General

Perfectly located in a private marina with views across the water to both front and rear of this lovely property, John’s Cottage offers homely, modern and spacious accommodation right in the heart of Wroxham, with easy access to local shops, pubs and restaurants. Wroxham is often referred to as the 'capital of the Broads' and is an ideal base from which to enjoy a holiday on the Norfolk Broads.

John’s Cottage sleeps 6 people in 3 bright and airy bedrooms (two doubles and one twin). Well maintained throughout, it offers open-plan living downstairs and boasts an extensive outside deck where you can enjoy your meals ‘al fresco’, partake in a spot of fishing, feed the ducks or simply relax in the sun. As you enter the property, there is a spacious living area offering a comfortable sitting room with Smart TV, a sturdy dining table and chairs and a fully-equipped kitchen with a halogen hob, integrated oven, microwave & washing machine. There is a downstairs toilet and at the front of the building there are 2 allocated parking spaces, plus a picnic bench overlooking the peaceful marina. Upstairs, each of the 3 bedrooms has a view of the water and there is a decent sized family bathroom with a bath and shower over (perfect for smaller children). A travel cot and high chair are also available at the property. Free unlimited Wifi.

Wroxham offers a variety of options for takeaways or eating out and has some interesting shops including the famous ‘Roy’s of Wroxham’ which includes a department store, food hall and café (it even has a McDonalds!). Wroxham is a good transport hub: Hoveton and Wroxham Train Station is just a 10 minute walk away. This is an excellent service with trains directly into Norwich taking around 12 minutes or if you want to head to the seaside, the town of Cromer (known for its fresh crab) it is around 25 minutes by train the other way. There are bus stops outside Roy's Department store on both sides of the road with easy links to Norwich, Great Yarmouth and endless pretty villages throughout the surrounding area. Boat trips and day boat hire are available to book locally.

The Norfolk Broads is a very popular holiday destination with many holidaymakers returning year after year. With so many leisure activities available in the area such as fishing, boating, watersports and bird-watching, it's not hard to see why!

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Terms & Conditions

When you submit a booking via our online reservation system you will receive an automatically generated booking summary by email to the email address you provide in the booking form. This does not form a contract between us. A contract shall only arise when your booking is subsequently confirmed in writing via a letter of confirmation sent to you by post or email.

1. Your Holiday Booking

Your booking is direct with the Owners of John's Cottage and subject to the booking Terms and Conditions as set out below. To make your booking, you will be requested to pay a booking deposit of 20% of the hire cost if your holiday start date is more than 8 weeks after the date of making your booking. If booking within 8 weeks of your holiday start date, full payment will be required at the time of booking. In either case, your booking is not confirmed until either your deposit or full payment has been received and your booking has been confirmed in writing to you by the Owner.

On receipt of your booking deposit (or full payment if within 8 weeks of the start date of your holiday), a contract of hire will exist between you (hereafter referred to as 'the Hirer') and Simon Farrington (hereafter referred to as 'the Owner').

2. Minimum Age of Hirer & Single Sex parties

We welcome couples, families and groups of friends but regret that we are unable to accept stag, hen or celebratory party bookings for more than 4 guests where your party is all male, all female or young groups of four or more friends where the age of the hirer (who must also be a guest) is less than 25.

3. Paying the balance of hire

Your balance of hire is due for payment, without demand, no later than 8 weeks prior to your arrival.

4. Variations of price

We reserve the right to vary prices without notice. The price of your holiday is however guaranteed once a booking confirmation has been received by you.

5. What is included in the price?

Your holiday hire includes use of the property from 4.30pm on the day of arrival as specified in your booking confirmation until 9.30am on the specified day of departure. Your rental cost includes all bed linen (except for the optional cot) and towels (one bath towel and one hand towel per guest plus a hand towel in the downstairs cloakroom), two tea towels, gas fired central heating, electricity and water. Complimentary WiFi is provided for use by guests including via the large internet connected smart TV. We reserve the right to suspend or cease WiFi service for improper use or for any technical or commercial reason without explanation, liability or cost. Use of WiFi is entirely at users risk and you should ensure that any equipment used to connect to the internet is protected by suitable anti-virus and firewall software. Use of the complimentary guest WiFi access implies that you have read and fully accepted the WiFi Terms of Use.

6. Changes to your booking

After your booking has been confirmed, any changes will incur an administration cost of £20.00 to cover the cost of replacement paperwork. Changes within 8 weeks of the start date of your holiday may incur additional cancellation charges and all requested changes will be subject to availability.

7. Cancellation by you

On confirmation of your booking, a contract of hire will exist between the Hirer and the Owners. In the event of cancellation by you 8 weeks or more before your holiday, your 20% booking deposit will be non refundable and you may be eligible to claim on your holiday cancellation insurance if taken (see item 10 below). Cancellation within 8 weeks of your holiday will forfeit the full hire amount paid (or due) unless the owners can re-let the property in which case only the 20% booking deposit will be forfeit to cover administration and re-letting costs. Optional cancellation insurance is available.

8. Cancellation by us

Should a property suddenly become unavailable for the dates hired by you due to unforeseen circumstances, all efforts will be made to offer suitable alternatives. If this is not possible, then all monies paid by you (the Hirer) will be refunded to you in full with no deductions but the Owners will incur no further liability of any kind. Under no circumstances will the Owners be liable to refund any amount exceeding the amount paid by the Hirer.

9. Liability

The Owners accept no liability whatsoever for any Loss, Damage, Injury or Accident to the Hirer or any member of the Hirer's party or property whilst in occupation of the property or its grounds insofar as this results from proven negligence of the Hirer or any member of the Hirer's party.

10. Cancellation and Personal Insurance

It is very strongly recommended that you have adequate personal and holiday cancellation insurance to cover you and all members of your party. This should be suitable for UK self catering holidays arranged independently of a travel agent and should include cancellation protection cover to safeguard you against loss of the cost of your holiday in the event of unexpected cancellation.

Under no circumstances will the Owners be responsible for loss of life, personal injury, medical expenses, accidents, damage to the Hirers property, personal effects or motor vehicle(s) and you should ensure that any insurance covers such eventualities.

11. Pets

John's Cottage is pet free.

12. Smoking

For the comfort of all guests, smoking is no permitted anywhere inside the premises.

13. Web Site & literature differences or omissions

Our web site and literature is intended as a guide to the properties and facilities only, and we reserve the right to make changes to the facilities provided or to the properties without prior notice. We regret we cannot accept any liability for errors mistakes or omissions which may arise from any differences between the properties or the facilities provided and our website or literature.

14. Terms of Use of Guest WiFi

Use of the complimentary WiFi is subject to the Terms & Conditions of Use which will be provided with your booking confirmation.

15. Force Majeure

The Owner shall not be liable for any loss, breach or delay due to any cause beyond the Owner's reasonable control including though not limited to Act of God, Explosion, Flood, Tempest, Fire or Accident, War or Threat of War, Sabotage, Insurrection, Civil Disturbance or Requisition, Acts, Restrictions, Regulations, Bye-laws, Prohibitions or Measures of any kind on the part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority, Embargoes, Strikes, Lock-outs, or other Industrial Actions or Disputes. Under any such case the Owners shall be entitled to treat the contract as discharged.

Property Features

Local Fishing Information

Important Information

• Fishing available from the decking & also from the communal lawn which is a short walk from the property.
• The variety of fish on the Broads include: pike, carp, eel, bream, roach, trench, perch and rudd.
• A fishing licence is required, this can be purchased online via the Environment Agency here.
• Fishing available during open season. Closed season is between 15th March - 15th June.
• Use barbless or micro-barb hooks where possible. They are kinder to fish and hook removal is much easier.
• Return your catch carefully, do not slide or tumble fish down the keepnet into the water.

Local Attractions

Local Supermarkets - 'Roys of Wroxham' is a short walk away.

Wroxham Village - There are plenty of pubs and restaurants in the village. There is also a Nisa convenience store, pharmacy, Chinese takeaway, Indian restaurant/takeaway, fish & chip shops.

Pretty Norfolk Broads Villages & market towns nearby - Horning, Coltishall, Potter Heigham, Ludham.

Museum of the Broads - Visit here to discover the history of the Broads. Picnic area next to the river, dog-friendly. Open Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday from 11am - 3pm.

Cycle routes in the Norfolk Broads - There are miles of cycle routes on the Norfolk Broads to enjoy. The Three Rivers Way is a purpose-built cycle route that connects Hoveton and Horning.

Bike Hire - Broads By Cycle offers bike hire in several pick-up and drop-off docking areas.

Great Yarmouth - Norfolk's premier sea-side resort. There are miles of golden sandy beaches, traditional sea-side amusements, a pleasure beach with rides and adventure golf and plenty of pubs/cafes/restaurants.

Norwich - Just under 30 minutes away.

Wildlife - The Broads is home to a large number of species including seals, otters, water vole and chinese water deer.

Birds - There are many rare species of bird that have made the Broads their home, including bitterns, kingfishers, grebes, marsh harriers and warblers.

Nature Reserves - Hickling Broad, Ranworth Broad, Upton Broad and Marshes, Cockshoot Broad, Barton Broad, Martham Broad, Thorpe Marshes and Alderfen Broad.

Family Days Out - Bewilderwood, Bure Valley Steam Railway, Fairhaven Water Garden, Hippodrome Circus, Hollywood Indoor Adventure Golf, Sea Life Centre, Thrigby Hall Wildlife Gardens, Wroxham Miniature Worlds, Wroxham Barns.

Canoe & Kayak Hire - Canoes and kayaks are available to hire in many locations on the Broads.