Overview

Barsham Barns are a set of beautifully converted barns in an idyllic location for exploring the Norfolk coast and countryside. The interiors are stylish, spacious, and filled with natural light, while the barns offer luxurious features such as a jacuzzi, steam room, and underfloor heating. Combining rural peacefulness with modern amenities, Barsham Barns is the perfect place to unwind and relax.

Activities

There are plenty of activities for kids to enjoy on-site. They can have fun in the pool, while parents can use the state-of-the-art gym. The outdoor area offers ample space for children to play, search for wildlife, or engage in outdoor activities like cycling, bowling, and forest trails. Moreover, Balbinny is conveniently located near many popular attractions, such as play barns, zoos, high ropes, steam trains, a dinosaur park, a wildlife centre, and swimming pools.

Food

The barns are equipped with fully functional kitchens, ensuring that guests have all the necessary appliances to prepare meals for their families. Additionally, each barn features a private garden furnished with garden furniture and a BBQ, making it an ideal spot to unwind and enjoy an early evening glass of wine while indulging in some garden games. Guests who prefer to stay in can arrange for a chef to cook for them. Alternatively, they can choose from delicious pre-cooked meals delivered to their barn.

The surrounding area has many fantastic dining spots, ranging from local pubs to Michelin-starred restaurants. Norfolk is renowned for its locally sourced produce, including high-quality fish, shellfish (such as Cromer’s famous crabs), game, and vegetables at the nearby Walsingham village farm shop.

Accommodation

All six luxury self-catering barns at North Barsham feature stylish decoration with colourful and contemporary accents while maintaining a cosy country charm. They offer crisp, luxurious bed linen, well-equipped kitchens, T.V.s with DVD players, and CD systems. The Great East Barn is the largest and can accommodate up to 14 guests. It can be booked with Long Meadow, which sleeps eight, to accommodate large family get-togethers of up to 22 guests. Grey’s Court sleeps ten, High Barsham sleeps 12, and Little Barsham sleeps four.

The barns at North Barsham share a spa room that can be booked for exclusive access to the luxurious jacuzzi pool or steam room. Additionally, two game rooms are available, one with table tennis and darts, and the other with table football. Renowned designer Flora Soames oversaw the barns’ chic and supremely comfortable interiors. They offer an elegant rural bolthole surrounded by a magical backdrop of wildflower meadows and sweeping golden fields.

Nearby

Barsham Barns is only five miles away from the unspoiled Norfolk coast. Wells-next-the-Sea is a fantastic beach destination with beach huts and lagoons, perfect for children to build sandcastles and play hide and seek in the dunes. The sophisticated town of Burnham Market offers fashion, interiors, and restaurants. Brancaster is perfect for learning to sail and windsurf, while Blakeney Point is a great place to take a boat trip to see seals. You can spend your day on the beach at Wells-Next-The-Sea, Brancaster, Cley, or Holkham, which became famous after featuring in the film Shakespeare in Love. Additionally, you can go on a boat trip to spot seals from Morston, walk around Holkham’s protected reserve, or explore the sleepy, flint-built coastal villages of Cley and Walsingham by bike. North Norfolk’s gentle landscapes are perfect for cycling holidays.

There are plenty of historic homes to visit in the area, including Blickling Hall, the former Jacobean pile of Anne Boleyn; Houghton, with its outstanding art collection; Holkham, and Sandringham, the much-loved country retreat of the royals. Additionally, you can visit the 19th-century Bircham Windmill (and its tearoom that greets you with the scent of just-baked bread). There’s plenty to see and do around Barsham.

Summary

Barsham Barns are beautifully converted barns in an idyllic location for exploring the Norfolk coast and countryside. The interiors are stylish, spacious and luxurious, with a jacuzzi, steam room and underfloor heating. Each barn has a fully equipped kitchen, a private garden with furniture and a B.B.Q. Guests can arrange a personal chef or choose from delicious pre-cooked meals. The Norfolk coast is five miles away, with Wells-next-the-Sea, Brancaster, Cley and Holkham beaches. You can sail, windsurf or take a boat trip to see seals. Holkham’s protected reserve and the peaceful coastal villages of Cley and Walsingham are great for cycling holidays.