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Watermeadow House
Bridge Farm, Hooke, Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3PDTelephone: 01308 862619
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English Tourism Council 5 Stars Silver Award
| You are assured of a warm welcome at Watermeadow house. We want you to relax and share our home with us. We live on the edge of a small village called Hooke. You will awake to bird song and can watch the ducks and moorhens on the river from the bedroom windows.If you are patient you may see a kingfisher or a heron fishing on the river. We offer a high standard of accommodation in a friendly atmosphere. Two well furnished bedrooms, complete with hair driers, tea and coffee making facilities, small refrigerator and colour television. Breakfast is served downstairs in a fully glazed sunroom which attracts the morning sun.Surrounding the house is a large lawned garden where guests are free to sit and enjoy the peace and tranquility of the surrounding countryside. |
 | Bedroom 1 Approximately 21' x 21' with both a double bed and two singles. This room is a family room but can also be let as a double or twin bedded room depending on preference. The room has a dining table and chairs and a settee, plus an en-suite shower room. Three large windows make this an especially light and airy room with splendid views over the surrounding countryside. Complete with hair drier, tea and coffee making facilities, small refrigerator and colour television. Centrally heated. |
| Bedroom 2 The second bedroom is approximately 11' x 14' with a king sized double bed and contains a wash basin and two comfortable arm chairs. It also has two windows giving similar views to the first bedroom. There is a large private bathroom with a shower over the bath next to the bedroom. Complete with hair drier, tea and coffee making facilities, small refrigerator and colour television. Centrally heated. |  |
 | Sunroom Breakfast is served in our fully glazed sunroom, which overlooks the garden and surrounding fields. We use local products wherever possible the eggs are free range and our sausages are organic arid produced in the next village. There is a choice of breakfast menu. |
| Sitting room You are very welcome to relax and unwind in our comfortable sitting room which overlooks the garden and The River Hooke. |  |
| The Cottage is a detached, tiled roof modern stone-built bungalow with an attached garage and surrounded by a large enclosed garden with a short driveway to the road. It is well fitted and furnished with ample space for six adults, with a pay telephone installed. Heating is all electric, with storage radiators in all rooms except the kitchen and an immersion heater for hot water. Bed linen and Towels are supplied. Lounge / diner This large fully carpeted family room measures 21ft 6ins by 13ft with two windows and an open fireplace & electric fire, furnished with a three piece suite plus additional armchairs and a coffee table, colour television, dining table, dining chairs and a welsh dresser. Kitchen The spacious (11ft by 10ft) kitchen has an electric cooker, fridge/freezer, electric kettle, microwave, toaster, automatic washing machine and ample crockery, cutlery and glassware. There is also a good selection of saucepans, a frying pan and other cooking utensils and a stainless steel sink unit with various fitted cupboards and a breakfast bar. It has a small pantry adjoining and there is also a Tumble Dryer in the garage. Dog owners must bring dog baskets or bean bags. 3 Double Bedrooms Three fully carpeted, spacious double bedrooms measuring 15ft x 11ft, 14ft x 11ft and 10ft 6in x 10ft can sleep six adults easily. Two rooms have double beds and one room has twin beds. All beds have two pillows per person with two blankets and a duvet per bed. For infants or babies we can provide a cot and a mattress on request but no bedding. Bathroom & cleaning The bathroom has a bath, electric shower (over the bath), washbasin and wall heater. The toilet is in a room separate from the bathroom. We provide an electric vacuum cleaner and general cleaning things, ironing board & electric iron, laundry basket, clothes line and pegs and garden furniture. Address "Orchard End", Hooke, Beaminster, Dorset DT8 3PD |
| Our Farm We have a dairy farm of 300 acres and milk 100 Friesian cows. We also rear approx 80 calves each year, some beef breeds and the friesian heifer calves eventually come into the dairy herd. The farm is run by my husband Bernard and our son Kevin.I help part time as does my daughter-in-law Helen and our two grandchildren James and Lucy. James loves farming and he will be the 5th generation of Wallbridges to farm at Bridge Farm. There are many walks around Hooke and we are within easy walking distance of the Kingcombe Centre where lots of interesting courses are run.There is also Dorset Trust Land at Kingcombe where you can walk around.Powerstock Common is about three miles away where you will find an abundance of different species of butterflies. Hooke Woods is on the edge of Hooke where you may see roe and fallow deer. |
| Around The Area The village of Hooke is tucked away in an area of outstanding natural beauty and at its heart stands the tiny 15th. century church of St Giles, it has been extended and added to many times in the past five hundred years and the single bronze bell in its tower is reputed to be the second oldest bell in Dorset. In the past, Hooke was much larger than it is now, boasting two mills, and several small industrial works engaged in spinning twine and yarns. As with most small villages, with the collapse of the wool trade in the 1880s, the population quickly declined, and never regained its former size. There are numerous pleasant walks of varying length and difficulties in the immediate vicinity, in either woods, country lanes or along the ridges of the surrounding hills. To the south of Hooke lies the iron aged hill fort of Eggardon impressive even after two thousand years. The interesting and ancient town of Beaminster is just four miles to the west, a small town whose shops and pubs cluster around an old market square. Three miles on is the Broadwindsor Craft Centre, a complex selling both local and imported craft ware, as well as a restaurant serving light refreshments South of Beaminster lies the large town of Bridport and its near neighbour, West Bay, otherwise known as "Bridehaven" in the T.V. series, Harbour Lights. West Bay is a fascinating small harbour, usually filled with fishing boats For more serious shopping, both Dorchester, the county town, and the seaside resort of Weymouth which is a little over twenty miles to the south-east, or Yeovil, about twelve miles to the north, all contain big name chain stores and should be able to supply anything needed. |
How to find us
FROM THE NORTH (M5) If you travel south on the M6 and M5 motorways leave the M5 at the Taunton exit and take the A358 to Ilminster and then on to Chard and through to Crewkerne. When you reach Crewkeme take the Dorchester road (A356) and stay on this road for approximately nine miles when you will pass on your right the Rampisham Garage, take the next turning right (signposted Hooke) This road will bring you down into Hooke. When you reach the cross-roads in the centre of the village turn left (Kingcombe Road) and approximately 300 yards down the road, just after you have gone over a river bridge, you will see Watermeadow House on your right. FROM THE SOUTH (DORCHESTER) From Dorchester take the bypass following the Yeovil signs (A37) and shortly after you have passed through the small village of Grimstone, turn left onto the A356 Crewkeme and Maiden Newton road. Stay on the A356 through Maiden Newton and approximately four miles after you have left Maiden Newton you will pass a BBC Station on your left, take the next turning left signposted Hooke. This road will bring you down into Hooke. When you reach the cross-roads in the centre of the village turn left (Kingcombe Road) and approximately 300 yards down the road, just after you have gone over a river bridge, you will see Watermeadow House on your right. |
| Terms We are closed for B&B from November to February £60 per night for a double or twin room, which includes a full English Breakfast, for more than one night stays Children from £12 if sharing parents room. £65 for a double or twin room for one night stays. Sorry, no one-night stays on Friday or Saturday evenings. From £40 per night for a single person occupying a double/twin room (no single rooms available) A deposit of £20 is required for advance bookings. We accept all major credit and debit cards but prefer payment by cash or cheque if possible. We are happy for you to use your room, and our gardens, all day. Please note that this is a No Smoking establishment. |
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