A wide sweep of golden, sandy beach has been attracting holidaymakers to the traditional British seaside resort of Filey for generations, from its Edwardian heyday, through the Butlins era of mass tourism and still today Filey’s popularity endures. The golden crescent of sand; the wide, shallow bay and the promenade, with its lush gardens, traditional bandstand and Sculpture Trail are perfect ingredients for a family cottage holiday by the sea.
The Sykes Cottages Guide To Filey
May 11th, 2012The Sykes Cottages Guide To Newtown
May 3rd, 2012The largest town in Mid Wales, Newtown serves as a good place for shops and services for those staying in a holiday cottage in the area. The obvious high street retailers have a presence here, as well as local independent stores and plenty of pubs and inns nestling among the black and white half-timbered buildings lining the main street. Newtown is within striking distance of many of the attractions of this quiet and largely unspoilt area of undulating Welsh Marshes.
The Sykes Cottages Guide To Whitchurch and Wem
April 25th, 2012Visit Whitchurch and Wem on your cottage holiday.
Whitchurch
Leave time for a visit to historic Whitchurch on your Shropshire cottage holiday; it’s home to one of the world’s oldest clockmakers, JB Joyce, whose time pieces keep the watch on towers, churches and other public buildings across the globe. Learn more at the Heritage and Craft Centre, or enjoy shopping for local specialities and fresh local produce at the town’s regular Farmer’s Markets. The pleasant green space of Jubilee Park is the place to head out for a stroll; no less than five of the county’s long distance walks, including the Shropshire Way, begin here, whilst the Llangollen canal offers alternative short walks and cycles. Nearby, the north Shropshire markets towns of Ellesmere, Wem and Market Drayton offer a variety of attractions.
The Sykes Cottages Guide To Ullapool and Durness
April 18th, 2012Visit Ullapool and Durness on your cottage holiday.
Ullapool
The neat, whitewashed fishing village of Ullapool is the main base from which to explore the north-western Highlands of Scotland. There are supermarkets, pubs, restaurants and all the other facilities required on a cottage holiday in this remote region, together with the ferry crossing point for visits to Stornoway on Lewis, the largest settlement in the Western Isles. The Ullapool Museum is a testament to the hardy nature of the people that conquered this harsh region of Scotland over the centuries, and tells their story and that of the wider Loch Broom region. Discover this area for yourself, with a short pleasure cruise out to the Summer Isles on Loch Broom from Ullapool’s harbour. Also worth a visit from Ullapool is the spectacularly steep-sided Corrieshalloch Gorge, which can be viewed from a suspension bridge, set twelve miles south of the village.
The Sykes Cottages Guide To Embleton and Amble
April 11th, 2012On a cottage holiday, Embleton and Amble are well worth a visit.
Embleton
On Northumberland’s Heritage Coast, picturesque Embleton is an attractive village with a well-maintained green and village shop. Embleton’s main attraction is beautiful Embleton Bay, located about half a mile from the village centre. A vast sweep of fine sandy beach backed by high dunes, there are wonderful views down the coast to nearby Dunstanburgh castle, which rises majestically at the southerly tip of the bay.
Why not take a look at our self catering cottages in Embleton?
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