To give our guests maximum flexibility and affordability this Spring we have updated our calendars to include weekend and midweek short breaks in our self-catering cottages from 14th April to the end of May. There are Bank Holidays on both Monday 1st May (May Day) and Monday 8th May (for the coronation) and these dates are included as both start and end days so you can save on your holiday from work!
Our smallest cottage Apple (sleeps up to 3 or 4 with a baby in a cot) starts from just £69 per night for a week in mid-April and is £91 per night for a four night midweek stay and £113 per night for a three night weekend stay. The best value per night break will always be a week or longer, but we hope these shorter stays will provide more flexibility and perhaps allow guests to tie a stay with us in with another location or two to create a mini-road-trip around the county or region.
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There have been a couple of articles published in the national press recently that have sung the praises of both the Blackdown Hills and the county of Devon more widely as brilliant places to visit on your holidays.
Back in October 2022 The Telegraph published an article on the best AONBs (Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty) in England and featured our very own holiday cottage complex Halsbeer Farm (pictured above) as 'THE' place to stay in the Blackdown Hills. They said that the Blackdown Hills AONB is the "Cinderella of the West Country, overlooked by those bound for Exmoor and Dartmoor" and it's not the first time I've heard that about our little piece of heaven in Devon, but we think it's worth the trip. Come this way to find out why... Following hot on the heels of last week's Visit England Glamping Accreditation Gold Award for our other accommodation business Blackdown Yurts, we are thrilled to announce that Halsbeer Farm has been recognised by Tripadvisor as a 2022 Traveller's Choice award winner. This award celebrates businesses that have received great traveller reviews on Tripadvisor over the last 12 months. It means that we are considered among the top 10% of visitor accommodation worldwide! How fantastic is that?
I spent a happy few hours while on holiday myself in Cornwall over the Easter break browsing our Tripadvisor reviews from the last year. It really is great to know that our guests enjoy our accommodation and facilities so much. Read on to see a few quotes from the most recent reviews. Thanks to everyone who takes the time to leave a review after their trip, it really does make a difference to us, it's because of your great reviews that we've won this award. Thank you. With the approach of February half term my mind begins to turn to the next school holiday in April. The Easter holidays will soon be upon us so I thought it might be helpful to give a run down of remaining availability for April in our self-catering holiday accommodation in beautiful Mid-Devon. (Other months are available too!)
Our Devon holiday cottages provide a home-from-home experience with the added benefit of a heated indoor swimming pool, games room and light and bright conservatory for all of our guests to use. Situated in a secluded, rural valley in the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our daughter turned 13 this month, I was the same age in 1991 and I clearly remember my father sitting down to complete our family’s census return that year. He explained to me that they happen every ten years and that they are really important. I’ve always carried that with me and I actually get a thrill out of completing our census form. I understand that the government needs information about the current demographic of our country’s population to plan for future development and provision of services, but for me the real beauty of the census is that it helps to unlock the past... When we moved to Halsbeer Farm (five years ago on 21st March) I was initially too busy to give much thought to the previous inhabitants of the farmstead. I knew from the previous owners that there may have been a Domesday manor on the site and that the current house was believed to date from the 1600s but beyond that I had no idea about its history and that of its former occupants. As with most research these days I started googling not just Halsbeer but also its alternative spellings of Halsbeare, Halsbear and Halsbere. I started turning up some interesting things and soon got into census records via Find My Past.
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AuthorKatie is co-owner and manager of Halsbeer Farm holiday cottages along with her husband Mark. Archives
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