Dartmoor Holidays

27/06/2024

Over the Summer solstice, so as not to leave tractor tyre tracks?

The stones, part of a double stone row on Dartmoor, gives visitors "a glimpse into the past".

14/06/2024

**VERY SPECIAL OFFER** Are you able to come for a stay here sometime before the end of June? 25% DISCOUNT offered on any whole week! That's prices now from £367pw in The Shippen (sleeps 2-4) and £490pw in either The Barn (sleeps 6) or The Hemphouse (sleeps 5). That's less than £12pppn for 6 people sharing The Barn. You must quote this ad to qualify for these prices.

23/05/2024

TOMORROW **HALF PRICE SHORTBREAK**
for 3 nights in The Hemphouse only £247. We still have The Barn (sleeps 6) available for a whole week now with 20% discount so only £563

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20/05/2024

Next half term week still available in The Barn (under £17pppn for 6 people sharing). FOAL ARRIVED LAST NIGHT... come to meet him....

20/05/2024

FOAL HAS ARRIVED! Next week still available in The Barn (less than £17pppn for 6 people sharing). Come and do some foal worship......

16/05/2024

HALF TERM AVAILABILITY - first time in many, many years that we've had a vacancy for the May half term week commencing May 25th in The Barn (sleeps 2-6 people). Under £17per person per night for 6 people sharing. £705pw with discount offered for just a couple staying. There should be a new foal here by then and if you want a go at spinning or hand milking goats please ask!

27/10/2023

**CHRISTMAS OFFER**

£200 discount if you book all 3 properties for the week commencing 21st December (total price now £1937). The Barn has a very spacious living area; perfect for large gatherings and room for 15 people to sit down to a meal together (also using second fold away table). Bookings will also be accepted for just one or two properties).
Photo is Staple Tor on a snowy day; less than an hour's walk from here.

We are a bit different! 3 'green', self catering properties right inside Dartmoor National Park

22/08/2023

Lovely weather forecast for the next few days and we have unexpected vacancies now! No reasonable offer refused in The Barn or The Hemphouse.

21/08/2023

HALF PRICE for the dates below in The Barn which is unexpectedly available again as visitors who've been coming for very many years had to leave early (sad story).

The Barn: today until 26th August & also 29th Aug - Sep 2nd

The Hemphouse: now until 16th September (minimum 2 nights)
Weekly rate £576 - £825 with 10% discount off whole weeks. We have plenty of autumn and winter availability (£372pw - £525pw)

10/08/2023

**Why face airport strikes in August when we have availability?!! ** Unite has announced strikes by ground handlers and passenger assistance workers at Gatwick Airport for four days from 18 August, and a further four days from 25 August.

01/08/2023

You might persuade us to offer you a 10% DISCOUNT on August weeks below. It's very rare for us to have late availability at this time!

The Shippen wc Aug12th & 26th normal price £620pw
The Barn wc Aug 12th, 19th & 26th normal price £825pw
The Hemphouse wc Aug 12th, 2 nts 19th & 20th, wc Aug 25th normal price £825pw

Longer or shorter stays may be possible.

10/07/2023

We still have some weeks available in the school summer holidays. £50 off any week if you quote this post when booking.

31/05/2023

Our latest arrival will be here for a very long stay!

12/02/2023

NOT FREE HOLIDAYS, BUT......
Book any of the dates available below and we'll give the full price to either the EARTHQUAKE OR UKRAINIAN APPEALS - your choice. Minimum stay 2 nights. (Prices from £178 for 2 nights, £395pw). We will, as normal, ask you to pay us for any heating fuel used.

The Shippen (sleeps 2-4)
Mar 1st - 9th (8 nights)
Mar 14th - 17th (3 nights)
Mar 20th - 26th (6 nights)

The Barn (sleeps 2-6)
Feb 18th - Mar 10th (20 nights)
Mar 12th - 17th (5 nights)
Mar 20th - 25th (5 nights)

31/01/2023

***PLEASE book to come for a week in March***

We will now donate

100% of our profit to The Red Cross Ukrainian Appeal

for any whole week booked.

02/12/2022

***SPECIAL OFFERS *** Jan/Feb/March with £100 donated to the Red Cross Ukraine Appeal for every whole week booked. See our website for up to date availability dartmoorholidays.co.uk

Fantastic moorland and more sheltered riverside walks from our doorstep; the perfect place to enjoy whatever the Spring weather! The local pub is excellent too and, like us, is dog friendly.

13/08/2022

Very rare availability next week in The Shippen (sleeps 2-4) 20-27th August £590

09/08/2022

This book looks at the changing perceptions of Dartmoor through the recent centuries, and their effect on our approach to the ‘conservation versus exploitation’ dichotomy. It’s an innovative angle on the literature and history relating to the landscape.

With its bracken, bogs and winds, Dartmoor can seem bleak and inhospitable, but this Devon-born historian is enchanted by the wildness

22/04/2022

Book one of our unsold weeks between now and the end of May and we will donate£100 to the Red Cross Ukrainian appeal. We raised about £1300 with our previous offer in March. Our thanks to anyone who decides to book now!

28/02/2022

'FREE' holiday in March? Only if you pay the full price to the Red Cross Ukranian appeal. We would ask for you to pay us for any heating and electricity used. We have already made a significant personal donation yesterday and gift aided it.

Vacancies available for this offer:
All March weeks in The Barn at £376pw (short breaks of 2,3 4 of 5 nights at 60,70,80 & 90% also available)
In The Shippen Feb 28th - March 16th and Mar 21st - 26th (75% of the rates above)

30/09/2021

Very sad last minute cancellation today leaves 6 nights available in The Barn starting tomorrow (1st October). No reasonable offer refused and shorter stay possible.

30/08/2021

These two horses are here for a 36 hour rest before their final stage of their John O'Groats to Land's End journey. All in a good cause so if anyone feels able to help Environmental Education please go to https://gofund.me/d7e200f8.
The Climate Ride, oranised by Elsa Kent

Arley

24/08/2021

28th & 29th August still available for further reduced price of
ONLY £200

Photo below taken when walking to our local & excellent pub.

23/08/2021

August Bank Holiday weekend 28th and 29th in The Shippen (sleeps 2-4) NOW REDUCED to £300, was £337.

Photo below taken on Staple Tor; it's about a 50 minute walk from here.

12/07/2021

JULY VACANCIES:

We have a friend nearby with a lovely place very similar to ours who has vacancies from now until 26th July with two semidetached properties each with 3 bedrooms. Please ask for further details.

06/07/2021

*** SOLD....BUT.... still 3 nights 17th - 20th July available***

*** VACANCY 5 NIGHTS from TODAY (Tuesday 6th July)*** Only £323 that's £100 off normal 5 night price in The Shippen (sleeps 2-4). Shorter stay possible. Dartmoor is a wonderful place to get away from it all!
Sadly current visitors have to leave early (elderly mother has had a fall so they need to return home).

30/06/2021

We have an old diary lost and left behind here quite a long while ago, but don't know who to return it to. If the beginning of the following entry means anything to you please get in touch: we'd love to return it to its rightful owner!
4th August 1976 Jo, Richard, Vicky, Michael and I left Blackheath at 10.45. Kate and Sarah saw us off.......

22/06/2021

The following summer dates still available:

The Shippen
July 17th - 20th SPECIAL 3 NIGHT OFFER of £293. That's £100 off normal 3 night price
August 28th - Sep 4th £562 (shorter stay may be possible)

The Barn
August 28th - Sep 4th £749 (shorter stay may be possible)

The Hemphouse
August 28th - Sep 4th £749 (shorter stay may be possible)

Most September dates available in at least one property.

03/05/2021

******************WE NOW HAVE SOME SUMMER VACANCIES DUE TO PROVISIONAL BOOKINGS NOT BEING CONFIRMED BY THIS WEEK'S DEADLINE.***************

07/02/2021

UPDATED 5th MAR
We have been inundated with summer holiday enquiries recently!
We will continue to take provisional bookings to be confirmed by us by May 1st. Priority given to:
* bookings of 2 weeks (or longer)
* bookings where all people coming have been vaccinated against or had the Corona virus
* bookings where all people coming are willing to arrive on the day the previous visitors departed

Definite school summer holiday bookings may be possible now for some dates if some, or all, of the above criteria are met.
Currently definite start dates possibly available are:
The Barn 28th August
The Hemphouse July 17th
The Shippen 14th August

Other dates available provisionally are:

The Shippen
May Any dates apart from half term (wc 29th) & wc 22nd
June Any dates
July wc 3rd, 10th & 17th
August wc 14th, 21st & 28th
September wc 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th
October Any dates apart from half term (wc 23rd)
November Any dates
December Any dates except new year (wc 28th)

The Barn
May Any dates after May 1st apart from half term (wc 29th)
June Any dates apart from wc 26th
July wc 3rd, 10th & 17th
August wc 28th
September wc 4th, 11th, 18th & 25th
October Any dates apart from half term (wc 23rd)
November Any dates
December Any dates except new year (wc 28th)

The Hemphouse
May wc 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd
June wc 5th, 12th, 19th & 26th
July wc 3rd, 10th & 17th
August wc 28th
September no availability
October Any dates apart from half term (wc 23rd)
November Any dates
Any dates except new year (wc 28th)