Acorn Cottage, Norfolk holiday cottage
A beautiful cottage on the edge of the Blickling Hall Estate -
...perfect for a relaxing break.
Acorn Cottage is a delightful rural escape situated on the edge of the Blickling Hall estate (see further info below). The cottage has been sensitively restored to a high standard to offer you a special place to stay in Norfolk as well as being a good base from which to explore National Trust properties, the Norfolk Broads, the wonderful countryside and coastline.
The cottage is detached and set within its own spacious garden with views over meadows to the rear.
We offer you a warm welcome and a comfortable stay in stylish surroundings.
The Accommodation
1 double room, 1 single room.
The ground floor offers a spacious living room open to the pitched beamed roof and full of true character. Double doors open onto the rear garden with views over the surrounding fields.
A wooden staircase leads to a galleried bedroom (pitched roof-restricted height) with double bed.
Downstairs, the single bedroom, off the living room, leads to the bathroom, traditionally styled with basin, toilet and bath (with mixer).
The kitchen is small attractive and very well equipped.
This is a lovely peaceful cottage, in a wonderful setting, ideal for rest and relaxation.
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The cottage is non-smoking and sorry no pets.
Space is available in a shed for cycle storage.
From the Visitors Book
"What a lovely place to spend our first night of married life together! Thank you.
- Mr & Mrs Lambert (September 2006)
"Had a wonderful week in your beautiful cottage. It was very relaxing and comfortable - exactly what we wanted and needed! Great location, plenty to see and do, perfectly peaceful. We will be back!"
- P Raines & T Farman (October 2006)
"Impeccable taste and attention to detail - I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! Beautiful cottage, peaceful and relaxing. Got to see a barn owl fly past and a mother duck teaching her ducklings to swim in the stream. Lovely village too.
- Steve and Julia (April 2007)
Prices and booking
Prices vary from £350-465 per week. Short breaks are available.
All services are included in the price.
Things to see and do...
BLICKLING HALL, PARK AND GARDENS
Blickling, Norwich, Norfolk, NR11 6NF
Telephone: 01263 738030
Blickling Hall is a magnificent Jacobean House just outside the market town of Aylsham. The hall is perhaps most famously known for being the residence of Anne Boleyn, the unfortunate second wife of King Henry VIII. She was beheaded on charges of adultery, incest and treason on 19 May 1536, although widely assumed to be innocent. The current Blickling Hall (dates from the early seventeenth century) was built on the ruins of the old Boleyn property in the reign of James I, by the Hobarts.
Delightful gardens and parkland surround the house with many good walks, ranging from a short stroll around the lake to longer rambles, including woodland routes through the 4,777 acre estate. There is a formal woodland wilderness garden with daffodils, bluebells, azaleas and rhododendrons, a secret garden, a dry moat with scented plants and a Victorian parterre garden with herbaceous borders.
Blickling Hall has certainly had a colourful, sometimes turbulent, past with a fascinating array of important owners and visitors all making for a thoroughly interesting history, and a most enjoyable visit. Visit the National Trust website for further information.
Blickling Hall Links
The National Trust - Blickling Hall, Park and Gardens
Wikipedia - Blickling Hall
LOCAL PUBS AND RESTAURANTS
The Walpole Arms, Itteringham
Pub and restaurant, Michelin ‘Bib Gourmand’ (be sure to book). Telephone 01263 587258 (www.thewalpolearms.co.uk)
The Earle Arms, Heydon
A very pretty ‘off the beaten track’ estate village overlooking the green (used in many films)
Telephone 01263 587376
The Buckinghamshire Arms, Blickling
Next to Blickling Hall (photo right).
Telephone 01263 732133
(buckinghamshirearms-norfolk.co.uk)
The Black Boys, Aylsham
Pub and restaurant. Aylsham Market Place.
Telephone 01263 732122 (blackboyshotel.co.uk)
The Saracens Head, Wolterton
(close to gates for Wolterton Hall) Telephone 01263 768909 (saracenshead-norfolk.co.uk)
The Pigs, Edgefield
Opened in Spring 2007 under Byfords of Holt ownership. Proving very popular indeed! Telephone 01263 587634.
LOCAL SERVICES
- Bike Hire, during the season at Blickling Hall for cycling around the estate (call 0870 010 4900).
- Weekly bike hire at very reasonable rates can be arranged with Aylsham Cycles (Call 01263 731731) who will deliver hire bikes to the cottage.
Aylsham Market, in the market place every Monday- Farmers Market, Aylsham Market Place, the first Saturday of the month - highly recommended.
- WI market in the Town Hall, Aylsham Market Place every Friday at 8.45 sharp (home produce, plants & flowers-not to be missed!)
- “Samphire” at Blickling Hall car park. Award winning food of all kinds produced in Norfolk
(visit samphireshop.co.uk) - General auction at Keys Saleroom, Aylsham every Monday. View early ( also Antique Sales every three weeks) 01263 733195 (visit keysauctions.co.uk)
- Bure Valley Railway, narrow gauge, Aylsham to Wroxham 01263 733858 (visit bvrw.co.uk)
- Budgens Supermarket, Aylsham, open until 10.00pm each night, 4.00pm on Sunday
- Taxi Jill Boast Cars 01263 732727, Mobile 07831 578977
10 GOOD THINGS TO SEE/DO/VISIT
- Heydon - only a cycle ride away. Perfect for picnics on the green, English Tea Room or the Earle Arms pub - a very pretty ‘off the beaten track’ untouched estate village.
- Holt for shopping, coffee, lunch, supper or tasty treats at Byfords Delicatessen & Café, 01263 713520, shop in Larner’s foodhall, the Harrods of Norfolk. Excellent shops for locally caught fish, lobster, crab etc.
- Morston Quay - boat trip to see the seals off Blakeney Point – be sure to stop off at the Point. In good weather make a day of it and catch a later boat back, stop off at the old Lifeboat House (NT) for coffee, walk over the dunes to the sea. Magic.
- Cley - great deli, pottery, smokehouse and along the coast to Cookies Crabshop, for seafood platters at The Green, Salthouse 01263 740352.
- Wells - catch mini train to beach, long walks and fish and chips on the harbour wall.
Holkham Hall - The Victoria Inn and Holkham Gap beach: miles of sand and Norfolk skies.
(See holkham.co.uk)- Blakeney - picturesque sailing harbour. Enjoy crab sandwiches or oysters from the caravan on the quay and a walk out on the causeway.
- Burnham Overy Staithe - take the papers and a picnic and walk out to the sea over the marshes – it’s a long walk but when you get there so worth it- only sea and sky.
- Hire an electric boat on The Broads (Potter Heigham out to Horsey Mere & Horsey Wind pump NT).
- Baconsthorpe Castle - moated ruin, perfect destination for bike ride and picnic.
