The little yellow cottage is available for holiday rental throughout the year.
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Enjoy your stay in a traditional old cottage, and wake up to the sound & sight of the sea.
10/06/2024
As always it is lovely to get a great review of the little yellow cottage.
"My family had an absolutely wonderful stay over a bank holiday weekend. The house fit 2 adults and 3 children very well! We loved the original features of the home and the renovations were outstanding. We spent a full day at Dover Castle and had plenty of food options nearby when we returned that evening. We walked along the beach to Adventure Park in Folkstone and enjoyed that very much. The trip was fun filled but also very relaxing! The home had absolutely everything we needed for our stay. My children were quite sad to leave and are already asking when we can go back! Thank you so much to the incredible hosts for their part in making such wonderful family memories."
Thanks Ashlee. Its good to know your family has such a nice time & were able to enjoy the local sights & relax!
For the kids it is always a must to check out the Pirate ship at the adventure park,
10/02/2024
I have had a bit of luck in coming across some really lovely engravings of Sandgate & a little history of Sandgate Castle. The first engraving from around 1840 is viewing Sandgate from the East. You can see the castle & just beyond it houses where the Little Yellow Cottage now is. The hills behind Sandgate look impossibly high.
The second engraving is of Sandgate Castle from 1787. The Castle is on its own & is pretty much as it was originally built. In 1805 the castle was essentially modernised & pulled apart to make it closer to the Martello towers that were now lining the coast to see of Napoleon.
The final treat is a little guidebook to the Castle published in about 1898. The booklet is long on the materials & cost of building, short on social history & any actual events. The Castle was never as robust as it looked its seaward walls collapsing several times into the sea, & having to be rebuilt.
27/01/2024
The Folkestone beach board walk as the sun goes down
25/01/2024
It always nice to get a great review forthe cottage. Our guest last week gave us a 10/10 and said, " I cannot recommend this delightful holiday property more than is possible.
The cottage was very homely and its position to the beach and also walking distance to Folkestone or Hythe added to our enjoyment,
This is in the top 5 of our cottage holidays."
We really love our cottage & its location. In the summer you get tranquil sea & a relaxing beach. In the winter you can watch a few rough seas and the brave souls who swim all year round.
Sandgate village boasts some great places to eat out & socialise.
31/12/2023
Finally after torrential rain & gale force winds the sun shines over the crashing waves. Happy New Year...
24/06/2023
https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/06/20/flight-free-holidays-the-5-best-european-beaches-you-can-reach-by-train Folkestone has been featured as one of 5 places to visit by train. We may be biased but we love Folkestone for its great places to eat, drink & do culture as well as enjoy its different beaches. The isolation of the Warren, the flat sands & rocks of sunny sands, & the great swimming at the Mermaid beach. All of this less than 40 minutes walk from our little yellow cottage by the sea in Sandgate.
If you are travelling by high speed train from London stop at Folkestone West - we are 5 minutes by taxi or 20 minutes on foot. You can book at www.sandgateholidaycottages.co.uk
Sandgate Holiday Rental Sea view - the little yellow holiday cottage by the sea
30/04/2023
Its beautiful in Sandgate & our cottage is available for late bookings through May. We are getting some great reviews for the cottage. Our last guest wrote " we are having such a lovely time, the cottage is perfect!"
Its always great to hear this, Wnether you want just to chill by the sea, visits friends or explore a lovely bit of England this a good place to be. www.sandgateholidaycottages.co.uk
Sandgate Holiday Rental Sea view - the little yellow holiday cottage by the sea
25/04/2023
Late availability at the Little Yellow Cottage. Check out our available dates through May. Our cottage has now been redecorated throughout. Ine recent reviews our guests have described it as a "lovely little cottage, warm cosy & well equipped". Its a great place to stay to wake up to the sounds of the waves on the beach. Its a place well there are brave locals who swim in the sea all year round. On clear days you will see across the channel to France. Its is only a 35 minute walk to the much revived Folkestone with its creativequarter & hHarbour Arm. Its a good place too to explore the Romney Marsh & the haunting Dungeness.
Sandgate Village has a good selection of restaurants, pubs & cafes within yards of the cottage. Book online at www.sandgateholidaycottages.co.uk or phone 07795474312
Sandgate Holiday Rental Sea view - the little yellow holiday cottage by the sea
15/05/2022
Sad to sea the bounty leave our shores, but really excited to see the arrival of the Santa Maria.
In a childs imagination you can see this as the home of local pirates. Maybe Cpatain Clegg also known as the Reverend Dr Syn may make it his new base as he takes his smuggling gang through the local excise men to deliver to the smugglers on the Marsh.
30/04/2022
It is great to hear when our guests hav really enjoyed their stay at The Little Yellow Cottage. A recent guest gave us 5 stars having booked via Vbro and gave a loively review.
"Its an incredibly sweet house in an amazing location. The town is very lovely and might even be the most beautiful of the towns on this part of the coast. The people there are extremely lovely as well. Would definitely recommend. "
A couple of metres from Sandgate Beach the sea dominates the life of the cottage all year. The hardy swim in front of the cottage all year. The less hardy wait for the sea to warm up. When its warm, sunny & calm as it is often the sea buzzes with life as people take to canoes, & paddle boards.
Sandgate is home to a range of quirky shops, and is a great place to stop find somewhere to stop eat & drink.
The cottage is just a half hour walk along the coast to Folkestone, on the way walk up the steps from the beach & you are in the Lower Leas Coastal Park. Beautifully laid out he park has a spectacular childrens play area.
When you get out to Folkestone enjoy the largest outdoor art collection in the UK, enjoy the lively Harbour Arm, & the arts & crafts in its creative quarter on the Old High Street.
After a day out returning to the warmth & cosyness of the Little Yellow Cottage is just the tonic.
13/11/2021
Fabulous Skies seen from The Little Yellow Cottage as Dungeness is put in the spotlight.
31/10/2021
Lonely Planet has recognised our interesting varied coastline & the regeneration of our towns though art & culture to make this one of the worlds regional destination for 2022.
Folkestone has been included in Lonely Planet's list of the World's Best Regions to Visit in 2022. As part of Kent's Heritage Coast, we have been placed fourth, alongside other regions, including Puerto Rico, the Atacama Desert and Iceland's Westfjords.
07/07/2021
Who needs the med when you can enjoy sea conditions like this off Sandgate beach - when the sun shine and the wind doesn't blow its just perfect.
20/06/2021
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jun/19/folkestones-seafront-has-been-transformed-by-art-in-the-past-decade The Guardian today writes about how Folkestone has been transformed by the artworks that litter the town and the rejuvination of Folkestones old high street and harbour arm. For vistors to our cottage the walk along the beach or through the lower leas coastal park is one of the highlights of staying at the cottage. on our walk from Sandgate to Folkestone we pass all the fantastically restored and colourful beach huts, including Bronsteins beach hut in the style of Hawksmoore, Bill Inuits Inuit and seal, Himids Jelly Mould & so much more.
Four Folkestone triennials have drawn thousands of visitors to the once-deprived town, bringing a creative energy and new food and music venues
13/06/2021
Early today and the tides out. In front of the little yellow cottage the beach is starting to stir into life with paddleboards swimmers and a stirdy few marking out their space.
Just gone midday the tide is coming in and the beach is filling up. The rowing club 4 are returning after a couple of hours on the water.
We left Sandgate and walked to Folkestone and families and their barbecues all along the coast were enjoying a warm sea, blue sky and tranquil water.
Over the last days we have had some bookings from European visitors cancelled because of the quarantine restrictions on travel.
Check out www.sandgateholidaycottages.co.uk and reserve your place by this beautiful beach in the heart of the unique village of Sandgate.
17/05/2021
Mostly the Little Yellow Cottage is about being right by the sea but on a day with mixed weather its great to explore inland. Over the weekend we set off from St Leonards Church in Hythe & walked past Saltwood Castle followed paths to Frogholt & though tricky muddy woodland paths to Etchinghill where we got to the Gatekeeper as they opened for lunch.
We returned by following the South Downs way skirting MOD land & getting the most extraordinary views to the coast over the Channel tunnel tracks and the back of Summer House Hill. The walk back took us past apple orchards near Sandling back to Saltwood Green. Where our friend Ian sat on the round bench his family paid for in memory of his father John before walking back to North Road. A long walk with great views, history and fauna. https://twitter.com/SandgateCottage/status/1394028333365669889?s=20
17/05/2021
Mostly the Little Yellow Cottage is about being right by the sea but on a day with mixed weather its great to explore inland. Over the weekend we set off from St Leonards Church in Hythe & walked past Saltwood Castle followed paths to Frogholt & though tricky muddy woodland paths to Etchinghill where we got to the Gatekeeper as they opened for lunch.
We returned by following the South Downs way skirting MOD land & getting the most extraordinary views to the coast over the Channel tunnel tracks and the back of Summer House Hill. The walk back took us past apple orchards near Sandling back to Saltwood Green. Where our friend Ian sat on the round bench his family paid for in memory of his father John before walking back to North Road. A long walk with great views, history and fauna. https://twitter.com/SandgateCottage/status/1394028333365669889?s=20
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Charming Holiday Cottage by the Sea
The cottage is situated in the heart of Sandgate, a village with a unique character and history. Our family moved to the area in the 1960’s when Sandgate was full of small antique shops. In the last few years the village has transformed with Sandgate being home to a number of café, restaurants & bars all within a few minutes walk of our cottage.
Metres from the little yellow cottage on the sea wall is Sandgate Castle now a private home but once part of the English defence against the threat of invasion from France it was originally built by Henry VIII and subsequently re-enforced to deter Napoleon it was part of a chain of defences built right along the south coast in the form of Martello Towers. Looking out to sea on a clear day you will sea the beaches of France & even possibly the French village of Sangatte.
To the right across the bay you can the Dungeness Peninsula one of the largest expanses of shingle in Europe at the tip of the Romney Marshes and beyond that the historic town of Rye. All along this coast in cottages like Sea View were families dependent on smuggling. Behind the sandy beaches and the sea wall of the Romney Marsh lies the village of Dymchurch home to Dr Syn vicar & notorious smuggler the Scarecrow.
From Sea View you can walk or cycle along the sea front towards Hythe or Folkestone.
Folkestone heyday as a seaside resort was in Edwardian England when royalty and the upper classes made it a popular holiday destination. The grand Edwardian houses, the two enormous hotel buildings, The Grand & The Imperial dominate the Leas where the fashionable folk of the early 20th Century promenaded still stay testament to a rich past. The world wars & the advent of cheap overseas holidays put pay to its glorious past. The loss of the channel ferries to the Tunnel cemented Folkestones economic decline.
The town can thank the generosity of Roger De Haan who having made his fortune from Saga has helped re-invent Folkestone as a destination. Funding the Folkestone Triennial an Art event that has left Folkestone with an eclectic collection of 84 peices of public art through the town and on the sea front. The old High Street once a forgotten cobbled descent to the Harbour has been transformed into the creative quarter with artists & craft shops lining the way to a transformed Harbour. Transformed by the presence of RockSalt restaurant perched over the harbour and the restoration of the Harbour Arm. This was where the Orient Express Train met the ferry to France, now home to pop up cafe's, restaurants and bars humming with life through the summer days. Having walked from the cottage to Folkestone nothing better than to have a glass of English bubbly in the lighthouse bar.
Folkestone is now being rediscovered its gritty charm being the subject of surprised praise in fashionable magazines like Bazaar
Turn the other way and cycle along the sea wall to Hythe. This is a beautiful little town with none of the brash bustle of Folkestone its High Street home to little cafe's & a few restaurants. Above the High Street is the Old Church with its extraordinary ossary full of bones. From the church you can look down across the Romney Marshes. At the west end of Hythe is the RHDR, the little steam railway that winds its way across the Marshes to Dungeness. If you choose to cycle out of Hythe following the Royal Military Canal you might glimpse African wild life that roams the Hills at Port Lympne wild life park - you will certainly see the remains of the old Roman port. Keep going into the Marsh and enjoy the quiet of the little roads that make up the fifth continent.
Going further afield cross the Marsh and visit Rye Its a fabulous old town do not miss the opportunity to sit in the bar at the Mermaid Inn. Here the Hawkhurst gang met and planned the smuggling raids shipping out wool & bringing in brandy & tobaco. Or turn the other way & visit Dover with its iconic castle defending the coast from medeival times to WW2.
