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The Tractor Barn Blackmoor Gate
Sleeps 2
2 Bedrooms
1 Bathroom
1 Pets
The Tractor Barn - Facilities
The Tractor Barn
It’s not often you have to drive over a reservoir dam to reach your holiday accommodation; so, the adventure starts before you even arrive! Located by Wistlandpound Reservoir, popular with walkers, families and by those just wanting to get away from it all, The Tractor Barn is the ideal accommodation if you’re looking for modern simplicity wrapped in a really good quality package. The barn has character, warmth and light and is part of a stylish and quirky site which has other properties on it but also manages to achieve a sense of tranquillity.
Inside you will find a lovely main double bedroom on the first floor, a twin on the ground floor, a shower room and an open plan lounge/diner and kitchen. Outside there is allocated parking for one car and a private rear garden. There is also a shared front courtyard with additional seating and outdoor dining areas. The area is renowned for its excellent trails which offer walkers and cyclists the scenery and adventure they’re looking for and the surrounding countryside offers views out towards the rolling hills of Exmoor. Not at all far from the property is stunning Exmoor National Park where you can walk, run, cycle or simply relax with a picnic and at night enjoy the amazing site above that is the magical night skies in Europe’s first ’Dark Sky Reserve’. The park also has abundant wildlife, including ponies, sheep and red deer that graze the open moorland and overhead you might see falcons, buzzards and even the rare merlin.
The area is also perfect for exploring North Devon as a whole with all its attractions such as the many rugged coastal towns and quaint villages like beautiful Lynton & Lynmouth, Valley of the Rocks, nearby Combe Martin with its beach where fantastic sunsets can be observed, Ilfracombe with its lovely harbour and excellent restaurants and the world-famous Clovelly Village to name just a few. Awe-inspiring scenery is not hard to find along the North Devon coastline and the fantastic Southwest Coastal Path which runs through the region is a perfect place to enjoy this. Ideal for walkers, runners and view seekers there are 90 miles of stunning walks on offer! There are also plenty of family-oriented places to visit including Exmoor Zoo, Milky Way Adventure Park, The Big Sheep farm-themed park, Watermouth Castle and Combe Martin’s Wildlife & Dinosaur Park along with many others. If stunning, award-winning beaches popular with surfers and sunseekers alike are your thing then North Devon will leave you spoilt for choice with Saunton Sands, Woolacombe, Croyde and Westward Ho! all within easy reach by car. These are regularly voted as some of the best beaches in the UK and even the world!
The popular Tarka Trail is also recommended if you enjoy great riverside scenery. It provides the unique opportunity to follow a disused railway line on foot or by bicycle and will take you through places like Fremington Quay with its excellent café, Instow with its estuary beach and view towards the lovely fishing village of Appledore through to Bideford and beyond. And for a day with a difference why not take a trip across to Lundy Island, home to England’s first statutory Marine Nature Reserve due to its unique flora and fauna? Measuring just 3 miles by ¾ mile, this entire island has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest. For visitors seeking a piece of Devon life then the main towns of Bideford & Barnstaple are the perfect stopovers. Beach 7½ miles. Pub and restaurant 2 miles.
