Explore hidden hideouts and rural retreats
It’s not unusual to want to press pause on the rat race and escape to the country for some well earned peace and quiet.
So, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite invitingly snug sanctuaries and places to relax out in the countryside.
Join us as we check out these hidden hideouts…
The Essex barn with its own airfield
If you’re in a rush to leave the big smoke you could charter a private plane to land at this country pile’s private airfield.
Brock Farm, tucked away in rural Essex, is on the market for £1.85million and is home to one of the few registered private airstrips in the county.
It measures over 600 metres in length, which is suitable for light aircraft and helicopters.
The total size of the plot connected with the property amounts to 36 acres, including two sizeable lakes, making this place the ultimate countryside getaway.
The five-bedroom barn conversion provides homely, open-plan living with a spacious kitchen and lounge area, plus a secondary reception and dining room divided by attractive oak beams.
The second reception room is currently set up as a games room complete with a pool table.
Take a closer look at the property below:
The country mansion with a golf course in the garden
This sprawling country estate is so enormous that it boasts its very own nine-hole golf course in the back garden.
Amateur golfers will be pleased to know that the acreage is so vast that the fairways are big enough to land planes on.
Ashington Lodge, which was built in 1989 and stretches across an amazing 76 acres, is on the market for £4million and is located less than five miles from the country’s oldest town, Colchester.
What better way to relax and escape the stresses of modern life than with a leisurely round of golf without leaving your own home?
The tiered lawns also lead up to a huge Koi pond, while the rest of the grounds are packed with a huge variety of wonderfully mature trees so it’s like living in our very own park. That’s so dreamy!
Take a closer look at the property below:
Something sublime north of the border
This charming property in the heart of some quite spectacular scenery is the perfect antidote to the frenetic pace of modern life and is worth every minute of the journey to reach it.
With panoramic sea views sweeping over Milton Harbour to the surrounding countryside, this characterful four-bedroom home boasts an open fire in the lounge as well as a sunroom.
Known as the ‘Sunshine Isle’, Tiree benefits from the warm Gulf Stream and enjoys a mild climate with some of the highest levels of sunshine in the British Isles, while it is also host to the annual Tiree Wave Classic which attracts some of the world’s best surfers.
