Heath Cottage is a typical Cotswold cottage – cobbled, tiled downstairs floor, small kitchen, low beamed ceilings upstairs…
The cottage was well kept – very clean, but a bit tired in places. It may be that we stayed at the very end of summer, when I’m assuming there had been a lot of people staying over the summer. The garden, for example, was slightly unkempt and the outside table was dusty/ dirty, the back gate didn’t lock – just little things that didn’t impact our stay massively but is why I have given it a 4 star rating rather than a 5. It felt like it needed a bit of TLC in a few areas.
The location is very close to the Centre of stow on the wold, with parking outside. It’s an easy 5 minute walk right into the heart of the village. BUT it is slightly set back from a main busy road, which seems to be busy until past midnight – then tails off.
You’re opposite an M&S food in the garage, which is handy.
It’s location is great and we went on daytrips to Costwold Wildife Park and Adam’s Farm within really easy reach in the car.
We had issues with the WiFi when we arrived, which the agent promptly helped us with – but it remained really patchy throughout our stay – coming in and out. Perhaps this is fixed now, but it was annoying when it had been advertised with Wifi.
The bathroom downstairs is tiny and off the kitchen, so we all shared the upstairs bathroom in the end – which isn’t really what we planned. Upstairs, there are beams in the bedrooms – so if you’re tall and don’t like to stoop too much, perhaps the Cotswolds Cottages aren’t for you.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay in this cottage over the August Bank Holiday – but more than a few days might have felt slightly claustrophobic.