Toddler Friendly Holidays

At Cranmer Country Cottages our properties are designed to be baby and toddler friendly with open plan living spaces all on one level and plenty of space for indoor & outdoor play.  As parents we appreciate the kit required for just one baby when going on holiday by providing some of the bulkier essentials.

What we provide

  • We provide travel cots in all properties and a full size wooden cot for Coot Cottage.
  • We can provide a baby bath for use over baths and in Coot cottage walk-in shower
  • High chairs with trays
  • Booster seat
  • Bed sides
  • Changing mats
  • Microwave ovens for sterilising bottles using Avent Microwave steam bags
  • Baby monitor
  • Stair gate for End cottage & Coot Cottage
  • Child step for reaching toilet/basin
  • Plug-in night light
  • Games room with a selection of toys, books & games with toddlers play corner.
  • Hand blender for preparing weaning foods
  • Plastic cups and bowls for children
  • Secure outdoor play paddock visible from cottages terraces (except Coot).
  • Outdoor play equipment with swings and small slide & space for ball games.

Child-Friendly Indoor Heated Swimming Pool

Our indoor pool has wide shallow steps providing easy entry to the water for nervous young swimmers.  The water & changing area are both heated to 29/30 degrees.  The pool is open for at least 8 hours every day so you can generally get the pool to yourself during less popular times.

The family Games-Barn

Our games room offers activities for all ages, with a pool table and tennis table for older children & adults and a kiddies activity corner for little ones.  There are comfy sofas for parents to sit and share an array of children’s story books. Toys can be borrowed for use in the cottages.

Child Friendly Grounds to Explore

Outside at the rear of the properties is a large grassy paddock overlooked by the individual cottages private terraces.  There is a small adventure area, swings and a mini shepherds hut. It is here that children can make friends, socialise and feel a sense of freedom. In watchful view of parents.

Child-Friendly Activities nearby

There are loads of child-friendly things to do nearby other than exploring the fabulous sandy beaches at Holkham and Brancaster– Activities close enough to visit and then return for a midday nap or lunch in your cottage.

Pensthorpe Natural Park is less than 6 miles from Cranmer – Adventure Play ..Nature’s way – for days out with the kids in the the great outdoorsat wildRootz or indoors at Hootz House http://www.pensthorpe.com/play/wildrootz/  there’s a great café too.

Wells & Walsingham Light Railway – “For a big day out on the worlds smallest railway” http://wwlr.co.uk/

Holkham Hall www.holkham.co.uk

Farmer Fred’s Adventure Play Barn – Indoor play barn with an excellent cafe close to Hunstanton http://www.farmerfredsplaybarnnorfolk.co.uk/

Bishops Boats – Seal spotting trips by boat www.bishopsboats.co.uk

Things you should know……..

  • Our salt-dosed indoor heated pool is available for babies over 1 year old – in accordance with health & safety advice due to salt in the water which maybe swallowed (rather than chlorine!).
  • We ask you to bring splash about nappies for use in the pool as recommended by Waterbabies who use our pool for baby swimming sessions waterbabies.co.uk
  • Our drinking water comes from a deep borehole on our farm land. The water is purified and is monitored by North Norfolk District Council.  It has been recommended that infants under 1 year old do not consume water from private water supplies as it is purified using salt water softening equipment.  If you are ordering an online shop from Waitrose, Tesco or Sainsbury’s perhaps add some Highland Spring or Evian low sodium spring water for little ones.
  • We ask our guests to use our recycling facilities as they would at home. Nappies & baby wipes can go into the household waste stream and not into the recycling or drainage/WC systems.
  • Please bring your own bedding for travel cots/cot. Wooden cot PVC covered mattress size is: 117cm x 54.5 x 7.6cm Travel cot mattress size is:  120cm x 60cm (This may vary if cot has been recently replaced) Our travel cots are suitable from birth and for babies up to 15kg.