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Cottage |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Bacton in East Anglia

From £250 per week |  From £60 per night

2 nights minimum stay

Changeover flexible

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car essential, private garden, no pets allowed

About the home

Lifeboat Cottage is a traditional semi-detached 18 th century Norfolk cottage, renovated in 2007 to retain it's cobbled charm with modern conveniences. It is 15 metres from a long sandy beach which has easy sloping access. It has an open Inglewood fireplace, modern kitchen and shower rooms with several rooms having sea views. There is a south facing patio and partly walled garden. It provides a traditional 'buckets and spades' summer holiday as well as a cosy winter retreat. There is a pub and shops within ten minutes walk and supermarkets, farmers markets and giant car boot sale at Stalham 10 minutes away. Indoor Swimming at Neatished (20 mins) Golf Mundelsey (20 mins) Boating /Sailing (20 mins)

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The cottage is newly refurbished. It has a light entrance hall with WC and Shower room off with a glass door out to the garden. It has a sitting /diningroom with partly cobbled walls and an Inglenook brick fireplace.
There are two easy chairs, and a sofa (which can sleep two). The kitchen has views out to the sea and has a new electric oven, fridge, old pine doors and sink and work surface and is well equipped with china and cooking utensils. The three bedrooms, one double (twins) with views of garden, two single bedrooms with sea views are simply and comfortably furnished. There is a second shower room upstairs. There is an integral parking slot for one medium sized car.

Further details outdoors:
The garden is about 60 foot long and faces south. It is partly laid to lawn with a patio adjoining the cottage.
There is a shed in which is stored a BBQ and sun chairs. There is Bench/Table for al fresco dining.
It is planted with lavender, roses and marigolds.

Further details

This cottage offers a charming family holiday close to the beach. We are unable to provide facilities for pet-owners or smokers and although someone with limited mobility could sleep in the downstairs sitting room and use the downstairs shower and WC it is not suitable for people in wheelchairs. There is a parking space intergral to the front of the cottage which will take small/medium, size family cars but not wider vehicles.

Conditions

We would ask 25 % of the rental fee 6 weeks before the departure date to secure the booking.
We are offering weekends and part weeks in all but the peak season months of mid June to mid September.

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The East Anglia / Norfolk region

Norfolk is a large and varied county offering a wide range of holiday experiences - traditional bucket and spades on wide sandy beaches - the Norfolk Broads for cruising and sailing, - North Norfolk for it's natural beauty, walks and bird-spotting - Yaremouth for a lively resort - and Norwich for cultural activites and good shopping. The unspoilt small market towns and villages all offer a range of pubs, restaurants and markets. There are National Trust properties to visit, 'Slow Food' towns Aylsham and Diss, theatres in Norwich and Sheringham, Arts Festivals, Horse-racing, (Fakenham, Yaremouth) Mortor Racing (Snetterton) Tennis, Bowls, Wind-surfing. The natural charm of the cobbled homes and rolling countryside remains it's greatest asset and pleasure.

The Bacton area

Bacton is located on a long sandy beach. As Bacton Sands it has been a popular resort for holidays since Victorian times. Wind-surfing and Jet-skiing are available locally, as is sailing on the Norfolk Broads and in Blakeney and Wells (30 mins away). At Balkeny and Wells there is crabbing from the quays and trips out to the seal banks. There is an indoor swimming pool a village 10 mins away and a big town pool at North Walsham (10 mins) golf links at Mundesley (15 mins) and Cromer (20 mins). There is bowls at Cromer and Yaremouth, tennis courts at North Walsham - playgrounds/pleasure gardens/parks at Cromer, North Walsham and Stalham. There is a large car boot sale twice/week locally, and in the summer many local fetes, flower festivals, open studios, outdoor concerts and the Cromer Carnival in August.. East Ruston Garden is open in the summer (10 mins). Yaremouth has a wide range of attractions, a fun fair, pier, circus and theatres.
Within 15 minutes there is the Tree based adventure site B'wilderwood, and the Fairhaven water gardens near Wroxham which also has a traditional railway line with steam train trips and Wroxham Barns a country based shopping, restaurant and fun-fair outlet. Norfolk with the dryest rain record in the UK also has plenty of wet weather attractions.

How to get there

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Lifeboat Cottage 2 is located in Bacton. This is situated south of Cromer , and 20 km from Norwich and 7 kms from the Norfolk Broads. It can be reached by train to North Walsham British Rail Station and then a 20 minute taxi ride (Bluebird Taxis). Detailed coastal map and instructions for driving are availible from the owners. It is highly recommended that one has a car for this property.
From London one takes A11> turning off before Norwich to take the A47 at Acle take A1064 to join up the A149 linking to the B1159 costal road via Happisburgh to Walcott/Bacton.
There is a sporadic bus service called the Norfolk Hopper which runs a seasonal timetable. (Details of 2007 are not availible).

Details of flights to Norwich (International ) Airport and Car Hire Firms are available from owners

Activities near Bacton

Guestbook for Lifeboat Cottage 2

This cottage has been let out to family and friends over the last decade with many people returning again and again. No guest books have been kept, but this will be available for this season.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 2
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
autumn /winter 2010	1 Oct 10	25 Mar 11	350£ 350	6060	7070	2 Nights

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
New Years Eve	30 Dec 10	3 Jan 11	500£ 500	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring 2011	3 Jan 11	2 Apr 11	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
Spring Easter 2011	2 Apr 11	1 May 11	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
Early Summer	1 May 11	28 May 11	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week
Summer	28 May 11	1 Jul 11	250£ 250	0-	0-	1 Week
Peak Summer	1 Jul 11	3 Sep 11	520£ 520	0-	0-	1 Week
Autumn	3 Sep 11	29 Oct 11	300£ 300	0-	0-	1 Week
Half Term	29 Oct 11	5 Nov 11	350£ 350	0-	0-	1 Week

The property's weekend rates apply to: Friday and Saturday nights

NB: Prices may be subject to change at the advertiser's discretion.

We welcome enquiries from people who want to take long weekends in spring and autumn.

Weekends £200

Please Note

Rental for the early season May to July ranges from £250-350 per week

We would like to be paid in sterling cheques at the beginning of the holiday with 50% as deposit for the reservation.

The owners take their holidays in the next door cottage which sleeps 6/9 people and it would be possible to rent both out together in 2009 to clients known to have used LB2 successfully.

Availability

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4 years listed You are contacting Wendy Cartwright Landline +44 0208 3406098 Mobile n/a Languages spoken The owner is based in the United Kingdom and has advertised with Holiday Lettings since 2007. This cottage has so far received 0 reviews.

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