Orchard House Somerset

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Key Features

  • Sleeps 16 - 22
  • One of the Sunday Times top 100 places to stay in 2010
  • Beautiful period home steeped in 400 years of history
  • 22 acres of beautiful gardens and ponds, including an orchard
  • Outdoor play area with fort and playhouse for children
  • Games field
  • Snooker table
  • Lots of on-site activities can be arranged
  • Music centre

On-site Activities

  • Archery can be arranged on the lawn
  • Falconry display- a specialist bird-of-prey handler introduces the birds and shows them in flight
  • Fishing- the house is well situated for coarse and river fishing, tuition can be arranged.
  • Hot air ballooning- taking off from the house
  • Murder mystery dinner party- two actors coordinate an evening of mystery at the house. Each guest is sent an invitation letter prior to the event explaining their character, giving tips for costumes and instructions on what you have to do.
  • Owl prowls and badger watch- join Chris Sperring for a night calling and conversing with tawny owls or watching badgers
  • Pamper sessions- a beauty therapist can be arranged to come to the house
  • Victorian carriage rides- staff in Victorian costume collect you at the house for a ride in a horse-drawn carriage through the surrounding countryside
  • Walk or cycle along the footpath next to the games field along the old railway to Bawdrip
  • Croquet

Local Attractions

  • Visit the Wookey Hole Famous Caves in Wells
  • Go on a summer cruise to Lundy Island and Penarth with Bristol Channel Cruise
  • Visit nearby beaches Burnham-on-Sea, Kilver and Weston-Super-Mare
  • Enjoy golf, shooting or horse riding all nearby to the house
  • Visit the Charterhouse Centre on top of the Mendips one evening for an introduction to the stars- observe the stars through telescopes including an impressive 18” reflector in its own observatory
  • Explore Britain's biggest gorge from the dramatic cliffs rising 450ft to the stunning stalactite caverns at Cheddar Gorge
  • Go caving, climbing or abseiling in some of the deepest caves in Europe in the Mendips
  • Visit Bath or Bristol for a day of shopping
  • Go gliding over the Somerset countryside- a one-off flight can be arranged at Mendip Gliding Club
  • Visit the dramatic and ancient Dunster Castle near Minehead
  • Go walking on the Quantocks, Mendips and Brendon hills
  • Visit the animals at Longleat safari park
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