Self-Catering at The Old School | Holiday Cottages in Downham Market

Holiday home
The Old School is a lovely converted school in the village of Wereham, Norfolk. Hosting three bedrooms: one super king-size and two twins, sleeping a total of six people and served by an en-suite shower room, family bathroom and shower room. Downstairs has a fitted kitchen/diner, a separate utility, dining room and a sitting room with a woodburning stove. Outside has an enclosed lawned garden and patio area with furniture, as well as off-road parking. The Old School is a wonderful choice for a rural-based holiday to the heart of the countryside.

Accomodation Details
Three bedrooms: 1 x super king-size with en-suite shower, basin and WC, 2 x twin. Bathroom with bath, hand-held shower, basin and WC. Ground floor shower room with shower, basin and WC. Kitchen/diner. Utility. Dining area. Sitting room with woodburning stove.

Area
Downham Market is a market town and civil parish resting in the Norfolk countryside of England. Boasting a plethora of shops, supermarkets, pubs and restaurants for fine food and local produce. You are a few miles from the thriving town of King's Lynn and within reach of the Norfolk coastline offering a choice of lovely sandy beaches and plenty of trails for walking and cycling opportunities.

Region
Picturesque rolling Fens, unspoilt beaches, and pretty waterways – East Anglia is a dream holiday destination. Norfolk offers beaches, saltmarshes and quaint villages whilst equally as charming are the coast and countryside of Suffolk.

Amenities
Oil central heating, woodburning stove. Range electric oven and hob, microwave, toaster, kettle, fridge/freezer, wine coolers, washing machine, dishwasher, TV and WiFi. Heating oil and electricity for lighting and domestic appliances is included in the rent, we no longer provide free logs for the wood burner, these, along with kindling and firelighters can be purchased in nearby garages or supermarkets. Bed linen and towels inc. in rent. Ample off-road parking. Enclosed lawned garden and patio areas with furniture. One well-behaved pet welcome. Sorry, no smoking. Shop 5.4 miles and pub 0.1 miles. Note: All short breaks must check in on either a Friday or Monday. Note: Charging of electric vehicles is prohibited at this property.

Mark C

August 2021

The Old School was lovely and the village is idyllic. The exterior of the property is beautiful and central to the village, it has the church to one side, the pond to the other and the village pub just passed the pond, the only blight was that they were dredging for the entire week (unfortunate timing). The interior is wonderful, well furnished and spacious, the pictures don’t do it justice, in pre-teen terms it’s epic! Travel to the northern coast is 30-45 minutes and the east coast 120 minutes but travel is not too bad. Kings Lynn has Tesco, Sainsbugs etc, The Foldgate Inn has excellent food and service.

jinserra

July 2019

We spent three nights at this great property with our family including children and our dog. It is a very beautifully presented family home in a pretty village as you can see from the pictures (Check Sykes cottages website for pics). It is very homely, spacious and has everything you should need in a self catering cottage, the beds were extremely comfortable and we all slept well...even the dog was provided with a great comfortable bed and a mat to put his food trays on in a great large utility room leading out to a lovely enclosed garden area with seating and parasol. The village has a lovely pond with benches where you can sit and see ducks and people fishing, also a farm next door where you can see cows, horses and chickens. The pub over the road is a typical village pub and serves food on Wednesday thought to Friday which looks like good classic pub food from what I saw. We drove to various nearby villages/towns all lovely and then went to the coast then a great place called high lodge which had a great forest for bike riding plus go ape which the kids loved! Would recommend this lovely place to stay Thank You and would love to return one day

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The Old School in Downham Market, Norfolk