I was a bit apprehensive about staying in a B+B as I find them quite intimate and normally prefer the anonymity a bigger hotel gives you.

However we were on a budget and hubby found Twitchen Farm (we booked directly with the B+B for £60 a night for the 2 of us). It was fab. Clean, well presented. The 2 sisters who own it are very friendly and helpful.

The rooms are in converted barns so we had a key to our own front door which really appealed to me.

We ate at the Black Venus in the village that evening and it was lovely. Great home cooked food at a good price too. Not sure I would of fancied the walk back to the B+B but we had taken the car down so didn't have to brave it.
We did notice some people were having a BBQ in the gardens when we left - which would be a lovely way to spend an evening.

Breakfast in the morning was great and they even had veggie sausages on offer. It was lovely to sit at the window and see robins and partidges ( I think!!!) in the front gardens.

They also have a little shop - so you could buy a bottle of wine and sit and enjoy the local wildlife and views whilst sipping on a glass of wine - sounds perfect.

Great little find - I can't believe they only charge £60 a night.

We stayed here in a very wet early July. The farm itself is just outside Challacombe about 20 minutes from Barnstaple and approached up a steep private drive. You have marvellous views of Exmoor from the top and it is very quite and peaceful.

The farm itself has some lovely nature walks and although not a fully working farm as you would expect still is a lovely place to stay if you want to be awoken by the cockrell and see the horses and maybe a sheep or two. We were on a B&B basis and the breakfast is excellent with both continental AND a great cooked option - you wont be disappointed.

The village itself has a little shop and a lovely pub - the Black Venus that does great food - it even has a little beer garden for those summer days (of which we didnt have any).
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18 of us (including 8 children) stayed at Twitchen Farm in July 2005. We booked Mole Hall and the Potato House.

Everything about Twitchen Farm is great - the rooms and bathrooms are lovely and clean and new and furnished to a really high standard.

The views from Mole Hall and the Potato House across the countryside are wonderful. For the children it was perfect - we fed the pet pigs daily and they got to ride the ponys and search for fresh hens eggs every morning.

Everyone enjoyed sailing the little boat on the lake and there was so much space for them all to run around in.

Debbie and Steve were always on hand to tell us about the surrounding area or the different animals on their farm.

We couldn't recommend Twitchen Farm enough for a perfect family holiday.