Historic Lodge near to English Heritage attractions, 50 mins from London
About
This dainty 1887 Lodge is situated in private grounds (with off road parking) sandwiched between the historic English villages of Westerham and Brasted. Nearby lived Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965 Chartwell) and King Henry VIII (********* Hever Castle). The Lodge backs onto Westerham Golf Club and enjoys picturesque Park Land designed by Capability Lancelot Brown (a renown Landscape Architect who designed gardens for Royalty). The Lodge is surrounded by open fields used for grazing milk producing cattle. The Lodge is located near to numerous tourist attractions such as historic English Heritage & National Trust Park land (some within just a few minutes drive from Brasted Lodge). This location enables easy access to London for which several trains run per hour using direct one stop journeys via Sevenoaks to London Bridge, Waterloo, Charing Cross - Trafalgar Square or Bromley South to Victoria. Both offer numerous fast rail one stop services to London, which are used daily by commuters. Additionally is Oxted Station with similar services. All are just a short distance from the Lodge. Further more Dover, Rye, Brighton, Hastings, Bournemouth are also just about an hours car ride away. Therefore you get the best of both worlds, as the Lodge offers a country retreat or central London with its tourist attractions. The nearby M25 Motorway offers first class road access to Gatwick & Heathrow London Airports enabling quick travel to many South East locations. Completely renovated in 1995 to a very high specification, Brasted Lodge retains period features including an original fire place, high ceilings and moulded cornices. Modernisation offers up to date services whilst keeping the homely traditional feel. The Lodge is a Victorian Game Keepers facility situated near to the A25 with beautiful views over looking hills, farm and park land, known as The Garden of England. These were used to police Mansions (Valence) from poachers or trespassers. The Lodge has two double bedrooms and a third room, which can either be used as a single bedroom or 2nd reception. Modern kitchen, including all appliances (integrated fridge/freezer, gas oven, gas hob, dishwasher, washing machine and BT Broadband high speed WiFi with two Smart TVs offering internet and catch up TV. Both Lounge and single bedroom have DVD players. Blue Pearl Granite Worktops with a breakfast bar for three. Both reception rooms have real flame fires. Natural beech wood floors are fitted to the hall and kitchen with fitted carpets to all bedrooms and reception rooms. Travertine is fitted to the en-suite bathroom with ceramic tiles to the Cloakroom and rear entrance lobby. The property has three WC’s, two wash rooms. Therefore the Lodge has: 3 x WC 1 x small cloakroom basin 2 x wash room basins 2 x showers (one being a wet room) 1 x bath (this being a large corner bath) WESTERHAM is on the boarder cross roads of KENT, SURREY, LONDON and is a lively, charming, historic village attracting Londoners who wish to get away from their LONDON business/homes to an idealic location that offers everything needed to make your stay memorable. The area has excellent road and rail transport links offering easy access to Central London and all the surrounding areas, numerous English Heritage and National Trust Historic tourist attractions, numerous restaurants (Chinese, Indian, Italian, French, English, Malaysian, Pizza to suggest just a few) and many bars/ pubs who also offer great food. All adjacent towns have a range of local leisure facilities (swimming pools, gyms, etc) and most are within minutes from the Lodge. BRASTED LODGE location makes it great for both visiting stately homes/gardens and LONDON with non stop fast train services, examples being: LONDON BRIDGE from SEVENOAKS - 27 minutes (every 18 minutes, approx) LONDON VICTORIA from BROMLEY SOUTH - 17 minutes (every 8 minutes approx) Ease to transport makes the Lodge a great place to stay when travelling to LONDON (all time tables to be checked by guests). Car to Bromley South takes about 25 minutes, Sevenoaks 15 minutes and LONDON about 50 minutes (not advisable as the Capital has congestion zone travel charges plus high parking fees). Westerham GOLF COURSE immediately neighbours the Lodge and guests are welcome to attend their bar or restaurant even if it's just to take in the outstanding views and stay for coffee. The area is fantastic for walkers who love the countryside. Rabbits, badgers and deer frequently visit the surrounding parkland and gardens, making the views even more delightful. ACCESS from WEST using M25, is approximately 15 minutes to Lodge. Leave M25 * Junction 6 and turn right (third exit) under M25 motorway. Travel south on A22 for one mile to next roundabout, at junction with A25. Turn left onto A25 and proceed through Oxted to Westerham. Continue on the A25 through Westerham village and the Lodge/Golf course entrance is approximately half a mile outside of Westerham