The Swan
Located in the heart of the village of Wedmore, this popular inn is well used by locals and…
Pear Tree Cottages
“An ideal location for walkers and wild life spotters with a number of nature reserves nearby” - VisitEngland Assessor
LOCATION
Stoughton Cross, Somerset
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The farm is criss-crossed by footpaths and offers great views across the valley floor to Axbridge, Cheddar and Wells and even to Brean Down and the Bristol Channel beyond. The 4 star, gold award cottages are alongside a quiet country lane. The ancient settlement of Wedmore is 1.5 miles away and is known to historians as the place where Alfred the Great and the Viking king, Guthrum, agreed a peace treaty in 878 AD. It’s also known to the modern visitor as a charming, bustling place alive with every amenity, whose busy shopping streets belie its size as a small village. You will find bijou designer clothing shops alongside shops selling the best local foodstuffs: a butchers/farm shop, a fishmonger, a delicatessen and a newsagent/off-licence. There are also three traditional Somerset pubs to eat and drink in. Cherry Plum Cottage sleeps two. The bedroom has a 5ft double bed with en-suite shower room. Luxurious bath sheets, combination feather duvets and rich cotton bed linen are provided in both cottages. The living room features leather sofas, an oak dining table and chairs and a stone fireplace with cosy wood burner (basket of wood included). There is a smart TV, a DVD and a CD/radio/cassette player. WiFi ultrafast broadband internet connection is also included, approximately 300mbps upload and download speed. The well-equipped kitchen features a modern oven with ceramic hob, a dishwasher, fridge freezer, microwave oven, washing machine and all the utensils you'll need. All rooms have underfloor heating. Cider Apple Cottage has two bedrooms. Bedroom one has a 6ft zip and link double bed which can be unzipped to make two single beds, and there is an adjoining bathroom with a shower over the bath. Bedroom two has a 5ft double bed with an en suite shower room and fold up jay-be bed for an extra person if required. The bedrooms are at either end of the cottage with the living space between them. This is an ideal layout for friends and families who travel together. The living area and kitchen have the same facilities as Cherry Plum Cottage. There is ample parking outside and access to the adjacent secure shed where you can store your bicycles or golf clubs. This also holds a barbecue for your use. The cottages are on one level with a ramp from the parking area making wheelchair access easy. We also have a cot, highchair, baby bath and other useful items for babies.
Awards, accolades & Welcome Schemes
Gold Award
Recommended for cyclists
Recommended for walkers
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Facilities – at a glance
En Suite
Garden
Linen provided
Parking
TV
Features
Rooms
- Total units: 2
- Maximum occupancy: 5
Children
- Children welcome
- Cots provided
- High chairs
Leisure
- Offsite cycle hire
Facilities
- Private garden
- Garden furniture
- BBQ on site
- Dish washer
- Washing machine
- Microwave
- Freezer
- Sky or freeview
- En suite
- Linens provided
- Towels provided
- Internet
- Fireplace or wood burning stove
Room Rates
- Low season minimum price: £442.20
- High season minimum price: £955
Opening times
- Open all year
- Changeover day: Friday for weekly and weekend breaks. Mondays for short breaks of 3-4 nights.
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About the area
Discover Somerset
Somerset means ‘summer pastures’ – appropriate given that so much of this county remains rural and unspoiled. Ever popular areas to visit are the limestone and red sandstone Mendip Hills rising to over 1,000 feet, and by complete contrast, to the south and southwest, the flat landscape of the Somerset Levels. Descend to the Somerset Levels, an evocative lowland landscape that was the setting for the Battle of Sedgemoor in 1685. In the depths of winter this is a desolate place and famously prone to extensive flooding. There is also a palpable sense of the distant past among these fields and scattered communities. It is claimed that Alfred the Great retreated here after his defeat by the Danes.
Away from the flat country are the Quantocks, once the haunt of poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. The Quantocks are noted for their gentle slopes, heather-covered moorland expanses and red deer. From the summit, the Bristol Channel is visible where it meets the Severn Estuary. So much of this hilly landscape has a timeless quality about it and large areas have hardly changed since Coleridge and Wordsworth’s day.
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