Escape to a simpler  life in the countryside  

Beautiful location and John and Christine are the perfect hosts! We had an amazing relaxing family time and our girls (9, 7 & 5) just loved seeing the puppies, rabbits and collecting eggs. We did not move the car all weekend, even though the weather was not great and we even played football in the heavy rain! Howbeck Lodge is perfect for a peaceful and relaxing family holiday and we will definitely be coming back!

We had a peaceful family holiday, living simply with candles for light and logs for heat and cooking. The hosts were fantastic and couldn't do enough for us. Highlights for the children included being 'free range' themselves, collecting eggs from the chickens, flying kites, learning new skills - striking matches, lighting candles, collecting wood from the barn, playing with the farm dog and the hot tub!! It was simply wonderful and forever memories were made here. Thankyou!!!

I really did regard the sheer amount of good reviews for Warren Farm with some cynicism but they are all warranted. I agreed to the holiday as a compromise with my husband on taking the kids camping. It was great fun, we all enjoyed ourselves immensely and the boys didn't ask for their playstation once - which was very refreshing! It would have been nice to stay longer - as a weekend did not really give us enough time to enjoy the whole experience as fully as we would have liked. Kate and James are friendly, helpful and informative - the farm tour is a must (especially as it's free, better value than climbing nearby Jacob 's Ladder which cost us £19 for the four of us to climb a flight of steps!). The boys loved the cupboard bed, play area and pizza night, toasting marshmallows on a campfire outside our tent and collecting the chicken eggs and wanted to buy a pig after seeing the piglets on the tour! I liked the bed, the sofa, the stove, the sink and the toilet - not available on a regular camping trip! My husband liked everything. There is a nice community feel within the site which you could opt in or out of as you chose so you can be as sociable/unsociable as you like. The honesty shop is well stocked and also allows you to rent/borrow radios, books or even kids wellies. Our visit was a birthday treat for one of our sons and Kate had thoughtfully left a 'Birthday' helium balloon in our tent which he was thrilled with. Thank you it was a great experience.

We were a group of seven families who all visited Warren Farm, six of whom were new to the Feather Down experience. Without exception we all had an amazing time. The location and facilities were second to none and James' farm tour (helped by his dad!) was a big hit (for kids and adults alike!) - great fun and very informative. The pizza & BBQ night was also excellent. The proximity of the facilities and animals to the tents was perfect (including the very friendly chickens who provided eggs every morning!) and the play area great - we hardly saw our kids all weekend - apart from when we went on a great walk part way to Cheddar Gorge. All in all an amazing weekend and we've all booked again for next year!!