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Canterbury itself is a compact, historic and lively city, a World Heritage site with its beautiful Cathedral and ancient buildings dating back to Roman times. It has two universities, colleges, a popular theatre, shops and cultural activities of many kinds, cafes, pubs and restaurants, all set among medieval streets and pretty gardens, with the countryside never far away. With a central position in East Kent, it combines interest, convenience and relaxation, making an excellent base for holiday, short break, business and re-location rentals.
Oriel Lodge Holiday Apartments are self-contained holiday homes within a quiet and well-kept house, offering an excellent alternative to holiday cottages for smaller numbers of people. Self catering provides the freedom and independence for a relaxing stay, together with the security and care of resident owners, who are usually available to welcome you and to help if needed.
There are three holiday flats, all on the first (upstairs) floor, retaining the welcoming and restful period style, with high quality furnishings and fittings, and clean, up-to-date facilities. They vary a little in the arrangement of rooms and overall size, each one having a comfortable bedroom, en-suite shower room, sitting area, dining area and kitchenette. They are furnished and decorated in keeping with the Arts-and-Crafts style of unfussy, solid comfort, and cleaned and maintained to a high standard.
The house is centrally heated, with individually controlled radiators in every room. Air circulation fans are provided for cooling in hot weather. Bed-linen and towels are supplied and changed weekly, together with weekly cleaning of the apartments.
The bedrooms have good quality beds and bedding, with reading lamps and radio/alarm clock, dressing table with mirror and hair drier, and TV with digital tuner and DVD player. Shower rooms have an efficient plumbed-in shower, WC, washbasin, shaver point and towels. In the kitchenette and dining area there is a small fridge, cooker, microwave, kettle, toaster, cooking utensils, crockery and cutlery, tea towels and cloths, table and chairs. The sitting area has a settee or easy chairs, reading lamp, TV and radio/stereo player. A broadband internet connection is wired to each apartment, and Wi-Fi is also installed.
Other facilities include a laundry room, on the same floor, with a washing machine, tumble drier, and iron and board. A payphone in the entrance hall is available for outgoing telephone calls. The garden at the front of the house has permanent seating, and enjoys the sunshine in the afternoon and evening. A car parking space is provided for each apartment,
All facilities are included in the prices quoted.
The apartments are totally non-smoking, and are not suitable for pets. Children are welcome from six years and older.
THE SOUTH APARTMENT is a sunny home-from-home for one or two people, with outlooks across gardens and towards the Cathedral. It has a bed-sitting room with a double bed and en-suite shower room, a sitting area with settee and TV, and through an archway a small kitchen and dining area.
THE WEST APARTMENT sees the evening sunshine over an expanse of grass and trees, and offers a choice of separate twin beds or a king-size double bed, with an en-suite shower room and a separate room with kitchen, dining and sitting areas.
THE EAST APARTMENT is the largest, looking over gardens and the town towards the Cathedral and the Blean hills. It has a double-bedded bedroom with en-suite shower room, and a full-size single bed-settee in the living room. The living room is L-shaped, with the bed-settee and an armchair in one side, and dining table and kitchen facilities in the other.
Canterbury is the ideal base for visiting South-East England. It is the hub of East Kent’s roads and railways, with good connections by car, bus or train in all directions.
The county of Kent is known as the Garden of England, a charming landscape of woods and farms, orchards and oast houses, castles and gardens, surrounded on three sides by the coast, with cliff walks and beaches, and a selection of seaside resorts.
Within ¼ - ¾ hour’s drive lies all the Kent coast, including Whitstable (oysters), Broadstairs (Charles Dickens), Dover (White Cliffs), Rochester (Cathedral, more Dickens), Leeds Castle, Dover, Deal and Walmer Castles, Goodnestone Gardens, and many other attractions ranging from wartime museums to wild animal parks.
Within 1 – 1 ½ hours’ drive are the historic towns of Rye, Battle and Hastings, Tunbridge Wells, famous houses such as Chartwell (Winston Churchill) and Hever Castle (Anne Boleyn), Sissinghurst Gardens, London (most easily by train or by coach), and France (by ferry, Channel Tunnel, or Eurostar from Ashford).
Tel
01227 462845
www.oriel-lodge.co.uk
Kent self catering holiday cottages