Cosy woodland annex

Adjoining historic Heathfield Park, surrounded by woodland & wildlife. This detached, self contained Annex is a recently completed garage conversion, the space has been transformed into a cosy woodland retreat flooded with natural light. There’s a secure private entrance & ample off street parking. The lounge has a wood burning stove stocked with logs from our garden. The accommodation is ideal for a family or 2 couples, the bedroom has a kingsize bed and there's a kingsize sofabed in the lounge Set amongst beautiful woodland in an area of outstanding natural beauty. Off street parking directly outside and private garden exclusively for guests. A well equipped, quiet and comfortable space perfect for alternative accommodation and home working. Wifi download speed 32mbps, upload speed 7mbps. Facilities include: Bathroom with double ended bath and thermostatic shower. Fully equipped Kitchen has cooker with double oven, fridge freezer, dishwasher, microwave, kettle, toaster, coffee machine. Washer/ dryer, iron and ironing board also included. We provide some basics such as salt, pepper, olive oil, tea, coffee, washing up liquid, dishwasher tablets, laundry detergent and fabric softener. TV & DVD player (with a selection of DVDs) also provided. Selection of vintage board games to enjoy. Gas BBQ (In warm weather) and outdoor dining furniture. Items for babies/ toddlers available on request: Travel cot, changing mat, stair gate, high chair, play mat, selection of toys & books. All terrain pushchair (Out n about nipper). The Annex accommodation is situated on the first floor of our detached converted garage, the entire space is yours to relax in. Outside to the rear of the Annex, there is a patio area and large woodland garden with a stream and paths running through it. These are exclusively for guest use. Unfortunately there is no public access to Heathfield Park as this is privately owned. My husband Nick and I live on site in the main building "North Lodge" so we are usually around if you have any questions or need any help. Heathfield is a lovely traditional English town with many cafes, restaurants, coffee shops, gift shops and several supermarkets (Co-op - TN21 8JD, Sainsbury’s - TN21 8LD Tesco’s - TN21 8LB and Waitrose- TN21 8DF). There is also a farmer's market in the Co-Op car park every third Saturday of the month and every Tuesday from 6.00am there is an Antiques market and auction from 11.00am just over the road from us located at the Watons Auctioneers site -TN21 8RA. Every August bank holiday Heathfield has an Anglo/French market called Le Marche, on Station Road - TN21 8LD. Heathfield was granted its market charter in 1316 during the reign of Edward II. There are three great pubs within walking distance of the Annex, all of which serve fantastic food: The 14th Century Star Inn Old Heathfield - TN21 9AH and "The Jack Cade at the Half Moon in" Old Heathfield - TN21 9BS village are both country pubs with beautiful gardens. The Heathfield Tavern pub - TN21 8DR is situated in the main town. There are also many beautiful walks and bikes rides within a few minutes of the property; one of these walks is the popular Cuckoo Line -TN21 8DA, which runs along Heathfields old train line. Heathfield also has lots of free parking for everyone throughout the town. North Lodge is in a great location for exploring East Sussex. The local town of Heathfield is within 15 minutes walk or 5 minutes drive (plenty of free parking available in town). The Cuckoo trail walking & cycling trail starts in Heathfield. Seaside towns of Bexhill, Eastbourne, Hastings all within 30 minutes drive. Brighton is around 45 minutes drive. Battle is 20 mins drive. Newhaven ferry terminal is within 40 minutes. Tunbridge Wells town is 20 minutes drive. The historic town of Lewes is 25 minutes drive and Battle is only 20 mins drive. If you are travelling by train, Stonegate train station is 10 minutes drive and Buxted train stations is around 15 minutes drive. Information on Local busses & Taxis can be provided if required. There are so many attractions only a short journey away. Our local tourist highlights include: Ashdown Forest - Wych Cross, GB RH18 5JP Battle Abbey - High Street, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AE Batemans - Bateman's Lane, Burwash, East Sussex, TN19 7DS (Jacobean house and was home of Rudyard Kipling who wrote The Jungle book) Bodiam Castle - Bodiam, near Robertsbridge, East Sussex, TN32 5UA Bluebell Railway - Sheffield Park Station, East Sussex TN22 3QL Horsted Keynes Station, East Sussex RH17 7BB East Grinstead Station, East Sussex RH19 1EB Kent & East Sussex Railway - Tenterden Town Station, Station Road, Tenterden, Kent, TN30 6HE De La Warr Pavilion Bexhill - De La Warr Pavilion, Marina, Bexhill, East Sussex, TN40 1DP Glyndebourne Opera House - Glyndebourne, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 5UU Herstmonceux Castle & science centre - Bradley Road, Herstmonceux, GB BN27 1RN Birling Gap - The Birlings Birling Gap, East Dean, Birling Gap, BN20 0AB Seven Sisters Country Park - Exceat, near Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 4AD Pevensey Castle - Castle Road, Pevensey, East Sussex, BN24 5LE Drusilla's Park - Drusilla’s Zoo Park, Alfriston, East Sussex, BN26 5QS Knockhatch activity centre and dry ski slope - Knockhatch Adventure Park, Hailsham Bypass, Hailsham, BN27 3GD Rye - Lucknow Place Car Park, Fishmarket Road, Rother, TN31 7LP Camber Sands - Camber Central Car Park– TN31 7RH Bike hire delivery and collection to/ from our property is available via a company called Country Bike. Please note: We have very limited taxi companies in Heathfield, they all usually require guests to at least pre book a few days and sometimes possibly a week before they are required. If guests try to book a local taxi on the day they are required, you may be disappointed, depending how busy they are. Please note due to COVID 19 and Airbnb’s enhanced cleaning protocol: Check in time is from 5pm with check out at 10am. Please kindly note that the above check in and checkout times are in place to help us with the enhanced cleaning protocols which is a requirement from airbnb. This is for your protection and ours as hosts as it also provides time to fully air out the property properly. Please do not arrive at the property early unless this has been arranged in advance with us (Your host). Before check out, please could you kindly remove the bed linen and place in the bath along with all used towels and kitchen dish cloths. At check out, please lock the annex and post the keys in the black post box next to the gate. Please could guests remember not to over load the wood burner when in use. This could cause the burning wood to fall out when the door is opened, which could roll on to the new carpet & matt. We strongly recommended that only one or two logs are put in to the wood burner at any one time when in use. Children are not to operate, put logs into or use the wood burner under any circumstances. The cost to repair any damage caused by burning logs falling on to the hearth mat (£50) and carpet (£500) surrounding the log burner will either be taken from the guests deposit or re-charged to the guests AirBnB account. Special rates offered for longer stays: 15% Off for bookings of 7 days or more. 25% Off for month long bookings. We also offer a special 10% discount for any past guests who re-book for future stays up to 6 days with us. (This offer is outside of the weekly and monthly discounts for guest and cannot be used in conjunction with our weekly and monthly special offer rates / discounts)