Town Farm Devon Holidays

18/02/2025

Come along & explore our corner of North Devon/Cornwall with your furry friends . . paws and relax awhile 🐾 🌳 🐶 🌺 🐝

A short drive from Town Farm Devon Holidays is Sandymouth one of our favourite all-year-round dog-friendly beaches 🐶 🐾

On a low tide Sandymouth offers:
- A wide sandy beach to walk & run along
- Rock pools to explore 🦀🐟
- A seasonal cafe ☕️(open during the summer & holiday weekends ‘out of season’)
- Toilets (open seasonally)
- Lifeguards during summer season

The car park is operated by the National Trust:
- Pay & display (+ attendants during summer)
- During peak summer/school holiday periods the car park can be full by 11am
- An ‘overflow’ field car park does operate (at some distance further up the lane)

There is a steep slope down to the beach with steps, and cobbles at the top of beach.

There is *No Beach* available at high tide.
We prefer to visit two hours each-side of low tide.

On a low tide there is a shipwreck at the far end of the beach towards Northcott (south or ‘left’ when you walk down the steps onto the beach). The SS Belem ran aground in heavy fog on 20 November 1917. The wreck has become a site of archaeological importance, with parts of the boilers, a prop shaft, parts of the hull and stern visible.

14/02/2025

💗 Our first Tawny Owl🦉checked out the new owl house this morning💗

09/02/2025

We do get asked: ‘Do you have a hot tub?’
Our short answer is ‘No’

Here are our reasons why . .

At Town Farm Devon Holidays we have made the conscious decision not to install a hot tub for both safety & ecological reasons.

* FULLY CLEANED: to ensure that a hot tub is clean for each guest booking. The hot tub would need to be fully drained, cleaned, refilled and reheated during each changeover. When clean water is a limited resource for our planet, we would be significantly increasing our water usage by gallons per week emptying and refilling a hot tub. This is not a priority when our reservoirs often run low or dry in summer. Due to the chemicals used this water could not be recycled, and would have to be discharged to the sewer for treatment. Higher water usage would mean higher water bills, increased power for heating the hot tub & increased cleaning costs. All of which have impacts on the environment and would need be factored into our pricing. Practically the hot tub may not be able to be available for guest use on the last night & first night of stays, due to the emptying, cleaning, refilling and reheating times required.

* LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE: hot tubs are the perfect temperature for the growth of bacteria such as legionnella. To ensure that any bacteria is killed and water quality is strictly maintained it is essential that they are disinfected. With the pH and sanitiser levels tested and recorded at least once a day by the holiday let owner. This would either involve the hot tub needing to be located in a ‘shared’ space where we and other guests have access, or us needing to intrude on our guests private garden at least once a day to take the required water samples for testing.

If you decide to book a holiday home with a hot tub, please make sure that the holiday let owner is following Health and Safety Guidance 282 (HSG282) as they have a ‘duty of care’:https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/priced/hsg282.pdf

Please ask the holiday home owner for their hot tub documentation (particularly the daily water quality testing) to ensure that you are safe.

02/02/2025

Thank you to Tamar Lake Café for baking our scrumptious welcome tray cakes. Our guests this week enjoyed a luscious lemon drizzle 😋

29/12/2024

Planning a short-break or holiday to look forward to in 2025 . . Take a look at Town Farm Devon Holidays

Our Visit England 4* Gold Award Greystones on the border of North Devon & North Cornwall, within 10miles of beautiful beaches & coastpath walks. Greystones sleeps 4 & upto 6 dogs, or if you fancy a bit more space the Grange (Greystones with an interconnecting door to the Granary annex) sleeps 6 & upto 8 dogs.

Welcoming dogs throughout, we provide:
- throws for sofas & beds
- dog towels & bowls
- handmade dog treats
- dog crates to borrow (small or extra large)
- outside warm dog shower
- extra freezer space for raw feeders
- Our orchard is stock fenced with a top rail at 1.1-1.2m (3’7”-4ft) min 1m (3’3”) at gates
- Our ‘upper’ wood (including the woodland walk) is stock fenced with a top wire at 0.8-0.9m (2’7”-3ft)
- Greystones private garden is part hedged (with encapsulated fencing) and part fenced, the shortest fence is 1.2m (4ft) with a 0.3m (1ft) trellis on top raising the total height to 1.5m (5ft)
- We don’t charge for dogs, instead we do encourage our guests to make a donation to our PDSA collection box

Bonus features:
- A short stroll to a dog-friendly community bar (open Friday & Saturday evenings)
- Dog walks directly from the doorstep
- Dog friendly pub (in the bar) serving food in the next village (2.5miles)
- Within 10miles/30mins drive of year-round, dog-friendly beaches

For humans Greystones offers: one double bedroom, one ‘zip&link’ twin or superking bedroom, bathroom with walk-in shower, lounge with log burner, dining room, kitchen & ground floor WC. Or when booked as the Grange (Greystones with an interconnecting door to the Granary annex) adds an extra double bedroom, bathroom with roll-top bath + overhead rainshower & second living room with kitchen. Plus a games barn with table football, mini-pool/air hockey, fire pit for toasting marshmallows or star gazing, off-road parking & an EV charger.

Guest reviews:
https://www.upfrontreviews.com/reviews/24010/town-farm-sutcombe/

Look us up:
https://www.townfarmsutcombe.com

01/12/2024

🎄Looking for a Christmas break 🎄

We have availability between 20th-27th December (min 3-nights) in our Visit England 4* Gold Award-winning Granary. On the border of North Devon & North Cornwall, within 10miles of beaches & coastpath walks in both counties. The Granary sleeps two (one double bed) and upto 2 dogs.

We are dog-friendly (not just dog tolerant!) dogs are welcome throughout, we provide:
- throws for sofas & beds
- dog towels & bowls
- handmade dog treats
- dog crates to borrow (small or extra large)
- outside warm dog shower
- enclosed 1/2 acre orchard (stock fenced: top rail at 1.1-1.2m/3.5-4ft min 1m/3.3ft at gates)
- Our own woodland walk (stock fenced: top wire at 0.9m/3ft min 0.8m/2.6ft due to sloping ground)
- 10miles/30mins drive of year-round, dog-friendly beaches

For humans The Granary sleeps two in one double bedroom, with an open-plan lounge/kitchen, bathroom (bath with over-head rain shower). Private parking, smart TV, WiFi, plus a games barn with table football, mini-pool/air hockey.

Look us up:
https://www.townfarmsutcombe.com/the-granary

25/11/2024

Guest feedback is incredibly important to us at Town Farm Devon Holidays. Here is some of the recent feedback we’ve received 😊

If you are looking for a dog-friendly break in a lovely Visit England accredited 4* Gold cottage, take a look at our website with availability calendar:

https://www.townfarmsutcombe.com

15/11/2024

☀️ Just two GSP’s enjoying Widemouth Bay ☀️ Bay

11/11/2024

Looking for a break away with multiple dogs, an enclosed garden and dogs welcome throughout the cottage?

Take a look at Town Farm Devon Holidays

We offer:
- throws for sofas & beds
- dog towels & bowls
- handmade dog treats
- dog crates to borrow (small or extra large)
- outside warm dog shower
- enclosed 1/2 acre orchard (stock fenced: top rail at 1.1-1.2m/3.5-4ft min 1m/3.3ft at gates
- Greystones enclosed private garden (part hedged with encapsulated fencing and part fenced, shortest fence 1.5m/5ft)
- Our own woodland walk (stock fenced: top wire at 0.9m/3ft min 0.8m/2.6ft due to sloping ground)
- 10miles/30mins drive of year-round, dog-friendly beaches

For humans our Visit England 4* Gold Award cottages are on the border of north Devon and Cornwall. Greystones sleeps 4 (upto 6 dogs) or the Grange sleeps 6 (upto 8 dogs).

Take a look at our website.
https://www.townfarmsutcombe.com

30/10/2024

30/10/2024

Our guests enjoy access to outdoor and shared facilities at Town Farm

07/10/2024

Looking for a 3-night break or week away . . Take a look at our website . . Our 2025 calendar is available 🐶 🐾

13/07/2024

Enjoying a lovely evening in the ☀️ with a refreshing G&T at Gotland Gin

29/06/2024

Looking for a relaxing 3-night short-break or a week getaway before the school summer holidays?

Town Farm Devon Holidays has availability:

🪷 Friday 12th July 3-nights(was £712) now £604.52 with TFSave15 (sleeps 4)

🦋 Friday 12th July 7-nights (was £1,016) now £863.60 with TFSave15 (sleeps 4)

🐾 No dog fees

🌊 Dramatic seas, stunning cliff tops, lovely sandy beaches and shady woodlands. Can we tempt you to the border of north Devon & north Cornwall?

🏡 Town Farm Devon Holidays offers two beautiful Visit England 4* Gold Award properties:
🛏 Greystones sleeps 4 & upto 6 dogs, or
🛋 the Grange (Greystones plus Granary annex with an interconnecting door) to sleep 6 & upto 8 dogs.

Look us up:
https://www.townfarmsutcombe.com

28/05/2024

🌟 Thank you to our latest guests for a lovely review, we are really glad you enjoyed staying with us 😊

& extending our thanks to Jacky at The WellGood Dog Co. All natural Dog treats, who supply the dog biscuits for our welcome dog bowls 🐶🐾