VERY SPACIOUS HOLIDAY HOME IN THE BEAUTIFUL ASHWELL VILLAGE ▼

A very comfortable and spotlessly clean home in a beautiful village. The no key entry system makes arrival and departure easy and it was nice to arrive with the essentials provided.

Great house in a great space! Quick responses from Abigail when we had a heating problem which was sorted quickly! Good amount of space for the amount of people :)

Lovely place. Very relaxing. The barn conversion was very well equipped and was lovely and clean.

Lovely space for a family gathering. Thank you for having us!

Fabulous stylish space, well situated in the village which is worth exploring. Nice pubs within walking distance. highly recommended!

Enjoyed the property, we were a group of 4 friends in a place that sleeps 9 so plenty of space. Had everything we needed for an enjoyable stay.

Alder Barn was perfect for our group of 7 for the weekend! Comfortable and cosy in the evenings, but big enough that we were never on top of each other and lots of space for hanging out. Lovely sized kitchen. Good parking and nice pubs within walking distance. The butcher and baker were also a hit! The check in process was easy and the hosts were always quick to respond to our questions in the lead up to our stay. We'd highly recommend this as a place to stay. We'd have loved to stay longer and would gladly come back!

This space was AMAZING! Lots of room, enough space for my toddler to explore too. Everything was there what we needed and more. The barn was very stylish and also very comfortable. Would highly recommend to anyone!

Nicely converted barn in delightful village. Good local pub, easy distance from Cambridge where we were visiting, and we enjoyed our stay.

The space was fantastic! Absolutely perfect for my bridal party and I to spend time together the night before, get ready on the day of my wedding and my new husband and I to stay in the night of. The location is great, nice and quiet with nice neighbours, both residential and businesses. Lots of compliments from my party on the style of the barn, and I was able to get some fantastic wedding shots!

A perfect location for a local family wedding. Lots of space (we had several babies with us!) and great facilities. Many thanks for a brilliant stay!

Brilliant space for entertaining, gorgeous period building. Lots of thoughtful touches, very clean and ample parking. Need more loo roll and maybe butter?! House can get very hot and I thought the host’s responses were quite standoffish BUT great stay and would recommend

Lovely space, great for our group and lots of nice touches. Needs more toilet roll! And house very hot, even when turn down heating. Thanks for a great stay.

Beautiful house. Perfect for a group booking. Thanks so much for an easy and comfortable trip.

Lovely place, great setting. Would benefit from full length mirrors as we were preparing for a wedding. The mattresses were a bit hard for our liking but overall nice space and recommended for a short break holiday. Good communication throughout and great little village. Plenty of parking too.

We have spent the most amazing ‘wedding reunion’ birthday weekend together at Alder Barn.

The Barn is so beautiful!! Wow!

We had a weekend hanging out, making memories, eating & laughing a lot!

Thanks so much, it’s been wonderful! X x

Beautiful venue. We had a fabulous weekend

Lovely stuff

The place was clean, great location and easy to find. The village is stunning. A great little place to escape London life.

Thanks for an enjoyable stay.

Really spacious and worked out well for our large family visit to England. Nice personal touches in the home like coffee, tea, and a fully stocked kitchen with kitchenware to use. Good parking and lots of really cute local shops close by. Easy check in, and all information needed provided before check in. We really enjoyed our stay here!

Gorgeous house, perfect location for a chilled weekend with lovely local pubs, walks & coffee shop. The guy running the rose&crown was great. The house was lovely and perfect for us ladies to get together for our annual catch up!

Beautiful little village, a really special place with the local bakery, shop and pub all making you feel like you are part of the family! Amazing holiday

Abi's house is a wonderful space for families to gather, beautifully clean and plenty of room for everyone to spread out. The village is really lovely, and people were very friendly and welcoming.

Alder Barn is a spacious and very clean property. Great for groups and within walking distance to several pubs serving good food. Communication is easy and self check in very convenient.

This was a very spacious place, well converted with lots of nooks to find a little privacy too. It was extremely clean, with many thoughtful touches like baby cutlery, cake and shampoo! We were down for a funeral with a number of family members and it made the experience that much easier knowing we had somewhere so cosy and private to come back to to debrief. Everything works well, communication was excellent, Ashwell itself is just a gorgeous little village too! Highly recommended.

Fantastic time my family altogether but never felt we were on top of each other! Beautiful house would certainly look to stay agin x

The house was perfect for all our family including a toddler and a baby. Just what we needed while in the area for a family wedding. Everything was clean, we had one time we needed to communicate with the host and the response was very quick. Would definitely recommend . . . and use again if we needed accommodation in this very beautiful area.

The accomodation is fantastic with lovely living and kitchen area. The village of Ashwell is a great location. We really enjoyed our stay and would recommend!

Excellent stay, really comfortable, thank you.

Alder Barn is an attractive and well designed accommodation set in a charming village with plenty of interest and beautiful buildings. Whilst we were not able to spend much time at Alder Barn during our stay on account of family commitments, it provided an excellent base from which to travel out to family gatherings in the area. A great deal of thought has clearly gone into the design, decor and amenities of the property and it has a certain 'wow' factor.

The house is an immaculate detached house in a well kept estate. The ruling is modern without being cold. Our kids loved the lounge and the hot tub. Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend the house and host.

We had such a wonderful stay at Alder Barn. It was so beautiful and clean on arrival with lovely personal touches like a coffee machine and mini shower gels. Abigail was very responsive and everything went very smoothly. There was even a lovely little outdoor area which was perfect for the sun. I would definitely return!

What a wonderful 2 weeks we had at Abigail’s place. A delightful, converted barn and a sweet Hertfordshire village. It was just perfect for our family of 5. Highly recommended.

Great place to stay, very spacious and cosy!

Six of us (three couples from USA, Holland, France South Africa and the UK) shared this rental for four days. It was wonderful, beautiful inside and with a lovely village setting. The interior design has all the hallmarks of thoughtful and creative design - adeptly turning what was once a barn into a multilevel home with a mixture of open space high ceilings, elegant kitchen and bathrooms and modern bathrooms. One can easily imagine it as a great place for a party. The owner Abi was very responsive, kind and helpful. Highly recommended.

Abi is a good host with clear instructions and expectations. Her place is lovely for a family and is in a beautiful accessible village. We will definitely go back again.

As advertised, this truly is 'a beautiful holiday home'. It's generous in size, spotlessly clean, fully equipped and splendidly comfortable. Add to that the location - the beautiful historic Hertfordshire village of Ashwell - and you have the perfect base for an amazing holiday or weekend stay. For anyone attending a wedding at South Farm, you could not find a better place to stay. Abi and her family are a joy to deal with. It is their attention to detail, their professionalism, plus warm and sincere welcome that will make you want to return again.

I cannot recommend this property highly enough! Whatever your reasons for hiring Alder Barn, a good stay will become a memorable one. Thank you - we WILL be back!

Lovely accommodation

This is a fantastic place to stay, beautifully decorated to a high standard and supplied with everything you could need. And the beds are extremely comfortable!! There’s plenty of parking and there are three pubs & several shops within walking distance in the beautiful and architecturally interesting village. Highly recommended.

Beautiful village and relatively easy to get to/from the major motorways. Close to Badlock which is a also a beautiful town. Amenities are great for a family get together.

A superb, stylish barn conversion in a gorgeous village with shops, a bakery and pubs a two minute walk away, and tons to do for the family in the local area. Compared to most self-catering properties we've booked in the past, Alder Barn has everything you need to be a brilliant home from home (if only my home had a wow-factor double-height living room complete with exposed beams!). My 10 year old's edited version of this review: "Amazingly excellent!"

Very comfortable and spacious accommodation for large family gathering. Only down side we felt it was rather short of large pans in the kitchen to cook for a crowd.

Alder Barn is a home from home, with everything you need for a great holiday. Ashwell is a lovely village, with a welcoming cafe and lots of things to see. The location is good to reach many things, including Harry Potter Studio Tour, Bletchley Park, Shuttleworth Collection and many more. Would highly recommend.

Loved the barn, very clean, spacious, well equipped and in a beautiful location. We will definitely be staying again.

Beautiful Barn in an absolutely gorgeous Village!! Absolutely worth a visit. The communication with Abi was great and my whole family was comfortable :-) and happy. Lovely surprise to find toys and DVDs for the little ones....definatley helped :-)

Excellent location that allowed us to travel to points in both Cambridgeshire and Herefordshire easily. Very spacious barn with all the amenities and comfort of home. Thank you for an amazing stay!

The barn is very beautiful and if you have need of a larger house in a lovely village then this is perfect

The property was fantastic. The open living space had a very cool feel and the whole home has been renovated nicely. The floorplans is very functional. We are a family with 4 kids and it worked out really nicely for us. Don't expect a garden but it is not needed. Ashwell is a gorgeous village with a lovely walk around the springs and three pubs with great gardens. The kitchen is of a generous size and is reasonably well equipped. We stayed while there was a heat wave on so it would have been beneficial to have some air conditioning but we were well aware the weather was freakishly hot. A great property in a lovely location. Would highly recommend. Thank you for allowing us to share your wonderful property!

Stayed for a lovely 3 nights at Alders Barn. Everything was as advertised and super easy. We felt at home straight away. Tesco delivery arrived in the first hour and we also ate and drank at the local pubs. Friendly local people and a beautiful village.

We had a fabulous weekend at Alder Barn with friends. The barn is beautiful and spacious with lovely furnishings. The location was great as we were all coming from different parts of the country. It is within about 30 minutes drive of Luton airport & Stevenage rail station and the A1. Set within a lovely village, the barn is within walking distance of a great butchers/deli and three pubs. We ate in one of the pubs on our last visit and the food was great - would recommend booking though as we couldn't get a table this time- I think it may have been The Three Tuns but sorry I can't remember for certain. This time we made the 5 mile drive to Baldock and ate in the George and had another great meal. Will definitely return!

Really enjoyed our stay here. Great location in the village and the barn itself was just what we needed. Lots of space throughout and all the essentials were included. It was spotlessly clean!!

Alder Barn is so full of character with very spacious accomodation. One night there were 9 of us! The lounge is set out into areas and perfect for the children teenagers and adults to enjoy their own space. The kitchen has a huge table very well equipt and we appreciated the tray of goodies! All bedrooms so comfortable and balcony bedroom had its own door and ensuite. The village of Ashwell had lovely pubs shops play areas and a stream with stepping stones.  A lovely stay and we hope to return!

Ashwell is a wonderfully evocative historical village, with well-preserved, informative medieval buildings and displays. Entering Alder Barn is quite breath-taking. The beautiful modern conversion kept the lovely wooden beams yet opened everything up to be light and airy. The bedrooms are so comfortable. The huge lounge is delightful. The kitchen is well-equipped and roomy. What a great treat to make our reunion a real success.

A wonderful place to stay in beautiful surroundings. We loved the Barn, which is beautifully decorated with plenty of space and had everything we needed. We took our children and there was so much to do, we didn't have enough time to fit it all in. I would definitely recommend Alder Barn.

I got married at South Farm and we used Alder barn as Bride HQ - It was great, comfy beds and they have thought of everything. Really clean and very nice place to stay. Enough room for family to be comfortable and spend time relaxing before the big day! I would come again with family or friends :)

Our host was flexible with our arrival time. The barn was cool in temperature during a particularly hot period. Loads of space and great toiletries, plenty of towels and high spec. bathrooms. Three girls on holiday together and we had a blast.

We travelled over from Ireland to bring my dad to the Duxford airshow. The Alder Barn was a perfect location: close to Duxford (I think it took ~25mins including airshow traffic); plenty of space; a great Indian takeaway; and fantastic local pub (The Three Tuns) for meeting extended family over a meal. And Ashwell is the prototypical English country village. Loved it!

My family of 5 stayed here for a week. Part way through we were joined by three additional family members making 8 of us staying for a few nights. The house easily accommodated our group with 4 bedrooms upstairs (including a loft area that has a pull out double bed plus full bathroom). The house is in a small quadrangle of buildings which is a bit unusual but works out just fine. The local businesses that are nearby don't open until 10AM and all close by 6PM. Even when they are open there is no issue as noise is very low or not at all. The home is spacious with a big kitchen to gather in and an enormous living room with vaulted ceilings that is so comfortable! The town of Ashwell is quiet and set in the surrounding fields and countryside of England which allowed us to take wonderful walks out and then back into town. Superb bakery right around the corner for morning pastries and coffee which we visited every day (except Sunday when it is closed). 5 minutes drive gets you to the train station that has twice per hour trains to London and also Cambridge. Or you can drive the 30minutes to Cambridge which we did a few times. The booking, payment and deposit/refund were all handled easily and professionally. I'd highly recommend Alder Barn!!

We stayed at Alder barn myself, husband, sons,my mum and dad,we went down from Scotland for my bother in law funeral it was great we could all stay together. It is a great place to stay plenty of room for all very sad time because of what we were there for but would go back again for a break very nice parking is available but because of where it is you have a hairdresser, and other office s there sometimes parking was a little difficult other then that all very good would use it again.

We booked here on behalf of our staff members who were working locally and needed a place to stay close to site. They were delighted with the standard of the accommodation, the owner Abi couldn't have been more helpful, and they thoroughly enjoyed their down time in the fantastic social space. Would thoroughly recommend this holiday let for a get away at any time of the year!

Very comfortable and up to date accommodation in a great location. Excellent value. Thoroughly recommended.

Really good building, we had a great time. Tvs, books, games, comfortable sofas and beds and a really cool drive to the place. Will visit again! Thanks

As there is 9 of us in our family and none of our houses would have been big enough for Christmas we decided to go away and we hit the jackpot when we chose Alder Barn.

We all loved it and didn't want to leave. The only thing we didn't agree on was if we lived there who would get what room!!