Guidebook for visitors to 55 Howells Mere
Lovely family day out
This is a lovely park with a large lake on which you can hire pedalloes, a beach, cafe and woodland
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Cotswold Country Park & Beach
Spratsgate LaneThis is a lovely park with a large lake on which you can hire pedalloes, a beach, cafe and woodland
Famous arboretum with lots of walks and information about trees and wildlife, with a cafe
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Westonbirt, El Arboreto Nacional
Famous arboretum with lots of walks and information about trees and wildlife, with a cafe
A nice stables to go horse riding
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Barton End Equestrian Centre
A nice stables to go horse riding
Adam Henson's farm park, an amazing place for kids, you can see lambing, stroke the rabbits, etc, a wonderful day out.
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Cotswold Farm Park
Adam Henson's farm park, an amazing place for kids, you can see lambing, stroke the rabbits, etc, a wonderful day out.
villages/places to visit, Sightseeing
Bibury
Pretty historic village with a trout farm
Famous historic village, near the Westonbirt Arboretum, lots of antique shops and places for tea
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Tetbury
Famous historic village, near the Westonbirt Arboretum, lots of antique shops and places for tea
Only about 50-60 minutes' drive away and well worth a day out, this stunningly beautiful historic town should not be missed if you are staying in the area for more than a few days.
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Bath
Only about 50-60 minutes' drive away and well worth a day out, this stunningly beautiful historic town should not be missed if you are staying in the area for more than a few days.
Nearest town, with a great museum, and a pretty central square, often with an outdoor market, and Roman ruins, all the usual shopping opportunities you would expect.
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Cirencester
Nearest town, with a great museum, and a pretty central square, often with an outdoor market, and Roman ruins, all the usual shopping opportunities you would expect.
Activity centres
South Cerney Outdoor
12 Spine Rd Eoutdoor activities to book
lots of information about local activities including water sports
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Cotswold Water Park
Rigsby's Lanelots of information about local activities including water sports
www.4lakes.co.uk
fantastic water sports centre, provides friendly training and activity days - we love this place and have taken our kids and friends many times for really fun days out on the water.
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4 Lakes Waterski School
www.4lakes.co.uk
fantastic water sports centre, provides friendly training and activity days - we love this place and have taken our kids and friends many times for really fun days out on the water.
pubs/places to eat
Local pub serving nice food with a garden, about 1 mile's walk from the house in Somerford Keynes
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The Bakers Arms
Local pub serving nice food with a garden, about 1 mile's walk from the house in Somerford Keynes
This is a lovely pub, currently undergoing a major refurb, but it might be open soon - it was our favourite before the refurb, so I think it will be fabulous when it reopens; it's about a mile and a half from the estate, in the nearby village of Ewen
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The Wild Duck Inn
This is a lovely pub, currently undergoing a major refurb, but it might be open soon - it was our favourite before the refurb, so I think it will be fabulous when it reopens; it's about a mile and a half from the estate, in the nearby village of Ewen
Fantastic family-owned pub, with great food and atmosphere, friendly staff, one of our favourites; it's about 20 mins' country drive from the estate - not far...
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The Bell at Sapperton
Fantastic family-owned pub, with great food and atmosphere, friendly staff, one of our favourites; it's about 20 mins' country drive from the estate - not far...
This is a great pub, cool interiors, in the trendy village of Barnsley, celebs been know to frequent it, it's got a lovely frendly atmosphere, highly recommended - about 20 mins' drive away on the A419, worth the drive but don't drink too much if you are driving back..lovely Sunday lunches.
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The Village Pub
This is a great pub, cool interiors, in the trendy village of Barnsley, celebs been know to frequent it, it's got a lovely frendly atmosphere, highly recommended - about 20 mins' drive away on the A419, worth the drive but don't drink too much if you are driving back..lovely Sunday lunches.
This is another favourite of ours, lovely garden and interior, great variety of very high quality pub meals, highly recommended! about 15-20 mins' drive
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The Potting Shed Pub
The StreetThis is another favourite of ours, lovely garden and interior, great variety of very high quality pub meals, highly recommended! about 15-20 mins' drive
lovely posh pub, beautiful old fashioned interior and high quality menu, pretty gardem with tables too
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The Wheatsheaf Inn
West Endlovely posh pub, beautiful old fashioned interior and high quality menu, pretty gardem with tables too
Lovely pub in a sweet village with great views from hill
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Seven Tuns Inn
Queen StreetLovely pub in a sweet village with great views from hill
This is a recently opened gastropub and I have heard very good things about it, though I've not yet been there myself!
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The Crown Of Crucis
This is a recently opened gastropub and I have heard very good things about it, though I've not yet been there myself!
The Crown Inn
63 Bristol RdLower Mill Estate - prebooking facilities/activities/ Lower Mill Estate App
The house is on Lower Mill Estate.
You can download the Lower Mill Estate App which has lots of info, prebooking facility and a map of the estate.
Alternatively, you can prebook time at the tennis courts, or hire bikes/kayaks, by going to the website of Lower Mill Estate, go to the Lifestyle/Activities page, where you can register and set up an account and then make bookings for your stay....bookings are open any time from two weeks prior to the date of use.
NO PRE-BOOKING IS NECESSARY FOR use of the SWIMMING POOLS but please remember to take the smart cards which are on lanyards hanging on the inside of the front door.
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Lower Mill Estate
The house is on Lower Mill Estate.
You can download the Lower Mill Estate App which has lots of info, prebooking facility and a map of the estate.
Alternatively, you can prebook time at the tennis courts, or hire bikes/kayaks, by going to the website of Lower Mill Estate, go to the Lifestyle/Activities page, where you can register and set up an account and then make bookings for your stay....bookings are open any time from two weeks prior to the date of use.
NO PRE-BOOKING IS NECESSARY FOR use of the SWIMMING POOLS but please remember to take the smart cards which are on lanyards hanging on the inside of the front door.