Dog Friendly Cottages in Wiltshire

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Alan - Verified booking

  Our family, from the oldest to the youngest at 14 years old, loved the 7 days we had in this large bungalow.

  If you are not familiar with this area, you will find you can travel north or south from Knoll Farm Bungalow (aka Downs View) and find something for everyone. Yes, most roads here are north or south, but the A303 (worth avoiding on a busy day) runs east/west and it is only 4 miles from the bungalow. Having said that, Bath is 26 miles north, and it is easy driving through hills and vales. Day trips to the Jurassic coast, Corfe, Swanage on the Isle of Purbeck, are a little further in the opposite direction. Frome 8 miles north has large supermarkets. Equally, we all enjoyed wandering over the road from the bungalow to walk the 1km top ridge of "Long Knoll", up to 288m above sea level, admiring views and the Covid-19 NHS "ribbon of light" installation by a local artist. Our activities ranged from easy walking or cycling of canal tow paths (Dundas), to kayaking rivers (Wareham), watching steam trains, seeing museums, and farm animals.(City Farm, Bath) This bungalow has 2 electric showers each in a separate room (with toilet) which enable an immediately warm, quick, shower ready for your fun packed day. One of the showers also shares it's room with a bath. There is also a separate toilet room. 3 Toilets was enough for our group. The advert for this bungalow mentions road noise, we think for light sleepers you will probably need to relocate to the back bedroom with your ear plugs to get to sleep. The large comfortable lounge and conservatory/dining area are very quiet at the back of the house even with the occasional heavy lorry that rumbles past at any hour of the day or night. Plenty of towels were provided. If you can't live without your large bath sheet/towel bring it with you. The duvets are very warm and cosy. If you can't live without your thin summer duvet, bring it with you. Any issues and the new owners (July 2020) are very thoughtful and quick to respond. We rate them very highly.

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• Tom - Verified booking

  Absolutely amazing stay in this spacious, clean and well equipped house.

  The owners were so helpful and friendly answering all of our questions and doing all they could to accommodate our needs and welcome us. They are by far the best we have ever dealt with. Our check in experience on arrival day was also the best we have ever had and we can’t thank the owners enough for being so accommodating to our situation. They left welcoming gifts and it was an absolute pleasure arriving to find this total gem of a house. The fenced gardens were immaculate with plenty of seating. Great for the dogs to play without any worries of them wondering away from the property. The house itself is fantastic and more like a dream home. The layout is perfect and there is so much space for everyone. Brilliant modern bathrooms and showers and a fantastic deep bath with all the hot water you need and everything was ultra clean. There is a very spacious living room with plenty of seating and a good sized tv with plenty of channels. A wonderful light and sunny conservatory has a large dining table and it was so nice to enjoy food with the patio doors open on a summers evening enjoying the smells and sounds of the countryside. The beds were all very comfortable and actually everyone slept better than when at home! Finishing with the big ultra clean and very well equipped kitchen and utility areas. There is everything you could need and the owners have gone above and beyond to make sure guests have the best stay possible. Longleat safari park is so close to the house and there are little towns and villages very close with all the shops and services you will need. We can’t recommend this place highly enough and we have already started looking at dates to come back. Unfortunately after doing four Longleat safari trips we still didn’t see Anne the elephant so absolutely a must we come back!! And we can’t wait to enjoy this wonderful house again when we do. Thank you so much to the owners.

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• Yasmin - Verified booking

  The driveway could home 3 cars easily if they are small cars.

  The hedges were very overgrown unlike in the picture, this made it difficult for larger cars to get up the driveway with very little space for getting out of the car. Considering there were 8 adults and a baby on our stay 2.5 toilet rolls was not really sufficient luckily we did bring some of our own, nor was one bin bag or just 2 dishwasher tablets. The house itself was lovely lots of space and each bedroom has its own theme of decoration which we all really liked. The garden and view at the back of the house was lovely as well. Unfortunately we did find some dog mess on the grass which must have been left from a previous guest. The location is perfect for a trip to longleat just a 15 minute drive, pretty much every direction you leave the house from has a stunning view. All in all we would recommend it for a large group but bear in mind you should take essentials that you would not normally think of.

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• Helen - Verified booking

  Great house -- we had a really good stay.

  Lots of living space -- large living room, kitchen/dining room and conservatory (which has excellent heating so you can use it even in winter) with another big table and chairs. Not all of us could get a mobile signal but the wifi worked fine. Really well-equipped kitchen, beds comfy, everything worked, and the owner was really responsive and helpful. We appreciated the tasty treats left for us, and the Xmas decorations! (We stayed over new year.) The only downside for us was no walking from the front door -- it's on a pretty busy road and no paths -- but that was really only a problem because the weather was terrible and it was hard to tell how many minutes we had till the next downpour. Lots of nice places a short drive away though.

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• Sandra - Verified booking

  We have just enjoyed a wonderful Christmas break at Downs View.

  The property easily accommodated 6 adults, 4 children and 2 dogs and was beautifully decorated for Christmas. There is ample space and the property is fully equipped. Our only downside was the weather!! It was so misty we couldn't see the hills or any of the beautiful countryside. We did go for walks but it's not possible to walk from the property due to the road; however this didn't spoil our enjoyment. I would just mention that the photos on the website are a little dated and modifications have since been made to the property. Thank you to Lynne and Russell for their wonderful hospitality - the chocolates, biscuits, cakes and wine were a lovely touch. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this property for a family break.

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