Sandy Bay Cottage

About this property

For romantic breaks or first holidays with a little one, Sandy Bay Cottage will make your holiday dreams come true. It is a gem of a little stone cottage that sits on a wonderful resort in north Devon with incredible facilities and a sixteen-acre estate. The cottage offers a gorgeous open plan living space and one bedroom with a small cot room and a bathroom. Throughout, it is beautifully decorated in stylish Nina Campbell wallpapers and comes with gorgeous furniture including a lavish king-size bed.  

The resort amenities include an excellent heated swimming pool, all the more special for being only a few minutes’ walk from your doorstep. The pool is surrounded by smart cradle rope weave seats and day beds and offers changing rooms, toilets, and showers. The resort games room boasts table football, table tennis and a soft play area for little ones. The resort sits in its own pretty valley with sixteen acres of grounds sprinkled with lush lawns, gardens, sunken nature trails, ponds, meadows, an orchard, streams, an extensive kitchen garden and a greenhouse where you can pick yourselves something fresh and tasty to go with your alfresco dinner. If you bring your furry friend, you can enjoy five acres of dog walking field for off lead enjoyment or a favourite local dog walk to the charming dog friendly pub, the Hunters at Heddons Valley. There are over fifty animals on the estate and children enjoy helping out at feeding times. Beautiful peacocks wander around the grounds, the free-range chickens supply eggs and cute ducks live on three ponds. There is a small herd of alpacas, four pygmy goats, sheep, super cute piglets, guinea pigs and orphan lambs in the spring for children to bottle feed. There is also an outdoor playground with an amazing wooden pirate ship with decks, a tunnel, ship’s wheel, plank, and sand pit, a two storey wendy house with a built-in kitchen, furniture and a veranda and a wooden tractor, slide, trampoline, swings, slides and a climbing frame. Throughout the estate there are some wonderful views with lovely lounge furniture so that you can relax, captivated by the views with a sneaky bottle of chilled wine. The Lookout is one of these, also a perfect spot for early morning meditation or yoga. The huge one and half meter fire pit with benches is wonderful for sing songs and making marshmallow memories. The honesty shop stocks some wonderful goodies including delicious frozen Cook meals, barbecue packs from the local farm shop, tasty ice creams and marshmallows for toasting. Yoga classes take place all year long plus there are fun aqua aerobics sessions in the pool.

Though Sandy Bay Cottage does not have a private garden, there is bistro furniture in the courtyard that is for the exclusive use of Sandy Bay Cottage guests. There are two other little cottages in the courtyard so if you want to share your holiday with friends or other family, you could book Holdstone Cottage or Newt Cottage for them. We also feature the other cottages on the resort, Old Combe Barn, Broadsands Farmhouse, Combe Martin House, and Wild Pear House.

This exclusive resort is nestled in a lush valley near the charming seaside town of Combe Martin. It is the perfect place for a spot of switch off. Combe Martin enjoys blissful secluded sandy beaches, wonderful rock pools, dramatic coastal scenery, a picturesque harbour, quaint shops, cosy seaside pubs, water sports, the fabulous Combe Martin Wildlife and Dinosaur Park, an interesting museum and easy access to the stunning Exmoor National Park, North Devon’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and the famous Southwest Coast Path. Nearby, you can explore the sensational Hangman Cliffs, the amazing beaches of Broadsands, Wild Pear, Tunnels and Barricane, Lee Bay, the Woolacombe beaches, Putsborough Sands, Croyde and the magnificent Saunton Sands. There are fabulous attractions such as National Trust houses, the wonderful Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway and amazing activities including horse riding and coasteering. You will never tire of exciting, interesting and thrilling excursions in this wonderful area.

Sandy Bay Cottage enjoys a very warm, homely ambience. Sitting on smart slate flooring, the living room offers a sumptuous modern sofa and armchair, a Smart television for movies at the end of a busy day, a well-stocked bookshelf in case you forget to bring a holiday book, a wooden dining table and a modern, well-equipped kitchen. Laundry appliances are available for all three cottages in the courtyard in a separate laundry room.

The staircase leads up to the beautifully designed bedroom with its gorgeous designer wallpaper and lavish king-size bed, adorned in luxury linens. The cot room with a wooden cot sits just off the bedroom and a separate wet room styled bathroom with marble tiles and a marble sink is next door. This is a wonderful cottage for two or perhaps three with a little one. You will relish in its beauty and be itching to explore the resort’s sixteen acres and its brilliant facilities.

Sandy Bay Cottage is nestled on an exclusive resort with stunning grounds and views near Combe Martin in north Devon. Combe Martin is a fabulous seaside resort with stunning sandy coves, some of the UK’s best rock pools and a fantastic selection of cafes, unique shops, pubs, and restaurants. Combe Martin hosts many events celebrating its heritage and quirks including its annual Hunting of the Earl of Rone ceremony, a Pagan festival. The wonderful Southwest Coast Path runs through the village offering astonishing views and access to beaches and beauty spots that you may not otherwise see. You can hike to Great Hangman, the tallest sea cliff in Britain or take the two hundred and thirty steps down the Golden Cove. You can enjoy the calm waters of the bay on a boat, kayak, or stand-up paddle board.

There are spectacular beaches and coves nearby. Wild Pear Beach and Broadsands Beach are two of the most beautiful, secret coves. Wild Pear is reached via a dramatic descent from the coast path and is an idyllic, protected cove. Broadsands Beach was recently voted the ‘Happiest View in the UK’ with its special curved bay, turquoise sea, rock caves and trees. A network of tunnels hand-carved in the early nineteenth century lead to the wonderful Tunnels Beaches with their Victorian tidal swimming pool and sand and shingle private beaches. Barricane Beach boasts exotic shells, a delightful café, and glorious sunsets. Lee Bay is a fabulously secluded spot looking out to the Bristol Channel. It is often called ‘Fuchsia Valley’ due to its bright red flowers. Woolacombe Beach is a three-mile-long sandy wonder that has been voted the ‘Best Beach in Britain’ and it is only twenty minutes from the resort. Putsborough Sands are on the south side of Woolacombe offering glorious surf and views of the headland. Just around the Baggy Point headland is the very pretty village of Croyde with its famous surfing beach. Backing the fabulous Saunton Sands is the impressive Braunton Burrows, a unesco biosphere reserve.

The pretty, historic fishing village of Clovelly is worth the short drive. It was once owned by the Queen of England and clings to the four-hundred-foot cliff where there is no traffic. Steep cobbled streets tumble down to its ancient fishing harbour and 14th century quay.

Twelve miles away, the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway opened in 1890 and is an excellent way to enjoy the wonderful coastal views between the two villages. Another popular trip is to Lundy Island which lies ten nautical miles off the coast. The ferry leaves from Ilfracombe Harbour taking you to this delightful island with its wildlife, big skies and gorgeous scenery.

The National Trust’s Arlington Court and Carriage Museum is a great day out with formal Victorian gardens, ponds, deer, plenty of space for picnics and an impressive collection of horse-drawn vehicles. It is a gem on the edge of Exmoor that has been in the Chichester family for over five hundred years. The gardens enjoy herbaceous borders, a fountain, walled kitchen garden and a conservatory brimming with exotic plants from around the world. There are pleasure grounds with gorgeous views, a wilderness pond, and a deer park wood. The old kitchen tearoom is lovely and offers tasty treats. There is also an excellent second-hand bookshop. Watersmeet is a dramatic river gorge and ancient woodland with a National Trust tearoom set in stunning surroundings. You can treat yourselves to delicious Devon cream teas and be captivated by the amazing landscapes and woodland trails.

You can learn many water sports in the area. Coasteering is also a thrilling sport with many experienced Coasteering and Adventure Sports companies operating at Watermouth Harbour, the next bay along from Combe Martin. Brave participants enjoy climbing over dramatic rocks, jumping into the sea, swimming through gullies, and exploring caves. Horse riding on Exmoor is also popular with the Dean Riding Stables.

Accommodation

The Cottage

Ground Floor
- Open plan living room, dining room and well equipped kitchen (with dishwasher and log burner)

First Floor
- Bedroom with king-sized four poster bed and an en-suite marble wet room

Exterior Grounds
- Courtyard with garden furniture

Laundry room with washing machines and tumble dryer (shared with Newberry Cottage and Holdstone Cottage).

Additional Facilities
- Wi-Fi
- Smart TV
- Parking

Shared Facilities Onsite
- Indoor swimming pool
- Over 50 Friendly animals
- Fast EV Charging
- Outdoor dining
- Extensive grounds
- Indoor soft play
- Honesty Shop
- Kitchen Garden
- Outdoor play areas
- Fire pits
- Games Room