Access Statement for Woodpiece Cottage 

Introduction 

Woodpiece Cottage is located down a long un made up track and a cattle grid must be crossed to arrive at the Cottage. There is a large gravelled car park. 

Pre-Arrival 

• There is no phone at the cottage but a phone is at the farmhouse about a ten minute walk from the cottage where there is also an email facility available for a charge if required. There is a shop in Aldwincle which is open most of the time 6 days a week and is just under 2 miles from the cottage. There is also a pub in Wadenhoe, again about 1 mile from the cottage. The town of Oundle is about 3.5 miles from the cottage and has a post office, a butchers, a greengrocers, a Co op Extra and lots of other shops.There is a taxi service in Oundle. There is no equipment hire facility locally nor do I provide a grocery delivery system.There is a police station as well as a dentist and doctor in Oundle. The police station is not constantly manned. 
 
Arrival & Car Parking Facilities 

• On arrival, you will be met by prior arrangement by the owner. There is ample car parking for several vehicles on a gravelled drive. 
 
Main Entrance, Reception & Ticketing Area 

• The main entrance goes directly into the kitchen. There is an outside light both at the front by the front door and at the rear by the French doors and the patio. 
 
Public Areas - Hall, Stairs, Landing, Corridors etc 

• The main endtrance is accessed from the car park by a bricked path. 
• The downstairs floors are wood as is the staircase to the first floor and its two bedrooms. The three bathrooms have linoleum flooring. 
 
Public Areas - Sitting room, lounges, lobbies etc 

• The sitting room has a sofa, three chairs and a futon. It has a wood floor and a coffee table and it has large windows to front and rear.  
• The rear windows open onto the garden and there is a window seat. 
• There are curtains to the sitting room windows and the french doors in the kitchen and Roman blinds to the kitchen windows and the downstairs and upstairs bathroom windows as well as to the upstairs bedroom windows. 
• There are table lamps in the sitting room as well as wall lights. 
 
Leisure Facilities 

• There is a gravelled car park and a bricked entrance path with grass either side which leads directly to the front door. 
• There is a garden gate to the left hand side of the front door on the same level as the path. 
• The front door has a small threshold and has a wooden mat support and a door mat. 
• The front door opens directly into the kitchen. The sitting room is to the right of the kitchen on the same level and there is a shower room with lavatory, shower, sink and washing machine and dishwasher between the ktichen and the sitting room. 
 
Grounds and Gardens 

• The access to the cottage is over a cattle grid. There is a well fenced pond in the garden next to the car park with a gate with a reasonably child proof latch.  
• The cottage garden itself is completely enclosed. 
• There is a public footpath and bridleway near to the cottage which leads to Lyveden New Bield. 
• As the cottage in in the countryside, apart from the cottage entrance path and paved garden area, the surrounding terrain is uneven. The garden path is made up of stepping stones, but the garden paved area outside the kitchen french doors is smooth. 
 
Additional Information 

• There is a fridge freezer in the kitchen but there is no BT connection at the cottage. 
• The cottage is a non smoking cottage. 
• A fire alarm is installed in the cottage and there is both a fire extinguisher and a fire blanket just inside the front door by the coat stand. 
• The front door key opens the french doors in the kitchen which go out onto a paved patio. 
 
Address:  Our address is Aldwinkle Lodge, Wadenhoe nr Oundle, Peterborough PE8 5SZ. The Cottage address is Woodpiece Cottage, Northampton Way, Wadenhoe near Oundle, Peterborough PE8 5SZ.  The cottage is a ten minute walk across fields from our house should you not wish to go between the two by car. 
  Our phone number is 01832 720288 and our fax number is 01832 720737. At our house we have an internet connection and a telephone. There are close neighbours to the cottage at Wadenhoe Lodge. 
  Our website address is info@woodpiececottage.com. 
 
Telephone:  Our telephone number is 01832 720288. There is no telephone at the cottage. 
 
Future Plans 

• We are not planning any alterations at the moment. 
 
Contact Telephone and Email Address 

We welcome your feedback to help us continually improve if you have any comments please phone 01832720288 or email kop@khayam.org 

Created: 28 May 2009