Pardlestone Farm

Summary

Pardlestone Farm offers B&B and has two self-catering cottages - Groom's Cottage and The Pony Barn - each of which sleeps up to four. Tucked into the folds of Somerset’s Quantock Hills, they provide immediate access to southern England’s least known yet most accessible, unspoilt wilderness.

Also within walking distance of Somerset’s Jurassic coastline and an award-winning, dog-friendly pub, guests are welcome to bring dogs and even use the farm’s stabling and turnout for their own horses. Keen walkers, horse riders and mountain bikers can walk or ride off-road all day, or call into villages, pubs and cafés along their route. Many come to follow in the footsteps of the romantic poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and his friends, William and Dorothy Wordsworth, who were inspired by the beauty of the Quantocks, and the rugged Somerset coast. The Coleridge Way itself passes just a few hundred yards from Pardlestone Farm.

About Groom’s Cottage and The Pony Barn

The Pony Barn is a stylish new conversion, with exposed beams, limestone floors and underfloor heating. Its features include superking Hypnos bed with wool mattress (also splits into singles), en suite wetroom, stone resin mini-bath, boiling water tap, fan oven, induction hob, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, satellite wi-fi and two smart TVs. Ideal for two, it can sleep four if the sofabed is used, and there’s a second shower room for the additional guests. Formerly the ponies’ stables when Pardlestone Farm was a trekking centre, The Pony Barn has a small, enclosed seating area with barbecue and chimnea, and visitors are welcome to explore or relax in the gardens.

Groom’s Cottage adjoins Pardlestone Farm itself and overlooks the stables and yard. Comprising two double bedrooms, a bathroom with both a shower and bath, and an open-plan downstairs, the cottage is well-equipped with fan oven, induction hob, microwave, fridge, dishwasher, washing machine, tumble dryer, smart TV and satellite wi-fi. The cottage provides a cool retreat in the heat of summer and is snug and centrally heated in the winter months. Outside, there’s a seating area with barbecue and chimnea and visitors are welcome to explore or relax in the gardens.

In addition to the holiday cottages, Pardlestone Farm also offers B&B accommodation, each room having an en suite shower room, TV and tea/coffee making facilities. A full English breakfast is part of the package and B&B guests are welcome to make themselves at home in the main living room or relax in the garden. Large groups can make use of the cottages as well as the B&B facilities, with Groom’s Cottage potentially being opened up to inter-connect with the main farmhouse, enabling all guests to book breakfasts and share facilities if desired. A maximum of 12 can be accommodated across the whole of Pardlestone Farm and there are eight loose boxes for visitors’ horses.

Visiting Kilve and exploring Somerset

The village of Kilve is an ideal base from which to discover the unexpected beauty of West Somerset. There’s a wealth of attractions nearby as well as abundant bridleways and walking routes to explore.

The Quantock Hills, immediately behind Pardlestone Farm, were designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1957, and have now been reclassified as a National Landscape. Comprising thousands of acres of unspoiled wilderness, the hills are deeply cut by tumbling streams and wooded coombes, which open on to green and grassy glades, and reach up to the heather-clad heathland above. Wildlife is abundant throughout these landscapes, ranging from red deer and Quantock ponies to nightjars and skylarks.

Kilve Beach (dogs allowed) is under two miles from Pardlestone Farm and an easy walk along quiet country lanes. The stratified Jurassic cliffs which frame the beach make for such a spectacular landscape that the area is designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and considered to be of international geological importance. Observant visitors may be lucky enough to discover an ammonite in the fossil-beds, where some of the oldest examples ever recorded in Britain have been uncovered.

Further afield, but less than half an hour’s drive from Pardlestone Farm, Dunster Castle is popular amongst visitors, and is close to one of many stops on the West Somerset Railway. On this line – which is the longest heritage railway line in England – steam trains run from Bishop’s Lydeard, alongside the Quantock Hills, up to the coast and to the seaside town of Minehead.

Other nearby places of interest include:

Dunster Village.
West Somerset Steam Railway.
Watchet.
Tropiquaria.
Hestercombe Gardens.
Plus so much more.

For more information please visit our website.

From £555 - £865 per week (four people) depending on season.
Maximum of four people per cottage.
Children are welcome.
Pets are welcome - including horses.
Wi-Fi internet access.
Garden.
Off street parking.

Please note that map locations may be approximate.