Mulberry Cottage is a semi-detached timber barn style property with lots of character. Fantastic location next to the National Trust owned Stiffkey marshes, 100 yards away. Access is free & unrestricted. You can swim, fish, sail, canoe etc. or walk over somewhere very special, an expanse of coastal wildness that attracts a wide variety of sea birds and has seals living around Blakeney Point that can be reached from Stiffkey marsh.
The North Sea is tidal so the sea is not always visible from the cottage but is usually through the thin line of trees.
This building underwent a radical transformation a few years ago.
Self catering cottage for a maximum of 8 persons & baby.
Sea views.
High chair is provided.
Old charm combined with modern facilities.
Continual improvement.
The cottage offers comfortable accommodation on two levels. Stripped pine flooring with rugs. There are far reaching views across open fields on all three sides.
BBQ & outside modern furniture seats 8 people.
Very large enclosed rear garden to keep children in.
Off road parking.
On the ground floor:
Large modern family kitchen with dining table, when extended will seat 10. The kitchen is fully equipped with modern appliances, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine and fridge-freezer.
Living room with 42 inch wide-screen digital TV, DVD. Two good sized double bedrooms one with double-bed the other with two singles.
Bathroom with full size bath, separate shower cubicle and towel rail.
On the first floor:
Master bedroom with king-size bed and far reaching views towards the coast and Blakeney. Has a 32" tv and small sofa. Hair dryer is provided.
The fourth bedroom has 2 single beds.
Bathroom with big shower cubicle.
Weekend is defined as arriving after 16.00hrs on Friday and leaving prior to 10.00hrs on Monday.
Central heating provided.
Two small / medium size dogs are allowed.
No smoking policy.
Linen and towels are provided.
Change over day is Friday.
Weekend lets are considered in the off peak.
Spa / hot tub is available at an additional £100.
Sleeps 8, Central heating included in price, WiFi, close proximity to marshes.
The cottage is in a quiet rural location accessed by a private road. The pretty flint village of Stiffkey is a 10mins walk away or 2 mins drive. It has a charming family friendly village pub (freehouse) which serves good local beer (Woodfordes and Adnams) and good food. There is also a village shop / cafe.
There are good beaches at Wells and Holkham but you will be charged for parking. There are several National Trust properties in the area such as Felbrigg Hall which is well worth a look and walk about its grounds. The Queen's country pile at Sandringham is nearby. Palladium style Holkham Hall is very close. Pensthorpe where Spring Watch was filmed is near Fakenham and is open to the public. There are seals (common & grey) at Blakeney Point that you can see from one of the boatman working out of Morston or Blakeney.
Narrow gauge steam railway runs from Wells to Walsingham on the old branch line route.
Full gauge steam railway runs from Holt to Sheringham. The Poppy Line.
The Stiffkey marshes are owned by the National Trust, access to it and the wider saltings (sand flats) is free. There are about 20,000 acres of marsh & foreshore running from Holkam in the West to Blakeney Point in the East. After that the coastline is stony or sandy. This is salt marsh and is washed twice daily by the sea. The marshes are intersected with creeks. At low tide most of these are seldom more than 3 or 4 feet deep in places and offer a lot of fun to all ages to swim & play in. They are very varied with the part to the West comprising of mud and deep creeks and the part nearest the cottage becoming more sandy and shallower every year. 'Crabbing' is a popular pastime with children, you can buy crab lines in many shops in Wells or round about, just put a piece of bacon fat (cooked or raw) in the net and drop in the creek and see if you can catch small unedible green crabs, which are returned unharmed afterwards. The marshes are tidel and so one needs to be aware of it, there is a tide clock in the kitchen giving a reasonably accurate indication of the state of the tide.
