. You are welcome to bring your furry friends and enjoy the five acres of dog walking field for off lead enjoyment or a favourite local dog walk to the charming dog friendly pub, the Hunters at Heddons Valley. There are over fifty animals on the estate and children enjoy helping at feeding times. Beautiful peacocks wander around the grounds when not nesting, the free-range chickens supply eggs and cute ducks live on three ponds. There is a small herd of alpacas, four pygmy goats, sheep, super cute piglets, guinea pigs and orphan lambs in the spring for children to bottle feed. Children adore the outdoor playground with its amazing wooden pirate ship with decks, a tunnel, ship’s wheel, plank, and sand pit. The two storey wendy house is perfect for little ones with a built-in kitchen, furniture, and a veranda. There is also a wooden tractor, a slide, trampoline, swings, slides and a climbing frame. You will be lucky if you see your children with all of this! Throughout the estate there are some wonderful views with lovely lounge furniture so that you can relax, captivated by the views with a sneaky bottle of chilled wine. The Lookout is one of these, also a perfect spot for early morning meditation or yoga. The huge one and half meter fire pit with benches is wonderful for sing songs and making marshmallow memories. The honesty shop stocks some wonderful goodies including delicious frozen Cook meals, barbecue packs from the local farm shop, tasty ice creams and marshmallows for toasting. Yoga classes take place all year long plus there are fun aqua aerobics sessions in the pool.