The Cottage
Updown Cottage is a luxury self catering holiday cottage to rent on Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, Dorset, close to the borders of Wiltshire and Somerset. It is rated 5* by Visit Britain with a Gold Award, given to only the highest scoring properties in Britain.
The interior design aims to integrate original historic details and antiques with contemporary luxury, comfort and convenience.
- Spectacular views over the Blackmore Vale: Thomas Hardy’s ‘Vale of little dairies’
- Halfway up / down Gold Hill, famous as the location for many films and adverts, in particular Ridley Scott’s 1973 ‘Boy on a Bicycle’ advert for Hovis bread
- Historic C16th property (beams galore!) opposite the C9th walls of Shaftesbury Abbey
- Less than 2 hours from London, Heathrow and Gatwick airports
- Central for the Cotswolds and Bath to the north, the Jurassic coast (Broadchurch location) to the south, Stonehenge to the east and Devon and Dartmoor to the west
- Cosy and deliciously warm in winter, cool in summer
- Sleeps 6 + a baby in 4 bedrooms – 2 kingsize doubles and 2 singles
- 3 bath / shower rooms – 1 ensuite
- Travel cot and booster seat high chair
- 2 sitting rooms – 1 with baby grand piano
- Dining room for 12 guests
- Often referred to as a ‘tardis’, the holiday cottage is arranged over 4 floors
- Woodburning stove and inglenook
- Free wifi and national landline calls
- Terraced hillside garden
- Grocery basket for breakfast / tea including 36 Nespresso capsules
- A minute’s walk from ancient pubs, excellent restaurants, cafes (including vegan / vegetarian) and independent shops
- A 4 mile taxi ride from Gillingham (Dorset not Kent!) railway station
- A short walk from the National Express coach stop
- A 10 minute drive from Compton Abbas airfield
- Parking is free and unrestricted on the non-cobbled section of Gold Hill (3 cottages downhill) and you may drive up to the front door to unload
- Children are welcome (please note the number of stairs!)
- No smoking
- Sadly unsuitable for pets