Experience the very best that Nottinghamshire can offer with a visit to "Browns" Award Winning Bed and Breakfast, situated in the picturesque hamlet of Holbeck, which is a tiny rural hamlet of only 12 houses, most of which were built at around the same time as The Old Orchard Cottagein 1730. It is situated on the Welbeck Country Estate, which is the ancestral home of the Dukes of Portland, in the Dukeries Area of North Nottinghamshire, and is seven miles from Sherwood Forest and 24 miles north of Nottingham City.
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Approaching along a winding country lane, visitors will be enchanted by the iron gate naming "The Old Orchard Cottage", and a glimpse of the Grade II listed buildings, which date from 1730.
Entering the drive and crossing the shallow ford, which joins the two ponds surrounded by seasonal flora and rippled by a waterfall, guests will find themselves surrounded by a glorious English cottage garden.
Parking near the sundial, visitors will step out of their vehicle to scores of perennial plants, which encircle the garden and encase the three beautiful garden lodges, set alongside the cottage, each lodge faces onto the terrace.
Guest will find the colours of the garden seductive, whatever the season, and can enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the exquisite surroundings. If you stay at Browns in the early spring or summer, you could hear the Cukoo, they have returned every year and sing from early morning till late at night.
The Brown family, Robin, Joan and Carly, provide a friendly atmosphere and a warm welcome, making guests feel relaxed and at ease in their surroundings.
Garden terraces are adjacent to each lodge, where guests can while away the time, enjoying the peaceful surroundings, and on warm summer evenings candle lanterns create a relaxing atmopshere.