A bell tent, a shepherd's hut, a treehouse and a cabin, fifty metres apart, each with its own fire pit and its price for every night on the website
The pods
Four places to sleep on eleven acres: the Bell Tent for four on a wooden deck with a double and two singles, the Shepherd's Hut for two with a wood-burner, the Treehouse for two twelve metres up an oak with a stove and a copper bath, and the Cabin for four (plus two on the sofa bed) with a kitchen and a bathroom. Each has a fire pit, a view and a price by the night on the pods page; two nights minimum.
Four pods, not twenty, because the point of the field is that you cannot see anyone else from your fire. Each one is different on purpose: the tent for people who want canvas and the sound of rain, the hut for a couple who want a stove, the treehouse for the people who have wanted a treehouse since they were eight, and the cabin for a family who want a bathroom with a door.
The Bell Tent is a five-metre canvas bell on a raised deck at the top of the meadow with the valley in front of it: a proper double bed, two single beds, rugs, a wood-burner with a flue through the canvas, lanterns, and the deck for the fire pit and the chairs. It sleeps four and is the cheapest and, in August, the one that goes first. The Shepherd's Hut is a new-built hut on iron wheels at the edge of the wood with a double bed across the end, a wood-burner, a two-ring hob, a small table and a stable door; it sleeps two and has the best sunset.
The Treehouse is in the big oak above the river, twelve metres up by a staircase and a rope bridge: a double bed, a stove, a copper bath on the deck fed from the shower block, a compost loo, and the river below you all night. Two people, no dogs, no children under eight, and the one we are asked about most. The Cabin is a timber cabin by the barn with a double bedroom, a bunk room, a sofa bed in the living room, a kitchen with a proper cooker and fridge, and a bathroom with a hot shower and a flushing loo; it sleeps four, six at a squeeze, and is the one for a wet week with small children. All four have their own fire pit, a basket of wood for the first night, and fifty metres to the next.
What is included
- A fire pit, chairs and the first basket of wood
- Bedding, towels and lanterns in every pod
- A wood-burner in the tent, the hut and the treehouse
- The hot shower block fifty metres from each
- A view: the valley, the wood, the river, the meadow
- The price for every night on the website
What it costs
The Bell Tent from £85 a night, the Shepherd's Hut from £110, the Cabin from £150, the Treehouse from £165, each by the night in low, mid and high season and by weekday or weekend. Two nights minimum. Every rate is on the pods page and the availability calendar. The pods page has every rate by season and night; the availability page has every night of the season, taken or free, and quotes a stay.
Questions about the pods
Which pod for a family?
The Cabin for a wet week with small children (a bathroom with a door, a cooker, a sofa bed), the Bell Tent for a dry one with children who want canvas. The Treehouse takes nobody under eight; the Hut sleeps two.
Is there electricity?
The Cabin has mains. The tent, the hut and the treehouse have a solar lantern, a USB charging point and no sockets, which is the point; the barn has sockets and a kettle for anyone who needs them.
Pick the pod, pick the nights, and see every one of them priced.
The availability page shows every night of the season for every pod, taken or free, and quotes a stay with the price for each night. Then one form books it; Elin replies within two hours, 8am to 8pm, and a deposit of a night holds it.