At Oaklands Country Lodges we aim to ensure that everyone’s stay with us is to the height of their expectations.
Upon arrival all guests will be greeted in person and given a guided tour of the facilities. Along with the keys to their cabin, they will be given a box containing the remotes, which are required back on departure when handing in the keys.
Pre Arrival:
• We have a comprehensive website detailing accommodation including cabin layout and floor plans.
• Bookings/enquiries can be made via email or phone.
• The nearest main village is Hatton which is 2 miles away which accommodates a train station; there are accessible taxis at the station.
• We can provide information in large print.
• A floor plan of all of the cabins is available on request.
Arrival and Car Parking Facilities:
• On arrival, guests will be greeted personally and given a full familiarisation tour of the facilities.
• Outside all three log cabins there is a car parking area with sufficient room for manoeuvring and unloading, assistance with unloading is available on request if required.
• The parking area is level and flat with a tarmac surface leading directly to the wooden access ramps to the entrance of the lodges.
• The entrance to the cabins has a ramp with hand rails on the left and right leading to the lodge veranda.
• The ramp is 120cm wide with the hand rails being 90cm high.
• There is lighting outside all three lodges which automatically come on in the dark.
• There is no covered walkway, however; the decked veranda’s which home the Jacuzzi’s and BBQ’s are all under cover.
• All three lodges are single storey.
Main Entrance:
• The main entrance to all of the lodges is level and leads directly into the open plan kitchen/lounge.
• The main front door of the Waterside Lodge is 90cm wide and the key hole lock is 86cm high (the door is hinged on the right) opening inwards.
• The main front door of Meadow View and Hideaway Lodge is 80 cm with the key hole being 87cm high (the door is hinged on the left) opening outwards.
• The doors can be secured in an open position if required for ease of access.
• There is a tilled floor throughout the kitchen/ lounge area.
• There is good colour contrast between floors, walls and furniture.
Dining Area and Lounge area:
• The dining room is open plan with the lounge and kitchen with plenty of space for wheelchair manoeuvre (4ft turning circle in the lounge and kitchen area in the Waterside Lodge).
• The Waterside lodge has a square dining table. Hideaway and Meadow View Lodge has a rectangular dining table that can be made larger or smaller if required.
• The Lounge area in all of the Lodges has patio doors 160cm wide leading to the decked veranda.
• A floor rug is present in the lounge area for additional comfort but can be removed on request. Furniture can be rearranged if required.
• In Waterside Lodge there is two 2 seater sofas and a chair, in Hideaway
Lodge there is one 2 seater sofa and a 3 seater sofa and a chair, in Meadow View Lodge there is a 4 seater L shaped sofa, a 2 seater sofa and 2 chairs. (All sofas and chairs are leather).
• The lounge hasa 32” flat screen TV/DVD (Freeview) with surround sound.
• The living area has a full-length mirror.
Self- Catering Kitchen:
• The kitchen is open plan with the dining area and lounge, allowing easy access.
• The flooring is tilled.
• The kitchen worktop, sink and electric hob is 90cm high.
• The sink has a lever operated mixer tap.
• The electric oven has two ovens, the top oven also operates as the grill and the bottom oven is fan assisted. Meadow View has a low level oven and Hideaway and Waterside Lodge has a mid height oven.
• The kitchen has a combination microwave oven.
• The lighting compromises of ceiling lights with additional lighting under the units.
• In the Hideaway Lodge there is a separate base level fridge and freezer
• In Waterside Lodge and Meadow View Lodge there is a 70:30 fridge freezer.
Bedrooms:
• Waterside Lodge has one double bedroom with a four poster bed and ensuite/WC and one spacious twin bedroom with adequate turning space for a wheelchair (4ft turning circle) with an en-suite wet room/WC.
• The beds in the twin room are zip and link so they can be made into a king sized bed (Waterside Lodge).
• In the Waterside Lodge the twin room as a dressing table, which is 80 cm high, and a mirror above which is 90cm high. The double room has a dressing table, which is 80cm high, and a mirror above which is 90cm high.
• The door width is Waterside Lodge is 90cm.
• The Hideaway Lodge has a double bedroom with en-suite wet room/WC, a double bedroom with four-poster bed and a twin bedded room with bathroom/WC.
• Meadow View Lodge has a double bedroom with four poster bed and a ensuite wet room/WC, a double bedroom, a twin bedded room and a twin bedded room with 2’6” beds.
• The door width in Hideaway and Meadow View is 80cm.
• All bedrooms have a 19” flat screen TV (Freeview).
• The master bedrooms have an electric alarm clock.
• All bedrooms are equipped with bedside lights in addition to the main overhead light.
• All bedrooms are fitted with short pile carpet.
Bathroom/WC (En-suite or shared):
• The en-suite bathroom/WC in Waterside Lodge has a 6’ double-ended bath with a shower attachment.
• The en-suite bathroom/WC (Jack and Jill) in Hideaway Lodge has a 6’ double-ended bath with a shower attachment.
• The bathroom/WC in Meadow View Lodge has a double-ended bath with show attachment.
• There are bath rail above the taps on the bath.
• The toilet seat height is 39cm high.
• The bath height is 58cm high.
• There is a heated towel rail in all of the bathrooms.
• The flooring if high quality anti-slip flooring.
• There is good colour contrast between floors, walls and furniture.
Wet Room/WC:
• In Waterside lodge the wet room/WC has a hinged safety rail in between the basin and toilet. There is a hand safety rail to the left of the toilet and
a towel rail next to the shower seat and a heated towel to the left of the toilet. The shower height to the shower buttons is 120cm high with a safety rail to the left of the shower and a shower seat to the right at 45cm high.
• In Hideaway and Meadow View Lodge the shower height is 120cm to the shower buttons. There is a shower seat at 45cm high with various handrails.
• The shower has thermostatically controlled hot water.
• The toilet seat height is 45cm high.
• There is a heated towel rail in all of the wet rooms.
• The flooring if high quality anti-slip flooring.
• There is good colour contrast between floors, walls and furniture.
