OTTER COTTAGE, UPOTTERY,HONITON, DEVON, ENGLAND

3 Bedroom Self-Catering Holiday Cottage

A warm welcome awaits you at Otter Cottage, a three bedroom attached cottage sleeping up to 5 adults and one child. Situated in a peaceful spot with stunning views, yet easily accessible to the A303, Otter Cottage has an enviable position.
    
The cottage has been thoroughly updated with full central heating, yet still having a lot of charm with exposed beams in the bedrooms, and inglenook fireplace with woodburner and window seats in the sitting room.
    
All duvet covers and sheets are included as is electricity and one lot of logs for the wood-burner. Towels are available at extra cost. The cottage is available from 4pm on the day of arrival to 10am on the day of departure.

Accommodation consists of three bedrooms upstairs with the double bedroom having a vanity unit and plenty of storage space, a good-sized twin bedroom and a smaller bedroom with sloping ceiling, single bed and z-bed suitable for children.

Downstairs there is a shower room, W.C. and basin. Leading off the hall there is an open plan sitting-room with large inglenook and wood-burner combined with dining area and kitchen with pine kitchen units, fridge-freezer, microwave and full cooker and oven. There is a washer-drier in the understairs area.

The nearest town is Honiton, formerly one of the centres of the medieval West Country cloth trade, later becoming famous for its lace, the excellence of which became known the world over. The town has a fascinating museum containing the World's principal collection of Honiton Lace. The High Street hosts specialist shops for both lace and pottery. Honiton is renowned as the main centre for antiques in the South West. There is also a street market in the town on Tuesdays and Saturdays.

Honiton is within easy reach of both Dartmoor and Exmoor for wonderful walks and stunning scenery, and is not far from the City of Exeter with its superb cathedral. Taunton, capital of Somerset, is a 20 minute drive, a good shopping place with cinema, ten-pin bowling and other attractions.

Closest village is Upottery with its well-known pub, The Sidmouth Arms, church and playing fields  www.upottery.com
 
Seaton is the nearest seaside with its narrow gauge tramline  www.tram.co.uk
 
Local beach information and photographs including Sidmouth and Exmouth  www.eastdevon.gov.uk/tourism/beaches
 
Dorset nearest beaches, good for fossil hunting  www.jurassiccoast.com
 
The Donkey Sanctuary at Sidmouth has free entry to see hundreds of rescued donkey  www.thedonkeysanctuary.org.uk
 
Pecorama at Beer has ride on and model trains  www.peco-uk.com
 
Crealy Adventure Park, children's play park suitable for a wide range of ages  www.crealy.co.uk
 
Bicton Gardens, a lovely day out for adults and children  www.bictongardens.co.uk
 
Local National Trust Houses - Killerton, Montecute, Knightshayes  www.nationaltrust.org.uk
 
The Eden Project, worth a day's trip  www.edenproject.co.uk
 
Dartmoor National Park Authority, wonderful walking and views  www.dartmoor-npa.gov.uk