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Lodge |3 bedrooms |Sleeps 6

Woodcombe in Minehead

from £78 / night

This is the estimated nightly price based on a weekly stay. Contact the advertiser to confirm the price - it varies depending on when you stay and how long for.

£545–£1015 / weekBookable online

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3 nights minimum stay

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, balcony/terrace, car advised, may take pets - please enquire

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About the home

Fully wheel chair friendly, M2.

Laburnum lodge is a substantial single storey timber built Lodges with full insulation and convector heating throughout making them very warm and cosy whatever the weather.

The main double bedroom has twin beds that can be linked, full disabled access and an en-suite shower wet room. Wardrobe, chest of drawers, dressing table and wall mounted heater. There is access to a discrete external patio from this bedroom

There is a further full size double bedroom with disabled access with wardrobe, a chest of drawers and wall mounted convector heating.

The twin bedroom has two full size single beds with a wardrobe, chest of drawers and wall mounted convector heating.

The bathroom has a bath with shower over, wash hand basin, WC and heated towel rail.

The large L shaped living room has wide patio windows with a veranda to the front overlooking a wide grassed area and the slopes of Exmoor.

It contains a dining area with table and chairs, a sitting area with a five seater L shaped settee and a single chair. There is a colour television provided plus DVD player. The kitchen is fully equipped with microwave, full size cooker and fridge freezer.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
The Lodges are open all year and Short Breaks are available from October to mid May. The owners live on the property and provide a warm welcome to visitors on their arrival.

One Dog is accepted by prior arrangement on condition that they are kept on the lead and exercised in the designated area. Smoking is not permitted within the property.
Cots and high chairs are available on request.

Further details outdoors:
There are about three acres of gardens including a putting green and further wonderfull views across the hills and down to the sea.
There is a small putting green, a swing set and a sandpit. outside and a games room with pool table, table tennis and table football.
A payphone is available on site and a laundrette with washing and drying facilities payable by meter.
Superb walks are available surrounding the site which has the National park on two boundaries. Set away from the town in peacefull surroundings yet only a five minute drive or twenty minute walk from the town.

Further details

Short breaks are available between October and April excluding peak periods. Charges are for a three night weekend break commencing on Friday or a four night weekday break commencing on Monday.
Electricity is chargeable against a meter reading on departure between Ocober and May.

A deposit of one third is required on booking with the balance payable six weeks before arrival. The full amount is payable once a reservation is made unless we are able to relet in which case the final payment will be waived.

Conditions

No single sex parties, stag or hen breaks or parties without an adult over 25 present without specific agreement with the owners.

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The West Country / Somerset region

Exmoor is characterised by two main landscape types. The first is the meeting of the rolling expanse of high moorland and the sea. The coastline itself is one of high cliffs, some of them among the highest sea cliffs in England, but this height is sometimes disguised by the cliffs' convex shape, usually referred to as "hog's back". Views are often extensive inland, over the undulating moorland, while seaward in good visibility the coast of Wales may be seen across the Bristol Channel.

In contrast, substantial lengths of the Exmoor coast comprise deep and steep valleys cutting across the high land. These valleys, locally known as "coombes", are typically wooded, often with ancient oak woodland. Frequently this woodland spreads along the adjacent cliff faces, also convex in shape. The nature of the ancient woodland makes for an environment of considerable ecological interest.

Historical Development of the Coast - Exmoor

Because of its height and relative infertility, Exmoor has never been heavily populated. However, from the Bronze Age onwards (4000BC onwards), farming began to be undertaken, resulting in the clearance of the natural forest. This clearance led to the formation of bog and moorland, as found on the highest parts of Exmoor today. On the steepest slopes, however, the ancient oak woodland was retained, managed for charcoal and tan-bark, and these ancient woodlands are found along much of the Exmoor coast.

The Romans reached this coast, using its height to keep a look out over the Bristol Channel. At Martinhoe, west of Lynton, they established a fortlet and look-out post, the remains of which can still be seen, probably one of a chain. Another is known near Countisbury, on the other side of Lynton.

Towns and settlements are rare along this high coast, being found only at Minehead, Porlock, Lynton with its twin Lynmouth and Combe Martin, at the western end. Minehead is of Saxon origin as a settlement, becoming an important port in Elizabethan times and then a fishing centre. Today, like most of the South West's coastal towns, it is most known as a tourist centre, in Minehead's case based on a large holiday village. Its name, incidentally, is derived from the Celtic word for a hill and there are no mines here, and never have been.

Porlock also has Saxon origins and was sacked by the Danes in 918. It later became a prosperous market town with a busy port at Porlock Weir, but is now engaged almost exclusively in tourism.

Lynton is another town of Saxon origin. Its twin at Lynmouth, almost vertically below it, developed much later. This area came to prominence with the Romantic poets Wordsworth, Shelley and Coleridge, who proclaimed the area to be "England's Little Switzerland". Later, in the late 19th century, the publisher George Newnes fell in love with the area and built its famous water-powered cliff railway.

Combe Martin is first referred to in medieval times, becoming important in the 13th century after the discovery of lead and silver in the hills here. It developed along the long narrow valley leading inland from the sea and now claims to be the longest village in England. Remains of medieval strip fields running up the valley sides are still in evidence. The mines are now long gone and, in common with the rest of the coast, Combe Martin's attractions are now principally for tourists.

The Minehead / Woodcombe area

At the heart of one of England’s most beautiful regions, Woodcombe Lodges is ideally placed for the glorious countryside of Exmoor National Park, the Quantock Hills and the North Devon coastline. At the same time, Minehead with its seafront, harbour and wide range shops, pubs, restaurants and local bus services is only 1 ½ miles away.

In a tranquil rural setting on the edge of the National Park, Woodcombe lodges stands with outstanding 180o views from the sea on one side overlooking Minehead and the approaches to Dunster through to the wooded slopes of Exmoor on the other.

Watchet’s harbour, Dunster with it’s castle and medieval Yarn Market, the picturesque villages of Selworthy and Allerford, Porlock and Porlock Weir harbour, and the attractive resorts of Lynton and Lynmouth are all within easy reach.

The area provides endless opportunities for sight seeing, with wonderful scenery wherever one goes and a truly spectacular coastline westward from Porlock and Lynmouth. Local beauty spots include Dunkery Beacon, the Doone Valley, Tarr Steps, Watersmeet and the Valley of the Rocks.

There is also a wide range of local attractions including the West Somerset Railway, whose steam trains run between Minehead, Watchet and Bishop’s Lydeard. This is an ideal area for walkers and there are many opportunities for sea and fly fishing, bird watching, cycling, sailing, riding and other outdoor pursuits as well as beaches for the children. There are also numerous attractive Gardens and Houses open to the public within a convenient distance.

Minehead has a golf course, a Leisure centre offering squash, tennis, badminton and a full gym facility as well as daily organised children's activities during the school holidays. Day entry to Butlins provides further opportunities to entertain the children.

How to get there

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Nearest airports Exeter and Bristol
Trains to Taunton then bus to Minehead
Car recomended but not essential as Town 20 minute walk or 5 minutes by taxi
Approaching Minehead from the east on the A39, go straight ahead at the first roundabout outside the town. At the next (mini) roundabout take the left fork signed Porlock/Lynmouth (A39).

Follow this road round Minehead for 11/2 miles until reaching a major junction with a right turn back towards Minehead centre signed ‘A39 Minehead’. Turn right here, and after about half a mile take the first turning left into Woodcombe Lane.

Follow this road which becomes Bratton Lane, and then narrows to a country lane. The entrance to Woodcombe Lodge is then the third (and last) driveway on the right.

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Rental prices

Prices for group size 6
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
Period 1	5 Jun 13	22 Jun 13	695£ 695	-	-	1 Week
Period 2	22 Jun 13	20 Jul 13	730£ 730	-	-	1 Week
Period 3	20 Jul 13	31 Aug 13	970£ 970	-	-	1 Week
Period 4	31 Aug 13	28 Sep 13	730£ 730	-	-	1 Week
Period 5	28 Sep 13	19 Oct 13	625£ 625	-	-	1 Week
Period 6	19 Oct 13	26 Oct 13	645£ 645	-	-	1 Week
Period 7	26 Oct 13	21 Dec 13	545£ 545	-	127£ 127	3 Nights
Period 8	21 Dec 13	28 Dec 13	695£ 695	-	-	1 Week
Period 9	28 Dec 13	4 Jan 14	755£ 755	-	-	1 Week
Period 10	4 Jan 14	8 Feb 14	545£ 545	-	125£ 125	3 Nights
Period 11	8 Feb 14	5 Apr 14	570£ 570	-	132£ 132	3 Nights
Period 12	5 Apr 14	26 Apr 14	715£ 715	-	-	1 Week
Period 13	26 Apr 14	24 May 14	655£ 655	-	153£ 153	3 Nights
Period 14	24 May 14	31 May 14	800£ 800	-	-	1 Week
Period 15	31 May 14	21 Jun 14	730£ 730	-	-	1 Week
Period 16	21 Jun 14	19 Jul 14	765£ 765	-	-	1 Week
Period 17	19 Jul 14	30 Aug 14	1015£ 1015	-	-	1 Week
Period 18	30 Aug 14	27 Sep 14	765£ 765	-	-	1 Week
Period 19	27 Sep 14	18 Oct 14	655£ 655	-	-	1 Week
Period 20	18 Oct 14	1 Nov 14	675£ 675	-	-	1 Week
Period 21	1 Nov 14	20 Dec 14	570£ 570	-	132£ 132	3 Nights
Period 22	20 Dec 14	27 Dec 14	730£ 730	-	-	1 Week
Period 23	27 Dec 14	3 Jan 15	790£ 790	-	-	1 Week

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

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

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