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One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden

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Y Bwthyn Bach
Living area with log burner.
Fully equipped Kitchen.
Double Bed
Living area with counterweight stairs

Reviews

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
1 bedroom1 bathroomSleeps 320 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Pet-friendly
  • Outdoor space
  • Parking available

Rooms & beds

1 bedroom (sleeps 3)

Bedroom 1

1 King Bed and 1 Single Bed

1 bathroom

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Deck or patio
Kitchen
Garden
Dining area

About this property

One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden

Set under the Preseli Hills, Y Bwthyn is a beautifully converted old stone and slate-roofed barn situated well off the road in a tranquil countryside setting. Numerous tiny windows frame glimpses of the 6-acre garden in which it is set – a garden which is so lovely it has been featured in magazines and on television. Inside, there is a wood burning stove and a counter-weighted stair to access the sleeping loft, and the cottage is filled with books and paintings. There isn’t a television so you can enjoy a few days being blissfully disconnected from the stresses and strains of the rest of the world. All around you wildlife, historic monuments, standing stones and cliff-top walks abound.
National Geographic has named Pembrokeshire the second best coastline in the world and it is not hard to see why. Quiet and comfortable, this cottage is nothing short of idyllic.

Bed linen and bath towels are NOT included - we kindly request that you bring your own sheets (suitable for a king-size bed), bath towels & beach towels.
Hand towels, showers mats & tea towels are provided.

Well-behaved dogs are welcome; there is a charge of £10 per dog per stay and a maximum of 2 dogs.

The cottage is NOT suitable for toddlers due to the steep, open-tread stairs and woodburning stove.

Electricity and unlimited logs for the wood burner are included all year round.

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 18
Check out before 10:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 3–17
Not suitable for toddlers.
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs (limit 1 total)
Max. 2 dogs, £10 per dog.
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property

About the area

Fishguard

Located in Fishguard, this cottage is in a rural area and by the sea. Fishguard Port and Bluestone Brewing Co. are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those looking for area attractions can visit Dyffryn Fernant Gardens and Melin Tregwynt Woolen Mill. Preseli Venture and Moorland Cottage Plants are also worth visiting. Discover the area's water adventures with scuba diving and snorkelling nearby, or enjoy the great outdoors with ecotours and hiking.
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Fishguard, Pembrokeshire

What's nearby

  • Pembrokeshire Coast National Park - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Dyffryn Fernant Gardens - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Fishguard Port - 12 min drive - 7.8 km
  • Ffald-y-Brenin Trust - 19 min drive - 12.1 km
  • Tenby Beach - 54 min drive - 63.5 km

Getting around

  • Fishguard & Goodwick Station - 15 min drive
  • Cardiff International Airport (CWL) - 154 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪The Ocean Lab - ‬10 min drive
  • ‪Royal Oak - ‬7 min drive
  • ‪Castle Hotel - ‬8 min drive
  • ‪Cove Corner - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Yacht Club Cafe - ‬6 min drive

Frequently asked questions

Is One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows dogs (limit 1 total).

How much does it cost to stay at One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden?

As of 8 April 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden on 8 July 2026 start from NZ$227, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden?

Checkout is at 10:00 AM.

Where is One Room Cottage 1 mile from the sea set In Dyffryn Fernant Garden located?

Situated by the sea, this cottage is steps from Dyffryn Fernant Gardens and within 3 mi (5 km) of Cardigan Bay and Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. Last Invasion Gallery and Theatr Gwaun are also within 3 miles (5 km).

Reviews

9.8

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 39 out of 44 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 5 out of 44 reviews
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Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 44 reviews

10/10

Cleanliness

10/10

Check-in

9.8/10

Communication

10/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Joanne S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Peaceful and welcoming

Beautiful cottage ideal setting for walks and coastal visits. Christina is very welcoming and her gardens are wonderful. A lovely place to relax and enjoy the scenery.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 17 October 2022
Thank you Joanna, I am so glad you enjoyed the cottage and also the walking. The Preseli uplands here are full of prehistory, standing stones and bags of atmosphere as well as the coast that you (and your dogs) enjoyed so much. It was a pleasure to have you here. Christina.
Archival

8/10 Good

Catherine S.

Wonderful little retreat

We had a very relaxing time staying here. It has everything you need for a lovely break including no television! The gardens are beautiful and so peaceful to stroll round at any time of day. The owners are very friendly and welcoming and very happy to help.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2017
Response from VrboOwner on 21 March 2020
Thank you for your lovely comments, we very much enjoyed having you here.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Irina d.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

I'd go as you would never want to leave

This is our second stay at this quaint cottage in the amazing gardens. One can only describe it as a place of beauty, tranquility and peace. Garden surprises you every day, views are stunning and hosts are lovely. Would come back any time
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 30 September 2022
So glad that you enjoyed all that we have to offer, and we look forward to seeing you again again!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Robert P.

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Lovely Gardens

Ideal for location for gardeners and plant lovers with over 6 acres to explore. The cottage is big enough for two, the hosts are friendly and it’s well located for all of North Pembs. We visited Cardigan and St Davids and most places in between without wasting too much travelling time. We both enjoyed our stay, as did our dog!
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 17 August 2022
Thank you Robert, so glad you enjoyed your time here, and appreciated this North Pembrokeshire area. As well as the garden of course! With best wishes, Christina.
Verified

8/10 Good

Jan P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful cottage and garden

It was a wet and windy week and Monty Don beat us to the sunny bits! The sleeping area was a challenge!
Stayed 7 nights in Apr 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Steve M.

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5 night bolthole

Christina's cottage is a small but wonderfully cosy place nested in some of the most stunning gardens you will ever see. Christina was extremely welcoming and hospitable. We loved staying here - is ideal for couples, and is perfectly located a stones throw from fishguard and newport and the best of rural pembrokeshire
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Dawn H.

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We absolutely loved our stay at this beautiful cottage! With its stunning gardens. From the moment we arrived, the host was so kind and welcoming, which instantly made us feel at home. The location is breathtaking, such a peaceful hideaway, yet only a short distance from the sea.The cottage itself was clean, cozy, and full of charm. One of our favourite parts was the log burner, and having free unlimited logs made it even more special — we spent such lovely evenings by the fire.It was the perfect escape, and we left feeling refreshed and so grateful. We’d come back in a heartbeat!
Garden library
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

S. E J.

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A heavenly retreat

This wonderful cottage was perfect for my three day retreat. The weather was cold, wet and windy but after a days walking and exploring the coast path, it was a treat to return to this cosy sanctuary tucked into the hillside in a beautiful garden.The cottage had everything I needed to make this a perfect stay. Thank you.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Deborah H.

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Great escape

We had a lovely few days away in this quaint little cottage, listening to the birds and overlooking the spectacular garden. We had some inclement weather, so didn’t get get outside quite as much as we would have liked, but the wood burner made the cottage so warm and cosy it was a pleasure staying in.
Stayed 4 nights in May 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 23 May 2023
Thank you for your review, good to hear it was a pleasure staying in, it is certainly a cottage to 'cosy up' in! Maybe with books from our library too. So glad you enjoyed your stay. Christina.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Mary K.

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Excellent stay

Beautiful quaint little property. A welcome change from the general pace of life. We spent a fantastic week in this beautiful cottage, Christina who owns the property was the perfect host. There was plenty of room for our dog to run around in the outside and even though it was November it was clear that the gardens were amazing. We hope to go back again soon when the weather is better.Thank you Christina for making us so welcome we really appreciate it.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Linda C.

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Magical stay in the secret garden

This wonderful place wraps its arms around you … restful, soothing and at the same time inspiring. It is amazing how Christina and David have extended their love and care for the environment into their care for the people who visit. So many magical surprises … the Welsh Harp recital in the garden, visits into the cottage by robin and pygmy shrew and a course, the garden library. A perfect place to put cares and griefs aside and reconnect nature.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Response from VrboOwner on 24 June 2024
Linda, thank you for your touching review, you really connected with our place and we so enjoyed meeting you both. Our current super-friendly robin has been christened Albert! Christina
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

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A unique gem

The cottage is a treasure and the gardens lovely. Just a shame i had only a week.
Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2023
Response from VrboOwner on 4 December 2023
Thank you Darren, appreciative guests are a treasure to!
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Vicki S.

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Out of a dream

Christina and Richard's cottage is in one word, idyllic. Waking each morning to get wood and kindling from the shed to start a fire. Walking through the gardens that surround you. A very simple, peaceful, entirely pleasurable stay with nothing but the sounds of nature around. And anytime I needed help all I had to do was walk across the drive to their place. Very warm, friendly folks. If you want to stay someplace that doesn't have any frills, but has all of the charm and peace you could ever want, this is the place for you.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2020
Response from VrboOwner on 21 March 2020
The cottage is certainly warm and cosy, a wet and windy winter makes it feel even more so. A plentiful supply of reading matter from the library invites you to curl up by the fire. Outside, visits to ancient standing stones, and old oak woodland as well as wildlife in the garden and early morning birdsong gathering strength. So glad you enjoyed your visit Vicki, it was a pleasure to welcome you here.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kate W.

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Beautiful beautiful house in a lovely place and Christina and David were wonderful hosts I couldn’t recommend it more
Stayed 42 nights in Feb 2026
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Friederike S.

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Wunderschönes Ambiente

Alles so wie erwartet. Sehr erholsam.
Stayed 7 nights in Sep 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Alan M.

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Lovely little cottage

Great little cottage with lovely gardens, nice and quiet and cozy for a relaxing getaway with a log fire.
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2022
Response from VrboOwner on 23 May 2022
So glad you both enjoyed your stay here, and thank you for your comments. Christina.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca K.

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Absolutely beautiful

Thank you so much for the most peaceful and perfect stay in your beautiful cottage. Christina and David were perfect hosts and I cannot thank them enough for the help they gave us when a storm hit and we were unable to travel home. The cottage is warm, comfortable and most of all provides a tranquil and welcoming atmosphere. Their local knowledge is also amazing. Perfect hosts in the most perfect setting. Thank you.
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jane p.

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Idyllic retreat

I found this little place by accident and am so thankful l did. Cosy, very comfortable, full of interest, beautifully equipped and spotlessly clean, the delightful host Christina has thought of everything. The location feels remote and isolated, living in a garden for a week has been such a pleasure, even in winter. I wouldn't change a thing.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Irina d.

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Perfect escape from the horrors of modern world

Absolutely gorgeous garden, beautiful cottage with cosy atmosphere and very artistically done. Amazing location, absolute silence in the evening, birds singing in the morning. It's a perfect escape from the horrors of modern world. it's a place where i would love to live forever.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 29 September 2021
Thank you for your ecstatic review! You pick up on so many of the reasons why we love this place, and also what so many other people who have visited Y Bwthyn do experience. Christina.
Verified

8/10 Good

Charlotte Grant

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication

Quirky and peaceful stay

It is set within beautiful gardens and is very cosy with the fire. A little bit on the small side and as it is an older building it does suffer from damp. We have experienced better welcomes to a property. Bring your own supply of kitchen items, as their coffee and herbs are years out of date. You definitely need a car to get about and it is more than a mile from the sea but there are some nice spots if you drive to them. It was a pleasant break.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2021
Response from VrboOwner on 29 September 2021
Charlotte, thank you for your 4 star review of Y Bwthyn Bach here at Dyffryn Fernant. I am sorry you felt our welcome was somewhat lacking, this is the first time, to my knowledge anyone has thought this. Also I would like to say that the small amount of 'welcome' coffee and tea that we provide is always refreshed. The nearest easily accessible beach is probably 2 miles away, but the nearest cove is exactly 1 mile, and we are 1 mile from the sea as the crow flies. Many people are enjoying this area of north Pembrokeshire and calling it 'the new cornwall' as it is less crowded. Thank you for sending your review and I am glad that you had a pleasant stay. Christina.
Verified

10/10 Excellent

William H.

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Garden holiday

Peaceful
Stayed 7 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Sue R.

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Quiet, cosy, relaxing cottage.

My husband and I enjoyed a very relaxing, "away from it all" break at this warm, cosy, quiet, quaint cottage. It is certainly a unique property, within a beautiful garden.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Jo Y.

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A retreat for body and soul....

'The Little Cottage' is a beautiful and peaceful haven to explore the surrounding area, beginning with the wonderful garden the cottage is set in. Christina's garden is a labour of love and a joy to walk through and around. We got so many ideas for our lown ittle garden back home. And the library is a surprising treat!! We loved exploring this part of Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion - the numerous walks are memorable - discovering the ancient oak wood of Ty-Canol, the bay and beach of Mwnt, a hidden treasure for swimming and dolphin spotting. I loved the cliff top walk back towards Dyffrin Fernant from Fishguard which has an intriguing place in military and cinematic history. The drive and walk to Llanachaer and Cwm Gwaun is a magical alternative to the drive to Newport and the north beach where we parked our car for free at low tide! Legal, too! Then there was the area's exceptional food and drink - locally caught and landed fish from Cardigan Bay at Dinas Cross, local lamb from Cardigan, amazing new cheeses - try Celtic Promise, local unpasturised washed rind, semi-soft. The cafes and restaurants all along the coast sold lovely fresh food and drink - and the people were so friendly. At the end of each quiet or busy day, come rain or shine, we felt blessed to be able to rest, prepare dinner, make up a wood fire, and slow down to a warm flickering flame of night time in the very large, very comfy mezzanine bed. Zzzzzzzzz
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Heather S.

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Cosy cottage

A cosy cottage in an idyllic setting - 6 acres of magical gardens! The cottage is well equipped, quirky and has a welcoming log burner.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Thomas B.

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Fantastic Property

The property could not have been in more of an idyllic setting, a beautifully kept garden. The owners were lovely and all to happy to help us if we needed anything. The property itself was amazing with a fantastic log burner and spacious bed it really was all we could have wanted. The property itself is actually situated slap bang in the middle of some fantastic walks as well, the whole area is just fantastic.
Stayed 5 nights in Sep 2020

About the host

Hosted by Christina Shand

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We are Christina and David, and we have been making a garden here for 20 years.
In our other lives, David was a Librarian, Christina a Hot Air Balloonist and had a partnership in an Antiques business.
We thought we had retired!

Why they chose this property

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