RYE HILL HOUSE

Please contact Elaine with all enquires relating to Rye Hill House.
She will be more than happy to answer your queries and questions or take your bookings by email, fax or phone.

Email: Elaine@ryehillhouse.com  
Tel: +44 (0) 116 2774147
Fax: +44 (0) 870 706 2568

Should your enquiry be by phone the answer machine may be on (this will answer as CameraSport) but please leave a message!

Email, fax and phone are all monitored throughout the day.

Contact address:
Elaine Mason
43 Linden Ave
Countesthorpe
Leicester
LE8 5PG

Rental details:

1 week stays  - £300 to £425 per week depending on the season

All inclusive of towels, linen, heating /electricity and our “Welcome tray”.

Dogs are welcome, please inform at time of booking.

Shorter breaks welcomed.

Reduced rates for party of 2

Longer stays by arrangement.

Please ask for details.

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Booking Policy
We ask for a deposit of 25% (non-refundable) upon booking and the balance payable in full 1 month prior to the start of the date of arrival.

Any cancellations made within one month of the date of arrival will only be refunded if that booking is resold.

In the unlikely event that we need to cancel any booking all monies including deposit refunded in full.

Departures by 10.15 am and Arrivals from 3.30pm onwards.

We will contact you a week before to arrange arrival details, we both live nearby so can either greet you at the cottage or offer alternative key arrangements.

To help keep rental costs low please leave the property as clean as you will find it. Should additional cleaning be required or breakages / damage occur an extra charge maybe be levied.

Access Statement upon request.

Rye Hill House - Main St. Bruntingthorpe. Leicestershire. ENGLAND LE17 5QF

From the South – MI Exit 20 at Lutterworth

From the North – M1 Exit 21 (Fosse Park)

From Leicester take the A5199 (former A50) at Arnesby take the turning for Bruntingthorpe

From the A14 – Exit 1 (Welford) the A5199 to Saddington/ Bruntingthorpe Crossroad

The conservation village remains unspoilt with about eighty properties. Most buildings are old, yet carefully restored and a few new. Taking a walk through the village enhances the charm of the place.

There are two pubs, a garage for petrol sales, a working farm and St. Mary’s Church.

Both pubs are worth the stroll for a local pint and maybe a meal!

The Joiners Arms & The Plough

 

Walks:

There are several footpaths from the village for walks through beautiful countryside.

From Little End the path leads towards Shearsby or Knaptoft, there’s also one to Arnesby.

From Church Walk go by the church and follow the path to Peatling Parva
From the bottom of the village the path leads to Peatling Magna.

Bruntingthorpe is also on part of “The Leicestershire Round” the 100 mile walk around the county.

Buses

The Royal Mail Post Bus calls at the village on route to the nearby town of Lutterworth several times a day (Monday to Friday/Saturday) Route 373 Lutterworth-Peatling Parva. Available Seats: 8

Swift Valley Coaches operate a service calling at the village on route to Leicester / and return twice a week (Tuesday & Saturday)

The village is ideally placed for all the amenities.

And its central location offers an excellent base for exploration within Leicestershire and England.

Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground and Vintage Aircraft Museum are but a few minutes away.

Useful Links

The Joiners Arms
Bruntingthorpe Proving Ground
Cold War Jets Collection
Complete List of Paths in Leicestershire

Traditional pubs serving beer and food can be found in nearby villages such as The Chandlers Arms Shearsby and The Cock Inn Peatling Magna.

Also close by are several restaurants:
Little India at Arnesby
Dine India at Countesthorpe
The Shires Inn at Peatling Parva
Shearsby Bath

Countesthorpe village is five miles away. The village has a Co-op store, butchers, bakery, chemists, Post Office, newsagents and cash points. Also a fish and chip shop and take away. There is a Doctors / Health Centre in the village.

Blaby village (6 miles) has the same amenities plus a Waitrose an Aldi Supermarket and a Summerfield (with petrol station). There are also banks in the village, two Doctors / Health Centres, Police station, library and pet store.

The Vets is in Whetstone village (6 miles) and there is a local farm shop selling a variety of produce (including dog food) on the outskirts of village.

Both Enderby Leisure Centre and Wigston Swimming Pool are 7 miles away.   

Travelling further south from Bruntingthorpe lie the rural market towns of Lutterworth (7miles) and Market Harborough (12 miles), plus town of Rugby (12 miles) with railway station for central commute to main destinations.

And on the north side are the urban areas of Wigston (5 miles), Fosse Park (6 miles) and the City of Leicester (10 miles) with both railway and bus stations to main destinations.

Many Major Motorways are but a short distance away (7/8 miles).MI, M69, A14, M6

East Midlands Airport is approximately 30 minutes away by car.

USEFUL LINKS

The Chandlers Arms at Shearsby
The Cock Inn ( Peatling Magna) Magna (Tel: 0116 247 8308).
Little India Restaurant - Arnesby
Dine India - Countesthorpe
The Shires Inn - Peatling Parva
Shearsby Bath - Shearsby

Whether walking, cycling or travelling by car there are many local picturesque villages to visit in the area.

Bruntingthorpe Vintage Aircraft Museum is a short distance away so are local fishing spots like Peatling Pool at Peatling Parva.

If you have a bicycle the surrounding open countryside is ideal for cycling..

Nearby is Wistow Maize Maze  open in the summer months, and Enderby Leisure Centre (2 swimming pools -25m main pool and teaching pool) and Wigston pool (33.3m).

Foxton Locks is unique in that it has a staircase of ten working locks and the remains of the Inclined Plane/ boat lift. It’s the ideal place to picnic, stroll by the towpath of The Grand Union Canal or take a boat ride.

Bosworth Battlefield Heritage Centre and Country Park.
Re live a turning point in history, the death of a king and start of Tudor Dynasty. Follow the Battlefield Trail.

Visit the ruined castles at Ashby de la Zouch (with a tower to climb and an underground tunnel) and Kirby Muxloe (to see the picturesque moat remains). Belvoir, Warwick and Rockingham castles are also well worth visiting.

Bradgate Park – over 800 acres of ancient rocks, forest and bracken. Stroll by the river at the bottom of the park with the lopped Oak trees marking the beheading of Lady Jane Grey, walk to the ruined house where she was born and beheaded and then climb to the Old John Tower. An ideal place to picnic and explore.

Snibston Discovery Park set on the site of a former colliery. There’s an excellent interactive museum combining technology and design from the past to the present day. Also a one hundred acre country park and nature reserve.

In the same area is Conkers with interactive exhibits indoors and outdoors an assault course (aged 13+) to tackle. Plus Shakerstone Train Station.

A fascinating day out is a ride on a steam train. The Great Central Railway, Britain's only double track main line steam railway runs from Leicester to Loughborough and back again.

Leicester’s National Space Centre is the country’s largest attraction dedicated to space - journey through 6 stunning galleries, see the Rocket Tower, enjoy the 3D S.I.M ride and 360 degree space theatre.

Leicester may not have a Premier League team but it can claim to be one of the countries sporting hotbeds having top class cricket and football not forgetting the world’s best Rugby Club the famous Leicester Tigers!

And Leicestershire is central for five of the major racetracks in the country – Donington Park, Mallory Park, Silverstone, Rockingham Race Circuit and Santa Pod Raceway.
Mallory is known as the friendly circuit with excellent viewing facilities and Donington is the host to major Bike events and the Car GP 2010!

If travelling south London might be your destination (from Rugby station 1 hour away by train).

North lies Nottingham with Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, an excellent shopping centre and underground caves located under part of the shopping centre to explore. Plus Nottingham Castle and Robin Hood country (Sherwood Forest).
North West is the scenic Derbyshire Dales, and West the picturesque town of Stratford-upon-Avon the birthplace of William Shakespeare.
And if venturing east there’s the East Coast and a fun day at the sea.

These are just but a few things to do and places to see!

go-fish.co.uk - leicestershire
www.wistow.com - Hamlet of Wistow
Foxton Locks
Bosworth Battlefield
English Heritage
Belvoir Castle
Rockingham Castle
Loughborough & Charnwood
Snibston
CONKERS
The Great Central Railway!
The National Space Centre
Donington Park. - Racing Circuit
Mallory Park - Racing Circuit
Silverstone - Racing Circuit
Rockingham- Racing Circuit
Santa Pod Raceway - Racing Circuit
City of Caves - Nottingham
Derbyshire Dales
Stratford-upon-Avon
The Lincolnshire Coast