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Kestrel Cottage, Southwold

(Ref. 1116801)

Southwold, Suffolk Show on map

4.8

Sykes rating

  • 6 Guests

  • 3 Bedrooms

  • 1 Bathroom

  • Pets: Yes

What you’ll love

  • Open fire
  • Garden / Patio
  • Cot available
  • Pub/shop < 1 mile
  • Washing machine
  • Dishwasher
  • Seaside
  • Broadband / WiFi

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24 Customer Reviews

  • "We arrived with 3 generations of family and a dog!"

    The house was plenty big enough for us all to have our ‘own’ space if we wished. We thought the step down to the bathroom would be challenging for my 90-year-old mother, but the owners had very thoughtfully put a plug-in light right by the step which helped greatly. The kitchen was amazing and very well equipped. Lovely courtyard garden, with added bonus of sitting in the beach hut with a glass of wine in the evenings. Would definitely recommend Kestrel Cottage, we had a wonderful stay. Thank you! The Burrows Family

    Reviewed by Joanne4.7★Jun 2025

  • "Perfect townhouse cottage centrally located and close to promenade."

    Some sea views from top floor bedroom. Large rooms and kitchen diner extension with outside area including beach “hut”. Keeps cool when hot outside. Nice soft beds and well provided kitchen equipment and tools. Parking is on street and pot luck how close to the property, furthest I had to park was 300yds. This is less a problem in the evening.

    Reviewed by Mark5.0★Jun 2025

  • "This was our second stay at Keatral Cottage."

    We love the location and the cottage is lovely and spacious. It’s just a shame it wasn’t cleaned properly. We understand it’s dog friendly but the lounge rug was covered in long black dog hair and the rest of the cottage needed a good deep clean. Such a shame as we love our week away in southwold. Just a warning that there are very narrow steep steps up to the master bedroom so wouldn’t be suitable for all. The beds are really comfy and the kitchen is well equipped.

    We appreciate your feedback. We have a professional cleaning company come in after each visit and it’s usually to a high standard. We will feedback to them to see if something has gone wrong on this occasion. Property Owner

    Reviewed by Emma4.1★May 2025

  • "What an amazing house home from home, lovely and warm."

    Perfect for amenities, just like being at home. Every room is stunning. I was lucky enough to get the sea view bedroom. Just perfect. Probably the best house we have ever stayed in. Will be sharing this with friends and family. Thank you so much. See you soon x

    Viki, Dan, Ad, Dotty, Ada-Rose, Buddy + NedMar 2025

  • "This is our third stay at Kestrel Cottage."

    Winter is a great time to come to Southwold, all facilities are open and right on the doorstep. Mollie, our dog, loved the daily walks on the beach. The cottage is lovely, comfortable place to relax in. We'll be back for sure later this year.

    Sara And DavidFeb 2025

  • "Loved this house!"

    We have been coming to Southwold for years, but we have never come in Winter before. I wouldn't have preferred it any other way. Thank you so much! We really loved it!

    Buckley-Blair And Coffey FamiliesFeb 2025

  • "Good property in great location."

    Access a little temperamental - Yale and bolt locks at the front a little old and intermittent. Access to rear via alleyway doors not as clear as they could be. TV needs to be upgraded. No terrestrial TV and old Sky facilities. Pole to open skylights in kitchen ceiling would be helpful. Otherwise a spacious and well-equipped large cottage in an ideal spot in Southwold.

    We appreciate your feedback and have taken required actions. We have upgraded the TV and it is now very straightforward to use. We agree with your comment that Kestrel Cottage is an ideal spot to enjoy Southwold - we love the location. As winter approaches there's nothing we enjoy more than a bracing beach walk then return to warm up in front of the wood burner. Property Owner

    Reviewed by Rhys4.1★Oct 2024

  • "Our stay in Kestrel Cottage couldn’t have been better - so near to everything needed, coffee shops, eateries, pubs."

    Glorious walks with our dog along the prom, then onto the dunes to let our dog Buddy run free: then across to Walberswick, on the ferry, such a beautiful Village, which we loved. Two small recommendations though, coat hangers in the hall & frosted glass in the bathroom.

    Reviewed by Penelope5.0★Sep 2024

  • "Excellent cottage for location right by the sea and the high st let alone the gelato."

    Reviewed by Sally4.1★Aug 2024

  • "There was broken glass from a bottle on the patio - i did try to tidy up and tried to call Skye today to let them know as we checked out on a sunday."

    unfortunately one piece went in my foot! Aside from that outstanding! Just glad it was not my children.

    Reviewed by Sally4.4★Jul 2024

  • "We've stayed in many Southwold holiday lets and this has to be one of the best - comfortable, bright, spacious, well-equipped, a sea view from the top room, and an unbeatable location."

    We'd book to stay here again next time for sure!

    Reviewed by Samuel5.0★Jul 2024

  • "This is our second stay at Kestrel cottage."

    We enjoyed the cottage and Southwold very much , also the closeness of the beach is amazing. You can literally smell the beautiful sea air all day and all night , we leave the windows open its so refreshing . The only thing that we feel needs an upgrade is the TV. Although there is a sky box many of the channels arnt available. BBC is only available via I player, which is inconsistent. Although staying in to watch TV isn't important, it's nice to have available is required , after all it's advertised in your write up.

    Reviewed by Anne4.4★Jun 2024

  • "Lovely comfortable bright spacious and clean cottage Would definitely recommend ..."

    Lovely comfortable bright spacious and clean cottage Would definitely recommend it TV was the only problem No direct access to main channels but managed to access eventually through iplayet Very well equipped cottage

    Reviewed by John5.0★Jun 2024

  • "We enjoyed our second stay in the house as much as the first."

    This time we managed to get the TV to work - it is quite a complicated process. This time there were dishwasher tablets and washing up liquid etc. A lovely well appointed and perfectly located house. We Would definitely stay there again.

    Reviewed by Sarah5.0★May 2024

  • "Excellent"

    Reviewed by Pete5.0★May 2024

  • "We had a fabulous week staying in Kestrel Cottage - we all loved it."

    Great central location for accessing all the delights that Southwold has to offer - its only 93 paces to the Lord Nelson! The property was more spacious than we were expecting - a bit like entering a tardis and we particularly loved spending time in the big social dining kitchen leading directly out to the sun trap courtyard garden. The kitchen was really well equipped which we appreciated as a couple of our party love to cook. Everyone said the beds were comfy and they slept well. Would definitely book again :-)

    Reviewed by Gillian5.0★May 2024

  • "Absolutely loved our stay, stayed in a number of properties in Southwold and this is the best one by far."

    The layout and position were perfect. Would definitely like to stay again.

    Reviewed by Jo5.0★Oct 2023

  • "We loved every aspect, location was perfect and the house was very well equipped."

    The only concern was the steep flight of stairs to the master bedroom. It should be noted in describing the property as having an older (86) husband I was very worried about coming down at night to use the loo. So we didn’t use it.

    Reviewed by Davina5.0★Oct 2023

  • "This was the second time we have stayed at Kestrel Cottage - the repeat booking made primarily because of the location and what the cottage offers in terms of space, layout and amenities."

    The cottage was presented in immaculate condition and the addition of the hut in the garden is a great improvement!

    Reviewed by Duncan5.0★Jul 2023

  • "We couldn't have chosen any where that suited us so well."

    All the rooms were big are airy. The kitchen diner was amazing and looked out onto the patio garden with a beach hut at the end of the garden. It was south facing so sun all day. The bathroom was 1st class with a corner bath and walk.in shower. This is the only holiday let that provided facilities for baking ie hand mixer, scales , cake tins. This was great for me as I'm Coeliac and bake all my own cakes. Southwold has an abundance of shops and eateries. We found a place called Coasters that catered for my gluten free/dairy free diet The only disappointment was the TV. Although there was Sky , the majority of the channels weren't available via the account . It didn't affect us too much as we had good weather, but as another customer pointed out they couldn't watch TV. All in all we had a wonderful holiday. We love Southwold and everything about it .

    Reviewed by Anne4.7★Jun 2023

  • "We thought the property was equipped to a high standard and very comfortable."

    The kitchen/diner was large and well equipped. I would recommend it and would stay there again. The basins in the bedrooms were a bonus. I would not want to stay there with 6 adults the property is too small with one bathroom, we were only 2. We found the TV almost impossible to work and could only get obscure American channels.

    Reviewed by Sarah4.7★Jun 2023

  • "This property was so perfectly located that it felt like we had hired a beach hut on the beach which turned into a spacious 3 bedroom house when you walked inside."

    It was so perfectly clean, wonderfully stocked and was everything we could have wished for. The only downside was that we didn't stay longer. Thank you for having us. We'll definitely be back.

    Reviewed by Sarah5.0★May 2023

  • "A lovely house - well looked after with excellent, provided lots of kitchen equipment."

    Close to the sea, pubs and shops. Will certainly use it again when we choose Southwold for a holiday.

    Reviewed by Beryl5.0★Apr 2023

  • "Great, we’ll equipped house in a great location for exploring Southwold and surrounding area."

    Reviewed by Piers5.0★Feb 2023

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This property is part of the Best of Suffolk collection.
Best of Suffolk is an award-winning, local holiday cottage lettings agency, bringing the experience of a boutique hotel to self-catering cottages in Suffolk.

Your stay at a glance

  • Three bedrooms: 1 x double, 1 x twin, 1 x second-floor king-size
  • Bathroom with corner bath, walk-in shower, basin, heated towel rail and WC
  • Kitchen/diner
  • Cloakroom with basin and WC
  • Sitting room with woodburning stove
  • Gas central heating with woodburning stove
  • Electric oven and grill, induction hob, microwave, fridge, freezer, washing machine, tumble dryer, dishwasher
  • TV with FreeSat, DAB radio, iPod docking station, WiFi
  • Bed linen and towels inc. in rent
  • A travel cot is available on request at time of booking
  • Unallocated roadside parking
  • Private patio garden, beach hut, patio furniture, barbecue
  • One well-behaved dog welcome downstairs
  • Sorry, no smoking
  • Shop 0.1 miles, pub 0.1 miles
  • Note: This property cannot accept Sunday arrivals

The property

You are welcomed into a hall with stairs leading to the first floor and door to the cloakroom, the elegant living room with open fireplace is to the right through glass doors, with the spacious dining kitchen at the back of the house, on the first floor there is are two bedrooms, a double and twin, together with the family bathroom, stairs lead to the master bedroom on the third floor, where guests will wake to the sight and sounds of the sea, a sunny and private south/east facing rear garden is the perfect place for enjoying the sea air, with double doors from the kitchen making a BBQ or al fresco dining easy! Guests are welcomed to Kestrel Cottage through a door from Trinity Street which opens into a long hallway with wooden floor and carpeted stairs rising to the first floor and glass doors lead to the living room with an additional door to the cloakroom. A large elegant living room with period features in the fireplace with wood burner, shelves stacked with books on either side and the traditional sash windows, the room has wooden flooring and furnished with two large sofas, a comfortable chair and a chest full of games for all ages, there is a flat-screen TV, with FreeSat and a glass door leads through to the kitchen which is exceptionally large, this is a great room for friends and families to socialise in, the sun streams in through double doors that face south/east and open onto the patio, with additional light from and window above the sink and three Velux windows in the vaulted wooden ceiling, there is a large dining table with bench for four people an additional harlequin for five chairs, the room has a wooden floor and is fully equipped with integral under counter fridge, freezer, dishwasher and washing machine; there is also a microwave, side table with two wicker chairs, there is also the handy addition of a cloakroom with WC, washbasin, storage space and hooks for coats. Carpeted stairs lead from the hallway to the first-floor landing with a second carpeted staircase rising to the master bedroom, the first floor has wooden floors except for the bathroom which has linoleum tiles, here is a step down to the bathroom and another step on the landing, the family bathroom is spacious, with a generous corner bath and a corner shower cubicle and a window gives natural daylight and there is a washbasin, WC, heated towel rail, and dressing table, the double bedroom is at the back of the house and facing south/east, has a double bed with bedside tables and lamps and a handsome oak chest of drawers with mirror above and built-in cupboards and a washbasin, the twin bedroom is a charming bedroom have white wooden bedsteads; there is a bedside cabinet with lamp and ample storage, both hanging and shelving, in the built-in cupboards which also conceal a washbasin and the large sash window overlooks Trinity Street. Steep carpeted stairs lead directly to the second floor and the master bedroom where you wake up to the sounds of the sea in this lovely bright room, the south/east facing recessed window gives wonderful views of the sea over the rooftops, there is a king-size bed with a wrought iron frame, bedside chests of drawers with lamps, two chairs, an additional chest of drawers and bags of shelving and hanging space in the built-in cupboards which also house a washbasin with mirror above. Kestrel Cottage is in a great position, literally a minute from the sea and an easy walk into the town centre, the front door opens directly onto Trinity Street with the back door reached through a gate and path along the back of the neighbouring cottages, with a second gate opening into the private sunny patio garden, with double doors opening from the kitchen and garden table and chairs, this is a great place to soak up the sea air and sounds of the waves, or to make use of the there is also a beach hut in the garden, with gorgeous sofa, two chairs, glass table and stylish rug , there is no designated parking, however parking is available outside the house on the road on a first come, first served basis. Waking up in the morning and you are already in the heart of the action, close to the high street of Southwold and the beach with the added attraction of the town’s infamous collection of brightly coloured beach huts, just a little further down the coast and you will find Aldeburgh, Thorpeness and Walberswick, all worth a visit so make sure you pack a bucket and spade.

Places to jump in the car and head off to include Yoxford Antiques Centre and Gardens, Halesworth Museum, Framlingham Castle, Sutton Hoo, RSPB Minsmere and Africa Alive Zoological Reserve.

If you fancy a tipple and a tour then make your way to Adnams Brewery, Shawsgate Vineyard, the English Whiskey Company and Wyken Vineyard.

For a bird’s eye view of the sea, book a stay at delightful Kestrel Cottage.

Note: This property cannot accept Sunday arrivals

Note: This property has a Good Housekeeping bond of £100.

Where you’ll be staying

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SOUTHWOLD

Lowestoft 13.4 miles; Ipswich 35.1 miles

Southwold is a seaside town situated along the East Suffolk coast within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and resting between Lowestoft and Ipswich. Southwold is known as the home of Adnams Brewery which was established in the town in 1872 and it also has its own lighthouse, a museum and a picturesque pier which has a selection of colourful beach huts and which plays host to the regular Southwold Model Yacht regatta. The town boasts a number of excellent restaurants and eateries with a particular nod to its seaside location so there is always plenty of seafood and fish on the menu. Southwold has some fantastic independent shops, boutiques, galleries and pubs which are great for a browse and to stock up on essentials for your holiday. Just outside Southwold there are a number of great attractions for the whole family including Africa Alive Zoological Reserve, RSPB Minsmere and Dunwich Museum as well as scenic towns such as Aldeburgh, Thorpeness, Leiston and Lowestoft to visit.

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Note: This property cannot accept Sunday arrivals

This property offers the following short breaks:

  • Winter
  • Off-season
  • Last minute
  • Christmas
Flexible cancellation terms

If you cancel before 12 noon , get all of your money back:

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