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Highclere Serviced Holiday Apartments, Bath
A Non-Smoking Environment
ETA 3 & 4 star rated accommodation
Elegant and historic Bath is set amidst some of the most beautiful countryside in the West of England. The Highclere
Holiday Apartments are on the edge of the golden hillside hamlet of Widcombe, largely rural in outlook, but so near the
heart of the city.
Highclere House from the Front
Highclere enjoys commanding views across Bath. The ground, first and second floor lounges have
panoramic views over the city with its Abbey, (floodlit at night), Roman Baths, River Avon and its bridges and the Kennet and Avon
Canal. The trees of Smallcombe Valley present a delightful view from each of the bedrooms, with the idyllic scenes changing
from season to season. Highclere is late Victorian, with many original features and has been sympathetically converted into
four spacious one bedroom self-contained apartments, which can accommodate two to four persons.
The garden at Highclere is pleasant with a large patio, lawn and flower beds and garden furniture. It is safe for children,
being totally enclosed. There is a rotary clothes-line. There is a parking area for a small car behind wrought iron
gates at the front of the house. For a larger car a parking permit will be available for the zone 2 parking, in addition
there are 4 hour bays in the tree lined road outside, for non residents' parking. WIFI broadband has been fitted throughout
the house.
View of Bath from Highclere House
Each close-carpeted attractively furnished apartment has one bedroom, lounge/dining area with a three piece suite and a bathroom
and kitchen. Each has a colour television, video recorder and videos, DVD and CD players, night storage heaters and electric fires, clock radio,
radio, hair dryer, electric iron and ironing board. There are two electric heat pads in each apartment.
Electric showers, power points and shaver sockets are provided. The modern fitted kitchens have washing machines and tumble
dryers or washer/dryers, refrigerators, and freezers or fridge/freezers, full size cookers, microwave ovens, toasters, kettles,
cutlery, cooking utensils, porcelain china and Corning Ware.
Duvets and blankets are provided. Service, linen and towels are included in the tariff. Linen is changed weekly.
There is a full-service payphone in the foyer from which local, regional and overseas calls may be made and received. Each
apartment is separately metered for electricity. An approved smoke and fire alarm system is fitted and is maintained and
certificated annually. Highclere's owner is a member of The National Landlords' Association and BASCA, the Bath Area
Self-Catering Association. Her husband is Jack Daniel, a Naval Constructor, whose autobiography, The End of an ERA was
published by Periscope publishing in 2003. His 6th mystery novel, "Bedsits in Bath", takes place in Bath and surrounding
area and discusses some of the perils of renting to students from Bath's two Universities. Like his other books it is
available from Amazon.
TARIFF
- For 2008 tariffs range from £315 to £420 per week for two persons. Linen for an extra person using a bed-settee/zed
bed is charged at £20. Zone 2 parking permits £2 per day each.
3 day breaks from £220 to £235 for two persons subject to availability.
The Tariff includes storage heating during the winter months, linen for the number of beds provided, bath, hand, and tea
towels and weekly servicing, plus an allowance of up to £12 per week for electricity for cooking, TV, hot water, etc.
The allowance for 3 day low season breaks is £5. Usage over this amount is charged according to the metered usage at the
Electricity Board utility rates. Meters are read on entry and exit.
BOOKING
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Normally Saturday to Saturday, bookings must be accompanied by a 30% deposit, balance to be paid four weeks prior to
arrival. Please give alternative choice of apartment to avoid disappointment. For stays of three weeks or longer between
April and October a reduction will be made in the tariff, and there is a weekly discount for Senior Citizens during this
period.
Mid week bookings can be taken subject to availability.
ARRIVAL/DEPARTURE
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Apartments must be vacated by 10 am on the day of departure. Apartments are normally available to incoming visitors by
3 pm. Arrangements can be made to meet visitors at Bath Spa rail or bus stations.
SHOPPING
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Fresh tea, milk and sugar are put in for new arrivals.
Other provisions will be purchased on request and placed in apartment to await arrival.
TOURS
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Bath is an excellent
centre for touring. To the north are the Cotswolds, Gloucester,
Cheltenham and Oxford, to the south and west the Mendips, Wells,
Glastonbury, Exeter and Bristol and to the east, Avebury, Stonehenge and
Salisbury. Wales is just over an hour's train journey away and
London about an hour and a half. For more information see Guide to Bath,
Surrounding
Country, Access
from London, Access from
Bristol.
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For more detailed
descriptions of the four apartments at Highclere, the garden flat, the ground floor flat,
the first floor
flat and the second floor flat,
click on the appropriate button on the left.
For further information,
see the Information
Request page or contact:
Elizabeth Daniel
Meadowland, Cleveland Walk
BATH, England, BA2 6JU
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Telephone/Fax: 01225 465465
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