Cottages and Self-Catering Accommodation to Rent.
A Selection of holiday property available for rent in the West Country.......
Self-Catering
cottages for a family seaside holiday or a romantic break. What ever your looking for from history to medieval castles, sweeping moorlands in Devon
or spectacular coastlines. Somerset is a good
centre from which
to visit the lonely heather-clad slopes of Exmoor. You could explore the rugged charm of the Cornwall
jagged cliffs and raging seas or just relax on one of its fine beaches.
Dorset
is one of the most pleasant of English
counties. Many rare plants grow in Dorset,
while geologists will find much to interest them
in the fossils and the varied and contorted rock
strata found.
CORNWALLThis is
one of the favourite holiday counties in England because of the great variety
and beauty of its scenery, which ranges from the rugged to the
pastoral. Cornwall is a long peninsula of stern granite moors,
jagged cliffs and raging seas contrast with quiet
coves, tiny villages and gentle valleys, and there are also many fascinating
relics of the past such as dolmens, stone circles, forts, and the more
recent disused tin and copper. mines and china clay works.
DEVON
Across the border from Cornwall, offers a great range of scenery
and has two coasts, although unlike those of its neighbour these are
entirely separated by the uplands of Dartmoor and Exmoor. Whether
its a quite or active holiday for young or old there is always plenty to
see and do. The tiny
villages quiet coves and gentle valleys with rich green rolling
hills sandy beaches and calm seas of Devon contrast with rugged
Cornwall. Here you will find a variety of holiday choices from relaxing in
plush hotels, getting away from it all in a country retreat by renting a
cottage or camping in the lush countryside of Devon.
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DORSET
Seventy miles of fine
coast line gently rolling
hills and secluded valleys
combine to make Dorset one of the most pleasant of English countries
almost unchanged since its beauties were so well described by the great
novelist Thomas Hardy, who was a native of the county.
There are also
many traces of a much older Dorset such as prehistoric barrows the
fascinating hilltop camp called Maiden Castle or the ruined Corfe Castle
which dates from Norman times. Botanists may stumble over
some of the rare plants that grow in Dorset,
while geologists will find much to interest them
in the fossils and the varied and contorted rock
strata found here. The most
impressive examples are the
stratified cliffs of Stair Hole at Lulworth Cove while a little way
along the cliffs is a forest of fossilized tree stumps. One
mile to the famous stands
the famous Durdle Door, a headland from which
an arch has been cut in
the rock by the action of the sea.
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SOMERSET
Somerset is often called the ‘Gateway to the West and its
many charms are conjured up by its Old English name which means ‘the land of
the summer- farm dwellers’.
One of the most notable features of the county is as large number of lovely
churches. The greatest of these is Wells Cathedral. which possesses
England’s most complete group of ecclesiastical buildings. The Early English
west front is decorated with fine sculptures.
Dunster , overlooked by its ancient castle. is an attractive Somerset
village. A yarn-market. built in 1 589 when Dunster was an important cloth
centre, still stands in the High Street.
Porlock is equally pleasant and boasts some lovely thatched cottages. while
about a mile to its west is Porlock Weir with its little harbour, and
Porlock Hill, one of the steepest in England. This is a good centre from
which to explore the lonely heather-clad slopes of Exmoor or. further afield,
the towering cliffs of the Cheddar Gorge.
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