Burnells Gardens 

Burnells Gardens is a small family run farm situated in the beautiful Aville Valley between the historic village of Dunster and the Exmoor village of Timberscombe. You are free to roam the farm and meet Moira the pig, Fern, Flora and Marge the Goats or the other animal friends that make up the character of Burnells Gardens. You may even meet the hen that laid the egg you have for your breakfast! Well-behaved dogs are welcome and you can even bring your horse on holiday with you by prior arrangement. Stabling and grazing can easily be arranged.

The property is not a large farm but it offers all the facilities for a peaceful stay with everything you could need to make your stay only a short drive away. Facilities include off-road parking, access to the farm and river walk, use of a chiminea for barbecues either in the garden or by the river (picnic bench provided), seating areas by the river, fishing for trout in the river, and stabling and grazing for your horses. Smoking is permitted in the house and on the farm but not in the farm buildings.

• Exmoor Safari trips, riding lessons or trekking can be arranged, as can bowling "roll ups" It is a perfect base for your stay on Exmoor with the wild moorland and valleys only a short drive away. Minehead and Dunster offer numerous attractions from shopping, golf, the steam railway and much more. Horse riding and walking will allow you to experience the tranquillity of this lovely area at first-hand.

Further Information

HORSES:

• Stabling and grazing is available with a choice of standard loose boxes (10ft x 12ft) or American Barn style boxes - lovely and light and airy. The grazing is well-fenced and both the paddocks and the stables have automatic waterers - so no need to spend your hard-earned break filling water buckets! Hay, straw and shavings can be supplied at cost and mucking out services can be provided if you really do want to make the most of your holiday. If you are happy to undertake the work yourself then you are welcome to borrow our mucking out tools etc. to save you having to bring it all with you.

Special Features

The business have a particularly good relationship with the Farrier and the Vet (both conventional and homeopathic) who will all do their best to assist if things don't go quite according to plan.