Gladwins Farm is a brilliant holiday cottage location in the Suffolk/Essex border. We booked a…read moreweekend over there last Christmas and we're thinking about going again this year. The owners are very welcoming and last Christmas we were greeted with yule tide joy wine, mice pies and chocolate snowmen for the children. As a holiday cottage, Gladwins is set in the perfect location with plenty to see and do in the local area. The beach isn't far away, you can take a trip to see Colchester castle or just enjoy the beautiful countryside. Even in the dead cold of British winter Gladwins makes a perfect holiday home. I loved it and I'd highly recommend it to anyone else.

thank you for your help towards making our holiday as carefree as possible. we really enjoyed our…read moreholiday cottage and our time at gladwins farm. the pool and hot tub were great. our children loved the animals, especially the goats and are already nagging at me to take them back again. we'll definitely be booking in to see you again soon. to anyone thinking of visiting gladwins farm do it, you won't be disappointed!

During booking it says sister park is (just down the road), "IT'S NOT", it's 0.8 of a mile away…read moredown one road turn left & down that road, not good if you've got small children with you, I would never have booked it otherwise, the first night we went on our 1.6 mile round trip walking obviously as we would like to have a few drinks, we left at 9.00pm & as we walked my wife & 6yr old son were hit by a car, my son is fine thankfully, but my wife spent 9 days in hospital with spinal injury's & internal bleeding, 28 pounds twice a day for taxis to Ipswich hospital, on the morning we where due to move out my sixteen year old son was waiting for myself to return from London with transport to collect my belongings, I was 1hr late so the management called to police to remove my son from the park, after I collected my son I confronted the staff as to why, all I got was "it didn't happen on our property and the police would be called if didn't leave, the caravans on this park are infested with mold, the staff are not trained to deal with customers in a civilized manner, I paid 389 pounds for this nightmare of a holiday park, just book thru haven holidays or park resorts you should be ok, during the accident my wife's purse was stolen as the Contents of her bag was all over the road, horrible situation that I wouldn't wish on anyone.

Sarah Waskett : Beautiful period country house. Lovely luxury touches, really felt like home from…read morehome. Lots of amenities nearby and some very good pubs in the village. Great place for a get together with family & friends.

What an amazing little gem of a holiday park! I came here with my inlaws who own a holiday home…read more This place is full of activities, beautiful pools, a clean and brand new restaurant/club house. We also had the opportunity to go to the NYE party which was amazing in every way!!!! I would highly recommend for holiday makers and/or people looking for a permanent holiday home!

stayed in a gold upgraded caravan and felt like i was in a bungalow, cant imagine how the platinum…read morecan improve. good facilities, helpful staff and clean site. a great week was had here.

Peaceful, very peaceful…read more The thing with self catering holidays is that you're forever nipping out to the shops to get those little bits and pieces that you forget to bring with you. Badwell Ash Lodges owners have thought of everything, including bathrobes, fleeces and a welcome hamper. The lodges are lovely and well kept. Everything within the lodge is of a high spec. The hottubs are fantastic. We felt a little overlooked sat in our hottub at Wagtail Lodge, but that wouldn't put us off visiting again, we would just pick one of the other lodges to stay in. The BBQ is a proper gas fired one and it was barbecued tea every night on the decking with the ducks. There's plenty of ducks, so bring extra brown bread to share. Badwell Ash Lodges should be the standard for all self catering lodges in the UK. Don't worry about shopping for your first night's tea as there's plenty in the hamper plus a bottle of bubbles to wash it all down. If you get through the hamper, the fish n chip shop only down the road.