This beautifully renovated, 300-year-old, thatched, detached cottage is situated on the owner’s 25-acre organic conversion smallholding, on the edge of Exminster, with pubs within ½ mile. Local attractions include Dartmoor National Park with its rugged scenery, Haldon Forestry Centre with walks and cycle trails, Exeter city centre, Powderham Castle, the picturesque estuary town of Topsham and several NT properties are on the doorstep. Beaches and coastal walks are within a 15-minute drive, and local deep sea fishing can be arranged. Golf course in the village. For nature lovers there is an abundance of wildlife including the habitat of the rare cirl bunting. Shop ½ mile.

Nestling peacefully amidst rolling countryside in the Haldon Hills, this detached holiday cottage offers an idyllic peaceful retreat for couples. Set within the grounds of the owner’s home with its own garden and spacious ground floor accommodation, it is a stunning property. It is superbly furnished with a romantic bedroom, ceramic tiled shower room, oak floors, beautiful granite top work surfaces and ceramic floor in the fully fitted kitchen. Ideally placed for shopping, theatre and sightseeing trips in the cathedral city of Exeter (4 miles), or for exploring the delights of Dartmoor National Park. NT properties nearby. Nature and cycle trails in Forestry Commission ½ mile, sandy beaches 9 miles. Shop/P.O. 3 miles, hotel bar and restaurant ¼ mile.

Close to estuary

Only a stone’s throw from the estuary, this spacious detached bungalow overlooks the garden to the front and is surrounded by 6 acres with tracks leading up to the forestry land behind.

There is an all weather tennis court, children’s play area, BMX cycle track and 5-a-side football pitch. Opposite the bungalow is an area of marshland rich in bird life as well as avocets and waders.

Canoeing, boating and riding by arrangement with the owner, lovely riverside walks or take the local train into Plymouth (via scenic routes) for a day out in busy city with its many facilities and attractions. Here, you can visit the spectacular Plymouth Hoe, where Drake played his famous game of bowls, climb up Plymouth’s best known landmark, Smeaton’s Tower Lighthouse and enjoy the most breathtaking view over Plymouth Sound.

Shop 3 miles, pub with food 0.25 miles.

This attractive holiday bungalow is ideally located in a quiet country lane surrounded by countryside, set in an AONB. There is a cycle track and walking path, which runs along the old Cheddar Strawberry Line, from the property take the footpath up to the Mendip Hills. Only 4 miles from Cheddar, home to the famous Cheddar Caves and Gorge.

Close by are the attractions of Wookey Hole Caves, the city of Wells, and Weston-Super-Mare. Easily accessible are Bath with its Roman Baths, Glastonbury with the Abbey grounds and Tor. Shops and pubs 1/2 mile.

Situated in idyllic Berrynarbor – several times winner of ‘Best Kept Village’, this 18th-century farmhouse offers comfortable holiday accommodation within a glorious plantsman’s garden. The village provides everything from a quaint pub to a 13th-century church, tea room and village post office/shop. Little has changed in this farming area which provides easy access to the golden, sandy beaches of Woolacombe and Saunton, and the rugged beauty of Exmoor and its Heritage Coastline.
Nearby Combe Martin, ‘gateway to the Exmoor National Park’, is famous for its sandy coves and majestic headlands and offers a choice of shops, cafés and one of Devon’s oldest inns. The Victorian resort of Ilfracombe has an old world charm with beaches reached by tunnels through the rocks, smugglers’ alleys, a bustling fishing harbour offering boat trips and a lively cultural scene at the Landmark theatre. The area boasts its own castle, with award-winning attractions ideal for a family day out, a picturesque yacht harbour and walks through the beautiful Sterridge Valley.
Just a little further afield is the market town of Barnstaple with a daily pannier market, good shops, restaurants, museum, cinema and theatre.