The Cow Shed

Lovely very helpful staff, in a lovely remote setting.

We had a family gathering of 7 adults, 5 children and 2 dogs for 3 days partying to celebrate a 70th birthday. We had a great time and the following were not big problems: there is nowhere to release dogs off leads, there isnt a playpark or field set aside for kids to play in, and if you want to party or just all eat at once you really need to hire the hall alongside (currently a very reasonable £20 per night). But overall great value.

Very spacious and clean .

Great to all have our own bedroom and bathroom but would have been nice to have had somewhere more comfortable to sit in the evenings. We ended up sitting round the table. There is a seating area upstairs but far too hot in the summer and the windows don’t open.

This was a great place to stay -- we all liked how many bathrooms and bedrooms there were as well, and the location was great too!

I think it would've been nicer to know that the WiFi wasn't very good (max 1mbps) as we were organising a university group retreat so needed a good connection to make the sessions go well. Additionally we weren't provided with many bin bags. But overall, a great experience!

A wonderful weekend with my family, the house was gorgeous, and the setting was amazing.

An added bonus the weather was just perfect.

Having open access to such a huge expanse of beautiful countryside is absolutely wonderful.

If only more of our national desecrated landscape could be like this.

9 of us enjoyed our stay in the Cowshed very much, everyone seemed happy with the facilities .

This is very rural property, we didn't see a great deal of wildlife, but we did enjoy seeing the swallows everyday

Another great experience from Sykes.

A few niggles but won't list them all. Its a fair assumption that if it gets fully booked for a large famaily, at least 2 or 3 couples might actually like to sleep togethet!!! Also, cooking for eight adults took some juggling with small saucepans. Overall, very pretty area but accommodation could do with some TLC, especially in Fallow Deer bathroom. It wouldnt put us off staying again.

The House was alot closer to the visitor centre/cafe than expected we knew it was on a Nature reserve but thought we may have had a little bit more privacy as during the day we couldnt sit in the upstairs lounge as its all floor to ceiling glass windows lots of people walking past looking in maybe putting some frosted film to go half way up the windows would help.

BUT apart from that all 12 of us had a great time. The House is very well equipped and having the bedrooms all ensuit was brilliant. It's in a beautiful area will recommend it to others

We had a wonderful short break.

We were a group of 13 people aged from 4 to 84! Friendly staff. Easy parking. Beautiful setting. We would recommend. Thank you.

A brilliant place for a group to stay.

Lots of en suites and good break out spaces lovely setting with a bird hide, friendly staff at the visitor centre and a sense of being away from it all.

great place.

Ideal for large groups. 9 bedrooms and ensuites. Not many wine glassess, plates etc . Chairs in kitchen hard. No where to sit and relax for a large group really but its a fantastic price and nice location and nice and warm. Great for the summer months

Described as having WiFi but the signal was virtually nonexistent.

Also, not enough chairs and a very cramped ‘lounge’ area. The shower in the accessible downstairs bedroom was very cold and the temperature variable.

A really superb location with great accommodation .

Everything was provided and squeaky clean .Bed arrangements are appropriate for all mixture of visitors. Kids LOVED it and spent a couple of happy hours in torchlight at the outside 'kitchen'. We all loved it...great walks on the doorstep , interesting visitor centre and yummy cafe. All staff we encountered were helpful and friendly. A great choice... we'll be back!

The Cowshed was ideal for our large family gathering to celebrate x2 70th birthdays.

Each room has its own bathroom and all the beds were very comfortable. The location was beautiful with some lovely walks on your door step. My only criticism would be that the lounge is tiny, this house would really benefit from a large lounge. There is a large seating area at the top of the stairs but it wasn't a very usable space for us. We happily sat around the large dining table in the evenings though.

A comfortable and spacious property.

We stayed for a couple of nights for an extended family meet up with 10 adults. We found the property very clean and comfortable.

Very good price.

The lack of a large lounge/sitting room was a disadvantage. We included seat cushions and a folding table for the kitchen in our luggage The upper gallery sofas are too bulky for the best use of the limited space. We included garden chairs in our luggage. A lovely quiet base in the marvellous nature reserve. Very helpful and charming staff

Being someone dealing with group residential trips and Possibley being on the spectrum it would have been nice to have been able to speek to Syke cottages over the phone and having people dealing with upcoming holidays

Well equipped property in a beautiful location.

Brilliant for children and nature lovers as the reserve with its facilities is on the doorstep. We were fortunate with the weather as when we were full at 15, we laid food out in the kitchen and ate on the picnic tables outside. You couldn't seat 15 at once in the kitchen. Great selection of books and games - and 2 TVs we didn't watch with comfy seating! Only quibble was that when we had an issue with a blown fuse and a loss of power in part of the property on the Saturday evening, we couldn't reach an emergency number that worked.

A lovely place in a gorgeous setting.

Perfect for a group to spend time together and go walking and to the seaside. We will book again.

A lovely venue.

The students were very happy staying there. No complaints. We definitely hope to come again. Kingcombe is a real gem! A biodiverse arcadia from the madding world.

The house was great for our walking group of OAP's.

Not very comfortable to sit together in the evenings, but we managed. Majority of the 11 of us had very cold showers most of the week. Would recommend to other groups.

We had a lovely long weekend staying here for my Mums Birthday.

The cottage was well equipped with plenty of towels, kitchen equipment, etc. It was such a lovely setting and so nice to have the whole of the gardens to ourselves in the evening. Great area amazing cottage with plenty of space, would definitely book again. Thank you

Beautiful location staff on site were friendly and helpful accommodation was perfect for our party of friends having twin rooms with ensuite was such a bonus.

The cafe offered a great menu was sorry that it wasn't opened for two days off our stay would highly recommend this property to anyone wanting to visit the area.

Excellent property in a great location.

We visited the nature centre, walked to the hide to see lots of wildlife, and enjoyed the tea room very much. We've already booked for next year!

Lovely big property clean tidy and in a fantastic remote location Designed to be a social environment due to the small tv room Small issue with hot water upon arrival but this was quickly rectified Would recommend

What a lovely cottage and surrounding environment.

Really enjoyed staying at this cottage, 4 families gathered for a get together and all enjoyed. We have not seen any cottage with somnay bedrooms and ensuite on every room. Only downside for me is small living area but with big kitchen we didn't have problem chatting instead there. Wifi reception is little downside of you are working from home type person but otherwise lovely place to stay and we will come back again of we have a chance next time. The surrounding wildlife and walking routes are great to spend time in the morning.