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Wonderful Walks in the Beautiful Meon Valley and Hampshire South Downs
We’re very fortunate to have some stunning walks and landscape on our doorstep. We love exploring the area ourselves when we want to slow down and escape from the day to day. We want our guests to enjoy this as much as we do and there are many walks in the Meon Valley and South…
What We Provide in Our Cottages
When we first launched our cottages, we wanted to make sure that our guests had everything they would need for their stay. We think there’s nothing worse than going on holiday and having to remember everything bar the kitchen sink as often so little is included in holiday cottages. The last thing you want to…
Wallops Wood’s Commitment to Sustainability & the Environment
Wallops Wood are part of Visit Britain’s Green Tourism Business Scheme and very proud to have a Silver Green Tourism Certification. It provides recognition of our commitment to green issues and sustainability. As an accommodation provider in the South Downs National Park, these are two things we feel are very important. We encourage our guests…
Overwhelmed at winning Best Rural Tourism for the UK award
Wallops Wood Cottages won the Best Rural Tourism Award for the UK ! We were so overwhelmed by this major win, in fairness we still are! The prestigious Finals were held at Chateau Impney in Droitwich on the 28th February. The evening was a glittering do with an amazingly diverse group of rural people with…
Cycling in the South Downs and a Russian Spy
From rolling hills to market towns, the South Downs National Park is vast. Cycling is a good way to visit this beautiful landscape and Wallops Wood Cottages is perfectly placed to the West of the South Downs in the the small town of Droxford. One of the trails we often suggest for guests to try…
March weekend away
We still have availability for weekends away in March if you fancy escaping the humdrum and bunkering down somewhere different for a few nights. If you have left your planning a little late for a gathering, Wallops Wood have cottages available to sleep up to 32 guests for the weekend of 1st-4th March. Or how…
Time for Improvements
As the New Year starts and everyone is making fresh starts, we are busy making improvements. The Wallops Wood builders are on site and are making lots of improvements around the cottages. We have added to our accessible footpaths to make crossing from one side of the cottages to the other a much smoother experience…
Hampshire family staycation with little people
We had such beautiful weather this summer so why not visit Hampshire for your family holiday in 2019? You don’t have to pay for airport parking or car hire and you don’t have to arrive at a villa in the dark and realise that it is not as child friendly as the advert. Worry not!…
Festive treats for our four legged pooches
As lovely as it is spending Christmas with our four legged pet pooches, we must stay alert at the dangers that abound around our Christmas and New Year’s table! If your dog is like my two sausage dogs, Bentley and Lulu, they don’t think twice at hoovering the floor back and forth and twice over…