Lodge now decorated for Christmas
We hope our guests in both our cottages enjoy their christmas stays
The continuing facelift!
That’s much better! looks completely different. Just need to clean up add the Christmas decorations and we are ready to go again
The Lodge’s Facelift
Having finished Courtyard View we decided the Lodge needed a bit of a refresh so here is our progress so far, the bathroom now has a new floor and we have updated the bath finished floor finished bathroom And the kitchen is still work in progress but coming along nicely the new corner cabinet being…
What a difference a day makes
Basking in the late autumn sun yesterday. Beautiful! even if the garden has been cut back for winter Today I’m not going out
we are proud and excited to introduce one of our new conversions
We are proud and excited to introduce one of our new conversions: Courtyard View. This exclusive addition is the first of many projects we have been dedicating our efforts to at Longford Hall Farm Cottages. Located in a peaceful area of the farm, Courtyard View offers a blend of luxurious modern design and homely charm…
Preparatons for the 2026 garden openings
Welcome to Longford Hall Farm Holiday Cottages, where the anticipation is already building for the 2026 garden openings in aid of NGS cancer charities and the air ambulance. Nestled in the heart of Derbyshire, close to the historic market town of Ashbourne, our cottages offer a tranquil escape on the edge of the picturesque Peak…
A huge Thank you
This is the fifth year we have opened the garden for charity and we want to say a heartfelt thank you to everyone who supported us. Many of you have visited more than once. This year your donations have enabled the NGS cancer charities to benefit from £1408.20 and air ambulance derbyshire £750. We hope…
open garden 2025
We have 2 open gardens weekends this year for the National Garden Scheme, who many of you know support various cancer charities. We for our part support Air ambulance with a donation from the sale of teas cakes and plants. The bank holiday weekend 24th/25th May is the first opening so with an extra day…
Looking forward to 2025
Our thanks to everyone who have braved the elements of our wet summer to holiday with us. We hope you enjoyed your stay and would love to see you again next year. Our calendar has just been updated for 2025, our rates have stayed the same now for the past 2 years. We do not…
open garden 15th June 2024
Thanks to everyone’s generosity and despite the English weather this summer at our open garden have donated £350 to Air Ambulance Derbyshire. I hope to see many of you again next year when hopefully it will be warm and sunny!
Projects on the go!
Daniel Burton Photography 8 hours agoWow, wow, wow, just wow! All I’m saying is watch this space. Such an amazing place with so many photo opportunities and with the most amazing and passionate owners with great vision who are building what could be my new favourite place.
January in the snow
A beautiful crisp morning in the snow. I hope it looks this good when it is all green in summer!
Merry Christmas 2020
We are all decked out ready for Christmas. Thank you to everyone who has stayed with us this year, we wish you all a safe and merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We would love to see you all in the New Year
The Duck Pond
What a lovely place for our holiday makers to enjoy the private picnic area in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside just a short walk from South Lodge or Ardsley Cottage. We have loads of wildlife to watch, ducks on the water, birds of prey swooping down and fish and insects in the stream . Across the…
Preparing for combining
We should soon be ready to start combining barley, it has been a really difficult year thanks to the weather
Springtime
At last spring has come. We only have 4 ewes to lamb and 3 managed the same day. Dad was a busy boy!
South Lodge
Been dying to do this for ages! Who has a problem with hair cuts during lockdown! This is the before and after
Hire of hot tub at South Lodge
If you want to hire a hot tub whilst staying at South Lodge Owen is the man.Contact him atOwen@championhottubs.co.uk
Getting the gardens ready for winter. Chopping back the herbaceous plants and having the garden looking neat and tidy over the winter months ready to bloom again in spring. It will be interesting to see how the new garden at Ardsley Cottage has matured since we planted it last year. I have loads of bulbs…
Hot Tub
We have recently added a hot tub to our Ardsley cottage home, this will be operational and available to bookings via our website from December. Guests will be required to read and sign our conditions of use.
Ardsley review
Here is what our latest visitors to Ardsley Cottage wrote Here’s what Tom wrote “A lovely location. A lot more spacious than the photos would have you believe. Smashing host – plumbing issue on arrival sorted immediately. Good value for money. Will be going back again soon!” Tom’s private feedback for you: “Wonderfull place. Great…
The gardens at Ardsley Cottage
Last year we decided to add another property Ardsley Cottage to our holiday cottages, the house is lovely inside but it was just sat in a field. Here we are updating the garden. We have started a small Japanese themed garden in the front and by the drive we are constructing a more secluded patio…
Our first blog post!
Hello and welcome to Longford Hall Farm Holiday Cottages, Finally after two and a half years I have come kicking and screaming into the 20th century with our own website, Facebook and blog, so please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We have been offering Holidays at our South Lodge property for the last couple…