Middle Cottage, two bedroom s/c holiday cottage - sleeps 2 in one double bed or Wagtails Seaside Apartment, Sleeps two in one bedroom, park to front door, all on the ground floor
Both at the same great location in Llanmadoc, Gower Peninsula. 25 mins walk down to stunning beaches, & coastal cliff/hill/woodland walks 7-8 mins walk within same village to local pub with food Drive to Oxwich or Rhossili in 15 mins, Three Cliffs in 25 mins. All bedding/towels provided at both Ample parking off road for both cottages. Quality fittings, many extras, at the cottage, e.g. SKY HD Planner/DAB Radios/reading lights. Shop <1 mins walk, 6 days a week. No hidden/extra charges Dog friendly by arrangement on booking WIFIinternet access free of charge at cottage (bespoke broadband router - password at cottage)
For more information, photos, prices, (up to date) availability calendar - please folow these links below to the individual websites for each cottage, with galleries/prices/dates as follows……
The above beach, peninsula, dune, marshland, hill/cliff, and woodland walks are within front door walking of our cottage. The lower right hand promontory headland is Whitford Point, with Whitford Cast Iron Lighthouse just visible, and the sandy spit on the bottom left of the picture is a sand bar overwatched by the Birdwatching Hide nearer the woods. The far top left hand, just visible, is the famous (Rhossili) Worm Head at Rhossili. Broughton/Llanmadoc Bay are the main visible beaches at the centre of this photo.
Blue Pool Corner (a bit similar to Lulworth Cove) and Burry Holm Island can be seen centre top of the picture. We think you will be truly stunned by the exhilarating walks you can take from Middle Cottage (and Llanmadoc Village) which - on this photo - are located just slightly out of picture to the left hand side half way up the photo.
There are woodland, sand dune and marshland as well as marine Nature Reserves within this photos, and the marshy and wooded areas (bottom left of photo) are a birders paradise, as are the beach/estuary areas.
Heather and Dai the owners of Middle Cottage seek to provide guests with a very cosy country cottage (pictured above) near the seaside and wish to make you feel genuinely welcome in offering the comfort and facilities you would normally only expect at home.
We think our simple booking system for Middle Cottage is fair, with common-sense terms and conditions and overall service match or beat the large national chains such as Hoseasons, English-country-cottages, and Cottages4you.
CELEBRITY VISIT!! We may not always have the weather of Benidorm, but the photo above is of Johnny Vegas's visit to Middle Cottage in August 2007. Heather (on the left) would like to point out that she doesnt always pull this gurn! The lady on the right is Heather's good friend Anna. Johnny Vegas was an absolute gentleman and a joy to have visit us. He gave and then sent loads of stuff to local charities. He visited the local Ale House and gave an entirely spontaneous show for the village. What a total superstar he was. Johnny recently rang us and said he left a pair of socks somewhere at the back of a wardrobe ...so if you do visit and find a pair of ......
MIDDLE COTTAGE: Has 2 bedrooms, sleeps up to 4/5. Walk to the local real ale pub, restaurant, beach & woodlands, nature reserves and fine walks nearby. Friendly and helpful owners.
Our booking system is simply by email and we offer a 100% no quibbles refund if you have to cancel before 60 days - unlike the big operators. You pay a sensible 30% deposit and the balance is 60 days before arrival.
See the facilities page option to the left, for a full facilities specification.
Click "Cottage Photos" Button above to see dozens of photos of the cottage and locality (the beach below is a 15 mins stoll from the cottage).
LLANMADOC VILLAGE
Simply bustling with beautiful walks and things to do. Around 15 mins stroll to the dunes/woodlands and maybe 20 mins stroll to the first wave of the sea at Llanmadoc beach or perhaps 25-30 mins walk to Broughton Beach. Set in the heart of west Gower, with the historic twin churches of St Madoc's (at Llanmadoc) and St Cadog's at nearby Cheriton 0.5km away. Stroll each morning onto the beachwoodsdunes, or picnic at the Bronze Age hill fort (the Bulwark) at Llanmadoc Hill - Gower's second highest peak. Walk out to Whiteford Lighthouse, and take a circular walk around Whiteford Peninsula/Cwm Ivy National Trust Woods, or hand-pick Samphire Grass at Landimore Marsh, fish or kayak on the local beaches, or pick your own cockles and mussels. Enjoy a pint of Guinness, Marstons Pedigree, or a local ale such as Rhymney Bitter or for wine drinkers, a New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc or Chilean Merlot (many others available) at The Britannia Inn, whilst sampling their a la Carte menu.
MIDDLE COTTAGE BOUNDARY SHOWN BELOW IN BRIGHT RED
Its position has natural charm being located are at the top the village, on the village green, overlooking Llanmadoc/Whiteford beach. It is on the bus route, and only a 7 min walk to local inn, 1 mins from our local shop and close to some of Gower's best walks. The cottage has quality furniture, and we provide fresh bed-linen and towels in the price. Enjoy the feature stone fireplace, former bread-oven and cosy multifuel stoveburner (we provide free logs).
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DETAILS AND FEATURES SUMMARY
MIDDLE COTTAGE, at LLANMADOC, NORTH WEST GOWER, WALES
Simply as good a location/position as you could ask for for a holiday break.
Situated right in the heart of Llanmadoc, close to Cwm Ivy National Trust walks/woods, and three nature reserves.
Helpful, relaxed, friendly, informative host guests living next door in Gower Cottage. We leave out guests get on with it unless you need something - pop in for a cuppa and a good 'natter' about Gower etc during your stay.
Sleeps 5 in two bedrooms in comfort.
2 bedrooms, Three beds including: Bedroom 1 - Kingsize bed. Bedroom 2 - one single bed and one 4ft [threequarter] bed.
Dining room with a quality table, 6 fine chairs, rocking chair, and bookcase and CD player & DAB radio.
Flagstone floor yellow cream stone. (With some rugs to soften the flooring up).
Downstairs bathroom, with electric shower over (new steel enamel) bath, sink and WC. (also includes asher/dryer).
Worcester/Bosch Heatstar Greenslave 18/25 Combi Boiler Central Heating system (fitted spring 2008) hence constant hot water for nice candle lit bath after a long day walking! Heat the cottage as much as you like!
New 6ft high Hotpoint frost free larder fridge / freezer (three large freezer compartments).
900mm wide CAPLE Gas six burner stainless steel cooker, with large oven, multi-setting convection oven, and grill. (also rotisserie).
Full size Bosch dishwasher in the kitchen.
Hotpoint 8kg Washing Machine /seperate White Knight Tumble Dryer.
Minor but helpful extras sych as salt/pepper, t-towels, j-cloths/wipes, towels, bedding, kitchen roll, toilet roll, cleaning liquids etc. all provided, fully inclusive.
7 mins walk to the local real ale pub and excellent pub food / Sunday lunches
15-20 min walking distance to the beach/woods. (Middle Cottage has some limited views of the sea from bedrooms).
Only 10-12 mins drive to other beaches at Port Eynon or Horton, Oxwich Bay or Llangennith (great surfing), 15 mins to Three Cliffs Bay or 20 mins by car to Caswell, Langland.
Quality bed linen provided
Available to let all year round - 12 months and short breaks / weekends
Short breaks for 2/3 nights available Nov-Feb incl.
Arrivals after 4pm, departures 10.30am
Sorry but no smoking
All in one Hotpoint 8kg Washer/dryer, Bosch fullsize dishwasher
Two further bespoke tumble dryers in garage.
Quality microwave oven, ceramic 4 plate hob, CAPLE electric oven/grill,
Ironing board and iron, hairdryers
Quality Le Creuset pots and pans and decent "Denby Merlot" & "Denby Calm" crockery
Electric/gas, cleaning materials/toilet roll etc obviously included in the price
Satellite HD TV, DVD&BluRay player, widescreen tv, with movies and Sky Sports - relax and watch movies, F1 racing, the golf, rugby football, tennis or cricket - you're on holiday! Also ESPN (formerly Setanta) Sports.
WIFI broadband. (Bring the laptop)
Lounge sits 5-6 comfortably on three brown or cream leather sofas - reading lights provided
Gas BBQ on rear sun patio (free gas bottles provided as well as free logs - no penny pinching here!)
Parking at the rear of the cottage in drive for at least 2 cars
2 mins walk out of back gate to the Village shop, 10 mins drive to Knelston petrol station and bakery/shop/PO.
A scenic idyllic 1.5km walk via country lane (downhill) to Whiteford / Llanmadoc [25 mins normal pace walk to start of sand-dunes/top of beach and woodlands and a further 10 mins to the water if tide is out]
The beach is sweeping and perhaps 2 miles long extending from Broughton and Bluepool cliffpath at west end, east around three Tors (rocky promentory headlands), then around an L shaped sandy sweep then a further mile or so out to Whiteford Lighthouse and point (pick your own mussels when the month has an 'r' in it). The beach is almost entirely sandy and water is shallow shelving. Anglers catch Bass and Founder here, some Dabs and Plaice, even Black Bream, and Seals regularly spotted in the waves at Llanmadoc Beach and off Whitefore Lighthouse.
There are extensive marin grass sand dunes at the high water mark of the beach for almost the entire sweep including very large (i.e. raised high) dunes above the Whiteford Beach end towards the lighthouse, fun for setting up picnic camp for the day with raised view over the bay. Also fun "bumsliding" down sloping dunes down onto the beach below. These raised dunes run for over a mile and form the beach boundary around which walkers with dogs stroll along the water edge. The views here are beautiful and you will be stunned at how few people there are here other than a few holiday makers staying in local cottages, one or two caravan site guests/owners,and the odd local couple walking the dog.
Behind the sand dunes at Whiteford/Llanmadoc, there are pine woods, and coastal scrub / marin grass, with sheep and cattle wandering, on a 2 mile x 1 mile peninsula sticking out into Burry Estuary (Berges' Island' / Whiteford Peninsula National Trust including several Nature Reserves incl a marine Nature reserve and Bird Hide Hut right out).
The very most extreme end of the Whiteford Peninsula has a lighthouse (one end) and a birdhut and sand spit on the other with a very exposed almost completely deserted beach and woods facing due north west. This beach is truly stunning and you will see welsh black cattle wander in and out of the pine woods onto the beach
The area (incl Whiteford Peninsula) is a Birdwatchers paradise - Merlins, Greater Spotted & Green Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, stonechats, Redwings, Grey Herons, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Plover, green/Redshank, Sanderlings, Marsh and Willow Tits, many waders, Fieldfare and redwings in winter, Redpolls sometimes spotted, and Yellow and Grey Wagtails in local woods and streams such as at Cheriton Pill.
Surfing for the kids (or parents!) off the beach - albeit Llangennith is better than Llanmadoc for this most times. Kayaking best undertaken from Oxwich Beach (park to edge) but we do see some locals incl. caravaners from Whiteford Bay Caravan site take Kayaks out and around to Burry Holm or Bluepool.
Hill walking available over Llanmadoc Hill, and to Rhossili Down or Llangennith from the cottage
Superb idyllic spot away from it all and not too close to more touristy areas of Gower (e.g. Rhossili Village, Llangennith Beach) but close enough to get to them if you want
Your Dog/s are welcome - [but always by agreement on booking].
Wagtails Cottage Apartment is a high quality 1 [double] bedroomed ground floor s/c apartment featuring:
As good a location/position as you could ask for for a holiday break.
Situated right in the heart of Llanmadoc village green, close to Cwm Ivy National Trust walks/woods, and several local nature reserves.
5-10 mins walk downhill to the local real ale pub (The Britannia) and excellent a la carte pub food / Sunday lunches
25 mins walking distance from the beach/woods. (There is a quite steep lane)
Only 10-12 mins drive to other beaches at Port Eynon or Horton, Oxwich Bay or Llangennith (great surfing), 15 mins to Three Cliffs Bay or 20 mins by car to Caswell, Langland including several you can drive right up to.
Accomodation all on the ground floor.
Parking to front door on your own private front drive (driveway not shared).
Friendly, welcoming, and hopefully informative hosts live next door in Gower Cottage (we leave our guests get on with it unless we can help in any way).
Sleeps 2 in one double bed, in one bedroom - which leads through door to private good size bathroom. Another 1 or 2 kids or one adult on sofabed. We usually tell our guests that the apartment is ideal for a couple, but too small for a family. However we regularly have families to stay including several with three children, and they have always thoroughly enjoyed (kids have slept on sofabed, and sometimes baby in travel cot in bedroom with parents). Ideal for comfort is one adult couple, and perhaps one child on sofabed. (You would need to move armchair/table slightly to pull out sofabed).
We welcome well-behaved pet dogs [by agreement].
Lounge/Dining room with a rustic pine table, 4 nice pine chairs, two seater sofabed, single armchair, bookcase and CD player & DAB radio.
Widescreen Panasonic 32inch LCD TV with SKY Plus HD satellite TV box, SKY HD Plus Planner, Sky Sports/movies package and Panasonic Blu Ray DVD player in lounge (lots of DVDs and films etc to watch), 16"colour SAMSUNG TV with remote/Freeview and built in DVD in bedroom.
Good sized bathroom, with combi fed mixer shower over (new) hite enamel steel bath, new sink and toilet. No shortage of bathroom storage space. Shaving cabinet.
Heating system fed off our Worcester/Bosch combi boiler (fitted spring 2008) offering reliable and constant hot water for nice candle lit bath after a long day walking! Apartment also offers two plug-in DeLonghi oil moveable radiators in case you need more heat when main system is on off position on timer.
Fullsize dishwasher in kitchen (a small kitchen which leads into lounge diner)
Quality microwave oven, ceramic 4 plate hob, electric oven with grill, toaster, kettle, Hairdryer
Quality Le Creuset pots and pans and decent "Denby Jet" crockery, decent range of curlery and knives/kitchen implements
Electric, heating, cleaning materials/toilet roll, kitchen roll, j-cloths, towels and bedding included in the price
HD Satellite TV (SKY HD Planner), BluRay/DVD player, widescreen tv, with movies and Sky Sports - relax and watch movies, F1 racing, the golf, rugby football, tennis or cricket - you're on holiday! Also ESPN Sports for extra sports stuff.
Lounge sits 3 comfortably on brown leather sofas
Gas BBQ on rear patio and garden (free gas bottles provided!)
Ironing board and iron can be borrowed from us if required
Quality bed linen provided, tea-towels, bathroom towels all provided in the price
Available to let all year round - 12 months and short breaks / weekends and short breaks for 2 or more nights available November to February
1 min walk to the Village shop, 10 mins drive to Knelston petrol station and bakery/shop/PO.
Birdwatchers paradise
Get stuck into some surfing/bodyboarding off the local beaches when the wind is blowing (can surf Broughton but Llangennith is world renowned)
Hill walking available over Llanmadoc Hill, and to Rhossili Down or Llangennith from the cottage
Superb idyllic spot away from it all and not too close to more touristy areas of Gower (e.g. Rhossili Village, Llangennith Beach) but close enough to get to them if you want
No smoking in apartment, but you can smoke in rear patio or gardens.
Kind regards Heather & David Howells, EMAIL Heather on the Email as shown at top of page
NB: If you prefer a larger [two-bedroom] cottage, sleeps 5, we invite you to view Middle Cottage, also in Llanmadoc. See it at www.cottages-gower.co.uk
More about our Local Beaches? The Local Beaches and woodland at Llanmadoc/Whiteford
A scenic idyllic 1.5km walk from Wagtails via country lane (downhill) takes you to Whiteford Bay / Llanmadoc beach [20 mins normal pace walk to start of sand-dunes/top of beach and woodlands and a further 10 -15 mins to the water if tide is out] Add 5 minutes to visit the Broughton end of the sweeping Bay further west - but avoids steeper lane.
The beach is sweeping and perhaps 2 miles long extending from Broughton and Bluepool cliffpath at west end, east around three Tors (rocky promentory headlands), then around an 'L' shaped sandy sweep then a further mile or so out to Whiteford Lighthouse and point (pick your own mussels when the month has an 'r' in it). The beach is almost entirely sandy and water is shallow shelving. Anglers catch Bass and Founder here, some Dabs and Plaice, even Black Bream, and Seals regularly spotted in the waves at Llanmadoc Beach and off Whitefore Lighthouse.
There are extensive marin grass sand dunes at the high water mark of the beach for almost the entire sweep including very large (i.e. raised high) dunes above the Whiteford Beach end towards the lighthouse, fun for setting up picnic camp for the day with raised view over the bay. Also fun "bumsliding" down sloping dunes down onto the beach below. These raised dunes run for over a mile and form the beach boundary around which walkers with dogs stroll along the water edge. The views here are beautiful and you will be stunned at how few people there are here other than a few holiday makers staying in local cottages, one or two caravan site guests/owners,and the odd local couple walking the dog.
Behind the sand dunes at Whiteford/Llanmadoc, there are pine woods, and coastal scrub / marin grass, with sheep and cattle wandering, on a 2 mile x 1 mile peninsula sticking out into Burry Estuary (Berges' Island' / Whiteford Peninsula National Trust including several Nature Reserves incl a marine Nature reserve and Bird Hide Hut right out).
The very most extreme end of the Whiteford Peninsula has a lighthouse (one end) and a birdhut and sand spit on the other with a very exposed almost completely deserted beach and woods facing due north west. This beach is truly stunning and you will see welsh black cattle wander in and out of the pine woods onto the beach and on a sunny day it will feel as isolated as being on a tropical desert island. Take water it is a fair stroll out. (Need almost 1 hour to get there without stopping and it is a full morning or afternoon's walking to circuit the entire Whiteford Peninsula but it is just beautiful to do this walk - take a book, flask, and blanket and sit on edge of woods in shade for a couple of relaxing hours watching the tides move in and out around Whiteford Lighthouse and fill the entrance to Burry Estuary as you look over to Pembrey and Burry Port in the distance with open sea to the west (left) and the estuary to your right (east).
The area (incl Whiteford Peninsula) is a Birdwatchers paradise - Merlins, Greater Spotted & Green Woodpeckers, Goldfinches, stonechats, Redwings, Grey Herons, Oystercatchers, Lapwings, Plover, green/Redshank, Sanderlings, Marsh and Willow Tits, many waders, Fieldfare and redwings in winter, Redpolls sometimes spotted, and Yellow and Grey Wagtails in local woods and streams such as at Cheriton Pill.
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