This lakeside holiday home in Dorset offers four bedrooms for one family, two families sharing or a group of friends. Set within a nature reserve on a holiday park, it pairs a full-width balcony offering great views over the water, and puts Dorchester and the Jurassic Coast within easy reach. It’s the ideal retreat for anyone who wants countryside and coast in equal measure.
The open-plan living area combines a lounge with a plush corner sofa and a snuggly wood burner, plus a Smart TV, alongside a contemporary kitchen with an island and breakfast bar. A dining table seats eight for eating or playing games and discussing plans. Upstairs, the master bedroom has an en-suite shower room and doors onto the full-width balcony, as does the second en-suite double bedroom. The remaining rooms are a compact double and a bunk bedroom, sharing a family bathroom. Sliding doors from the lounge open onto the enclosed deck, where seating for eight and a charcoal BBQ face the lake and Wakeling Island beyond. A jetty gives direct access to the water. Parking for one car with an EV charging point is on the gravel driveway, with further parking nearby. Shared facilities on the park include a spa, watersports on the lake, a beach and a rooftop bar.
The historic town of Dorchester lies 6 miles away, its streets tracing the area’s past. The Iron Age ramparts of Maiden Castle are 9 miles away, and the Osmington White Horse, cut into the chalk hillside, sits 6 miles from the door. Weymouth, with its sandy beach and traditional promenade, and Lulworth Cove on the Jurassic Coast are both 10 miles away. Further along the shore lie the sweeping shingle of Chesil Beach at 15 miles and the Victorian resort of Swanage at 21 miles.