Horseshoe Cottage Farm, an award-winning B&B - come and relax and be pampered in a recently restored, 200-year-old stone farmhouse and barns in Leicestershire's Charnwood Forest. Bedrooms are furnished to a very high standard and all have exposed oak beams and original features. Locally sourced produce is used and many of the vegetables come straight from the kitchen garden. Free-range hens and homemade preserves ensure breakfast is a feast.
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