New managing agents

I have had the pleasure of managing Tom and Douglas Barns for 10 Years and felt it was time to enjoy a bit more of my retirement. The barns will continue to be holiday cottages and will be maintained to the standard that all previous guests have enjoyed. The only change is that Sykes Cottages will be managing the bookings for me and Royal clean will be servicing them.

I am still here at the end of the phone so you can still give me a call if you have any queries about the barns.

Looking to forward to seeing returning and new guests.

EV Charging available on site

We are pleased to be able to offer an EV charging point on site for guests staying in the barns. Charges for its use will be based on the price per kwh that we will be paying to our supplies at the time of use.

Open Gardens at Orchard Farm

Its open gardens again tomorrow at Orchard Farm. The lovely hot sunny weather has been great for us but the gardens have really suffered. Lots of rain in the last few days have saved the day and everything is looking lovely for Parwich Open Gardens tomorrow. Rambling Rector is again in full bloom!
Lots of gardens are open in the village, including Orchard Farm, hopefully the sun will shine, the rain clouds won’t make an appearance until later on and we have lots of visitors to our beautiful Peak District village.

Re opening from 12 April 2021

We are planning to re-open on the 12 April 2021. We already have quite a few bookings so to save disappointment it is worth getting your booking in. Our cancellation policy is such that should your booking need to be cancelled due to Government Covid restrictions on travel etc a full refund or transfer of booking date will be made.

The local pub will be able to serve drinks and food outside in the beer garden and the British Legion in the village is also planning to serve drinks outside in its new re-vamped space.

We are looking forward to a busy summer, good weather and lots of happy people who are so pleased to be able to get away to the country for a well deserved break.

It is lovely and quite in Parwich, great scenery, lovely walks and very close to some lovely countryside and attractions.

The barns are so welcoming Why wouldn’t you want to come and stay?

Bookings being taken for 2021

We are very much still open for business and looking forward to being able to open as soon as it is safe. It is going to be unlikely before the 8 March but keeping our fingers crossed for Easter. We are taking bookings and it is worth looking at our cancellation policy which you will find on the web site. To re-assure those people worried about booking and losing money due to a further Covid lockdown. Our policy for bookings that are cancelled due to Covid is to repay in full any monies paid. We do however charge a £25 administration fee to cover banking charges etc.
Our experience from last year is that once people are allowed to travel bookings flood in and we have a problem accommodating everyone. It is worth booking even if you need to cancel due to Covid. Other cancellation reasons we will work with you to see if we can move the booking to another date. Last year some people moved bookings 3 times. We value our guests and want them to come and visit and enjoy what we have to offer here in the Peak District which has just been named as the 4th best National Park in Europe in the Trip Advisor 2021 Travellers’ Choice Awards.
Why would you go anywhere else!

We are awaiting government guidelines….

We hope that you are all having a reasonable Christmas, not what any of us had anticipated.

At present we are awaiting the latest government guidelines on Tiers and what that means for tourism.

We are taking bookings in anticipation of being able to re open soon.

There should be an update on 30 December 2020.

Stay safe

Christmas at Tom’s Barn

Why not get away from it all for the 5 day Christmas Bubble in the lovely, cosy Tom’s Barn. We will be open from the 23 – 27 December 2020 and Tom’s Barn is available for booking. The Sycamore Inn in Parwich Village, 10 mins walk away will be open for Christmas lunches so you can eat, drink and retreat for a lovely restful few days in front of the log burner in Tom’s Barn. If you want to have Christmas food delivery we can be here to take it in and put it away ready for your arrival.
Bookings are available for a minimum of 2 nights. If you have any queries about coming to stay please give me a call or email.
We have full Covid 19 cleaning regime in place, The We’re Good to go award and The AA covid award so rest assured you will be safe and warm in our little barn

New September and October availability in Tom’s Barn

Due to guests having to re arrange their planned stay, there is some availability in Tom’s Barn, 27th September – 1 October and also 24th – 30th October 2020. Why not treat yourself to a few days away before the nights get darker. Lovely and cosy in Tom’s Barn with the log burner to toast your toes on!

Privacy and Cookie Policy updates

We have been having the most glorious May. The gardens are looking splendid and we have had lots of guests enjoying the lovely Peak District. We have had to turn our attention, as lots of others have, to become compliant with new laws.

We are sure that you are all aware that the new GDPR laws came into effect on May 2018. We have updated our Privacy and Cookie Policy together with our Terms and Conditions. We take security and privacy seriously and have updated our policies to reflect all the new legislation. The policies can be viewed by clicking on the Policy link at the bottom of any of the pages on this website. Do get in touch with us if you have any questions.

Spring Blossom has arrived

It may still be a bit chilly but the blossom is out at Orchard Farm. Looking forward to some nice warm weather for our guests to enjoy. Lots of bookings already for May, June and July but still a few gaps just waiting to be filled. Hoping to see new and returning guests to Tom and Douglas Barns this year.