Thaxted Holiday Cottages
Totmans Farm
Dunmow Road
Thaxted, nr Stansted
Essex
CM6 2LU
Tel : 01371 830233
Website : http://www.thaxtedholidaycottages.co.uk

Sleeps : 1 - 4

Specialist breaks : Golfing

Rate low season : £375 PW

Rate high season : £425 PW

Credit cards accepted ? : N

Totmans Farm (no longer a working farm) stands on the brow of the hill at the southern end of Thaxted. It is surrounded by beautiful Essex countryside and affords wonderful views.

Mill View and Orchard Cottage (a timber-clad farm building conversion) each sleep 4 people and are mirror images of each other. They are set well back from the road with ample car parking space. Facing west at the rear onto meadowland, guests are virtually guaranteed glorious sunsets from their own patio. If the patio gets too hot, you can relax in the shade of the small orchard, where you will find additional seating - a very relaxing place to read a book or just take a well earned rest. Views of Thaxted's cathedral-like Church and windmill can also be enjoyed in the distance.

MILL VIEW & ORCHARD COTTAGE
• Sitting/dining room with TV/video. CD/cassette/radio. Door to patio and meadow.
• Kitchen with gas hob/electric fan oven, microwave, fridge, freezer and washing machine.
• Family bedroom with double bed and full size bunk beds.
• Ensuite bathroom with bath/shower.
• Polished oak floors downstairs with carpet in bedroom and ceramic tiles in bathroom.
• Bed linen, duvets, towels/tea towels included in the price.

Furnishings are comfortable and colour co-ordinated and for your convenience include hair dryer, iron, vacuum cleaner, clock radio, games, videos, music, etc and a welcome grocery pack to get you started. You will also find tourist information to help you plan your stay and make it more enjoyable. Each cottage has a substantial amount of holiday reading available on the shelves for those quieter moments.

There is parking for two cars at the front of each cottage and to the rear a patio with garden furniture. A meadow leads onto open countryside with excellent views.

5 bed and breakfast units are also available, and are to the same high standard of the self-catering cottages and are completely self-contained. Each unit consists of sitting room, bedroom and shower room. A self-service continental breakfast is available in the breakfast room. Please visit www.thaxtedandstanstedbandb.co.uk for this option.

The cottages are just a few minutes walk from buses/pubs and shops. It takes about an hour to get to London/Liverpool St. from Stansted Airport (7 miles away) - so you are only just over an hour away from London's West End for shopping, sightseeing or taking in a show. You can either leave your car at the airport car park or take a bus from Thaxted.

Thaxted is truly a memorable place to visit - add to that comfortable and well-appointed accommodation and you have all the ingredients for a well-earned break!

PRICES
Low Season £375 PW
High Season £425 PW

The above prices for self-catering include bed linen and towels. There is also 10 hours of pre-set heat per day included from October to March/April (extra at cost).

£100 returnable security deposit payable on each self-catering booking - either in advance by cheque with deposit/full amount or on the day of arrival in cash.

No matter what time of year you decide to visit Thaxted - you can be sure of a warm welcome.

Within a short drive you have Linton Zoo, Mole Hall Wildlife Park, The House on the Hill Toy Museum, Mountfitchet Castle & Norman Village of 1066, Audley End House and Gardens. Further afield you have the University town of Cambridge with punting on the River Cam, excellent restaurants, pubs, shopping and the Corn Exchange Theatre. Braintree with its designer shopping village, Colchester, Britain's oldest recorded town and zoo, Southend-on-Sea for the longest pleasure pier in the world, fish and chips and slot machines. The list goes on.

For golfers there are three clubs nearby -Bishop's Stortford, Elsenham and Saffron Walden.