Gather your favourite people – and your faithful hound – for a coastal break in the picture-postcard village of Hartland. Sleeping six across three inviting bedrooms, this stylish cottage is a brilliant base for families or friends keen to explore North Devon’s wild shoreline with their canine companion padding happily beside them.
Arrive to private parking for two cars before stepping into this characterful two-storey hideaway. The country-inspired lounge is a welcoming spot to settle down after shoreline rambles, with a stylish electric fire adding warmth on cooler evenings. The farmhouse-style kitchen/diner makes mealtimes easy, whether you’re preparing a hearty breakfast before a long cliff-top trek or serving supper around the light-filled dining table. Upstairs, three thoughtfully styled bedrooms await: a generous king-size, a double and a twin. The main bedroom benefits from its own en-suite shower room, while a contemporary family bathroom with bath and separate shower caters for the rest of the group. Outside, a private patio with seating and a bubbling hot tub invites you to soak tired walking legs while your pup snoozes nearby after a day of sniffing new trails. A short wander from the farm brings you to a shared games room with a pool table and skittles for a little friendly competition before bedtime.
Start the day with a windswept walk at Hartland Point (3 miles), where dramatic cliffs, a historic lighthouse and vast sea views set tails wagging. The meeting point of the Bristol Channel and the Atlantic makes for breathtaking photographs and invigorating walkies. Clovelly (5.5 miles) tempts with cobbled lanes and whitewashed cottages tumbling down to a working harbour, while Welcombe Mouth (8 miles) rewards adventurous hounds and their humans with a secluded pebble beach framed by towering cliffs and a waterfall that spills onto the shore after rainfall. If you’re craving sand and surf, Widemouth Bay (17.5 miles) is loved by wave-chasers, with the far north and southern ends open for inquisitive noses year-round.