Lantern & Larks – Luxury Camping – Rutland Water

Your Lantern & Larks home from home is a canvas-wrapped rural hideaway, equipped for practical day-to-day comfort and furnished with a gracious, relaxed elegance. Solid decking floors run throughout the spacious interior, extending to the terrace at the front and practical porch entrance to the rear.

THIS TRULY IS: ‘COMFORT UNDER CANVAS’

The living area is open-planned with plenty of room for families and friends to enjoy the ‘at home’ parts of your holiday together. A solid, wood-burning stove is the lodge’s warming heart. It makes for a cosy retreat from our seasonal chill. A sofa and array of casual seating circle a large coffee table. Sit back and relax with a glass

of wine, or prepare for Monopoly mania or several strenuous sessions of snap.

DINE IN COMFORT

You can sit up for breakfast and supper in the dining area. A pine table and high-backed chairs seat six with ease. From the practical selection of tableware and ornamental dressings in the kitchen, you can decide whether to lay the table for a simple family feast or add those touches of candle-lit elegance that make dinner the highlight of your day.

SLEEP TIGHT

All the bedrooms are roomy and separated for privacy and comfort. The tents have three bedrooms;one double; one twin and a bunk bed. All beds are all in solid pine with comfortable mattresses and plush duvet sets throughout. Each has ample room to lose holiday clutter and to hang, stack and drawer clothes and toiletries too.

YOUR VERY OWN SHOWER AND TOILET

The wooden door to the great outdoors here adds to your privacy because this is also where you’ll find the shower and WC. The shower runs off an independent hot water system and the spray can be altered to suit with its adjustable head. Both ‘rooms’ are plumbed in, to drain and flush away from the standing.

NOW YOU’RE COOKING

Home cooking takes on various forms. The kitchen has a butane hob for copious cups of tea – ideal for simple meals or a stir-fried treat. Simmer an all-in casserole on the hob of the wood burning stove or warm up a curry carry out inside.

STEP INTO THE OUTDOORS

Zip yourself out of the dining area and into the practical nerve centre of your Colonial canvas hideaway. Here, there is room for all those outdoor necessities – muddy wellies, dripping coats, sandy buckets and spades.

Gather the family around the fire pit, on your decked terrace and get comfortable on the stylish cane outdoor sofa and armchairs, barbeque to your heart’s content with local produce cooked to taste on the intoxicating ballet of flames.

THE AREA

RUTLAND

The Exton Estate is a large rural estate located in the heart of picturesque Rutland, the smallest historic county in England. The Estate is within easy reach of Oakham, Stamford, Leicester, Peterborough and Nottingham.

Lantern & Larks has established a campsite within the 500 hectares of Exton Park. This beautiful 18th-Century park, which is Grade II listed, contains a sheltered five-acre walled garden which gradually slopes down to an ornamental lake at the southern end, where ospreys have been known to catch their dinner!

Exton Park, 20 minutes by car from Peterborough and less than 10 from the A1, is home to the Gainsborough family. The house and grounds are occasionally used for weddings, and regularly as a location for film and photo shoots. The parkland has existed since the 12th Century, and the gardens witnessed performances by Handel in the 18th Century. The old potting shed now forms the honesty shop where essential items and local produce can be purchased.

Exton Park has a wonderful Gothic Folly, Fort Henry, in the grounds on the edge of a private lake, that can be rented from the estate for weddings and other events, and it is certainly well worth a detour to take in the view. Exton Park has extensive public access throughout the estate along 14 miles of footpaths and bridleways with wonderful scenic views.

A policy of responsible forestry, across many generations, is responsible for the rich habitat and diversity of flora and fauna that can be found throughout. Environmental considerations have been foremost in the planning and stewardship of the estate, creating and maintaining a diverse habitat and haven for all manner of wildlife.

Despite being landlocked, one of Rutland’s most distinguishing features is the large body of water right at its centre. Rutland Water is one of the largest artificial lakes in Europe. It is the Anglian Water’s drinking water reservoir and an internationally famous nature reserve that provides a home for over 25,000 waterfowl. It lies less than three miles to the south of the Exton Estate and is ringed by 25 miles of cycle and footpaths.

At A Glance

Sleeps Maximum: 6

Facilities:

* BBQ * Open Fire * * Parking (Allocated / On site)

* Children Welcome / Family Holiday * Close to Golf Course * Dogs Welcome

Contact & Pricing

  • Name : Lantern & Larks
  • Address : The Walled Garden, Exton Park, Exton, Rutland, LE15 8AN
  • Phone : 01638 778115
  • Email: info@lanternandlarks.co.uk
  • Prices: From £395 for a 3 night stay (low season) / From £455 for a 3 night stay (mid season) / From £590 for a 3 night stay (high season)
  • Website address : www.lanternandlarks.co.uk
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