Castle View

I think this was the best equipped holiday we've had.

Spacious. Well maintained and decorated. Think we had it at a bargain price as well. It was good that the owner checked on us, and we knew exactly how to contact her if we needed anything. Loved hearing the church bells. Very relaxing stay.

A beautifully crafted cottage.

Lots to see and do in dunster and not far from Minehead. Very pleasant area to explore dunster Castle a must see

Castle View is a real gem in the heart of Dunster.

Set over 2 floors, it is full of character and period charm. The kitchen is generously equipped with high quality items for cooking and eating, a dishwasher, washing machine and dryer. We found high quality linen on the beds and nice towels. The owner really gets hospitality and clearly supplies the very best for her guests. Lots of exceptional restaurants and cafes on your doorstep too. Cannot recommend highly enough.

A lovely split level apartment, in a great location in Dunster.

Comfortable, homely with everything we needed. We had a warm welcome from Susan who was always ready to have a chat both prior to our arrival and during. The parking space is a real bonus, but as we had more then 1 car we were also able to find parking in the roads around the back of St Georges church. All in all it was a very enjoyable stay with my family who all enjoyed it.

This apartment was beautiful with everything we could possibly need.

Susan, the owner, left fresh flowers and a cake to welcome us which was very much appreciated. We kept missing each other, but Susan made sure with phone calls and notes that we were happy with the apartment and when we did eventually manage to meet, she was very friendly and welcoming. The apartment is right next to the church so ideal for the village shops and restaurants. Such a lovely place, I would thoroughly recommend staying here. It was comfortable, cosy and spotlessly clean, a little gem!

Castle view was well equipped for all our need and a larger than expected.

It is a very relaxing and quiet property except for the bells of the priory which are a beautiful. The owner Susan left flowers, cake and drinks essentials for that first cuppa, a very welcoming gesture. The location is excellent to just park the car and walk all holiday. Susan gave us local knowledge of walks and village a lovely lady. We would highly recommend this property will definitely be returning.

What a wonderful place to stay.

The accommodation is amazing & the owner Susan is such a lovely lady & goes above & beyond to make your stay, a good one.

Beautiful old upper floor property with every amenity we could wish for in an excellent location.

Very thoughtful host who contacted us in advance to check if there was anything she could get for us and then warmly welcomed us on arrival. We had a thoroughly enjoyable stay and would highly recommend the property although be aware that it would probably not be suitable for anyone with difficulty with stairs.

The property was very well equipped, very comfortable and very clean.

Susan and Richard were extremely helpful and we enjoyed our stay very much. We would highly recommend and look forward to a second visit.

Wonderful & welcoming.

The apartment is lovely and so much more than can be put in words. Attention has been paid to every aspect, from the comfortable bedrooms to the beautifully laid out kitchen & living area. Susan, the owner is easily contactable for any queries & the property is in an excellent position for exploring the village of Dunster and surroundings. A long weekend is just not enough time to explore the area or appreciate the quality of Castle View.

A lovely apartment with everything you need.

Thank you for the supplies left and the lovely flowers. The place well placed for local amenities and central to get to many places. I would highly recommend Staying here. We enjoyed looking around the church flower festival and the castle.

A lovely, spacious, well equipped, characterful apartment.

A great location in the heart of Dunster and just opposite the wonderful Castle. A great spot for exploring Exmoor too!

Excellent property in an excellent location.

Own parking space. Owners were very helpful

Comfortable, clean accommodation, equipped with everything you could imagine.

Would totally recommend to anyone wanting a lovely apartment in an idyllic setting.

This was a lovely stay in wonderful location.

Dunster is a small village but has several outstanding restaurants all within a few minutes walk of this cottage. The cottage was very comfortable, clean and well-equipped. We could not have hoped for accommodation in a better spot. Hope to be back soon. Thank you, Susan, for your warm welcome and thoughtfully designed and equipped cottage.

What a great little cottage in a fabulous location .

The views were beautiful from all windows . The cottage is well equipped and very comfortable . Our host was attentive and helpful throughout our stay - many thanks for the lovely cake ( it was enjoyed by all )! We will return .

Stairs quite steep and with the 2 flights if carrying heavy case is a struggle .

Sofa and armchairs could be more comfortable. Owner owns shop downstairs . Tried to introduce ourselves but kept missing her due to shop hours being different most days

Beautiful well kept property stunning location,The only fault I found was that the front right hand cooker ring would not turn on, Susan the owner couldn’t have been any more helpful with parking of our motorcycles.

( very helpful) , I slept in the little room opposite the shower room and if you could hear the church bells ringing all night, not loud enough to keep you awake but I could hear them, Apart from that we had a very nice time. Good food at the forester’s Arms . Beautiful village , James Nelson

An excellent welcome to the property by Susan.

Great to have nearby (free) parking for one of the cars. Impressed with the vast supply of kitchen crockery, glasses and utensils. Rooms were lovely and bright. Would highly recommend this property to anyone.

A Beautiful apartment,very spacious with lots of facilities and lots of lovely views.

Great cottage and very good service from the owner.

We were very comfortable. Dunster has a good combination of walks and places to visit, some interesting shops and some good places to eat. Church bells take a bit of getting used to.

Fabulous cottage, well equipped and wanted for nothing.

Beautiful location and setting. Our most pleasant UK holiday to date and would not hesitate to return and recommend to others. Thank you Susan.

We absolutely loved this flat.

It was furnished and decorated with real care and , quality and thoughtfulness. It felt like a home , not a holiday flat, which is rare and was very much appreciated.

Fantastic property, description spot on friendly host well equipped lots to do without using the car walks straight from the property parking a bonus

Apartment very cosy and charming with Just a few minutes walk into the village which is lovely with individual shops Would stay there again.

We really loved our stay at Castle View holiday cottage.

I visited along with my partner and two young girls, the cottage was so well equipped with everything we needed for our youngest including highchair, cot and stairgate and it made our stay so easy and comfortable. Susan was also really helpful and let us know she was available anytime we needed, she even went out of her way to post two toys our girls had left at the cottage back to our home. It's a truly stunning area of England with so much in walking distance or a short drive, the castle in Dunster was such a good day out and the village itself was delightful even with its own playground, great for breaking up the day with littlies. We would 100% recommend staying here to anyone and will hopefully be back in future :) P.S a note on the bells - we personally enjoyed them, they are a very unusual and quirky part of the stay, we a game of guessing what king of song it would play on each day and enjoyed listening to the different tunes. I honestly didn't notice them whilst sleeping beyond the first night but if you are particularly sensitive or uptight just maybe bring some earplugs...

The cottage is very well equipped and all your needs are catered for, the owner is lovely and very helpful and the tea, cake and flowers on arrival were a lovely touch.

The bells could be an issue for some people especially when they play longer tunes, however we were fine with them.

Wonderful apartment,well equipped.

The owner was very helpful and friendly.We will be booking again.

This was our second stay in this lovely central apartment.

It is ideally situated for us and has plenty of room for each of us to have our own space. We enjoyed trips out but the apartment was a nice place to be when it inevitably rained. Everything was as we were expecting and I am sorry that we did not manage to link up with the owner who was away for a few days during our stay. I would definitely recommend this cottage and we hope to be able to stay here again in the future.

This proved to be a delightful bolt hole, well equipped, homely and ideal for exploring Exmoor.

Some folk have found the church clock bells irritating but we enjoyed them. Thank you Susan for a very comfortable and enjoyable stay. Chris & Liz.

A beautiful, spacious and comfortable apartment.

It's really convenient for Dunster shops, cafes and restaurants and right opposite the wonderful Dunster Castle and Mill. It is also a great starting point for some great walks and sightseeing. Great to have a dedicated parking place just round the corner. A great place for a relaxing stay.

Castle View Cottage was a lovely apartment in which to spend our family holiday; it was very homely and well appointed, and the landlord Susan could not have been more welcoming and helpful.

Dunster is a lovely location, the castle and grounds are stunning as is the village itself. There is not a huge range of restaurants, the Luttrell Arms Hotel is lovely but quite expensive, the food at the Stags Head was hit and miss, and expensive for what it was. The big issue for us was the church bells, these seem to go on throughout the night, and being so close became a real problem, as my wife and I and our daughter were regularly woken in the middle of the night, or on some occasions kept awake for what felt like hours. The bells seem to play at 15 minute intervals, midnight seems to require a long discordant tune, then every 15 minutes is struck until at 01:00 there is another protracted chiming, on our last night we couldn’t decide if it was Oranges and Lemons, or something similar. At 05:00 every morning we were as a family woken by the bells playing out for several minutes, needless to say this wasn’t welcomed. We live in a village with a church so are used to church bells, but the church at Dunster is on another level entirely. Several shop keepers asked us how we felt about them, so they are clearly a talking point.

Castle View is an outstanding property the owners Sue & Richard are a lovely friendly very informative couple,Tea biscuits & flowers lovely welcome surprise, This is not a critisism I just think that photographs 21,22,23,24,25,27 are not relevant to the property they are views of surrounding area,because we thought there was a garden with the property and views of the west somerset railway and somewhere to relax and sit.

Our comments are as in the guest book and on the whole we had a most enjoyable stay.

We found the constant ringing of church bells every quarter of an hour did not make for easy sleeping.

Lovely property, cosy, clean with well equipped kitchen.

No need to move the car, plenty of walks from the door, parking space a huge bonus. Dunster delightful with very good pubs and restaurants. We had a super stay, thank you

The only downside was not the property itself but the continual chiming of the church clock 24/7.

Didn't sleep at all the first night and when we spoke to the owner she did suggest ear plugs but I wish we had known that beforehand. I just feel that this could be a deterrent to future bookings in the area.

Our family loved the holiday as the cottage was cosy and meticulously planned out.

We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. It was a beautiful cottage and placed in the heart of Dunster.

A really lovely holiday in a really lovely cottage.

Lots to do in Dunster and Minehead with plenty of walks on the doorstep. Thank you, to our friendly hosts. We also loved the Portmerion China and the well equipped kitchen.

Delightfully apartment, with everything we needed we had a lovely stay in a lovely place.

The cottage is absolutely gorgeous and we both felt incredibly comfortable.

The beds, bedrooms and bathrooms were all very well equipped. It's a very restful space which we both thoroughly enjoyed. Dunster and surrounds too are just gorgeous not to talk of the delicious food available in the village! Many thanks to Sue and Richard for a wonderful stay.

Lovely spacious apartment in great location, the Christmas decorations really were most appreciated - Thank you for a lovely holiday.

Was a perfect location in Dunster and had everything we needed ,Susan who owned the property was very helpful and a lovely lady ,the property had lots of old world charm ,I hope to stay there again in the future

Lovely apartment, well situated in the village and excellent facilities - better than many we have stayed in.

Susan, the owner, was very helpful and pleasant. However I think that the listing should have mentioned the following a) 2 sets of steep stairs to get to the upper floor b) car parking for one car only which is a short walk from the apartment - any other cars parked on the road away from the apartment c) apartment situated right on the road which could be noisy and right next to the church with bells which rang on the quarter hour all through the night. These aspects wouldn’t have influenced our decision to stay but may have helped others to make a decision if included in the listing.

A lovely comfortable apartment very conveniently located in the centre of Dunster.

Very well equipped with a good kitchen and plenty of cutlery and crockery. Comfortable beds and nice bathrooms. I had some initial reservations about the parking (dedicated off-road space 50 yards down the road) as it was on the narrowest part of the busy main road through the village. However it actually turned out to be absolutely fine; no problems getting in and out. Note the apartment is right next to the church, whose bells mark the hour, half-hour and quarter-hour - right through the whole night! It didn't actually bother us, we rather enjoyed it, but others may find it more bothersome. One further point to note is that the wi-fi is very weak: it's extremely slow and kept dropping out (like being back in the '90s with a dial-up connection). So anyone planning to log on and do some sneaky work whilst staying might really struggle, eg with Zoom meetings.

This is a great propery in the center of Dunster with a view of the castle.

Its right next to the church and some lovely public gardens. It's just a short stroll to the High street and the town's lovely independent shops. We walked, every day, in a different direction directly from Castle View. The property was fully equipped and very comfortable although we did find the fridge a little small & the ice box inadequate. If you're a light sleeper you might find the sound of the church bells sounding every 15 minutes a disturbance!

Lovely apartment with lots of room.

This was a lovely property very nicely presented,on entering there are two flights of stairs,one up to the first floor living accommodation,a nice kitchen and spacious open plan dining and lounge area.

The stairs then continue up again to the bedrooms and bathroom.The master bedroom was large with a comfortable bed and a large en-suite bathroom.The family bathroom was also quite large with basin,shower and toilet.The two other bedrooms were nicely furnished,one with a single bed,the other with two single beds.There was more than adequate storage for all clothes and property.The owner,Susan was very nice and helpful. Dunster is a lovely village with welcoming shops and attractions,lots of very nice walks in the area to suit all abilities.Covid does cause a few problems,generally you could enter pubs and restaurants,midweek no problems,weekends need to book. Altogether thoroughly enjoyed our stay.

Very comfortable apartment.

Very clean Very well equipped Ideal situation for getting about Dunster facilities all within walking distance Parking easy. Only a stone's throw away Proprietor very amiable and helpful including advice re localities nearby and within 20 miles or so

Everything fine

A lovely place, the welcome was warm, the apartment was great and Dunster is an interesting place to stay.

This was our 4th visit to Castle View and this says a lot as we never usually return to the same cottage twice!

Castle View is clean, cosy, homely and warm (very important when you’ve booked for February) and very well equipped. The new shower is lovely with lots of hot water. The appt is on the first floor looking over the castle and in a lovely position in the village, with walks for everyone on the doorstep and lovely shops and eateries near by. Joanne & Brian

I have been unable to sleep since the church bells chime every 15 minutes ALL thru the night.

At 1am it also played a long tune. I contacted the call centre before I booked to ask about the bells to be told they did not chime during the night. Very unhappy. Will be going home early. Will not book thru Skykes again.

The accommodation was great because it was so accessible to the village for the shops and, in the evening, for eating out.

It was really comfortable with nice bed and bedding, a well equipped kitchen and plenty of seating. It's decor is quite dated which didn't bother us as it was nostalgically 1980s and I enjoyed using all the Portmerion Botanic Garden crockery but maybe younger generations might find that all a bit much, particularly the thickly carpeted bathrooms. But on the whole it was an excellent, well looked after property which we wouldn't hesitate to recommend. If we return we might take earplugs as the church clock is very busy throughout the night!

We had a great last minute getaway after our flights for another holiday were cancelled.

The location was lovely having never been before and we found both the owner of the property and Sykes very helpful. The accommodation was perfect for what we needed and we look forward to going back.

Susan whom the property belongs to was very good with a personal visit to make sure all was ok.

The property is very nice and very well located. I would go again but there would have to be some improvements. Pro’s Clean and tidy. Excellent location. Good landlord. Peaceful and quiet. Cons. There is a great big bath in the en suite that cannot be used due to the water flow and heat when the tap is ran for any length of time. The quilt in the en suite was clearly well past it’s best. We had to buy a new one which we left there. There were only two dishwasher tablets so we had to go out and buy. There was no washing powder or tablets so we would have had to go out shopping once again. It is the small things that make a difference. The property is advertised as having 3 bathrooms. There are only two The property is advertised as having a king size bed two doubles and a singe in the bedrooms. There is a king size and three single beds.

Truly lovely cottage.

Made to feel very welcome. Lots to do in the day. Recommend.

A lovely apartment in a stunning location.

Nice greeting by homeowners, biscuits with tea and coffee when we arrived. Will definitely go back

This was a lovely self catering property - and the listing was correct in all aspects with the exception of the wi fi - which was limited and it would of been useful to have that knowledge before our visit.

Fabulously placed for holiday in the area, Dunster is an ideal location.

The village is beautiful. Castle View is an ideally placed accommodation and comfortable And homely

Very comfortable accommodation in a lovely village location yet close to many interesting places to visit.

Good choice and variety of places to eat.

The accommodation was extremely comfortable and we felt very welcome by the owner.

The location was superb too.

The apartment is very attractive and well appointed, set in a perfect location, right below beautiful Dunster Castle, and close to the shops, cafes and restaurants.

The owner phoned me before the holiday with lots of information which made things more personal. Booking was very straight foreward, and I have already given details to a friend.

Great break in a lovely property sykes staff friendly and very helpful and property advertised was exactly as described

Excellent flat for anyone wanting to be close to Dunster castle and the town.