Dog Friendly Umberleigh Holiday Cottages

Reviews

What our customers say about their holidays

• Sarah - Verified booking

  We stayed in this property for 7 nights and felt completely at home.

  It's very spacious, light and airy. I'm really pleased for the good quality black out blinds, as I normally use a night mask. When we visited, it was very quite. Only a few other holiday homes where being used. This meant the balcony and hot tub felt very secluded. Its was a real pleasure watching the bats fly around, listening to the owls and star gazing! It was an added advantage having a washing machine and clothes airer. The house was well equipped with additional things like dog bowl, poo bags and dog treats. A welcome gift of milk, scones and clotted cream was a lovely touch. We had a small maintenance issue. However, after sending a text to the contact number, it quickly got sorted out within a couple of hours. I feel the only downside to this holiday area, is its very remote. Be prepared to drive everywhere. Even though the local pub is about 1 mile away, you need to walk down a fast windy road with no pavements or streetlights. As we were with our dog, this was just not an option. There is a beautiful walk on the other side of the road, through the woods. However, be prepared to climb some serious hills! I wouldn't visit the holiday homes because of the 'swimming pool'. I actually feel that the swimming pool area was an eye sore and would much better be made into a grassed area/garden/pond/water feature etc. However, this did not affect our stay and would definitely recommend staying.

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• Josie - Verified booking

  My husband and I and our two dogs had a wonderful stay at Hazelwood Lodge.

  The lodges are situated in a very secluded forest on a hill and has stunning views. The lodge itself is very clean and cosy. The upstairs living room/bar area is a lovely area to relax at night where you can watch TV and play pool. This leads out to the terrace and hot tub, which was filled and hot on arrival. We enjoyed sitting in there star gazing, I've never seen such bright stars! The lodge is surrounded by lovely dog friendly pubs, we visited the Exeter Inn and the Bell Inn, both around 10 minutes away, and both did lovely food, I'd highly recommend them. There's seems to be so many hidden gems in the surrounding area and we're looking forward to coming back to try more! We enjoyed lovely dog walks in Woolacombe beach and Watersmeet at Lynmouth, we also took a trip to Braunton which has lovely restaurants and shops. Most places we travelled were around 30 minutes away but the drives were very pretty, driving through countryside and by rivers and streams. Make sure you bring what you need as the nearest shop is a garage around 10 minutes drive away. It's a beautiful, quite, idyllic holiday retreat and we could not recommend it enough and look forward to returning again soon!

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• Colin - Verified booking

  This is a lovely cottage and we had a wonderful week!

  We had everything we needed here and it felt like home, but with a thatched roof. It's nicely furnished and the double bed was comfy. We even spent time in the pretty garden opposite the cottage, reading and having refreshments after going on our many walks in the area and note, there are lots of options. As advertised, there is a parking space, but be warned it is a challenge in a larger car as the entrance is snug. We reversed in, it was easier. There is a bed and accessories for a dog, so they're very welcome in the cottage. Please note that there is no wardrobe in the double bedroom, but there is a recess in the bathroom for hanging up clothes and that was fine. We recommend The Grove Inn which is only a two minute walk away. The hosts are very friendly, they've good local ales on tap and the food was terrific. It's a very popular pub, so make sure that you book a table! All-in-all, it's a cosy place to stay and we would love to revisit. Hopefully, we may even get to see a wild otter or Kingfisher next time!?!

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• Linda - Verified booking

  Lovely property, well placed on complex, lovely welcome with radio on and scones, hot tub ready etc.

  Loved that dog was included. Initial communications confusing but confusion over wifi resolved quickly by Charlie. So in the end just about extra bed description which wasn't a worry for us and no bbq - shame but again we could manage. Found key ok. Really enjoyed our stay and be very happy to recommend to friends. Indeed we already have. I would have liked a bit more info about supermarkets/food options and we travelled for the pizza only to find we had to order and wait times were long, so a drag out for nothing. We had a great Sunday lunch at The Exeter Inn. Location was quite remote so we did have a drive to go to places. I would think you would have to be happy to stay in mostly without a car. Remote location and lack of polution was great for dark skies however which we did enjoy. I would have rated higher but for the price. Our only real disappointment was the pool which was cold and very shallow. We would probably have overlooked that if you could actually swim in it. Kids may be able to but I could not comfortably.

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• Kellie - Verified booking

  I booked this super last minute and was worried after i read another review on here!

  But the directions to the lodge were fab, the lodge its self was great - it was clean and tidy. Was a little tired in places but nothing off putting. the pool table and games were perfect. Hot tub was very relaxing although did start to smell a bit after a couple of days so we put it through a few clean cycles. The owner was great with communication, as i has said yes to a high chair but there wasn't one. He arranged for us to pick one up from a local pub which was nice. I would say if you have very small children then it could do with a couple of stair gates so you could relax a bit more (i had 1 crawler). It is very secluded for us townies! 25mins to the closest Tesco! But we made sure we stocked up after a trip out. Overall, very reasonably priced and a very peaceful break. Great communication and a lovely well equipped lodge

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