As the original ‘ glamping ’ settlers, Feather Down granges tick all the boxes for a pastoral escape with all the fun of sleeping under oil, but in a lot further comfort. Stay in a commodious ‘ tented nest ’ complete with cozy beds, rustic floorboards, settees, and wood ranges, as well as flushing toilets and shower installations. With no electricity or wifi, this is the occasion to really dissociate from defenses, let children run free, and grown-ups take time to relax.
The granges themselves have plenitude to keep families entertained, from feeding the creatures to playing in forestland or erecting dens. But there are also lots of other conditioning on offer depending on your want list and with over 30 granges around the UK, you can take your pick. We asked our musketeers at Feather Down for their top tips.
Located on the River Waveney in the southern part of Broadland and close to the suitable major city of Beccles, College Farm is impeccably placed to enjoy the stylish of the Norfolk Broads. From the ranch, there’s an inked walk down to the River Waveney, and you can also hire boats, canoes, or paddle boards. Beccles has its own coastline for those who fancy an out-of-door pool syncope. Alternately, the wide flaxen strands of the Norfolk seacoast are hard, including Southwold, Walberswick, and Lowestoft – perfect for crabbing, swimming, sandcastles, and maybe the occasional ice cream!
Feather Down granges are special at any time of day – and that moment when you wake up and sit on the sundeck, with a morning coffee made on the wood-burning cookstove is a perfect way to start the day. With mesmerizing views of the Somerset situation, morning coffees don’t get much better than at Glastonbury Hill Farm. Lying at the end of a country lane, it’s an ideal isolated spot for a ranch break, where the oil nests offer stunning far- reaching south- facing views for 20 long hauls over the Somerset situations to the Blackdown Hills and beyond.
The position of Treganhoe Farm is hard to beat, nestled in the heart of the West Cornwall peninsula. Some of Cornwall’s most iconic strands are within easy reach – including Marazion, Sennen Cove, Porthcurno, and Gwyn. All of the tented nests at this relaxed position have en-suite shower apartments and stunning views over the force and the country beyond. Treganhoe is a working ranch, with cattle, lamb, cravens, and gormandizers – so there’s always commodity passing on point and children love helping to feed the colorful creatures each morning.
Nestled in the depths of medial Devon country, near Butterleigh, is Feather Down Billingsmoor ranch – a beautiful organic dairy ranch on the Duchy of Cornwall Estate. Magical forestland creates a safe and natural background that will give youths of all periods with hours of entertainment, making dens and letting their imaginations run wild in the noble fresh air. The ranch is home to 200 Fresian dairy cows. You can learn all about them on the ranch walk and visit the abusing parlor to see them being capitalized twice a day – an unmissable experience during your stay. When the night draws in if you’ve reserved a hot hogshead, why not have a good soak and peer up at the starry sky before calling it a day and retiring to your comfy bed for the night?
Just an hour or so from London, yet in the heart of the Bedfordshire country, New Barn Farm ticks all the boxes for an easy escape to the country with a touch of beast magic. There’s a whole menagerie of creatures then, relatively literally – lamb, pygmy scapegoats, burros, ducks, and cravens as well as a gormandizer and many ranch tykes. You might also see and hear badgers, foxes, a variety of owls, woodpeckers, and small Muntjac deer, all from the safety and comfort of your roof. While you’re there, explore the near forestland, enjoy original walks, cycles, or picnics and when night falls, enjoy manual dishes from the honesty shop, or cook a hearty stew on your wood-burning cookstove.
Set in the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Feather Down at Acton Scott offers a peaceful and comforting stay in an oil nest, put away in its own private clearing in the tranquil setting of 20-acre Hatton Wood. Combining the Feather Down experience with a country house setting, Acton Scott has been possessed by the Acton family since the 12th century and hot barrels add a touch of indulgence. The Shropshire Hills are a paradise for trampers and a little further amiss are the medieval municipalities of Shrewsbury and the savorer haven of Ludlow.
Experience true Pastoral insulation in the far north of the Lake District at Howbeck Lodge Farm. Located just outside the suitable vill of Hesket Newmarket, nestling in the Caldbeck Fells in the less well-trodden part of the Lakes, it offers 7 ‘ oil nests ’ in a field near to sluice immolation stunning views of the Cumbrian country, with lamb and cows for neighbors. trampers will find plenitude to explore either straight from the ranch, walking through the forestland or along the seaside, or further amiss, Ullswater, Bassenthwaite, and Derwentwater are all within easy reach, whilst Keswick is a scenic drive down.
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