Dog Friendly Cottages in the Peak District

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Leon - Verified booking

  Galena is a lovely old cottage in beautiful rural surroundings, very well modernised, with three huge and comfortable beds in the two en suite bedrooms and third bedroom with bathroom two steps away.

  It's secret extra ingredient is in the micro details the owners have deployed - almost every little nice-to-have extra thing you wish you had in other good cottages is actually already in place in Galena. This ranges from kit to make young kids comfy to kit for your dogs, and adult tools. For example really good kitchen equipment, from a range of good oven trays and saucepans, kitchen knives that are actually sharp, a coffee pod machine, right down to small wooden tongs with which to pick toast out of the toaster and little plastic bag clips. Throw in an efficient log burner, with a good supply of logs to make the living room toasty, and it's a real home from home. The views from the kitchen and bedrooms are spectacular green vistas of fields, farms, dry stone walls and distant hills, while the cottage is surrounded by amazing Peak District heights, view points, roadside rivers and plunging valleys. There's no shortage of good pubs and cafes within a very few minutes' drive. But what I enjoyed most in our stay at the end of March was the magnificent tree blossoming right outside the back kitchen window, full of songbirds from blackbirds to so many beautiful little blue tits, goldfinches and others, filling the air with their music. ...and the sheep! You can't miss the sheep grazing peacefully on the slope just above the kitchen window, a few feet behind the cottage's dry stone garden wall, as you graze on your own breakfast. My wife and I and two other couples of very old friends have been hiring lovely cottages together for an annual break for about 15 years, not to mention family holidays, so have plenty of experience. We all agreed Galena Cottage was one of the very best.

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• Shaun - Verified booking

  What a wonderful place which far exceeded my expectations.

  A very warm welcome from both Jane & John who walked me through the house to run me through the operation of the heating, shower, cooking appliances etc and then left us alone to enjoy the peaceful break that we were looking, with the reassurance that they were just next door, or on the end of a phone, had anything untoward happened. I have hired maybe 15-20 cottages over the years and this has got to be one of the best, if not the best. We were holiday sitting my brother's dog and can truly say that the enclosed garden truly was as advertised and the adjacent field where he could run to his heart's content was superb - my own late dog would have loved such facilities which in the past have not delivered in full. Mum wanted to stay another week and if work hadn't been a factor I'd have happily extended our stay - the place was spacious and homely and four people would have more than enough space. Some of the feedback for this property left me a little apprehensive but I'm glad that it didn't dissuade me from booking. The owner can only be honest with the advert and if they tell you there is no wi-fi or it's adjacent to (at times) a busy road then don't complain when you arrive to find just that. Phone signal was excellent though, and so it should be at 1250ft above sea level, so internet access on my smartphone was not an issue. I'd love to return to this gem in the Peak District

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• David - Verified booking

  This was an old but very clean property in a great location in the Peak District.

  Very creaky floors which I guess is to be expected for its age. Nice really well equipped high spec kitchen but both fridges and the freezer were difficult to open as they weren’t fixed in the housing of the fitted kitchen. The busy road right outside the house was very noisy and meant that windows could not really be open especially at night (it was hot on floor 1 and ground floor) and it was not possible to use the garden comfortably to relax due to the noise of heavy traffic passing by constantly. 3 private parking spaces allocated to the property were not guaranteed to be available to use for 5 days of our stay due to being used by customers visiting the fish and chip shop opposite. This caused problems for our 3 car party. This issue was mentioned in an email but only after booking and payment. Bedrooms a good size (main en-suite bedroom ground floor door impossible to close). Beds comfortable and clean. Lots of bedroom cupboard space and bathrooms very nicely done. I’m sure plenty of others will enjoy and have enjoyed a lovely time here and we were okay but for the price point I think there are simple maintenance improvements that could be made and the noisy road/parking issues should be mentioned before any payment is made as this could be a dealbreaker for those seeking peace and quiet.

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• Chris - Verified booking

  We had a good week at Galena Cottage.

  The kitchen is well equipped and we appreciated the welcome pack. Good location with walks direct from the house. It’s well placed for the Monsal Trail and places in and around Buxton. We would recommend asking for an earlier take over time in winter so you can get settled in daylight. The cottage was difficult to find as the cottage sign was unreadable and locating the key box might be difficult in the dark and access tricky. We arrived in minus temperatures and thick snow, and had to dig out the drive to get the cars in. A friendly neighbour lent us a spade as the one in the garage was broken and not up to the job. The house was very cold when we arrived but once the heating was on the cottage apart from the kitchen was warm and cosy. The kitchen radiator did not heat up at all making the kitchen far too cold to sit in for meals initially. Fortunately the maintenance team told us how to solve the issue - by turning off a bedroom radiator. I’d recommend ringing them if any problems are encountered as Margaret was helpful and friendly.

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• Marie - Verified booking

  We had a super week at Curlew Barn.

  The property is very comfortable and well equipped. Friendly and helpful owners there to welcome us. They provided very useful information on the local area. We loved the hot tub - beautiful view from the garden. Lots to do nearby. We did lots of walking at the nearby manifold way, near Barlestone, and at the Tittesworth reservoir. We also visited some great places within an easy drive, namely Shugborough Hall, Kedleston hall, Trentham Gardens and Chatsworth. Handy supermarket a few miles away in Leek and M&S food just a few minutes away in Ashbourne. The Bangladeshi restaurant within walking distance receives great, well-deserved, reviews - we are there twice! Will definitely return. This is a very under-rated area with beautiful walking and plenty to entertain visitors.

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