The Dovecoat

Visit website Self Catering  -   £300.00 - £550.00   per week The Dovecote Priory Farm, Lavendon Road Harrold Bedfordshire MK43 7EE

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Description

Our cottages are self contained, well equipped and available to let on a weekly basis inclusive of heating, lighting, Wi-Fi access bed linen and towels. The cottages are cosy with gas central- heating; double-glazing and all cottages have a shower. All the cottages have an open plan living area complete with dining table, kitchen and easy chairs and sofas. Our modern kitchens provide microwaves, electric cookers, fridge-freezers and dishwashers. There is a communal laundry room with washing machine and tumble dryer. The courtyard around which the cottages nestle is a pleasant place to sit on a sunny day, sipping a cold drink, surfing the web or reading the paper. Beyond the cottages is a paddock where ball games can be played and this is often visited by rabbits, pheasants and sometimes the occasional muntjac. Behind the cottages is covered parking for up to six cars. This area is lit for late arrivals and dark winter evenings. Smoking is not permitted in the cottages but there is a covered area to one side of the courtyard for smokers. Families are very welcome but we do not accept pets. Cots and high chairs are available on request. Our weeks run Friday to Friday, Arrival after 16.00 hours and departure by 10.00 hours. Short breaks, when available in low season run either Monday to Friday (4 nights) or Friday to Monday (3 nights). Owner Information Rosalind Northern Bedfordshire   Phone : +44 (0) 1234 720293

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Things to see and do in Bedfordshire

	Shuttleworth Collection      View website The Shuttleworth Collection is an aeronautical and automotive museum located at the Old Warden airfield in Bedfordshire, England. It is one of the most prestigious in the world due to the variety of old and well-preserved aircraft. The Collection is famous for its regular flying displays. During the season, all of the airworthy aircraft are flown in displays, alongside visiting aircraft from other operators and from other Services, re-creating flying during the Edwardian period, the First World War, the peacetime years of the twenties and thirties and the Second World War. Modern aircraft are also a regular feature and provide an intriguing contrast with the veteran and vintage types.
	Priory Country Park      View website Priory Country Park is an established green area, of around 360 acres, made up of lakes, meadows and woodland, partially enclosed within a bend in the river Great Ouse.
	Leighton Buzzard Light Railway      View website The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a narrow gauge light railway in Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England. It operates on a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, and is just under 3 miles (4.8 km) long. The line was built after the First World War to serve sand quarries north of the town. In the late 1960s the quarries switched to road transport and the railway was taken over by volunteers, who now run the line as a heritage railway. It is one of Britain’s leading narrow-gauge heritage railways, which celebrated 90 years of continuous operation in 2009.
	Dunstable Downs      View website Dunstable Downs are part of the Chiltern Hills, in southern Bedfordshire in England. They are a chalk escarpment forming the north-eastern reaches of the Chilterns. At 243 m, Dunstable Downs are the highest point of the county of Bedfordshire. Much of the downs are managed by the National Trust.
	Bedford Museum      View website With its emphasis clearly focused on the local community the Social History collections reflect both the home and working environments of the people of north Bedfordshire. The collections of some 20,000 items cover the wide range of domestic, corporate, military and agricultural life as well as local crafts and industries. The lives of earlier inhabitants of north Bedfordshire are interpreted through the Archaeology collections. They range from the flint tools and hand axes of the Palaeolithic to the more recent past in Medieval times. The museum holds a good numismatics collection of coins, tokens, jettons, medals and medallions The geology collections reveal the local rocks and fossils beneath our feet. These include the well-known coiled shells of ammonites and the spectacular giant marine reptiles of the Jurassic seas. The natural history collections include the birds, mammals, insects and plants to be found in the county. These are displayed in cases representing the habitats in which they would normally be found. The Bedford Modern School display contains information on the origin of the museum as a school collection. It includes natural history specimens from the county as well as information on some of the individual collectors who contributed to the Museum’s collections. This area also contains a small number of specimens collected from other countries by former pupils of Bedford Modern School. The Ethnography and Foreign Archaeology collections mostly originate from the collections of the Bedford Modern School, where parents and old boys were encouraged to donate material from other cultures.
	ZSL Whipsnade Zoo      View website Get up close to some of the biggest, rarest and most majestic animals alive - including elephants, tigers, lions, rhinos and giraffes.... and 2,500 more! With so much to see and do, a visit to ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is the perfect day out for people of all ages. The park covers 600 acres, and can be located from miles to the north and from the air because of its large white lion hill figure carved into the side of the Dunstable Downs (part of the Chiltern Hills) below the penguin and bison enclosures. Due to its size, inside the park, visitors may walk, use the Zoo's bus service, or drive their own cars between the various animal enclosures, or through an 'Asian' area where some animals are allowed to roam free. There is also a narrow gauge train service. ZSL Whipsnade Zoo is one of Europe's largest wildlife conservation parks. It is home to 6,405 animals, many of which are endangered in the wild. The majority of the animals are kept within sizeable enclosures; others, such as the peacocks, the South American mara and Australian wallabies, roam freely around the park.
	Willington Dovecote and Stables      View website Enjoy the tranquil setting of this outstanding 16th-century stone-built dovecote and stable buildings alongside Willington church.
	Woburn Abbey      View website Woburn Abbey has been the home of the Dukes of Bedford for nearly 400 years. As well as being set in 3,000 acres of beautiful grounds, the great house itself is full of unique history and is a remarkable record of 400 years of English history. This includes the story that led the 14th Duke to creating a charity called the Tavistock Trust.
	Woburn Safari Park      View website Woburn Safari Park opened in 1970 and was the second Safari park to open after Longleat in the UK. Today it is an award winning attraction which makes a valuable contribution to conservation. Most of all, it is a place where families can enjoy being together and seeing animals in a beautiful environment. We hope that you enjoy your visit.
	Swiss Garden A visit to The Swiss Garden takes you back to the early 19th century, when an interest in ornamental gardening and picturesque architecture first came together. The Swiss Garden, Old Warden Park, Bedfordshire, created in the 1820s by Lord Ongley, is a late Regency garden and an outstanding example of the Swiss picturesque. The Swiss Cottage provides the main element for this unusual and atmospheric garden. It provides the principal aspect for a number of contrived vistas which lead the eye towards this attractive thatched structure.