Isle of Wight holiday cottage accommodation

View from downs above Brighstone looking west towards the Needles and Solent towards Cowes

Isle of Wight holiday cottage accommodation situated in the beautiful countryside of Brighstone, the ideal Isle of Wight holiday location, surrounded by forest, downs, fields, sea and good beaches. Downs, forest and coast mainly owned by the National Trust or forestry commission with free access. Half of the island is classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty which the whole area around Brighstone being part, also the coast is classified as Heritage Coast. Many local footpaths with fine views and the round island cycle route is just at the bottom of the road.

The Carriers Stable was built during early Victorian times as a stable that has now been converted into a beautiful detached holiday cottage (2003) to accommodate 2 adults and one small baby. It is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the rural south west of the Isle of Wight in the picturesque village of Brighstone, near to forest and downs, and within a mile of the sea (Heritage Coast designation). A pub, tea gardens / restaurant and village shops are within easy walking distance and a second pub is just outside the village still reasonable walking distance, both have restaurants. The area has excellent access to hiking and cycle routes with excellent views across the island from the top of the downs (see picture links), just up the road (half a mile). The cottage itself has its bedroom located upstairs with a king size bed, ample cupboards, drawers and wardrobe space and an en-suite shower room with hand basin and toilet. Downstairs there is an open plan layout with kitchen, dining room and lounge area containing a bed settee. French doors open out from the dining area onto a patio with garden furniture, gardens, and drive. In total a delightful quiet country holiday experience. The cottage is very well equipped so you shouldn't need to bring anything other than food.

Holiday Cottage - Carriers Stable

Awarded April 2009 Evaluated November 2008 - maximum 4 star percentage points reached. Link to Enjoy England definition of star ratings

Award for 2008/9, still Gold forcast isle of wight weather

Free to our customers - 800mb allowance per week.

Tel. 01983 740717Email enquiry@wighthols.co.uk
If you cannot contact us on the normal telephone number try 07710535576

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Converted Early Victorian Stable called Carriers Stable - Enjoy England rating

Down Stairs

• Bed settee and settee
• Television 21", DVD player & video (some recorded videos & blanks also some DVD's).
• Downstairs television has Freeview Satellite Receiver which picks up a considerable number of useful channels.
• Free WIFI service is available (just ask before arrival to allow security code to be created and unit to be switched on), also a usb wireless adapter is available during stay (only condition is that you do not exceed 800mb per week).
• Table with 4 chairs.
• Cupboard with clothes hanging space and shelves.
• Washer / Drier with soap provided
• Large Fridge / Freezer
• Electric cooker & 4 ring hob with extractor fan
• Microwave oven
• Kettle and usual cutlery, saucepans, crockery & glasses
• Radio / Tape / CD player
• Ironing board & iron
• Plenty of cupboard space & additional wardrobe unit in under stairs cupboard
• Small combination lock safe to keep any minor valuables or documents
• Vacuum cleaners, Brushes & cleaning materials etc.

King Size bed

Upstairs

• One Large 5 feet King size Pine Bed upstairs
• All bed linen & house towels, tea towels etc. included in price
• En-suite bathroom (shower not bath) with support hand rail
• Television 14"
• Bed side cupboards & lamps
• Two chester drawers
• Wardrobe
• Full length mirror
• Hair dryer
• Two clock radios
• Fan

Limitations:-

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• Non Smoking Inside, Sorry no pets
• The property is not fully fenced off , so is not suitable for children.
• Bedroom upstairs is open to the stairs the only door is to bathroom (no stair gate, or suitable anchor point).
• The stable flooring is almost all varnished pine and easily damaged by stones in walking boot treads, as we have found, if you could please not wear them in the stable it would be appreciated - thank you
• We do not take any breakage deposit as yet but do expect any damages to be paid.
• There must be at least one person in a group that is staying, over 18 years of age.

Other Services

• We can transfer full camera memory cards to CD Rom, to allow further use of the memory card, as an additional backup, pictures can be retain on hard disk for one month after return if required.
• Can send faxes if required at cost price (free to numbers starting (01,02 & 03).
• Can send dictated emails.

Accommodation Features

• The stable conversion is all electric and insulated to modern building control standards. There are electric thermostatic radiators on both floors which can cope with the coldest weather.
• Electricity charges are included in the prices quoted.
• A welcome pack of food and drink is provided
• All linen (bathroom towels, bed linen & tea towels) are included in price, except for beach towels which are not provided.
• Soap is provided for hand basin, shower (shower gel) & kitchen sink (hand and dishwasher soaps) & washing machine with colour soap capsules.
• We now have available FREE a modern quality pine baby cot with safety mattress. We do provide plug covers and electric night lights. We only ask that you bring linen for cot as most people like to use their own.
• There is an outside secure bike rack with tarpaulin cover, rack not visible from street.
• Outside there is a patio with picnic table with umbrella and two bench seats (one on shaded lawn area), with lawns & shrubberies.
• There is a large gravelled drive which means that there is room for more than one car and both can exit independently.
• There are mains linked smoke detectors down stairs & upstairs and fire extinguishers on both floors.

Local Resources

• Two local Public Houses in village with restaurants
• One tea room / restaurant (not open every night)
• One Mace Shop
• One Newsagent that sells groceries and other useful items
• One Post Office (sells some Sainsbury's goods)
• Local doctors surgery
• Hairdressing salon
• One National Trust Shop.
• Brighstone's small local library
• Nearest Garage - Shalfleet (approx. 2.5  mile)
• Bus service to all towns

Conditions and Discounts

• As a separate bonus we will give a 5% discount for all customers for any second consecutive week booked.
• A fine welcome pack is provided with all holiday duration's
• During cold weather we preheat Carriers Stable to normal living temperature so it is warm on entry
• All soaps (shower & basin), also all cleaning materials & liquids provided. All linen & towels are included except for beach towel and cot linen
• As part of a Green initiative there is a 4% discount if you don't bring a motor vehicle to the cottage. We try to encourage people to use public transport, bicycles and walking to get here and to move around the island. We can also help those without a car with the transport of additional purchases of food items (there is a Mace and also a newsagent that sells food, and the Post Office sells a few Sainsbury's food items in the village).
• Outside secure steel bike rack out of sight of road, with deep concrete plynth and thick waterproof cover that can cover at least two bikes completely whilst chained to plinth (drops over bikes), with a thick marine grade stainless steel chain and substantial Union padlock (very low risk insurance area). Bikes are not allowed inside cottage. - See cyclists page from top menu.
• Weekend bookings and short breaks are available outside normal peak season
• Entry to property at 15:00 (3pm) on first day and exit by 10am on morning after last night of stay. It would be appreciated if you can arrive soon after 15:00 on first day or ring to tell us if you will be late. We may complete cleaning before this time if the previous occupants leave early, so you can leave a mobile telephone number if you wish us to contact you if accommodation is ready earlier.
• As from 1st April 2008 people from England (possibly also Wales & Scotland soon) there will be off-peak free bus travel for over 60's and disabled in England, subject to local agreement with providers see further details from Direct .gov.uk site
• A cheque deposit made out to Vanessa Mills is required initially to confirm booking or you can use PayPal credit card payment instead of cheque payments (see further below for link and conditions). Final balance required six weeks before arrival.
  On receiving the deposit, we will send you a receipt and local map to assist finding Carriers Stable in Brighstone.

Tariff / Prices

Normal direct sale prices for 2009 (Per Week)

• May 23rd - May 29th - £397
• May 30th - June 19th - £369
• June 20th- July 3rd - £397
• July 4th - August 28th - £519
• August 29th - September 4th - £369
• September 5th - September 25th - £351
• September 26th - October 23rd - £290
• October 24th - October 30th - £360 - minus eco discount on electricity not used
• October 31st - November 13th - £284 - minus eco discount on electricity not used
• November 14th - December 19th - £278 - minus eco discount on electricity not used
• December 20th - December 26th - £511 - minus eco discount on electricity not used
• December 27th - January 2nd - £478 - minus eco discount on electricity not used
• Other holiday variations during Christmas + New Year - POA

E-mail enquiry@wighthols.co.uk

E-mail or Telephone/Fax +44(0)1983-740717 to book, we will ring you back if we are out, just leave your telephone number.

Location:-

Click for map of island

Additional Photos of Brighstone and the South West of the Island

Adjustable maps of Isle of Wight

Route plans to Brighstone with maps

These maps can be adjusted by changing the scale and by using the arrows to move the centre of the map to show different areas

• Local map showing where Brighstone is looking at the west side of the island
• Isle of Wight Council map site of local area to Brighstone
• Isle of Wight Council map site of whole island
• Large map showing the whole island, with all car ferry routes and an arrow showing Brighstone
• Large map showing the way from Lymington - Yarmouth car ferry to Brighstone

• From Fishbourne (Portsmouth link) car ferry near Ryde
• From East Cowes (Southampton link) car ferry
• From Yarmouth (Lymington link) car ferry

History

Useful Information

• Wightlink Ferries
  Reservations & Enquiries 0870 582 7744
  Reservations 0870 582 0202
  Possible normal national telephone code Wightlink number - 02392855230
  Wightlink on-line booking
  Can I pay for my ticket with Tesco Clubcard vouchers? Yes, we accept Tesco Clubcard Deal tokens for bookings made at least 2 weeks in advance of travel via our call centre. Unfortunately, we can not accept these vouchers for bookings made online or at the port. £2.50 in Clubcard Vouchers equals £10 worth of Clubcard Deal Tokens see link below:-
  Tesco Clubcard page for Wightlink offer
• Wightlink Portsmouth ferry terminal Post Code - PO1 2LA
• Redfunnel Ferries
  0870 444 8898
  0845 3308898
  Geographical Tel No 02380 248500
  Possible free phone No 0800 343333
  Redfunnel on-line booking
• Redfunnel ferry terminal addresses - Southampton - Dock Gate 7 on Town Quay Road, S014 2AQ.
  East Cowes (IoW) - Trinity Yard, East Cowes, PO32 6RF
  
• Hover Travel - 023 9281 1000 or 01983 811000 (Passenger only)
  Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, PO5 3AD
  Hover Travel web site
• Southern Vectis Buses
  Bus Times - 0871 200 2233
  Head Office - Nelson Road, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1RD - 01983 827000 Southern Vectis Buses & town maps

E-mail enquiry@wighthols.co.uk

E-mail or Telephone +44(0)1983-740717 to book, we will ring you back if we are out, just leave your telephone number.

Other useful links

• Southern Vectis Buses & town maps
• National Railway timetables and journey planner
• Local 5 day weather forecast by BBC
• Good Beach Guide
• Free local tide prediction (nearest prediction Freshwater) for the next 7 days
• Isle of Wight Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty official site
• Pictures of the Isle of Wight
• Historical information etc
• Isle of Wight cycling information on routes etc
• Isle of Wight Festival site

Additional payment method, we accept credit cards and debit cards payments via PayPal (as used by Ebay, there is a 3% surcharge for this service to cover part of the Paypal charge).

We also take payments via http://www.moneybookers.com at the same rates as for PayPal detailed above, funds should be sent to email address vanessa@wighthols.co.uk