The Vale

4.8★

8 Guests
4 Bedrooms
3 Bathrooms
Pets Yes
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Features

Off road parking
Ground floor accommodation
Ground floor bedroom
Garden / Patio
Cot available
Highchair available
Washing machine
Dishwasher
Broadband / WiFi

Reviews & Ratings

Accuracy of the listing

Cleanliness

Comfort

Facilities and Maintenance

* Based on a combined average customer score

21 Customer Review(s)

Ruth
November 2024

“We felt the information available before we arrived had been pretty accurate.”

A lovely quiet location almost in the middle of no where. Clean and tidy. Comfortable farmhouse style property. Very nice to receive a welcome pack. Thank you. The garden is certainly well fenced to dogs. One of ours is an escape artist but this was safe and secure. We are planning out next visit. It is country lanes all around some quite narrow! And hilly as you would expect from the location. We loved everything about this property, & location. Perfect for us and the dogs.

A lovely quiet location almost in the middle of no where. Clean and tidy. Comfortable farmhouse style property. Very nice to receive a welcome pack. Thank you. The garden is certainly well fenced to dogs. One of ours is an escape artist but this was safe and secure. We are planning out next visit. It is country lanes all around some quite narrow! And hilly as you would expect from the location. We loved everything about this property, & location. Perfect for us and the dogs.

- Ruth, November 2024
Bridget October 2024

“Lovely house, so spacious and with everything you could need for a fabulous holiday.”

We all had a brilliant time, best house we have stayed in and super value. Such a lovely remote peaceful setting with so many birds visiting Recommended

- Bridget, October 2024
John September 2024

“Lovely traditional cottage with plenty of amenities.”

Garden excellent for our 2 dogs. Very quiet location. Plenty of parking. The owner gave us much clearer instructions on how to get to the property as the Sykes Web site directions are confusing. The start point for their directions is unclear and the post code takes you to a location approximately 1/2 mile from the actual cottage.

- John, September 2024
Neville August 2024

“Lovely property in a quiet location, nice size garden with secure wall and fence (no worries about the dog).”

- Neville, August 2024
Nabin April 2024

“A perfect family holiday cottage in a secluded location and close to nature with all the facilities what we needed.”

- Nabin, April 2024
Sam February 2024

“Lovely home in a beautiful location, would recommend to everyone.”

- Sam, February 2024
Rachel February 2024

“We’ve had a lovely week at The Vale.”

This is our second year here after coming at the same time last year, and it’s just as lovely as we remembered. A homely house with lots of space and a great, secure outdoor space for children and dogs to explore. The Vale was very well equipped and in a great location for us. We will see you again next year! :)

- Rachel, February 2024
Judy September 2023

“Lovely few days at The Vale.”

Super welcome pack. Very clean property and well equipped. Nice garden, so well set-up for children. Only slight negative is that showers run hot/cold if other water being used at same time but no huge problem. Definitely a lovely place to stay, very peaceful/rural. Would recommend.

- Judy, September 2023

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at The Vale and that you found it comfortable, Clean and secure. We are especially glad that you liked the garden and the little play items.. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn, Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Doreen August 2023

“A lovely clean cottage, we enjoyed our stay in this lovely property last year and therefore returned again this year.”

Such a peaceful place to relax and unwind. Thankyou RYAN and Chandler families.

- Doreen, August 2023

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at The Vale and that you found it comfortable, Clean and secure We are especially glad that you liked the Tranquillity. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn, Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Jennie July 2023

“I would highly recommend the Vale, it was everything you wanted.”

the rooms were a good size, clean and comfortable. The kitchen provided all you needed to prepare and cook for several people, the crockery and glasses were all clean and a decent size, we has great stay. There were instructions for everything. If I was to make a negative comment on anything (and this is being petty) the grass needed cutting and we would have preferred not to have the stair gate but realized this was a necessity, so I wouldn't mark the place down for that. I would congratulate Kerry and staff on the care taken with the whole place.

- Jennie, July 2023

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at The Vale and that you found it comfortable, Clean and secure We are especially glad that you liked the welcome pack full of locally made produce. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn, Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Mark June 2023

“Great place to stay for a relaxing rural holiday, would recommend!”

- Mark, June 2023

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at The Vale and that you found it comfortable, Clean and secure . It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn, Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Marion May 2023

“A beautifully decorated, comfortable and spacious farmhouse, that caters for all ages, set in rural surroundings.”

The ceiling lights are amazing. A very dog friendly garden, totally secure. The road is quiet. A large welcome pack was waiting for us to delve into. Yum Yum! The well stocked village shop is about one mile away, if you decide to walk there, there is a small hill to climb. There is a good fish and chip shop in Holsworthy. Kerry was very helpful when we contacted her about a problem. We would happily book this house again. Thank you for a lovely holiday.

- Marion, May 2023

Thank you for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at The Vale and that you found it comfortable, Clean and secure We are especially glad that you liked the welcome pack full of locally made produce. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn, Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Lewis May 2023

“We had a lovely time at this spacious and tranquil house.”

The location is very quiet, and the enclosed garden is great for kids to run around while the adults relax on the terrace. There is also an outdoor dining table which gets the sun late into the evening. There is parking for 3-4 cars, more if you're willing to shuffle them around. All the rooms are large and the beds comfortable. The only thing I would add would be more kitchen equipment as there was not (for example) a large pan, nor a rolling pin, nor any serving platters! However this is nitpicking and we would happily book again.

- Lewis, May 2023

Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to hear that you enjoyed your stay at the Vale and your family enjoyed the enclosed outdoor space,. I have now purchased more kitchen equipment for the guests to come and appreciate your comments for improving folks experience. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again in the near future. Kind Regards, Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Andrea March 2023

“Shower downstairs far far to small.”

Toilet requires moving to outside wall and shower making longer. The heater wire of shower requires sorting. Takes most of room in shower. Heating on all night and then off on the day no matter what we did and after speaking to the house keeper. Everywhere lovingly and clean but will not be returning here

- Andrea, March 2023
Deborah March 2023

“We had a delightful stay at the Vale, despite the weather being awful as it was still early March, we were warm and cosy in this well equipped spacious house.”

There were heaps of games to keep us occupied. This is a very rural place so ideal if you want to just get away from the rat race of life. Perfect, we loved it and so did my little dog.

- Deborah, March 2023

Thank You so much for your wonderful feedback! We are delighted to to hear that you enjoyed your stay at the Vale and that you found it Comfortable, Clean and Well equipped. We are especially glad that you liked the family games and had plenty to do when the weather wasn't so kind. It was a pleasure to have you as our guests and we hope to welcome you again soon. Kind Regards Kerry & The Team (Diane, Lyn , Pat & Eddy) @ The Vale Property Owner
Steve December 2022

“We had a lovely break at the Vale between Christmas and New Year.”

the cottage is absolutely lovely and Kerry, the owner, was very helpful throughout, even to the extent of calling us as we were travelling down to tell us that the cottage was ready. The 4 bedrooms are all very spacious, the living room and dining room are comfortable and the kitchen/separate utility area have everything that we needed. The garden is also very large and enclosed making is great fun for our dog to run around safely. We would certainly recommend the Vale and Kerry to anyone who wants a comfortable and peaceful break in the Devon countryside.

- Steve, December 2022
Richard December 2022

“Perfect setting for our 3 generation Christmas long weekend stay.”

House was superbly decorated for us with tree and trimmings when we arrived. Lovely hamper too. Lots of space, cosy, warm, comfortable and dog friendly. Bit wet so not able to take advantage of the outdoor play area but the grandchildren (and grandad) really enjoyed filling the bird feeders. Nice friendly old fashioned village pub nearby serving real ales and great food.

- Richard, December 2022
Noah October 2022

“Perfect, perfect, perfect.”

From the welcome pack, to the games. From the beautiful views, to the accessibility of places. Would definitely recommend. Thank you for a lovely week away.

- Noah, October 2022
V September 2022

“We had a lovely stay at The Vale.”

The house is spacious, warm and comfortable.

- V, September 2022
Kerry July 2022

“Fantastic property and garden for our dogs.”

Beautiful and peaceful, we were lucky enough to meet the lovely owner. Would highly recommend this property.

- Kerry, July 2022

Thank you for your lovely feedback. Hope to see you again. from the team Kerry, Lynnie & Di Property Owner
Terry May 2022

“Kerry was there when we arrived to the cottage with the cleaning team, a great welcome, we were the first to stay there and have left Kerry a few things that we thought could be done.”

Great location but not on a working farm as listed, this wasn’t a problem for us but think it needs to be clear for others. Great property with all the hard work that has gone into making it what it is today. Thank you.

- Terry, May 2022

Thanks for the feedback, I have now purchased an iron and a retractable clothes line for the back yard. I have also purchased two wicker chairs for the conservatory. The Vale is apart of the estate of the farm and the farm is a working farm, mainly for producing animal feed. i.e Haylage and during the winter/spring months we have sheep/lambs grazing. There is always a lot of wildlife to be seen. Kerry Property Owner

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Summary

Four bedrooms: 1 x ground-floor king-size, 2 x double, 1 x twin with TV
Bathroom with bath, shower over, basin, heated towel rail and WC
Shower room with walk-in shower and basin
Ground-floor shower room with walk-in shower, basin and WC
Kitchen
Utility
Dining room
Sitting room with electric fire
Conservatory
Central heating with electric fire
Electric oven and ceramic hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer
Smart TV with Sky, TV, WiFi
Fuel and power inc. In rent
Bed linen and towels inc. In rent
Highchair provided
Off-road parking for 3 car
BBQ
Enclosed lawned garden and patio with a barbecue
Two well-behaved pets welcome
Sorry, no smoking
Shop 1.1 miles, pub 1.3 miles

The property

This spacious, detached farmhouse rests on a working farm in the charming village of Ashwater.

Surrounded by glorious Devonshire countryside boasting picturesque meadows and grazing sheep, whilst also being close to a stream, which you can enjoy walking along; The Vale is a truly rural escape for families and friends looking for some time away from everyday life.

Off-road parking spaces will greet you upon arrival, alongside trickling sounds of the nearby stream, before stepping into the conservatory, hanging your jackets on the rack and marvelling at the original farmhouse doorbell that actually rings!

Spend your down time in the lounge, snuggling upon the leather chesterfield sofa before the electric wood effect fire, while a Smart TV with Sky offers a range of entertainment.

Carry the conversation into the spacious dining room, where you can prepare the table with crockery and cutlery while the chef of the group gets to work in the amply-equipped kitchen.

Both the dining room and the sitting room enjoy the sumptuous touch of chandeliers, adding to the bright and convivial feel of the spaces.

There’s also a handy utility room with washing machine and tumble dryer, ideal for when your adventures take off on a muddier route!

Upstairs plays host to a bathroom and shower room, plus three charming bedrooms, including two doubles and a twin with Sky TV, while those guests with limited mobility will appreciate the ground-floor king-size bedroom and shower room.

Make the most of the spacious garden and enjoy a refreshing beverage whilst your pooch roams the fully enclosed outside space, marvelling at the rolling countryside vistas which will surely put you at ease.

Ashwater is a charming village and home to a welcoming pub, The Village Inn, where you can browse a varied menu of traditional British grub and a selection of ales, while there is also a handy shop for picking up any essentials.

Why not venture to the stunning waters of Roadford Lake, where an activity centre offers plenty of canoeing to partake in?

Within a short drive is the popular seaside resort of Bude, boasting a laid-back allure and so much to see and do, including the fabulous Summerleaze Beach where a variety of watersports can be enjoyed.

While you're in the area, take a drive towards the small market town of Holsworthy, where you will discover many tourist attractions including Holsworthy Museum, dating back to the 18th-century and showcasing exhibitions on the local history of the town, World War II and plenty more; don't forget to check out Holsworthy Market and browse the local wares!

Those outdoor enthusiasts will be drawn to the wonderful Dunsdon National Nature Reserve for plenty of open trails for walking and cycling, with a scenic landscape to ramble.

If you're after a day out with a difference, St Austell is also within easy reach, with access to lovely beaches as well as the famed Eden Project.

With all this, plus the charming coastline within easy reach, a getaway to The Vale promises to be a memorable one!

Note: This property has a Good Housekeeping bond of £250.

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About the location

ASHWATER

Holsworthy 8 miles; Bude 17 miles.

A delightfully rural village in the heart of West Devon’s green and undulating countryside. Surrounded by lush meadows, high hedgerows, wooded valleys and abundant wildlife, the village and area is popular with those visitors seeking to experience a true taste of country life. Roadford Lake with its sailing, fishing and visitors’ centre is just 4 miles, while the rolling surf, night life and sandy beaches at the closest resort of Bude, are within 20 miles. The RHS Garden at Rosemoor, the Dartington Glass Factory, and the rugged tors and open spaces of Dartmoor also make superb days out and can all be reached in under 40 minutes. If heading for Dartmoor look out for the pretty moorland villages of Belstone and Sticklepath - they will take your breath away. Those seeking a real countryside experience away from the bustle of modern living need look no further.

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Ashwater, Devon (Ref. 1038922)

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Reviews & Ratings

“We felt the information available before we arrived had been pretty accurate.”

“Lovely house, so spacious and with everything you could need for a fabulous holiday.”

“Lovely traditional cottage with plenty of amenities.”

“Lovely property in a quiet location, nice size garden with secure wall and fence (no worries about the dog).”

“A perfect family holiday cottage in a secluded location and close to nature with all the facilities what we needed.”

“Lovely home in a beautiful location, would recommend to everyone.”

“We’ve had a lovely week at The Vale.”

“Lovely few days at The Vale.”

“A lovely clean cottage, we enjoyed our stay in this lovely property last year and therefore returned again this year.”

“I would highly recommend the Vale, it was everything you wanted.”

“Great place to stay for a relaxing rural holiday, would recommend!”

“A beautifully decorated, comfortable and spacious farmhouse, that caters for all ages, set in rural surroundings.”

“We had a lovely time at this spacious and tranquil house.”

“Shower downstairs far far to small.”

“We had a delightful stay at the Vale, despite the weather being awful as it was still early March, we were warm and cosy in this well equipped spacious house.”

“We had a lovely break at the Vale between Christmas and New Year.”

“Perfect setting for our 3 generation Christmas long weekend stay.”

“Perfect, perfect, perfect.”

“We had a lovely stay at The Vale.”

“Fantastic property and garden for our dogs.”

“Kerry was there when we arrived to the cottage with the cleaning team, a great welcome, we were the first to stay there and have left Kerry a few things that we thought could be done.”

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About the location

ASHWATER