Heather Cottage

Heather Cottage is a dog frendly and dog secure cottage situated on the stunning Gower Peninsula in the peaceful village of Llanmadoc, just a short drive to some spectacular beaches but tucked up a quiet rural lane. A good local pub and a village shop are both a few minutes walk away, as are varied and interesting walks with beautiful views.

The accommodation

The detached single storey cottage is on one level and has off road private parking almost to the front door. You can walk to the local shop (1 min) or pub with food (5-7 mins) from Heather Cottage. The beaches are around 15-20 mins idyllic lane walks.

Heated by very advanced modern electric radiators (with controllable thermostats) and also includes a woodburner. Luxury hotel standard en-site Bathroom. BT Superfast WIFI. Smart 4K HD television with Streaming , plus a BT TV BOX so you can enjoy International and Club Rugby, Formula 1, Test Match Cricket, Tennis, Premier League, UEFA or International Football, Sky and TNT sports channels, Sky Cinema, Discovery, History etc. (Bring your own passwords for Netflix, DISNEY, or PRIME). There are "PURE" DAB Radios in bedroom.

We potentially accept more than one dog (on booking).

Bed linen, towels, electricity included in the price.

There is one bedroom with a super king size top quality bed (6ft x 6ft). Crockery, glasses, and pans, leather sofa, oak furniture throughout.

Bathroom with walk in shower unit and MIRA electric shower Bathroom tiled in beautiful genuine travertine tiles.

Well equipped and very attractive - Oak flooring, barn style open plan lounge kitchen (with oak rafters in ceiling), cream shaker style kitchen units with American dark walnut-effect laminate worktops and real oak flooring. Kitchen contains SMEG 900mm wide Concert stainless steel range [twin oven] electric cooker (ceramic top, twin grills), and other quality appliances (Panasonic 900watt microwave, dishwasher, LG 1400 spin washing machine, Bosch tumble dryer and tall fridge freezer) which sit in the kitchen within a wider open plan area to living room. French doors to newly laid stone patio. Heather Cottage is triple glazed for max heat and noise insulation. All doors and windows are 100% lockable by guests (stainless steel handles and locks throughout). The garden is dog-proofed and dog secure. Parking is very close to the door and your car will be parked visible from your lounge window for security and convenience not that you need to worry about security in Llanmadoc.

There is a Pioneer Clearview woodburner in lounge. We suggest you bring your own Logs/kindling from petrol stations on route. We may at times have some we can sell you at cost but local supply can be erratic.

The location

Most of the most gorgeous coastal walks in Gower are possible from the front door of our Cottage.

Walk Llanmadoc Hill and from it see views to Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire, Tenby, Worms Head and even North Devon.

Walk down onto Llanmadoc Beach / Broughton Beach, Whitford Sands. Whitford Dunes. Walk up Stembridge Valley (wooded limestone valley ), walk the Wales Coastal Path North Gower and West Gower.

Visit pretty villages on the sea such as Port Eynon, Oxwich, Rhossili, Penmaen, and Three CLiffs, Pennard Cliffs, Langland Bay, Caswell Bay, and Mumbles.

Our beaches at Llanmadoc/Broughton are reknowned for being sparsely used and empty, clean sand, shallow safe warm waters, and you often see a seal in the sea. Even dolphins are not unknown in the estuary/bay.

You can walk to Rhossilli Village in a morning. That is a gorgeous walk of around to 3 hrs depending on route, walking speed and weather.

The local bus stops in llanmadoc every hour. It is possible to get to both Rhossili and Port Eynon from Llanmadoc by bus.

Our area

There's so much to discover and enjoy locally as Gower is such a beautiful corner of Wales. Llanmadoc Hill is well worth a climb to see the sweeping sea views, shared by the small ponies who live there. As well as our nearest pub which serves food, the dog friendly Britannia Inn which is a short walk from the cottage, there's also the Greyhound Inn (Oldwalls, Llanrhidian), The KIngs Head (llangennith) - both dog friendly and both 5 mins by car - or The King Arthur Hotel in Reynoldston (10 mins drive), which doesn't allow dogs inside, but does provide bowls of water and a safe place where you can tie leads.

The local beach Whitford is about a 20 minutes scenic walk away, and the beaches at Oxwich, Port Eynon and Rhossili are about 20 minutes drive. Three Cliffs Bay beach is just 10 minutes by car.

The best beaches for surfing are Llangennith and Broughton Bay both just a 10 minutes drive away.

The village of Mumbles is a 25-30 minutes by car.

Guest comments

Go to our owner's own to read these.

Travel info

Free off road parking to the front gate. Detailed directions are found on the booking form. Parking is in a private off road parking compound (gravel area inside a farm gate with house sign on it). We rarely bother to close the farm gate.

The owners of Gower Cottage (your hosts ) park their cars besides your own parking spaces.

Notes

Friendly owners live next door at Gower Cottage (see aerial photo) so should you have any questions during your stay, or if you'd lke to know a little more about the local area, we are happy to advise. We do provide a map.

SLEEPING CAPACITY at Heather Cottage

For maximum comfort we feel that Heather Cottage best suits couples (or lone travellers). So for advertising purposes we correctly need to say it sleeps 2 when following Visit Wales Guidance.

But we have previously hosted occasional bookings with two parents using the main bedroom and the sofabed employed for one late teenage child or two smaller children.

What to Bring and What is provided

We provide:

Free Superfast Broadband

All bedding, towels, dog towels, Dog water bowl

Heating & hot water, Electric Wall Radiators (german style), the cottage is very well insulated.

TV entertainment as described above, incl. TV Licence,

Digital radios with Alarm

Pots & pans, crockery, cups/mugs, T-Towels, cutlery, wine glasses, salt & ground, bread-bin, toaster, obvious kitchen utensils, bottle opener, scissors/knife block

Cleaning materials, washing up liquid, Hand Wash in kitchen and bathroom

Sugar, tea bags, instant coffee, small packet of ground coffee, loo roll, bin recycling bags,

Cling Film, and Aluminium Foil in kitchen drawer

Twin oven twin grill cooker, (Ceramic Hob), Large Microwave Oven

Tall Fridge / Freezer (freezer drawers should have little ice trays in it)

Wheelie Bins for Recycling

Newspapers & matches for logburner if you wish to use it (NB it gets very warm with it on!)

We usually have fresh Herbs in the garden

Patio Table and two upright patio chairs

Small BBQ with Lighting Pot, and BBQ kit in clip down box

BBQ briquettes/charcoal

Am OS map of Gower (orange type) to borrow during your stay

You need to bring your own :

Food, Cooking Oils, Butter,

Washbag, Shampoos/Body Wash, Paper Tissues

Logs for logburner, firelighters, kindling

(we may occasionally have some logs & kindling available at cost price but no guarantees due to erratic local availability)

Firestick if you use one (but noting all the other TV options above)

Mobile Phone Charger plug and lead

Password and Account Details if you intend to use Netflix Disney or Prime TV.

Sun Lounger type chairs

Your own Dog food, dog bed if he uses/they use one, dog leads, dog toys etc

(We hope this is a helpful aide memoir of car packing items)

Other items we may be able to provide "on request"

(ideally prior to arrival & subject to availability at the time)

Spare bedding for sofabed (Pillows and Duvet, with covers/sheets)

Air-fryer / Ninja - we keep one spare for guests to borrow

Slowcooker

Breville Sandwich Maker

Kenwood Soup Maker

Additional pots or pans, additional kitchen utensils.

Emergency 'borrow' of phone chargers

NB: The Village Shop is usually closed by Saturday 4pm and doesn't reopen until the Monday 10am. Even then it is very much a coffee & cake shop that also sells some food items, so can be limited in both choice/availability, for even basic food shopping. You are therefore advised to do any food shopping (including milk, bread, wine etc) BEFORE you get arrive in Llanmadoc.

Food Shops

You can always then top up some items as required during the week at the village shop, or if not available, drive to one of the local petrol stations (Llanrhidian or Knelston both around 3 miles / 12 mins drive) that have a slightly wider choice, or drive back 9 miles/20 mins to Penclawdd (CKs supermarket and two butchers) or the Dunvant Farm shop (at the road between Dunvant/Gowerton, around 14 miles/ 30 mins away), or drive the 14 miles/30 mins to Gorseinon to the major large chain supermarkets (Lidl, Aldi, Asda). It is around 15 miles to Swansea (Fforestfach) Tesco's Extra. (See booking form for more info)

DEPOSITS

We ask for a deposit of 30% on booking and your balance is

due two calendar months prior to arrival.

(Payment by BACS or Cheque).

Cancellations Policy

DEPOSITS

We ask for a deposit of 30% on booking (we are happy to wait for the deposit payment for 7 days after the date on which you confirm a booking).

Payment by BACS or Cheque. We unfortunately do not have facility to take credit cards.

BALANCE

The 70% balance is due two calendar months prior to arrival (payment methods as above). If the date you make the booking is already within two months of arrival then the full balance is immediately due.

Example: if you book on either the 5th or 17th March for a week's stay on 30th May then you will only need to pay a 30% deposit and then settle the balance by 30th March. But if you book on 30th March for the same 30th May stay, the full balance is immediately due.

CANCELLATIONS – A SIMPLE AND FAIR POLICY

One benefit of booking with us directly and not via one of the major booking systems is that we can be more helpful when it comes to cancellations.

THE CANCELLATION POLICY

If you cancel closer than two calendar months of arrival date our chances of re-advertising and getting a booking greatly diminish (experience tells us) so in this scenario (you cancel closer than 2 calendar months prior to arrival) - then unless we can rebook - unfortunately you can expect to lose your entire booking fee as paid.

We do not want this to happen to you. So please consider annual travel insurance that covers you for UK holidays and covers you for the unexpected.

If you cancel within two months of arrival and if we do re-book your stay dates (or some of your stay dates) we promise we will repay you 100% of whatever we receive from the replacement booking.

If you cancel more than *2 months prior to arrival (*see note) we will refund you in full, no strings attached, including your deposit. These are better terms than any of the large holiday cottage booking companies. We hope this is fair.

(note: *Two calendar months or longer if your arrival date was 12th August and you cancel by or on 12th June we will refund you in full. After 12th June any refund will be dependent on any replacement booking we manage to attract. )

Why we feel this is a good policy for you as Guests

If you cancel and we get a replacement booking we do not retain a spurious and questionable "admin fee" or "re-advertising fee" like the big chains. Furthermore, and very significantly, most other operators never refund the deposit element of the fee, regardless of when you cancel. Finally, many operators require a longer cancellation gap than our "Two Month" requirement rule.

We obviously still have to protect ourselves from unfair / un-insured cancellations, ones that we feel are made so close to the arrival date that we do not have realistic time, based on our experience, to advertise and re-book. This period is two months.

Our policy is fair, reasonable, stated in writing and is clear and in our opinion is far more forgiving for guests than the cancellaton policies you will find with other operators/cottages/chains/holiday companies. We feel this system fairly shares the cancellation risk between ourselves and our guests and offers one of the main benefits of booking with the owners of a small holiday cottage business directly.

About our prices

Our prices range from £425 to £640 and it is very much depending on what part of the year you book. See owners for details on exact prices and dates available.