The Dartmoor National Park is ¾ mile from the farm, which is located in mid-Devon, with easy access to and by an excellent dual- carriageway [A30] & other main roads [e.g. A386] & many rural roads. Okehampton has roads radiating in many directions, so as well as providing an excellent walking, cycling, horse riding it is a good touring base for Devon & Cornwall. Well-mannered dogs and horses/ponies are welcome; we have built stabling and a short walk/hack along lanes can get you out on the moors.

ACCOMMODATION AT BEER FARM

Every cottage has been well furnished and equipped with Freeview, TV/video, DVD, CD & radio, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, full electric cooker & a microwave oven. Full central heating is available. All for the comfort and convenience of guests. There is a small lawn for each cottage.

Sitting rooms - have a comfortable sofa & an armchair, or two, plus a Freeview TV, DVD and a video recorder and all cottages have facilities to play CDs & radio. Full central heating* is available if required, each cottage has a log stove or an electric flame effect heater.

Kitchens - each of the four has a dishwasher, combination microwave oven, family size cooker - or oven with separate ceramic hob. Also provided is a fridge/freezer, filter-coffee machine, toaster and kettle plus ample storage space. Plenty of cooking utensils, bottle & can opener, saucepans, crockery, glassware & cutlery are provided.

Bathrooms - all have a WC, wash basin and all but Acorn have a bath with thermostatic shower, shaver light/socket, radiator &/or electric towel rail/wall heater. Acorn has a large walk or wheel-in shower room, with WC & washbasin, on the ground floor off the corridor between the double bed-sit room and the kitchen/diner.

APPLE COTTAGE - has 3 bright bedrooms, one double, one twin & one small bunk room (adult size beds).The sitting room has 2 sofas, an armchair, stone fireplace with wood burning stove. Freeview TV/video, DVD and a radio/cassette/CD hi-fi. The kitchen/diner has a pine table with 6 chairs and ample storage. Various bookcases.

PEAR COTTAGE - has 2 airy bedrooms, one double & one twin, again there is ample storage space. The sitting/dining room has a sofa bed*, 2 armchairs and an adjustable dining table with 4 chairs, 2 stools, sideboard, stone fireplace with flame effect electric thermostatic fan heater.

Larger families/groups may like to rent Apple & Pear cottages & have the interior doors unlocked providing convenient 24 hour indoor communication.

OAK COTTAGE - is the largest cottage & adjoins Acorn. On the ground floor is an entrance hall, a twin bedroom, a bunk bedroom (adult size bunks) and a bathroom (bath with shower over, & WC). Alongside that is a larger double bedroom with en suite facility (shower, washbasin & WC). On the first floor is a large oak floored sitting room (a small room off provides a washbasin, WC & shower). There is a wood burning stove & two sofas, a sofa bed and armchairs, etc. A TV with teletext, video/DVD, and separate radio/CD player are provided. Double glass doors lead from the sitting room to the oak floored dining area. The apex-roofed, airy kitchen area has a tiled floor & is well equipped with extensive cupboard space, a large fridge/freezer, large cooker, combination microwave, and large dishwasher.

ACORN COTTAGE - has an openable* interconnecting door from the ground floor of Oak Cottage to a half landing in Acorn.

Upstairs in Acorn Cottage is a twin bedroom with a fitted wardrobe, chest of drawers & bedside cabinets. Two Velux roof windows giving views across the fields. The other direction takes you to a similarly sloping roofed sitting room which, as well as a Velux roof light & similar views but also has most of one wall as glass from floor to roof.

It has a sofa bed*, two armchairs, etc. a TV with teletext & a video player/DVD. A radio/CD player is also provided. A flame effect log fire incorporates a fan heater. The stairs, bedroom & sitting room are carpeted.

The ground floor of Acorn cottage is all on one level & has no steps. The floor is tiled throughout and has level access through the front door to the paths & a designated car parking area immediately outside.

The bed-sit has a double bed, fitted wardrobe, folding table & chairs with arms, as well as a remote-controlled TV/video. Along the corridor is the fully tiled shower room draining through the floor in the Continental style.

The compact kitchen/diner is well equipped with a table & 4 chairs, fridge with separate freezer section above, in-built oven with grill, combination microwave in-built above, medium sized dishwasher, ample low level & wall storage and ceramic hotplate & sink with drainer.

Acorn Cottage has been designed & equipped with the less mobile in mind and has been assessed as category M2 (National Accessible Standards). Please contact us for fuller details of this cottage & to discuss your requirements.

Emergencies in Acorn - there is a door from the bed-sit to the outside for Emergency use and this room and the shower room have emergency alarm pull systems linked to a buzzer indoors with an exterior siren & light.

All four cottages have fire detecting equipment, a fire extinguisher & a fire blanket. The Laundry & the Games Room each have a fire extinguisher.

Smoking is discouraged for the health and safety reasons & the convenience of the majority. We would especially ask for No Smoking in bedrooms, bathrooms, the games room and laundry.

Horses & Ponies - by prior arrangement.

We will need to know in advance if you need us to obtain locally any bedding or hay. A charge per week per animal is made. Two new self-catering stables - to BHS measurements - have been built near to the cottages within a large modern barn, allowing grooming & tacking up under cover. There should always be a field free of livestock where they can be let out. Hay racks & water buckets are provided, as is a wheelbarrow, brush, rake & shovel. We expect the stables and inside/outdoor yard to be left clean & tidy, as you would like to find them.

Access to the Moors is about one mile along the lanes, depending on which route you take.

Trailer/Horse Box Parking - available by prior arrangement

Car Parking - ample free car parking near the cottages, some car ports are usually available.

Out and About on Dartmoor

Dartmoor provides the perfect holiday location for lovers of the great outdoors - all year round. Designated a National Park in 1951 Dartmoor has a very special and unique 'wild' landscape, wildlife and history. There are over 400 miles of footpaths and open moorland for visitors to enjoy and the Devon coast is just half an hour away.

There are excellent opportunities for horse riding, walking, fishing, cycling, canoeing, climbing and golf all available in the area. Plus numerous pretty moorland villages and historical market towns to discover.