Devon self catering cottage and eco lodges
Your Devon holiday will be truly green at our eco accommodation: three self catering lodges and a cottage (with wood burner). We're a 'green' business, (with gold approval from both the Green Tourism Business Scheme and the Devon Wildlife Trust) but you don't need to be super-green to stay here - it's for everyone. Relax in the tranquil haven of 21 acres managed exclusively for Devon's wildlife and your enjoyment. Let us make your self catering holiday or off-season escape easier by ordering local food ahead. And if you come without the car we'll collect you from the station or bus.
Whether you want a base in North Devon, love nature, want to walk with your dog, cycle the glorious Devon countryside, or just relax with a book, our self catering accommodation is for you. Both North Devon and northern Dartmoor are within easy reach of our lodges and cottage, and there are lots of ideas for Devon days out on our growing blog - please add your thoughts!
Welcome to Wheatland Farm in the heart of Devon
Feel free to browse the site - there is lots of information on Devon, our self catering holiday accommodation and activities to make yours a great holiday.
Devon Wildlife Trust approved
Gold award
Green Tourism Business Scheme
Gold award
Looking forward to seeing you here soon! - Ian and Maggie
First daffodil blooms at our Devon farm - scrub bashing and fungi.
MuttleyDog's March dog walk - Hollocombe Moor just 3 miles away and open access Devon countryside - tawny winter grasses, birds singing, spring coming!
Scrub bashing - clearing willow from Popehouse Moor, our Devon site of special scientific interest. The race is on to get the branches off the ground before the spring proper comes, the birds start nesting, and the willows themselves re-root...
Orange peel fungus, and the first daffodil Flowers are still pretty scarce, though the hazel catkins are bedecking the trees now. The most colourful object to be found was a little fungus - perhaps an orange peel fungus, Aleuria aurantia? Looks more shocking pink than orange to me...
Traditional Devon Hedge laying January jobs... I've been doing a bit more of the hedging Tom Hynes started for us when he ran a demonstration day last autumn. It's slow work, but will thicken up the growth on top of the bank, making it a much better habitat for wildlife. As I worked, a robin came to check out the leaf litter I had stirred up - hoping I'd incovered some food...
Our barn owls are still very active, and can be seen most evenings drifting low over the lodge field hunting voles. Between flights they'll often perch on the volleyball posts. So we've added another owl box opposite the lodges. Fingers crossed!
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More stories from the farm...
Green holiday accommodation
Exploring North Devon
Short breaks and holiday escapes
Holidaying with children
Walking, cycling, fishing, good food and pubs - Devon has it all. We're open year-round and offer short breaks all year apart from 6 weeks in the summer school holidays. We are in the heart of Devon yet offer incredibly peaceful surroundings.
Holidays for dogs too...
Why put your dogs in kennels when they'll be welcome here at Wheatland Farm? Ask us about good dog walks - we can lend you maps too. Most Devon pubs welcome well-behaved dogs, and dogs are welcome everywhere on the farm apart from the 7 acre SSSI nature reserve. More information about bringing your pets on our 'dogs welcome' page. Come and meet Muttley!
Children love the space Wheatland Farm offers - 21 acres to explore, managed for wildlife and your enjoyment. Kids can visit the cows in summer, collect eggs from the hens, fish the small pond and play on the swings and slide. Older children particularly enjoy the free-to-borrow bikes and the mown volleyball / badminton court. North Devon's attractions are within easy reach, and after a great day, there's outdoor space for children to be out from under your feet when you're cooking - or why not all decamp to the Kings Arms in Winkleigh for a family friendly pub meal. More about family holidays on our 'children welcome' page.
Many guests just come to relax and chill out. Order some Devon delicacies from our neighbour's farm shop or let the nearby award-winning pub kitchens take the strain! Stride out on Dartmoor, borrow our reclaimed bikes, leave the car behind for a day and go exploring on the bus, or just take your book down to the woodland pond on Popehouse Moor.
1 March, Gary Emma and family, Nuthatch lodge. (from comments sheet)
We love Wheatland Farm and its ethos. Living in the centre of Bristol this is worlds away from our norm. Our only regret was we didn't have longer. Ian and Maggie were friendly and helpful and gave us lots of additional info.
Thank you also to the farmer at Fiona's farm shop who brought a lamb to be bottle fed near the children.
We would like to return in the summer and will be reccommending Wheatland Farm to our friends. Many thanks for a great short break.