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Freelands Holiday Cottage Manaton Dartmoor Devon Tel: 02083 181038Self catering accommodation with 2 bedrooms, (1 twin room and 1 double) sleeping four people. |
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An attractive village where 15thC church, rectory and old school flank delightful village green with avenue of limes. Granite stack of Bowerman's Nose visible from church porch. Novelist John Galsworthy once lived in Wingstone farm, and his novella The Apple Tree woven around the local tragedy of Kitty Jay, who committed suicide rather than face unwed pregnancy. Jays grave is north west of Hound Tor, Nearby ruins of medieval settlement.
Award winning woodland park Becky Falls with a spectacular 70 foot (20 metres) waterfall, magnificent walks and wildlife discovery trails, ’Becky’ box hunts, children’s nature competitions, rescued owls and birds of prey, petting zoo. The lush undergrowth provides an unrivalled atmosphere for ferns, mosses and fungi to prosper. Explore the varieties with the Spotter book. Excellent licensed cafeteria. Gift and craft shops. Open everyday March/October.
Pub The Kestor Inn, 50 metres away, serving real ales and excellent food, beamed bar and conservatory dining room, beer garden.
Tennis Court available for £2.50 per hour.
The Devon Guild Of Craftsmen is the largest contemporary crafts centre in South West England, newly refurbished in 2004, with Jubilee Gallery, extended Craft Shop and The Terrace café in the grade II listed Riverside Mill on the fringes of Dartmoor at Bovey Tracey
Castle Drogo One of the most remarkable works of Sir Edwin Lutyens and the last castle to be built in England, perched above the Teign Gorge with dramatic views over Dartmoor, highest National Trust garden, at 900 feet, family activites every day of school holiday (April–Oct
Quaywest Waterpark Wild and Wet Water Slides, Pools and Go Karts, Apart from the waterpark, Quaywest is set in a lovely area of Goodrington Beach. This surrounding area hosts a lot more to compliment your day