Tredethick Farm Cottages

Lostwithiel

The perfect combination of farm-stay fun and family downtime, in gorgeous rural Cornwall.

Units 8
Sleeps 2 - 6
Bedrooms 2 - 3
Pets No
Mobility No

Ideal for

Babies
Toddlers
Older Kids

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Imagine a holiday as exciting and enthralling for your young children and toddlers as it is relaxing and indulgent for you. Tredethick Farm Cottages is just that kind of place: animals to feed, ponies to ride, a brilliant pool,indoor and outdoor places to play and new friends to make… all in the Cornish countryside yet just a short drive mins to tranquil sandy beaches, National Trust days out and the Eden project (with its giant tropically heated bubbles it's the perfect bad-weather attraction).

About this place

Best bits

Gorgeous cottages with access to high-end, family facilities.
Indoor facilities include a sunny soft play with complimentary coffee machine, play barn with giant sandpit, and small on-site farm shop.
Outside play includes a fab purpose built balance bike track, play park, nature play scape, farm trail and plenty of wide open spaces.

Top tips

High quality bed linen, towels, fluffy bathrobes and lots of extra items are included in your stay.
An informative, comprehensive digital information book is sent to you prior to your arrival!
Get your online groceries delivered to your cottage and freshly baked goods from Baker Tom.

Plan your stay

What are the facilities like? Where can you eat? What can you do?

Swimming pool

Hot tubs

Play room

Babysitting

Wifi

Outdoor play equipment

Farm animals

Electric vehicle charging

One of the first family and child-focussed farm-stays in England, Tredethick continues to set a fine standard in family holiday accommodation, fantastic children's facilities and a genuinely warm welcome. Children will love the freedom to explore this place - parents will love being able to let them do so. There are spaces perfect for year round activity and animals galore, all in a safe and managed environment. Whatever the time of year, whatever the weather, you will be entertained…

Set on a working arable and sheep farm in the Fowey Valley, Tredethick is a complex of 8 award winning, family friendly cottages, sleeping from 2 to 6 plus a cot. If you are looking for a safe and happy environment that both parents and children can enjoy you've found it - in truly idyllic surroundings Tredethick strives to exceed all expectations for a fabulous family holiday.

Child Friendly Cottages

All cottages are child friendly with many of them being on one level, but where there are stairs, stair gates are provided. Good quality, full sized wooden cots, highchairs, bed-guards and blackout blinds are available.

The attention to detail in the cottages has been carefully considered from the high standard of décor to the fully equipped kitchen including your own washer/dryer.

In both Liddicoat and Scantlebury there's a galleried loft bedroom, accessed by a ladder from the living area, with a low ceiling and a single bed which we recommend for kids of ten years or more.

Excellent Facilities for Kids

The large indoor heated swimming pool, complete with children's play equipment and stunning views over the Fowey valley, is open from 6.30am until 10 pm every day. For your own peace of mind the security access system makes it impossible for children to enter unattended. The indoor soft play room is ideal for children from 12 months to 12 years. The vinyl covered foam padded floor and walls make it extremely safe.

The outdoor adventure play area has been designed for older children and has swings, slides, rope net ladders, bridges and monkey bars. Those with endless energy can bounce themselves out on the huge trampoline with safety enclosure. The well-heated games room which was converted from an old barn has table tennis, snooker and table football plus a fantastic sandpit with climbing frame for toddlers. All the children's facilities are no more than two minutes walk from your cottage, but far enough away from the cottage gardens to preserve your peace & tranquillity.

Children love cycling around the cottages so take your bikes along, or hire them from the cycle trails - undercover storage is on site. There is a purpose-built balance bike track offers the perfect opportunity for little ones to develop their bike handling skills. Its rural design is sure to capture the imagination of youngsters from 18 months to 7 years. Parents can rest assured the track is traffic-free, and there’s seating for grown-ups to watch their intrepid mini farmers while enjoying beautiful views of the Fowey Valley.

The owners are a wealth of information and as keen walkers will give you ideas for the best pushchair friendly walks in the area, from sheltered wooded valleys to spectacular coastline and wild open moorland.

Special Additional Extras that parents will love

The secure communal garden has a 6-seater hot tub for guests to enjoy. It has been landscaped beautifully making the most of the great southerly views across open fields and farmland and has a wonderful swinging cocoon hammock and rotating sphere lounger to relax in too.

Tredethick Farm offers short breaks from the beginning of November until the end of May, either 3 nights from a Friday or 4 nights from a Monday.

Reviewed by Jo

Rooms

Each of the eight, light and airy cottages is rustic in feel with wooden floors, rugs and exposed rafters. There are impressively kitted-out kitchens where you can cook up a family feast or scramble a quick pre-animal-feeding breakfast. There are large and comfy living areas with made-for-sprawling sofas and restful bedrooms with sleep-inducing beds.

All bathrooms feature powerful showers as well as relaxing bath tubs. Snuggle up in one of the fluffy white bathrobes for stories round the fireplace (many cottages have log fires and all are centrally heated) or a trip to the hot tub. There's free WiFi, Smart televisions, along with plenty of extra kit available for the asking, to save lugging it with you.

Eat

All the cottages are self-catering with kitchens that have everything you could need, including children’s crockery for stress free family meals. The small on-site farm shop stocks plenty of delicious goodies, like local bacon, sausages, and COOK frozen family meals and is open all the time. Each cottage has its own private garden area with table, chairs & sun loungers, perfect for al fresco eating in the evening, or a crisp morning coffee before the kids wake up. Gas BBQ’s are available on request.

There are plenty of options for eating out and about too. Many of the local beaches have great beach cafés, perfect for refuelling hungry tummies after a hard morning building sandcastles or rock-pooling. Away from the beach, child-friendly places to eat include Duchy Nursery Coffee Shop or Angie’s Caravan in St. Winnow, with classic Cornish cream teas. Follow the farm trail to get there or make the five-minute car trip.

Activities

All cottages are within a minute’s walk of all brilliant facilities including a soft play room (with hot chocolate & chilled water machine), play barn with giant sandpit (buckets & spades that you can borrow to take to the beach), purpose-built balance bike track with ride-on tractors, scooters and balance bikes, play park with giant trampoline, and nature play scape through the woodlands. A toasty indoor heated swimming pool is a top favourite, as is the luxurious hot tub garden for those seeking peace and wanting to relish the great southerly views across open fields and farmland.

For little ones, animal feeding is usually the highlight of the week. All aspiring mini farmers have the opportunity to bottle feed the lambs (seasonal), give the goats, pigs, alpaca and chickens their breakfast and get to participate in the ritual of lifting the hatch on the hen house to see how many eggs have been laid. The three gentle ponies give rides to the children once a week too. If you want to get out and explore, the idyllic farm trail through the private woodlands and fields is a family favourite. The path leads to a public footpath down to the Fowey River estuary and the beautiful creek-side hamlet of St. Winnow.

Accessibility

Most of the properties are ground floor, single storey and are therefore suitable for those with mobility issues. However, they feature step-in showers and some changes in floor level between rooms, meaning they may not be suitable for all wheelchair users.

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Location & local area

Where is it and how do you get there?

By Road

Centrally located in Cornwall, just 20 minutes from the A30 turnoff for Bodmin. National Express bus stops are located in Lostwithiel, approximately 5 minutes from Tredethick.

By Air

The nearest airport is Newquay, approximately 30 minutes from Tredethick.

By Rail

The nearest railway station is Bodmin Parkway, approximately 20 minutes by car.

About the owners

Ashlyn

Listed since November 2019

The Reed family has been a part of Tredethick for more than 100 years. Our beautiful courtyard cottages were lovingly converted from Victorian barns – with parts of the houses salvaged from earlier medieval buildings. We know how important a family holiday is and with more than twenty years’ experience delivering memorable family holidays, we are confident that you’ll love your holiday with us.

Owner recommendations

Polkerris beach is a great child-friendly beach with fantastic facilities including Sam’s on the Beach, a funky family restaurant.
The world-class Eden Project with huge tropical and Mediterranean biomes isn’t too far – and is well worth a visit.
Take a buggy-friendly riverside walk through Respryn Woods, leading to the National Trust’s Lanhydrock House, gardens and cafe.
Enjoy the many woodland cycle trails at Lanhydrock. There’s a cycle hub you can hire bikes with baby seats and tagalongs. And a café and play area.
Restormel Castle is a wonderful place for children to run around and explore.
Fowey, where the river meets the sea, is a charming town with great shops and eateries, plus boat hire, ferry trips and pontoons for dangling crab-lines.