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Cottage |2 bedrooms |Sleeps 4

Newton Stewart in Dumfries and Galloway

From £280 per week

7 nights minimum stay

Changeover Saturday

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Key info  Beach or lakeside relaxation, car advised, private garden, pets welcome

About the home

What you see on the photograph is all Nutkin Cottage. It is extremely spacious, well equipped, clean, comfortable and homely, having oil central heating which you control to your own requirements. Modern large kitchen and separate dining room. The garden has its own wildlife spectacular with red squirrels, woodpeckers, pheasants and numerous other birds. It is a photographers paradise.

The free DVD shows the cottage inside and outside, the wonderful wildlife in the garden and many places in the area which you may wish to visit. Please ask for it and we will post it to you immediately.

The Galloway Forest Park covers 300 square miles and Nutkin Cottage is an ideal base to discover this unspoilt corner of Scotland. Many forest walks start from the cottage door where you will find lochs and waterfalls amongst the magnificent scenery. A short drive from the cottage, away from the forest, you will find quiet beaches, friendly harbour villages with pubs and restaurants and miles and miles of coastline.

Red kites can be seen at Loch Ken and ospreys nest on Wigtown Bay. There is a cctv camera directed onto the ospreys nest and you can watch them feeding their chicks on a monitor in Wigtown Town Hall, which is a short drive from the cottage. Wigtown is the Scottish Booktown and has numerous bookshops.

There are many beautiful gardens to visit including the Logan Botanical where you will find many unusual tropical plants and palm trees. The Mull Of Galloway, being the most southern point of Scotland, is a great place to visit. There is a lighthouse and a Visitors Centre and thousands of seabirds, including puffins, guillemots and razorbills, can be seen on the cliffs.

This area offers many sporting facilities including brilliant game, sea and coarse fishing, sailing, golf, pony trekking, mountain biking, bowling and much more. The beautiful scenery of the Galloway Hills takes some absorbing and you will be overwhelmed by some of the sunsets over Wigtown Bay.

The market town of Newton Stewart on the River Cree is 5km away with Sainsburys, Aldi and Coop supermarkets, shops, cinema, library, churches, pubs, restaurants, swimming pool, gym, etc. Stables Tearoom is just over half a mile walk from the cottages.Serves all day breakfasts, homemade soup, toasties etc.etc.

Facilities

Further details indoors:
Because of the brilliant wildlife that you can watch in the garden through the cottage windows we will provide you with peanuts and birdseed so you can keep the feeders full. There is a room in the cottage where you can dry your boots and clothes, if required. The spacious kitchen has a table and 4 chairs. Other kitchen items include steamer, electric knife, blender and pressure cooker. In the dining room there is a radio/cassette player, also games and books are in the dresser. The modern bathroom includes a bidet. The shower room has an electric razor socket.

Further details outdoors:
There is offroad parking for two vehicles next to the cottage. Bicycles can be hired at the 'Break Pad' next to the Visitor's Centre, Kirroughtree.

Further details

When you arrive at the cottage Jennie will be there to meet you and she will answer any questions you may wish to ask.

Conditions

Well behaved pets are welcome over the age of 9 months old, at no extra cost. Please treat them with Frontline or a similar flea and tick control prior to arriving. Please don't leave your pets unattended in the cottage.

We have adopted a No Smoking policy in the cottage.

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Photo is all Nutkin Cottage, one step up into cottage

 

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Lounge with patio doors to the patio and garden

 

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Modern kitchen with lovely views from 3 windows

 

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Spacious double bedroom next to bathroom

The Dumfries and Galloway region

The cottages are in the Dumfries & Galloway region of S W Scotland where life goes on at a steady pace and people are extremely friendly.

The Newton Stewart area

This area is steeped in history and there are many abbeys and castles to visit. It is a bird watcher's paradise with many species of birds including ospreys, red kites, buzzards, peregrine falcons and puffins just to name a few and occasionally a golden eagle if you are lucky.

Galloway Forest Park is one of the darkest places on the planet, which makes it a ideal place for stargazers in the UK.

Cairnsmore is a mountain amongst the many Galloway Hills and it is just 1 km. from the cottage. A slow walk to the summit gives fantastic views to the Isle of Man and beyond. The Gulf Stream affects this climate and therefore it is generally quite warm, this is also the reason that there are so many beautiful gardens to visit.

The Galloway Forest Park has many lochs, burns and places of interest including the Red Deer Park and the Wild Goat Park. There are ranger led walks where you can see spectacular sights, be it red deer or nightjars. Glen Trool is magnificent in its beauty and a famous battle ground where Robert The Bruce had success against the English Army.

The Forestry Commission have opened the '7 stanes' mountain biking routes in the forest and they are ranked as world class! These are built with different routes to suit all abilities and mountain bike hire is available.

Fishing and sailing can be enjoyed from the many harbours and the miles of beaches and coastline.

You will find many places providing good food from superb fish restaurants in Portpatrick to smaller tearooms where you can enjoy home made soup and a roll. Kitty's Tearoom in New Galloway is excellent, with puddings to die for! The Stables Tearoom at Palnure is within walking distance of the cottages.

There is the Castle Douglas Food Town, the Kirkcudbright Artists Town, Wigtown Booktown and many more small towns and villages, all with their own bit of magic including a distillery to visit at Bladnoch. The world famous Gemrock Museum in Creetown is 6 km from the cottage, certainly worth a visit.

Ferries sail from Stranraer to Ireland where you can take a day trip to visit Belfast or the Antrim Coast and visit the Giants Causeway.

How to get there

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Guestbook for Nutkin Cottage

Fantastic! Without doubt the nicest place we have stayed in. We will all be back.

You have a little bit of paradise here. Thank you for letting us share it. Never found time to read the books I brought.

Thank you for your warm welcome and delicious goodies. The cottage and surroundings are superb. Shared my breakfast with a red squirrel on Thursday. Saw an otter at the otter pool last night. Sign posts say ‘Haste-ye-back’ and we certainly will.

Another most enjoyable holiday, we love it here, just like coming home, so welcoming.

Great cottage, wonderful hospitality, superb wildlife, stunning walks, we are coming back.

Rental prices

Prices for group size 4
Period	From	To	Weekly	Nightly rate		Minimum  stay
				Weekday	Weekend
January - March	7 Jan 12	17 Mar 12	280£ 280	0-	0-	1 Week
March - March	17 Mar 12	24 Mar 12	325£ 325	0-	0-	1 Week
March - March	24 Mar 12	31 Mar 12	345£ 345	0-	0-	1 Week
March - April	31 Mar 12	7 Apr 12	385£ 385	0-	0-	1 Week
April - April Easter	7 Apr 12	14 Apr 12	425£ 425	0-	0-	1 Week
April - June	14 Apr 12	2 Jun 12	415£ 415	0-	0-	1 Week
June - June	2 Jun 12	30 Jun 12	435£ 435	0-	0-	1 Week
June - July	30 Jun 12	7 Jul 12	455£ 455	0-	0-	1 Week
July - July	7 Jul 12	21 Jul 12	475£ 475	0-	0-	1 Week
July - September	21 Jul 12	1 Sep 12	495£ 495	0-	0-	1 Week
September - September	1 Sep 12	8 Sep 12	435£ 435	0-	0-	1 Week
September -September	8 Sep 12	29 Sep 12	415£ 415	0-	0-	1 Week
September - October	29 Sep 12	13 Oct 12	385£ 385	0-	0-	1 Week
October - October	13 Oct 12	27 Oct 12	345£ 345	0-	0-	1 Week
October - December	27 Oct 12	22 Dec 12	280£ 280	0-	0-	1 Week
December - January 13	22 Dec 12	5 Jan 13	495£ 495	0-	0-	1 Week

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

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Christmas week 2012 starts at 3.30pm on Saturday the 22nd December and to depart at 10am on Saturday the 29th December 2012.

New Year week starts at 3.30pm on Saturday the 29th December 2012 and to depart at 10am on Saturday the 5th January 2013.

Well behaved pets over 9 months old are welcome at no extra charge.

If Nutkin Cottage is not available for the week you require, we have Drey Cottage which is just as comfortable, warm and homely.

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4 years listed You are contacting James Raw Landline +44 01671 403905 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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