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Ley Farm Cottages

Renovating beautiful self-catering holiday cottages in the Blackdown Hills in East Devon

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    • The New Barn, Ley Farm
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  • Walks in the Blackdown Hills
    • 01 Walk around Furley, Howley, Marsh and Yarcombe
    • 02 Walk around Stockland
    • 03 Walk around Upottery and Beacon Hill, Yarcombe
    • 04 Walk around Rower Hill, Stockland
    • 05 Beacon Hill, Stockland
    • 06 Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 07 Churchinford – Bishopswood – Marsh – Yarcombe
    • 08 Pub Hike: Upottery, Churchinford, Bishopswood, Marsh, Yarcombe
    • 09 Walk up Beacon Hill to Dalwood and Stockland
    • 10 Circular walk to The Kings Arms Stockland
    • 11 Low Yarty Valley to Stockland
    • 12 Pound Lane loop
    • 13 Yarcombe loop
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    • Historic houses to visit
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Sheep shearing in action

A visit to Open Farm Sunday

8th Jun 2025 leyfarmcottages

We’re very lucky to live in an area where people put in the effort to host events for the community. This weekend two of our

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Our second guests – and catching up

15th Sep 2024 leyfarmcottages

We really thought things would quieten down once we started letting the Farmhouse out, but this week seems to have been particularly busy. Our second

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The week after our first booking – and the Great North Run!

9th Sep 2024 leyfarmcottages

After a busy previous week getting the final touches ready for our first guests, this week has been much quieter; partly because we don’t have

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We have a new yard!!

10th Jun 2024 leyfarmcottages

At 6am on Monday morning, our concreting contractors arrived to make the final preparations on site. And they continued working incredibly hard throughout the week

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A sloe weekend

13th Nov 2022 leyfarmcottages

After our weekend plans were thwarted by our expected visitors getting sick, we took the opportunity to plant out our newly-arrived sloe bushes. We’ve wanted

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A flurry of uninvited garden visitors 

10th Jul 2022 leyfarmcottages

We seem to spend a good amount of time at the moment trying to manage the different uninvited garden visitors we’re getting. The kitchen garden

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