near Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
Thank you for booking this Landmark and we hope that you enjoy your stay
here. The income we receive from your booking pays for the repair and
maintenance of the building, thus allowing us to preserve it for the enjoyment
of those who follow you.
To arrange to get into the Landmark, it is very important that you call the
Housekeeper at least 48 hours before you are due to arrive. [...] Early
evening is generally the best time to call.
Please do not arrive before 4pm on the first day of your booking. The
Housekeeper will have prepared Woodspring Priory for you, and we hope and expect
that you will leave it as clean and tidy as you can when you leave. On the last
day PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE LEFT THE BUILDING ENTIRELY BEFORE 11am,
leaving it secure and returning the key as directed by the Housekeeper. If you
do not leave on time, this makes the Housekeeper’s task extremely difficult. If
you leave on an earlier day, please let her know.
Woodspring Priory (OS map reference ST343663), is three miles north of
Weston-super-Mare, and 20 miles south-west of Bristol.
It is essential to bring at least two working torches; access after dark could
be difficult or impossible without them.
To reach Woodspring Priory leave the M5 at Junction 21, and take the A370
towards Weston-super-Mare. Almost immediately bear left, signposted Worle and
Kewstoke. Follow this road over the top of the A370 and continue straight ahead
until you see traffic lights, move into the right hand lane. (ahead is Homebase)
Go through traffic lights following signs to Kewstoke and Sand Bay, keeping
Homebase and McDonald’s on your left.
Continue straight ahead over three roundabouts, following signs to Kewstoke,
until you reach the Old Manor Inn on the right. IMMEDIATELY after the Inn turn
right into Newton Road. (there is a small brown sign to Woodspring Priory here)
After 100
yards you reach a crossroads (stop here; there are no warning signs). Go
straight across and then continue straight ahead for nearly two miles until you
reach the first entrance gateway into Woodspring Priory. Go through the gateway,
and drive on for about 400 yards. Ignore the ‘car park’ signs, and bear left,
passing a house on your right. Continue, with a stone wall on your right. At the
first opportunity turn right, and then go straight ahead across a cattle grid.
The parking space and entrance are 50 yards down this road, on the right,
immediately before the road bends to the right.
Park on the cobbled area. To get into the Landmark, go through the small door to
the left of the big arch, and then along the side of the building with the
garden on your right. The entrance door is the second on the left.
Parking: is on the cobbled area on the right alongside the priory wall.
Parking is limited, with space for only two or three cars, depending on their
size. Please do not use the curator’s space (marked), or block the roadway.
Public Transport: Weston-super-Mare station (five miles) has regular
services from Bristol, Exeter, and London, and occasional trains to York, Leeds
and Reading.
Woodspring Priory has one double and three twin bedrooms, all on the first
floor. Please contact the Housekeeper if you will need the folding cot. This is
suitable for children up to two years old; we provide a mattress but no bedding.
There is gas central heating. There are also open fires in the sitting room and
the kitchen. The cooker uses gas. The cost of fuel for heating and cooking is
included in the price, but please use this sparingly to keep our costs (and
prices) down. Fuel for the open fire is not included, but can be bought locally.
Well-behaved dogs are welcome, if booked with us in advance. Please keep them
under control at all times, clear up any mess they make, both inside and out,
and especially never allow them on beds or furniture.
There is enough crockery and cutlery for two extra people. However, the
building must not be used to entertain others beyond that number, and the number
sleeping in it should never exceed eight.
We provide sheets, pillowcases, towels, tea towels, and blankets. An equipment
list is attached.
Our buildings were made to the standards of earlier ages, often without the
intention that they should be lived in. Consequently, you may encounter features
that reflect their particular characteristics, but which deserve due care and
attention, particularly for the young, elderly, less mobile or visually
impaired. Examples of these are steps worn with age or with narrow treads,
uneven surfaces, low doors, ceilings and beams, unexpected drops and changes of
level, and (by modern standards) low or absent lighting. In all cases we have
sought to make a sensible compromise between due regard for safety and the
careful retention of the character of each building, which makes it an
interesting place to stay.
Even familiar things, for example; polished floors and stairs, hot water
temperature, open fires and hot stoves, can differ from home and so surprise the
unwary, particularly the very young. We ask you to appreciate and use the
building in the same spirit of care, and recommend you read the Information and
Advice folder on arrival, to familiarise yourself with the building and its
surroundings.
The Information & Advice folder in the Landmark gives essential
information about the building and local amenities, including shops for
provisions. The nearest Tourist Information Centre is in Weston-super-Mare,
(01934) 641741.
It is possible to have gourmet meal kits delivered to this Landmark from
leapingsalmon.com (Tuesday to
Friday). Please see enclosed leaflet for further details. When you order your
meal kit you will need to quote the address and postcode for this building which
is BS22 9YU.
If you have ordered wine or a meal kit to be delivered, it will usually be
placed in the kitchen. If you cannot find it, it will be go through the entrance
gateway as if you were going into the house, then, through the garden and the
archway into the second garden. If there is a problem, please call
leapingsalmon on 0870 701 9100
(Monday to Friday 9am-7pm, Saturday 9am - 6pm) or Berry Bros & Rudd on 0870 900
4300 (Monday to Friday 9am till 6pm, Saturday l0am till 4pm).
Landmarks do not have postal deliveries, and mail sent to them may not reach
you.
In an emergency you may call our Regional Manager Mrs Sheila Nicholson. [...] In exceptional circumstances urgent
messages may be left with the Housekeeper, but please do not ask our staff
to do this otherwise, since they may live several miles away.
Please be appreciative of neighbours and anyone else you meet, since they
may have to coexist with Landmark visitors 365 days a year!
We hope you enjoy your stay.
Special Note: There is a public footpath to the sea from the car park on the
road just before you reach the Priory. If you wish to walk directly from the
Priory to the ridge above and the sea, it is essential to ask the farmer first
(the farmhouse is beyond the farmyard, not the cottage beside the Priory). He
may well agree to this, but (understandably) he does not like to be taken for
granted!
Fuel for the Open Fires:
It may be possible to purchase this through our Housekeeper, please ask her when
you make arrangements for collecting the keys.
03/12/2002
Equipment List
We suggest that you look through this list before you arrive in case there is
anything which is not on the list and which you especially feel you need:
| Baking dish Baking tray Bread bin Bread board Bread knife Cafetiere Cake box Carving knife, fork and steel Chopping board Colander (metal) Cooking tongs Corkscrew Crockery Cutlery Egg beater Egg cups Frying pan Glasses Grapefruit knife Grater Kitchen scissors 4 knives: chopping, serrated, and 2 cook’s Milk saucepan Mixing bowl Pasta pan Pedal bin Potato peeler Roasting tin Rolling pin Rotary whisk Salt and pepper pots 2 Sandwich tins 3 Saucepans Set of kitchen implements |
Sieve Sink tidy Sink top dish drainer 3 Storage canisters Teapot Tea/coffee strainer Tin/bottle opener Toast rack Tray Water jug Wooden spoons PLASTIC AND POLYTHENE PYREX |
Vacuum cleaner GENERAL EQUIPMENT Garden chairs Dish cloths Dustbin Dusters Floor cloths Ironing board Loo paper (one roll per WC) Oven cloth Scrubbing brush Soap holder Soft and hard brooms Tea towels Washing-up liquid Washing-up brush or mop WE DO NOT PROVIDE Food of any kind Soap Candles Pot scourers Torches Hot water bottles Electric blankets Washing powder Fuel for open fires or stoves Axes or saws Matches US/Continental electrical adapters Telephones Televisions Microwave ovens |
The largest Landmarks may have more than this. We provide crockery and cutlery and glasses for as many people as there are beds, plus two further sets in case you invite others for a meal. If you need fuel for fires or stoves, please ask the Housekeeper in advance how you can obtain this.
The beds will be made up with sheets and pillowcases (duvets on bunk beds).
There will normally be two pillows and four blankets for each bed. If there is a
cot (see overleaf), there will be a mattress but no bedding. We provide one hand
towel and one bath towel (these are bath towels, not the larger ‘bath sheets’)
for as many people as there are beds. There will be a limited supply of tea
towels (drying-up cloths), but you may wish to bring more.
Please let the Housekeeper know about any breakages, or if anything is missing
or goes wrong during your stay. She may well be able to solve a problem quickly.
There is a green Logbook in which you can record your visit and pass on to
future visitors anything of interest you have discovered in the area or in the
building.
If you have any comments on anything to do with the Landmark, please send us the
Comments and Suggestions Form from the green folder (don’t write them in the
Logbook, which we won’t see!)
January 2000