Welcome to our Traditional Yurt - the best in Eco-camping/Glamping!
Welcome to our fantastic luxury Yurt, located in its own private 1 acre secret garden and within 4 acres of woodland and mature gardens with its own river running through it. Millholme House and its gardens are found in one of the most beautiful and more peaceful locations in the Lake District National Park.
Staying in a Yurt is one of the best outdoor living experiences you can have and is very popular especially amongst those who are into green living and glamorous camping.
Our Yurt is a traditional Mongolian Yurt and is hand crafted in Mongolia, imported by Ulann Taij. Our Yurt is brand new for 2010 and is decorated in traditional Mongolian colours and symbols. It offers the best way to camp any time of the year! It is very luxurious and comes with just about everything you need. It includes:-
- A double bed and a double futon and furniture
- Fresh linen and towels
- Wooden floor with carpet and rugs
- Wood burning stove - with hot plate for cooking
- Outside picnic area by your yurt: Table, chairs, parasol, BBQ & chimera
- Free welcome hamper of food and goodies'
- Cheap organic vegetables - pick your own!
- Free Wood & kindling
- Books & Games
- Lanterns and torches
- Solar powered lights & low wattage 240v sockets!
- A newly renovated utility building provides:-
- Quadruple Gas Hob & Grill
- Microwave with grill
- Slow Cooker and Toaster
- Fridge with ice-box
- Sink and drainer and also separate basin
- Cooking equipment with crockery and cutlery etc.
- Cooking Pans / Utensils
- Fire extinguisher
- Free Hot Power Shower and Separate Toilet with basin
- Aga woodburning stove for background heat and hot water.
Our Yurt sleeps four to six people. There is a standard double bed and double futon/settee although we can cater for up to six people. We provide pillows and duvets with freshly laundered cotton covers for four people.
Our Yurt has 5 layers of fabric and is therefore very well insulated. Combined with the hand made Mongolian wood burning stove you will never be cold so long as you tend your fire. It is designed for year round use, even in mid-winter! Low voltage solar powered lights with battery and 240v ac inverter are provided!
Fresh drinking water is available from a tap just 30 metres away. There is a shower and toilet block along with cooking and washing facilities just 50 metres away which has its own wood burning Aga stove for space/water heating.
Outside of the Yurt is a picnic table seating up to 6 and a BBQ so you can enjoy the evenings where you can gaze at the fells, listen to the river, star gaze, chill out and really enjoy and appreciate nature! Nearby we have a table tennis and games room, an organic vegetable patch, free range hens and other gardens to explore. If you would like to explore the area, beach and the fells we have mountain bikes with helmets available for hire.
If you are interested and want to know more including our very competitive prices and the availability, then please just email or call us. See our contacts page!
We do short and long breaks, normally Friday changeover. Please contact us for prices and availability. However please note that we do not accept smokers or pets, although we do have one friendly black lab dog.
