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 home made preserves ensure breakfast is a feast. Take beautiful walks through bluebell-filled Swithland Woods or Bradgate Park to see the deer and the home of the 9 day Queen, Lady Jane Grey.

Many attractions within 1 hour include NT Stoneywell Cottage, Great Central Railway, National Space Centre,National Forest, NEC, Stratford-upon-Avon, Alton Towers and the Peak District to name just a few.

East Midlands Enjoy England Excellence Gold Award for Best B&B, Outstanding Customer Service, Sustainable Tourism and more recently Leicestershire Best Breakfast and Leicestershires Most Enjoyable Stay.

Horseshoe Cottage Farm is part of the following Travel Ideas:

Top 10 Summer Activities for Family Fun by Dinah Hatch

" National Space Centre, Leicester

With six interactive galleries, the UK’s largest planetarium and the fabulous 42ft high Rocket Tower (home of the Blue Streak and Thor Able rockets) to explore, this is a galactic wonderland for tinies up to teens. Come face to face with astronauts and spacesuits, walk through a mock-up of the Columbus Module from the International Space Station and drive a Martian rover on the red planet. Cor!

Stay: Horseshoe Cottage Farm, Cropston.

This award-winning B&B, a 200-year-old farm and barns in Leicestershire’s Charnwood Forest, offers up locally sourced produce for brekkie, pretty bedrooms and a lovely cosy sitting room to retreat to following a muddy walk in the countryside."