Glamping · Bledington
The Sheiling
A shepherd's hut for two in the grounds of the owner's house in Bledington, a short walk from the village green and the King's Head, with a wood burner and room for one small dog.
Dog-friendly · Walker-friendly
A neat, well-fitted hut for a couple who want a pub supper on the green and a walk on the Oxfordshire Way. It is small and raised up steep steps, it suits adults rather than families, and the owner lives on site.
- Good: A short walk to Bledington's green and the King's Head
- Good: Wood burner, king-size bed and a walk-in shower
- Good: One small dog welcome for £40 a booking
- Worth knowing: Two guests only; best for adults
- Worth knowing: Steep steps up to the hut and a high bed
- Worth knowing: Check-in from 5pm; no EV charging
About
The Sheiling is a shepherd's hut in the grounds of its owner's house in Bledington, a few minutes' walk from the green, its brook and the King's Head. The Oxfordshire Way runs through the village.
Five steps lead up to double doors and a single room with a small wood burner, a two-ring induction hob, a fridge with a freezer compartment, a smart TV and a table for two. Two more steps lead up to a king-size bed with views over the fields, and at the far end is a shower room with a walk-in rain shower. Outside is a lawn with a bistro table and two loungers. Linen, towels, Wi-Fi and a starter supply of logs are included.
It sleeps two, with room for one baby, though no travel cot or high chair is provided, and StayCotswold says the steep steps and high bed make it best suited to guests over 18. One small dog can come for £40 a booking. There is off-street parking for one car smaller than a 4x4, covered by CCTV, but electric car charging is not allowed. Check-in is from 5pm and check-out by 10am, and a £200 security deposit or a damage waiver is taken. The hut has no website of its own and is let through StayCotswold and Expedia.
The details
- Rooms
- 1
- Check-in
- From 5pm
- Check-out
- By 10am
- Features
- Open fire · Parking · Wi-Fi · Garden or terrace · Dogs inside
- Parking
- Off-street parking for one car, smaller than a 4x4.
Photos
The wood burner and kitchen 
The king-size bed 
The shower room 
The kitchenette
Location
Nearby walks, places and things to do
- The King's Head Inn, Bledington 0.1 km away
- The Wild Rabbit 1.8 km away
- The Kingham Plough 2.1 km away
- Daylesford Stays cottages 2.9 km away
Sights nearby
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St Leonard's Church, Bledington
Sight · Church · Kingham
Bledington's Grade I church by the green, recorded in 1175 and rebuilt in the fifteenth century, with fifteenth-century painted glass, one panel dated 1470, a Norman tub font and a tower built inside the nave. Open daily.
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River Evenlode
Sight · River · Kingham
The Evenlode is the river of the valley below Kingham, rising in the Cotswold limestone and flowing south-east to the Thames; near Kingham it runs beside the Cotswold Line past Bledington and Daylesford and for a stretch marks the Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire boundary.
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St Andrew's Church, Kingham
Sight · Church · Kingham
Kingham's ironstone church of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, with a pinnacled tower, a nave roof dated 1774, an Elizabethan brass in the Easter Sepulchre and the old rectory of 1688 next door. Grade II*.
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St Nicholas's Church, Lower Oddington
Sight · Church · Stow-on-the-Wold
A Grade I church in the woods at Lower Oddington, near Stow-on-the-Wold, left almost unaltered when a new church was built in 1852. Its north wall carries a huge fourteenth-century Doom, hidden under whitewash until 1913. Open daily; no electricity.