
Idle Hour is a reverse-level, 4-star holiday house on a small exclusive site between Westward Ho! and Northam Burrows Country Park in North Devon. It sleeps four across two bedrooms and two en-suite bathrooms. Private access to Northam Burrows part of the UK's first UNESCO Biosphere sets this property apart from most coastal holiday lets in the area.
Westward Ho! is a short walk away with food outlets and seaside shops. The beach is easily reached on foot for rock pooling, surfing and sandcastle building. Northam Burrows offers sand dunes, salt marsh, grassland and rocky shoreline right on the doorstep.
The ground floor has a king-size en-suite bedroom opening onto an enclosed patio and a twin en-suite bedroom.
Idle Hour is a reverse-level, 4-star holiday house on a small exclusive site between Westward Ho! and Northam Burrows Country Park in North Devon. It sleeps four across two bedrooms and two en-suite bathrooms. Private access to Northam Burrows part of the UK's first UNESCO Biosphere sets this property apart from most coastal holiday lets in the area.
Westward Ho! is a short walk away with food outlets and seaside shops. The beach is easily reached on foot for rock pooling, surfing and sandcastle building. Northam Burrows offers sand dunes, salt marsh, grassland and rocky shoreline right on the doorstep.
The ground floor has a king-size en-suite bedroom opening onto an enclosed patio and a twin en-suite bedroom. Upstairs is an open-plan kitchen, dining and living area with two sofas and a large TV with soundbar. The first-floor balcony has distant sea views across Northam Burrows.
Royal North Devon Golf Club (0.5 miles) is England's oldest links course. RHS Rosemoor Gardens is 10 miles away near Great Torrington. The Tarka Trail offers 180 miles of walking and cycling. Bideford town centre is around 2 miles away (5 minutes).
The ground-floor hot tub on the enclosed patio is perfect after a day on the beach. Idle Hour works brilliantly for families or couples wanting direct access to one of Devon's finest stretches of coastline.
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