Welcome to a forgotten corner of Devon, in a bowl of lush farm land, surrounded by Haldon Forest you’ll find the old Orchard Wagon.
A shepherd’s hut for sleeping and a wagon for a truly unique bathing experience – a bath with a view. A wood-burning stove provides hot water for the bath. Lighting is on the mains and there is a fridge and radiator in the shepherd’s hut. Cooking is over an open fire or on gas hobs, with Dutch oven and barbeque grill provided as well as fresh herbs and all the essentials.
It’s quite literally ‘the end of the road’. After the M5 has run out of steam, you’ve wiggled around the country lanes for 3 miles, crossed a shallow cobbled ford, you run out of tarmac at an old orchard set next to a quaint flint and brick farm cottage. Now there are only miles of green lanes and old drovers paths before you.
Essentials Checklist
Opening dates
April to October
The important stuff
Check in: Between 4 pm and 6 pm
Check out: 10 am
Orchard Wagon is located in an orchard next to the owner’s house.
Please bring wellies and sensible shoes.
Mobile phone signal available and 4G.
Sleeping arrangements
One double bed
Cooking
Two gas rings
Campfire with BBQ grill and dutch oven
Fridge
Fully equipped kitchen
Washing
Bath in bathing wagon
Compost loo
Bathroom toiletries provided
Heating, lighting & bedding
Bed linen and towels provided
Radiator in the hit
Wood-burner in the bathing wagon
Electric lighting
Plug sockets available
Entertainment
Books, magazines and cards all provided
Location
Experience life in a Shepherd’s Hut in an old Orchard overlooking rewilded wildflower meadow, organic farmland and Haldon Forest. Sit by the camp fire and enjoy stargazing with no light pollution and wake up to watch buzzards soaring overhead and blue tits nesting in the hedge. Old drover’s paths lead to Haldon Forest Park.
