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Blue & Green holiday cottages: Bridge House, Leicestershire

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Bridge House, near Overseal, Leicestershire, offers families a great place to stay whilst exploring the many attractions the local area has to offer. It is available to book now through cottages4you.

Superbly presented, beautifully furnished and professionally managed, this attractive cottage in the National Forest stands in an acre of private enclosed landscaped gardens, boasting its own hot tub, and is adjacent to Ashby Woulds lodge park.

Within 3 miles are Ashby’s famous castle and Conkers Enchanted Forest and Treetop Adventure. Melbourne House, the National Trust’s Calke Abbey, Tamworth Snodome, Snibston Discovery Centre, Donnington Park, Twycross Zoo and Drayton Manor are within 15 miles, with Alton Towers within 25 miles. Golf, fishing, forest walks and cycle trails are all easily accessible.

Features: On the ground floor is a living with double sofa bed, dining room with beams, kitchen, utility room, conservatory and shower room. The three bedrooms, two doubles and one bunk, are located on this first floor along with a bathroom.

Sleeps: 8 / Bedrooms: 3 / Pets: 0

For more information about this cottage, visit cottages4you’s website – where you will find a whole host of similarly beautiful properties in the UK, Ireland, France and Italy. Blue & Green Tomorrow receives a small agent’s commission from every holiday booked which helps fund our intern and researcher programme. 

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4 Oct 2014
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