ELBOW COTTAGE
Located within the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Elbow Cottage stands amid fields in an acre of garden sweeping down to the Kennet and Avon Canal. The main house was built in about 1815 and among other uses it has served as an alehouse and over-night stop for canal boats. The self-contained holiday cottage is a recent comfortable addition and stands next to the old cottage. Facing west across the Avon valley, it enjoys beautiful views all around.
If you want a quiet, healthy, relaxing holiday you can stay put and enjoy the immediate area. There are wonderful walks all around without even encountering a road or you can cycle along the towpath and beyond.
Car access to the cottage, from the hamlet of Turleigh, is by a half-mile country farm track which may not be suitable for cars with low ground clearance, but normal saloons have no problem.
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ACCOMMODATION
The accommodation consists downstairs of entrance hall, kitchen/diner, sitting room with wood-burning stove, colour TV (DVD/VCR player), WC and utility room with sink and washing machine.
Upstairs there is a bathroom (with bath/power shower), two double bedrooms, one with double bed, the other with twins. Electric heating throughout. Cot available on request.
Outside the cottage has its own sitting and barbeque area but visitors are welcome to enjoy the whole garden, especially along the canal bank.
FINDING US
For a map giving our location click here.
On confirmation of a booking we will send detailed instructions for finding Elbow Cottage.
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GENERAL INFORMATION
Two miles along the canal is Bradford on Avon “the most attractive town in South West England” with its wealth of historic stone buildings. It offers a weekly market, good shops and restaurants.
If you want to explore the region, the cottage is only 7 miles from Bath – 10 minutes by train. Also within easy reach are Longleat, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Avebury and the Cotswolds.
Ten minutes walk along the towpath, clustered round the aqueduct, is the attractive hamlet of Avoncliff offering tearooms and pub. Avoncliff Halt has frequent trains west to Bath & Bristol and southeast to Bradford, Trowbridge & Salisbury.
Nearest shop and Post Office in Winsley village 20 minutes walk. Seven Stars pub and bus stop 10 minutes.
For sporting activities there are tennis courts, indoor swimming pool and riding stables in Bradford on Avon. Boats and cycles can be hired in Bradford and at Dundas aqueduct (2 m) |
