Belvoir Bed & Breakfast at Woodside Farm

Barkestone-le-vale, Vale of Belvoir, NG13 0HQ Tel :01476 870336 

e-mail: hickling-woodside@supanet.com

Overlooked by stately Belvoir Castle, the wide green Vale of Belvoir (pronounced Beever) bordering Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire is an area of farmland and quiet villages, much loved by cyclists and walkers.   Willdlife and bird life in abundance can be enjoyed from the doorstep. A short distance from Robin Hood country,

Surrounded by numerous wonderful places to attract a wide range of interests and age groups from the cities of Nottingham, Leicester and Lincoln to the quaint market towns of Melton Mowbray, Newark, Grantham and Stamford.  For National Trust members we are centrally situated with easy access to numerous National Trust Properties.

Special Summer attractions: Picnic Area, Owls nesting, Buzzards, Nature Trails, Cows and Calves at foot, Misty and Tiptoes. Walks to local villages, Dove Cottage coffee shop, Belvoir Castle and the Grantham to Nottingham canal towpath.

Belvoir Bed and Breakfast Photograph Link

Local activities and attractions include:

• Belvoir Castle  Privately owned by the Duke of Rutland (25 minute woodland walk)
• Burghley House 
• Arena UK 
• Melton Mowbray - Famous Tuesday Livestock and Poultry Auction
• Belton House - National Trust
• Woolsthorpe Manor - National Trust 
• Twin Lakes Children's Adventure Park
• White Post Farm 
• Manor Animal Farm and Donkey Sanctuary 
• Clumber Park (Cycle Hire)
• Sherwood Forest
• Downtown  (for some serious retail therapy!)
• National Watersports Centre 
• Langar Airfield
• Barnsdale Gardens 
• Wildflower Farm  Langar.
• Rutland Water (Cycle Hire)
• Living Health for Holistic treatments and serious pampering.
• Grantham Canal Towpath

Recommended local Eating Venues:

• Manners Arms, Knipton
• The Wheel, Branstone
• The Windmill Inn, Redmile - public footpath from Woodside Farm (20 min walk)
• Red Lion, Stathern.  Michelin Awards and A A Pub of the Year 2006 
• Plough Inn, Stathern
• The Peacock Inn, Redmile - public footpath from Woodside Farm (20 minute walk)

Local Farm shops and Tea Rooms:

• Colston Basset Store and Garden Cafe
• Brocklebys Farm Shop, Asfordby
• Colston Basset Stilton Dairy, Colston Basset.
• Malt House Deli, Bottesford
• Dove Cottage Coffee Shop (50 minute canal walk)

Useful Links:

• Google Maps 
• Travel Line, East Midlands
• Farm Stay Farmhouse Accommodation
• Nottingham Farm Tourism Group
• Nottinghamshire Council for Cycle paths and local walks.
• Leicestershire Footpath Link
• Easy Bed and Breakfast
• Local Taxi Companies : ITA 01476 577677    DJM  0115 989 3040

We are committed to providing an award winning service whilst also seeking to be thoughtful on  the environmental impact of our activities.

• We like to support and buy local produce where possible.
• We participate in Natural England ELS scheme which seeks to encourage natural habitat around the farm e.g. by introducing grass field margins and bi annual cutting of hedges
• We support the Vale of Belvoir Barn Owl Trust 
• We are members of the local Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group
• Thermostatic controls are installed on all radiators and double glazing throughout.
• Our central heating boiler and new household machines are A Rated
• We have completed an extensive roof and wall insulation programme.
• We  recycle as much as we can.
• We have joined Cyclists and Walkers welcome and provide an extensive folder with "no car day ideas, local walks and cycle hire venues.

 Tel: 01476 870336           e-mail: hickling-woodside@supanet.com