Holiday Cottages With Hot Tubs In East Midlands

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Carl - Verified booking

  A great holiday let in a small and lovely village, with loads of walking options and it's very dog friendly.

  If you already know Anderby Creek, rest assured this is in a prime location for everything you usually do here. If you don't know Anderby Creek, well, come and find out! It's a new let, recently refurbished. The only carpet in the entire house is on the stairs, so it's dog friendly and it's easy to mop up any little doggy footprints that may appear! There's a large kitchen/diner and a separate snug/living room with log burner (very efficient once it's up to temperature too!) to keep warm and cosy on cold nights. The kitchen is well-equipped, the pots and pans are properly non-stick, the knives are actually sharp as well, which is a really good thing to find in a holiday let. There's a good fridge/freezer (makes some quirky noises, but it's very effective!) and dishwasher and the owners leave a nice selection of tea/coffee and biscuits (for both humans and dogs) as well. Out of season, shopping opportunities are limited. Probably the nearest location is the Premier food shop in the Huttoft service station about 8 minutes drive away. Probably best to stock up on food in a big shop on the way in. The only place open at night was the creek tavern in the nearby caravan park, but we didn't venture in as we had brought things with us. Hot tub is brilliant, robes are provided but... DO bring flip-flops or slippers. There is a walk across some sharp stones and a long decking corridor to get to the hot tub. The gardens at the front proved to be dog-secure for our two, who are usually good at finding gaps. The one at the back is well secured, but it isn't a "kick out the back door" type garden, you need to walk across the shared driveway, through a couple of gates and then you're in a secure location with a picnic table. Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms and a small shower/loo, which is handy at night. The twin room is narrow but long, lots of room for kids (or even adults, I guess). The king/twin room is a larger room at the back of the house. We didn't try the bed, so can't comment on comfort. We used the front bedroom with a double - one minor criticism is that I think a king size bed would be better here, rather than just a double. It was comfortable enough, but a bit snug! It's a pretty quiet road so you don't get a lot of traffic noise. Off-season at least. Probably would be livelier in holiday season when the caravan park is busy. Loads of great walks nearby - both near the sea and inland. Footpaths all over the place. Lots of wetlands for birds, and endless stretches of sandy beach. Owners were very responsive and sorted out a couple of minor issues quickly. We thoroughly recommend Beach Haven as a holiday let.

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• Dawn - Verified booking

  Newly refurbished holiday property, just along the road from vast beach.

  House is finished to high standard, and there is a fully secure grassed garden perfect for dogs, and also a fenced in private hot tub area, which is separated from house by a parking space. Hot tub brand new, very very gentle bubble jets. Kitchen well equipped. Lounge has lovely log burner which we didn't use but would be great on colder days. TV isn't connected to an aerial, just streaming services, so you need passwords to any services you subscribe to and remember to log out. Privacy blinds needed at landing and dining room windows which face shared driveway and house next door, owners said they will be installing blinds. Beds variable, we found master bedroom mattress too firm for comfort, we therefore only used rear bedrooms, but mattresses didn't really suit us. Bedroom 2 is the only one with blackout curtains, otherwise curtains thin. Downstairs bathroom large with bath and enclosed shower, lovely. Upstairs shower room, large walk in shower but no heating or towel rail, so we had to use bedroom radiators to dry towels, and would have preferred some heat in bathroom. Owners lovely, responsive and helpful. This is their first holiday let, and is almost perfect. We would recommend this property to anyone visiting this area.

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• David - Verified booking

  We (family of 4 with 5 and 7 year olds) had a lovely stay at South Lodge Cottage.

  Communication with the hosts before and during the stay was excellent, and the homemade cake on arrival was delicious (although we didn't manage to finish it all!!). The cottage itself was very clean and was actually more spacious than we thought it would be. It was very well equipped with everything we needed for a three night stay. Smart TV was useful for catching up with Netflix with a glass of wine once the kids were in bed! Good central heating system which kept us nice and cosy, as well as on demand hot water. Great location too. We visted Dovedale, Derby, Sudbury Hall as well as going slightly further out towards Castleton. Unfortunately, we visited during Storm Dennis, so we couldn't make the most of the beautiful garden although our boys still had a run around out there and looked for fish in the pond. I imagine it would be fantastic on a warm summers day. I would highly recommend this cottage! Thank you for a lovely stay.

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• Michelle - Verified booking

  The house is perfect - one of the best we have stayed in.

  Everything is brand new and the house is the cleanest I have seen. The owners have thought of everything you need and provided excellent communication before and after our stay. There is plenty of outside space and private parking. It is also very secure for the dog and the owners provided dog treats, towels and bags for us to use. And then there is the amazing hot tub - lovely to come home to and very private. Anderby Creek is also lovely. It is a small village with a few small caravan sites on and in the summer there is a shop, restaurant and a few pubs with evening entertainment. The beach is a two minute walk and is gorgeous - clean, safe and great for kids and dogs. There are also great walks from the house and you aren't far from the bigger seaside resorts. We visited in February and loved the house and the area We have already booked a week in the summer and can't wait to go back.

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• Judith - Verified booking

  Lovely house, large airy rooms and private dog proof garden furnished to an acceptable standard.

  I’ve never stayed anywhere with so much storage space and hundreds of hangers! We were a party of 6 adults, 4 children aged 6 months- 7 years and 2 dogs so we felt comfortable with that standard. However, although there was a large kitchen with lots of storage space there was only a standard sized fridge large enough for 2-3 people but ridiculously small for 10! One of the beds was propped up on a breeze block and dipped in the middle. (Very poor considering what we paid for the week.) There were also a lot of little niggles for example: dripping taps, curtains needing rehanging and a sloping shelf in one of the bathrooms. Having said all that it is a very pleasant place to stay and would stay again.

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