Self-catering cottage

The Retreat

Ideally suited for families,  friends and couples, The Retreat at Heather Glen offers a great place to stay for rural retreats in Cumbria or as additional accommodation for wedding guests getting married at our country house.

Cottage Key Features

Dog Friendly

It’s The Little Details Which Make The Difference
 
The Retreat is part of the ground floor area of our home built in 2023, on the edge of the village of Ainstable. Built in the field adjacent to our hotel, Heather Glen Country House, with bar and restaurant open weekends. For an extremely well stocked village shop you will travel one and half miles to Armathwaite village, where there are also two village pubs, one serving food seven days a week. From your apartment you immediately look out on to open field, then paddocks with our gorgeous Golden Guernsey goats Bee, and Bella, and our three Ouissant sheep boys! We are very dog friendly but ask that your dog is kept under control or on a lead when out doors, we are in a rural location with livestock in surrounding fields. The two ensuite bedrooms and open plan living space were specially built for our guests and family to stay. Both bedrooms lead of the main living area. This is our first year with Airbnb and hope we have thought of everything but please let us know prior to arrival of anything you would specially hope for to make your stay more enjoyable. Guests have direct access to the front parking area and in to open field area, but not paddocks where our sheep and pet goats are kept. We own Heather Glen Country House Hotel, in adjacent grounds. The bar and restaurant are open to use Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings, as well as Sunday lunch. Booking is strongly advised. Should further bedrooms be needed, we have seven luxury boutique bedrooms, with four being dog friendly (two be added for late summer of 2024).