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Spacious and modern, family home close to the Peak District and Alton Towers
House • Doveridge United Kingdom
Exchange types accepted
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Listed September 2022
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General overview
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Features
Washer
Dishwasher
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Fridge
Heating
TV
WiFi
High Speed Internet
Bathtub
Smoke alarms
Bed sheets
Towels
Workspace
Fireplace
Toys
BBQ
Garden / yard
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Travel Styles
Long term
Weekend
Adventure
Family
Relaxing
Village
Culture
Hiking
Cycling
Accessibility
House rules
Suitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets welcome
No smoking
Allergens
Smoke free
Dates of Availability
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Neighbourhood
We live on the outskirts of a lovely village. There is a small post office and village shop a 10 minute walk away. There is a kids play park in the village that caters for younger and older children.
The village hosts Derbyshire oldest tree and is known to be the marriage place of Robin Hood and Maid Marion, and you will also find an old suspension bridge across the river dove on your walk towards Uttoxeter.
There are plenty of lovely walks around the area, both from the village and also short drives away in the PEAK District.
There are multiple lovely NATIONAL Trust properties on our doorstep, as well as the UKs largest theme park, ALTON towers.
Our central location means we are around an hours drive from a number of cities such as Nottingham, Birmingham and Manchester.
Nearest airport
East mids airport is 40mins, Liverpool / manchester / Birmingham airports around 1-1.5hour drive.
Getting around
It is a 10 min walk to the local village shop / post-office or a 20 min walk / 5 min drive /10 min bus journey to the closest town for main supermarkets etc.
We are 20mins drive from some of the most picturesque parts of the Peak District and Staffordshire Morrlands.
Map of Approximate Location
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Feedback
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Thank you Katie & family for the wonderful exchange! We thoroughly enjoyed your hospitality, friendly communication, beautiful home, walks in the Peak district, the vast nature,... Your house is neat, nice, very comfortable, in short, everything you could wish for. Thank you for taking such good care of our home. You were fantastic exchangers! We look back on our trip with great pleasure! -
Thank you for your lovely feedback. We have loved our exchanging with you 🙏, you are welcome back any time! 😊
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Katie’s home is simply beautiful. Large, spacious and has everything you could ever need and more. We particularly loved the luxurious showers! Felt like a real treat every day. This was the second time we stayed in Katie’s home. We visited Buxton for the day which was a nice trip. A lovely drive across the peaks to a lovely town. We enjoyed the children’s playground there with our two young children. Doveridge is a sweet village in a great location to explore the Peaks, Alton Towers and cities such as Manchester. -
Thank you for your lovely feedback, we loved having you to stay and very much enjoyed our exchange 😊
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Katie made us feel very welcomed in their lovely family home in Doveridge. We arrived in the evening and got settled very quickly and tucked into some yummy goodies left us. The kids loved exploring the toy room and I enjoyed my coffee each morning watching the sunrise from their lovely open plan family room. Doveridge was an excellent base for exploring the nearby entertainment at Alton Towers and Bear Grylls. The village itself is great to walk around and see the beautiful yew tree at the church. We had a thoroughly enjoyable time and would highly recommend. Thank you Katie! -
Thank you for your lovely feedback. We are so glad you enjoyed your stay. We loved exchanging with you. Thank you x
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We had an absolutely wonderful stay at Katie's lovely home. Communicating with Katie before and during the stay was great and we were made to feel very welcome including thoughtful local gifts on arrival. The house itself is gorgeous with everything you could need for a very comfortable stay. The area around Katie's house is very picturesque and perfect for hiking and dog walking. Thank you Katie and family for hosting us! -
Thank you for your kind feedback, it has been our pleasure sharing our home with you and your family. 😊🙏
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Katie’s home is beautiful, spacious and has everything you could ever need. We had a wonderful time looking after their gorgeous doggy Skip and visiting Alton Towers over the Christmas period. Katie’s home is in a lovely village which is great for walks. Katie’s home is large and our children loved the play room. Thank you so much.
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Thank you for taking care of skippy for us during your stay. We are looking forward to our sim swap soon! 😊🙏
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Communication with Katie was great before, during and after the exchange. She was extremely accommodating and even allowed me to invite my dear old friends. That was so special and I really appreciate it. Her home is large, clean and very family-friendly. We felt very comfortable there and made great memories. She has a folder with lots of recommendations, and was also always happy to help via Whats App. Our highlights were the nearby corn maze, Sudbury Hall, and Biddulph Gardens. We loved our exchange in Doveridge, I can highly recommend Katie's home. -
Thank you for your lovely feedback. It was such a pleasure exchanging with you 😊🙏
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Katie and Simons home is light and spacious. The garden looks over open fields to the rear . It is nicely decorated and has a beautiful large kitchen, with everything you could need. The bedrooms are spacious and comfortable and their children have their own playroom which was an added bonus for our grandson, when Katie kindly allowed him to join us for a couple of days. The home is situated near to the Peak District and is at the end of a quiet village, but is in easy walking distance to a good pub and playfields with fitness equipment and children’s area. Supermarkets in uttoxeter are a short drive away or can be reached from the village via a pathway . The bad weather did make visiting some of the areas of natural beauty difficult. But we still managed to visit the plague village of Eyam, Bakewell where we had to buy the famous tart and pudding. Ashbourne was nice market town too. With our grandson we also visited Crich tramway village. Sudbury and the NT. children’s museum and NT. Biddulph grange gardens. We would highly recommend this home -
Thank you for your feedback and thank you for being wonderful guests 😊🙏
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Katie & Simon’s house was fantastic for our multi generation group of 8 including two infants. The huge kitchen/dining room, with adjacent living room was perfect for all of us to socialise, cook, eat and importantly for us keep a constant eye on the very young children. A bonus was the lovely play room which has obviously been planned with care and the kids, including the 11 year old, loved! There is a pleasant garden at the rear of the house overlooking fields so private and quiet. The kitchen was great to use with everything we needed, while the quality and design of the kitchen and bathrooms is excellent. As we had infants, and the weather was unseasonably dull, we did not do as many outings as we wished to. However, Chatsworth House was a great family day out with something for all ages (the farm animals were a hit!), Alton Towers was fantastic and Ashbourne is a small town we’ll worth a visit. There are nice local walks around farms and a pub on the main road which was nice. Katie is such a nice, kind person and she went out of her way to ensure we were fully briefed on the house, where to visit etc. There was much more to do and see but we did not have time and I highly recommend Katie and Simon as exchangers. Thanks so much for making our stay so pleasant Katie! Bert -
Thank you 🙏 we are so glad the house was OK for you all.... Sorry we couldn't do anything about the weather 🤦♀️🤣 We have loved exchanging with you guys 🎉
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Katie’s home is beautifully decorated, homely and has everything you need for a really enjoyable and comfortable stay. Katie gave some great suggestions in her house guide, and we really enjoyed exploring bits of the Peak District with a couple of walks to Thor’s cave and Thorpe cloud and a day trip to Bakewell. There are also some lovely National trust properties, our favourite of which was Sudbury Hall which has a fantastic children’s museum. Communication was great and we were made to feel really welcome with some gifts and fresh flowers on our arrival. We really liked to peaceful rural location, and it’s great to be able to walk straight onto fields from their back garden. Our children really loved discovering the toys in the playroom and we had trouble getting them to leave! We would absolutely recommend a stay in Katie’s family home. It’s ideal for young families or anyone wanting an attractive rural location close to the Peak District. -
Thank you 😊 we had such a lovely time swapping with you guys 🥰🙏
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This is the second time we’ve stayed at Katie’s house and we loved it! The weather was wonderful and so we were able to make great use of their bbq and beautiful garden which looks out to endless fields! Katie recommended a place to go to paddle in the river in Doveridge, we took a picnic and the kids spent hours enjoying it, it was quiet, relaxing and such a wonderful place to be that we did exactly the same the next day too!! No need to go far or spend money it was perfect! The homes is clean and really homely. We’ve found it such a nice house to come to and have settled in well and of course the children looooved the play room! We would thoroughly recommend exchanging with Katie and family. -
Thank you.... Glad you had a lovely time 😊 we have loved swapping with you guys!! X
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Wow! We loved staying at Katie and Simon's home. Really large and comfortable home. They were generous to trust us with staying there over a long period whilst they were in Australia and were happy for us to bring our kids, my parents and the dog which meant we could all stay together over the Easter weekend. We were so grateful for this as it meant everyone had their own room and we weren't on top of each other. Their home is in a great location for the peak district, and we has a wonderful family day at Alton Towers as well as several days spent swimming at the local pool and walking around the village. Great communication. Thanks so much for letting us stay! -
Katie and Simons home is lovely! We were fortunate to do a non- sim exchange. The house is spacious, homely and has everything you need and is in such a nice setting. Communication prior, during and after our stay has been great. Thoroughly recommend exchanging!!
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Thank you Anna for trusting us and being our first PLU experience. We are glad we could share our home with you and your family x
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"Close to coast, school summer hols"
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"We are always looking to head home to visit friends and family around Sydney and surrounds, or central coast or south coast NSW"
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"Oct / Nov 2025"
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