Charmouth holiday home to let with walking, beach/lake nearby, balcony/terrace, rural retreat, TV, DVD

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The Red Bungalow (house)

Home description

This quintessentially English cottage exudes the charm of a by-gone age with a large English country garden, replete with apple trees, lavender and rose bushes, daisies and green rolling lawns. It is an ideal family getaway, sleeping eight in four bedrooms, decorated in old, 1940's style, offering spectacular views of the the famous Jurassic Coast, one minute's walk away.

There are no roads to cross to get to the natural, unspoilt beach, which offers hours of fossil-hunting pleasure, as well as long walks and a virtually currentless sea. It is ideal for children of all ages.

The village is a 10-minute walk away and offers a regular bus service, small food shops, tennis courts, as well as medical and hairdressing services and good places to eat.

Beautiful, historic Lyme Regis, where Jane Austen holidayed and Mary Anning discovered dinosaur skeletons, is three miles away with excellent restaurants, a golf course, mackerel-fishing by boat, a museum and an Art Deco cinema. Bridport, famous for its artists, is six miles the other way, offering a fabulous market twice a week and a cinema. And Axminster six miles towards Devon, boasts Hugh Fearnley-Whitingstall's new canteen.

The Enid Blyton house and garden	The cottage and garden, straight out of Enid Blyton
View from main bedroom window	View of Golden Cap and Charmouth Beach from house

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The West Country / Dorset region

The West Country is famous for its mild climate and quintessentially English beauty. Charmouth is particularly eminent for its lovely, long, flat, sandy, unspoilt beach and its fossils, as it is part of the world-renowned Jurassic Coast. Lyme Regis and Charmouth are places of huge historical interest and there is a museum in Lyme for those seeking to find out more about the rich stories of the area. Dorset is perhaps the reticent cousin of the more famous and larger counties of Devon and Cornwall, offering wonderful, family holidays in a stunning natural setting, which you will never forget, while not being too overcrowded or overpriced. Summer is fab for swimming, fossiling, poking around the rock pools, long walks and barbecues. Winter is the best time to find the fossils on the beach, as the storms churn up the sea, sometimes bringing down the cliffs.

Charmouth area

Charmouth is a small village on a stunning part of the Jurassic Coast, offering a wonderful, family holiday experience. The beach is long and wide, ideal for family walks and for fossil-hunting. Every year, on Christmas Day, the village turns out in fancy dress and swims for charity. It is an event not to be missed! Facilities on the beach itself include a fossil information centre, offering conducted hunts for fossils and information on how to find them, a resaurant and a quirky vintage clothes shop. Charmouth village offers a regular bus service, restaurants, takeaways, tennis courts, two grocers, a pharmacy, two hairdressers, a butcher, a general store, a postoffice, two doctors' surgeries, a library and even a dentist. And three miles away there is Lyme Regis, where The French Lieutenant's Woman was filmed, which boasts a golf course, a cinema, a theatre and numerous fine resaurants and shops. The Lyme fishermen provide mackerel-fishing trips by boat in the summer.

How to get there

* To get to Charmouth from London takes about three and a half hours by car along the A303 to Chard, then Axminster.

* There is also a train service from Waterloo Station in London to Axminster, six miles from the cottage, from where there is a taxi service. (www.southwesttrains.co.uk)

* Exeter Airport is about an hour away by car or taxi. Flybe (Flybe.com) is a cheap airline to choose and has many routes throughout the British Isles and Europe.

* There is a bus service from Exeter, which goes through Charmouth. The one to catch is the X53 service, which offers spectacular views along the coast road. It costs £6 per adult and £4.50 per child for unlimited travel per day.

* There is also a train service (www.southwesttrains.co.uk) from Exeter to Axminster. The journey from Axminster to the cottage by taxi takes about 15 minutes.

* Or you can hire a car at Exeter Airport. Avis offers a service from there (www.avis.co.uk).

* Local taxis are: Matt's Cabs - 01297 442222. Your calls will be forwarded to his mobile.
Axminster Taxis -01297 34000
BJ's Taxis - 01297 35007

Activities near Charmouth

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The cottage, although Enid Blytonish and charming, boasts a brand new, state-of-the-art kitchen with Aga, granite-style worktops, double sink, dishwasher and washing machine. This is open plan and leads onto the sitting room and dining area, making it a casual, family-friendly place to entertain and eat. There are two bedrooms downstairs, with gorgeous views of the garden, one overlooking the beach and sea and the downstairs bathroom is large, containing a loo, power shower and bath. Upstairs is a large double-bedroom with stunning views of the famous Golden Cap and the Jurassic Coast. There is another bedroom, with two single beds, also with beautiful sea views and a bathroom with a bath and loo.

Further details outdoors:
The charm of the large, secure, English country garden cannot be overstated. Soft green lawns roll down to old, laden apple trees, wild rabbits scampering around them and the flower beds abound with hydrangea, lavender, roses, daisies and buddleia in the summer.

In all seasons, long walks are recommended to take in the stunning scenery. There is the coastal path walk from Lyme Regis to Seaton, along the Undercliff, featured in the film, The French Lieutenant's Woman. The vegetation is less dense in the winter, allowing you to see the sparkling sea views through it. There is also the walk up to Golden Cap, through rolling green fields overlooking the sea. Stone Barrow, another National Trust site, offers various walks, depending on how much time you have, and spectacular elevated views along the coast, or a simple meander on the beach fossil-hunting provides hours of pleasure as winter is the best time to find fossils.

Charmouth is particularly renowned for its ammonites and whole dinosaur skeletons have been unearthed there, models of which can be seen at the Heritage Centre, two minutes from the cottage. Secure parking is available for up to three cars and the beach is just a one-minute walk away down a small lane, free of vehicles.

Further details

An English-speaking representative will be on hand to welcome guests to this family-run cottage. We can also cope in French.

There is a fact file about the house available.

Brochures of recommended local places of interest are available as well.

Conditions

* Strictly no smoking except outside on the verandah or in the garden.

* Strictly no pets.

* An immediate deposit of 25 percent of the rental fee is required to secure the booking.

* The remainder of the rental is payable six weeks in advance of the start of the booking.

* There is a cleaning charge of £50 payable on arrival. As of September 6th 2009, this cleaning charge will no longer apply

* The changeover day is Sunday. Outgoing guests must vacate the cottage by 11am on the morning of departure and incoming guests will be welcome after 5pm.

* There will be a bedding charge of £8 per person.

* Swimming towels are not provided.

* Tesco does deliver to the cottage for those who want to do their grocery shopping on-line.

* The cottage sleeps eight people. We cannot cater for more and people sleeping on the floor will not be allowed.

* We ask that the cottage be left in a reasonably clean condition on departure.

Rental rates

Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
September	14 Sep 09	27 Sep 09	730£ 730	130130	150150	3 Nights
September/October	27 Sep 09	18 Oct 09	560£ 560	120120	140140	3 Nights
Half Term	18 Oct 09	1 Nov 09	730£ 730	0-	0-	1 Week
November/December	1 Nov 09	20 Dec 09	450£ 450	7070	9595	3 Nights
Christmas/New Year	20 Dec 09	3 Jan 10	850£ 850	0-	0-	1 Week
January	3 Jan 10	31 Jan 10	450£ 450	7070	9595	3 Nights
February	31 Jan 10	14 Feb 10	420£ 420	6565	7070	3 Nights
Half Term	14 Feb 10	21 Feb 10	550£ 550	0-	0-	1 Week
February/March	21 Feb 10	28 Mar 10	450£ 450	7070	9595	3 Nights
Easter	28 Mar 10	18 Apr 10	750£ 750	0-	0-	1 Week
April	18 Apr 10	2 May 10	550£ 550	100100	120120	3 Nights
May	2 May 10	23 May 10	550£ 550	100100	120120	3 Nights
Half Term	23 May 10	30 May 10	850£ 850	0-	0-	1 Week
Half Term	30 May 10	6 Jun 10	950£ 950	0-	0-	1 Week
June/July	6 Jun 10	4 Jul 10	850£ 850	0-	0-	1 Week
July/August	4 Jul 10	5 Sep 10	1250£ 1,250	0-	0-	1 Week
Early September	5 Sep 10	14 Sep 10	850£ 850	0-	0-	1 Week

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

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

The owner's weekend rates apply to Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights.

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

The minimum stay in the house is three nights.

20% discount for only two adults staying.

Energy costs are included.

Bed linen and bath towels are provided at £8 per person.

There is final cleaning charge of £50 until September 6, 2009. Thereafter the cleaning charge will not apply.

The house is unsuitable for hen or stag parties.

Guestbook for The Red Bungalow

I love this house. Going to sleep with the sea swishing in your ears and waking up to stunning views, sitting in the garden and just chilling out has been fabulous. Thank you very much!

This is England at its finest. It is what you see in the movies and what you read about but hardly ever experience, especially in the city where I live. I can't recommend this place enough.

Thank you for this very special time. I have been able to RELAX in this beautiful setting. The walk up Golden Cap was just spectacular.

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