hulmes vale farm holiday cottages

hulmes vale farm holiday cottages large group holiday accommodation in the peak district

30/06/2023

💛 TRENT REHOMING APPEAL! 💛
Trent is a wonderful 2yr old Greyhound. Trent, is a beautiful and very friendly big fella. He socialises well here with dogs of all sizes and can live with kids. Best suited to a home with kids 8yrs and over, and probably best suited to a home with no tiny dogs simply due to his size. He loves going for walks, but also loves just chilling out on a cosy bed. He will need some house training initially, as he has never been in a home before. But he is a very chill and clean dog in general. For more information or to apply, click on the link: https://www.petadoptionwebsite.com/pet/645935f2069ce6000874e792

Fancy visiting the Peak District with family and friends.  Ideally situated for visiting all The Peak District's attract...
27/06/2023

Fancy visiting the Peak District with family and friends. Ideally situated for visiting all The Peak District's attractions.

Large and smaller groups catered for. Dogs are very welcome.

Hot tub hire available.

Take a look at our special offers.

July Late Availability

Friday 14th July - The Holmes Barn - Sleeps 16 - £795 for two nights.

August Late Availability

Friday 4th August - Hulmes Vale House - Sleeps 16 - £895 for two nights.

Friday 11th August - Either Cottage - Sleeps 16 - £895 for two nights*.

Friday 18th August - Either Cottage - Sleeps 16 - £895 for two nights*.

*Discount available if both cottages booked - Sleeps over 30 when hired together

Midweek availability - Minimum stay 2 nights

Monday 21st August - Hulmes Vale House - Sleeps 16 - £195 per night

Monday 28th August - Hulmes Vale House - Sleeps 16 - £195 per night

For up to date availability www.hulmesvalefarmcottages.co.uk

Contact Kate - 0707802 822584
Email:- [email protected]

Fancy visiting the Peak District with family and friends.  Ideally situated for visiting all The Peak District's attract...
16/06/2023

Fancy visiting the Peak District with family and friends. Ideally situated for visiting all The Peak District's attractions.

Large and smaller groups catered for. Dogs are very welcome.

Hot tub hire available.

Take a look at our special offers.

June Late Availability

Saturday 17th June - The Holmes Barn - Sleeps 16 - £595 for two nights.

Either cottage available midweek in June for two to four nights at £245 per night.

July Late Availability

Friday 14th July - The Holmes Barn - Sleeps 16 - £895 for two nights.

Either cottage available midweek in July for two to four nights at £295 per night.

For up to date availability www.hulmesvalefarmcottages.co.uk

Contact Kate - 0707802 822584Email:- [email protected]

14/06/2023

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10/06/2023
30/05/2023

Sultan the Pit Pony
Caerphilly, Wales

There is huge sculpture built as a tribute to the pit ponies of Wales you might never have noticed. Sultan the pit pony is made from thousands of tons of waste material left behind when Penallta Colliery closed in the 1990s.

At 200 metres from hoof to muzzle, a galloping pony frozen in time is an imposing monument to the industry which drove Britain through the industrial revolution and put Wales at the centre of world shipping and trade.

Sultan the Pit Pony sits on the site of the Penallta Colliery, which is now a country park popular with dog walkers and families, a few miles north of Caerphilly. Its magnificent mane, hooves and slender body are shaped from the tons of waste coal shale rock that was left on the site when the colliery closed in 1991.

From ground level, the giant pony looks like an unremarkable set of small hills that you might walk right over without knowing what is right under your feet. However, with the recent growth in the use of drones, the true scale of the great sculpture is much easier to see, having remained difficult to view in its entirety since it was created in the 1990s. Designed by Welsh sculptor Mike Petts, it took three years to complete the earthworks between 1996 and 1999.

Sultan was designed to serve a dual purpose. As well as a path for walkers trailing along Sultan's spine, a seating area in its giant nostril and a bench in its ear, the imposing mass of the sculpture acts as a wind break to protect the Parc Penallta events area adjacent to it. Giant hoof prints are scattered around the field above Sultan's head. In rainy periods, these fill with water and become pools to attract wildlife to the park.

Sultan's body is covered in grass, but the black coal shale it is made of is exposed at points to give definition to the hooves, tail, mane and eyes.

The name Sultan comes from one of the last pit ponies in Wales.
When the sculptor of the Penallta pony designed the earthwork, the now-retired Sultan was still alive and a well-loved reminder of the lost coal industry. The sculpture was soon christened Sultan by people locally.

In total, 60,000 tons of coal shale rock were used to bring Sultan to life and be enjoyed by the descendants of the miners who hauled the coal out of the earth at Penallta to power steam engines in trains and ships. Great earth mounds made from millions of tons of waste material dragged out of the mines by men and ponies became massive slag heaps in the valleys of Wales and still dot the landscape to this day. Many have been incorporated into the scenery or planted with trees to keep them stable and less of a mark on the lush green hillsides of the valleys. They are a lasting reminder of the long-closed deep mines of Wales and the people and animals who worked in them.

The Penallta pony sculpture is perhaps the most imaginative use of a slag heap in Wales and is the largest earth sculpture in the UK. It is a fitting tribute to the thousands of hardy ponies that pulled millions of tons of black gold out of the bowels of the earth in the hot and dangerous work of coal mining in Wales during the 19th and 20th centuries. Pit ponies were used into the 1990's.

Coal mining was the driving force of the Welsh economy for decades, with thousands of miners working the country's deep coal mines until the last one closed in 2008. The industry left its mark on the cultural as well as geographical fabric of Wales, with over a million people in Wales working in coal in the 1920's. Today, the figure stands at just 5,000.

Sultan the Pit Pony will at least keep the memory of the pit ponies of Wales, and the miners who led them, alive, as an impressive and lasting tribute to their sacrifice.

Source: Wales Online
Image: Sultan the pit pony.

June Late AvailabilityFriday 9th June - Hulmes Vale House - Sleeps 15 - £895 for three nights.Friday 16th June - The Hol...
18/05/2023

June Late Availability

Friday 9th June - Hulmes Vale House - Sleeps 15 - £895 for three nights.

Friday 16th June - The Holmes Barn - Sleeps 16 - £895 for three nights.

Either cottage available midweek in June from Monday for two to four nights at £245 per night.

Take a look at our availability calendar on our website www.hulmesvalefarmcottages.co.uk for available weekend and midwe...
25/04/2023

Take a look at our availability calendar on our website www.hulmesvalefarmcottages.co.uk for available weekend and midweek slots in the holiday cottages

Either cottage sleeps fifteen guests but are happy to cater for smaller groups.
There is an adjacent camping paddock if needed.

Dogs are very welcome. Hot Tub Hire available.

Looking for a getaway with family and friends through the Easter holidays in Peak District.Hulmes Vale Farm Holiday Cott...
20/03/2023

Looking for a getaway with family and friends through the Easter holidays in Peak District.

Hulmes Vale Farm Holiday Cottages is the perfect choice and offers affordable accommodation.

There is midweek availability in both large cottages.

Each cottage sleeps up to 15 guests and is dog friendly. Located near the village of Tideswell in the heart of The Peak District.

3rd to 7th April – Either Cottage – £895 for four nights.

10th to 14th April – Either Cottage – £895 for four nights.

Please call Kate on +44 7802 822584 or email:- [email protected]

Address

Hulmes Vale Farm, Tideswell Moor, Tideswell
Buxton
SK178JD

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