Holiday Cottages

Docklow Manor is a splendid early Victorian manor house with two adjacent stone holiday cottages (chronicled each week in The Independent's popular column Tales of the Country). Guests are welcome to explore our five acres of rambling gardens and woodland, which look out over miles of unspoilt English countryside towards the distant Black Mountains.

The holiday cottages have been tastefully refurbished by Jane and Brian Viner. Each one has its own period charm, with many original features such as oak shutters, yet all modern comforts, including well-equipped kitchens and bathrooms, comfortable beds, sofas and armchairs, books, games, colour television and video. Fresh cut flowers and a welcome hamper greet new arrivals, and a home-cooked meal can be waiting for you by prior arrangement, at a small extra cost.

The cottages are also a short walk from the King's Head, an excellent country pub.

Manor (sleeps 2/3) Wood-burning stove, four-poster bed.
Yewtree (sleeps 4/5) Wood-burning stove, delightful cottage garden.

Our guests can expect:

• Dinner supplied to your cottage for your arrival (by prior arrangement).
• Good-quality bed linen, and beds made up for your arrival.
• Wood-burning stoves (logs supplied).
• Colour TV and video recorder (with a large choice of videos available at no extra cost).
• Microwave oven, full-size cooker and fridge.
• Washing-machine and tumble dryer (in Woodlands Cottage) with laundry facilities also available for our other guests.
• Soaps, toiletries, washing-up liquid and cleaning materials.
• Baby-sitting (by prior arrangement).
• Croquet, boules, table-tennis and a football net in the grounds of the manor house.
• Good food at the nearby King's Head.
• Farmers' markets in nearby Ludlow and Leominster, a convenience store in Bromyard (10 minutes by car) open daily until 10pm, with a large Safeway supermarket a 15-minute drive away.
• Information about the area's many attractions in each cottage.
• No hidden extras. No VAT, no extra charge for gas and electricity.