Within this tranquil and sheltered woodland setting there are four fully equipped self-catering holiday lodges surrounded by twenty acres of mature, deciduous woodland. The business has long been run as a rural retreat but there is plenty of scope to expand or diversify. Planning permission is in place to build a large detached lakeside house from which to manage and run the site and business. Under current planning guidelines, construction of the principal house can only take place once the construction of a further two lodges is complete, making a total of six lodges.
• 4 luxury, lakeside lodges with planning permission to build 2 more
• The principal lake lies at the heart of the woodland
• Main and secondary access points to the site
• Excellent coarse fishing
• Mature woodland – largely birch and oak
• Mains electricity and water, with a substation on site
• The entire site is run as a single eco system with low
energy use - planning permission has been granted for a wind turbine
• Solid business with scope to expand or diversify
Timber Lodges
The four, luxury, two bedroom, timber-framed lodges are all identical in size and mirrored in layout. They have been built on eco-friendly principles incorporating flax and recycled newspaper for insulation, plant oil-based paints, water conservation and energy saving lighting. Douglas fir cladding has been used on the outside which has been protected with
eco-friendly paints so that, the lodges blend into with the woodland environment. Light and airy in the summer, warm and cosy in the winter, they have a galleried roof and wooden
oak floors throughout. All the lodges have WiFi.This is the perfect place for holiday makers looking for an escape to the country. Wildlife is abundant, including some forty species of birds, owls, deer, foxes and badger. Although Great Wood is a rural retreat from the hustle and bustle of nearby towns and cities, and far from road noise, the historic city of York can be reached in less than half an hour by car. Just outside Flaxton lie the Howardian Hills, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with Castle Howard being within a fifteen minute drive. The southern boundary of the North York Moors lies some twenty miles to the north, just beyond Pickering and its heritage railway.
