A BnB fit for a King! Holiday home on the Sandringham Estate just yards away from the royal home is available to let - here's a look inside!
The Gardens House - which was the house of the late Queen Elizabeth II's head gardener - is just a stone throw away from Sandringham House.
It is nicknamed 'the most comfortable house in England' and holidaymakers can now discover just how cosy this royal home really is with the unique opportunity to stay within the grounds of the Sandringham Estate.
The Gardens House is a beautiful four bedroom Edwardian property situated 300 metres from Sandringham House - one of King Charles III most beloved royal households where the family are known to spend their Christmases.
However, the privilege of staying on the grounds of the palace comes with the hefty price tag of £5,623 a week.
But at that price visitors will be staying in the closest cottage to the estate while also being able to enjoy the home's timeless period features and the expansive grounds which surround it.
Indeed, guests - including their pets - are free to roam the gardens as they wish.
Oliver's Travels, which is exclusively marketing the rental home, said: 'The Gardens House rests within the heart of Sandringham's royal grounds, where manicured borders give way to woodland stillness.
'Inside, the house unfolds with warmth and character. Botanical wallpapers, timeless furniture and rich textiles echo the rhythms of the gardens beyond.
'Light spills through tall windows into a choice of inviting sitting rooms, while the kitchen offers a rustic heart to the home. French doors open onto the terrace for alfresco breakfasts or evening drinks beneath the Norfolk sky.'
The Gardens House is not the only royal property that holidaymakers can rent for a getaway.
This includes homes that the King and Queen are known to stay in throughout the year. Including Charles' secluded three-bedroom farmhouse on the Llwynywermod estate in Carmarthenshire.
Charles and Camilla are known to spend a couple of weeks a year at the home.
They bought the £1.2 million estate in 2007 including two cottages available to rent.
The North Range and West Range cottages, which cost between £1,400 to £2,400 a week depending on the time of year, are ideal for walkers due to their short distance from the Breacon Beacons National Park.
Outside of the UK, fans of the Royal Family can rent Charles' getaway in Transylvania, Romania.
Charles bought the estate in Valea Zalanului, Szeklerland, in the 1990s and now rents it out as a nature retreat to those wanting to explore the Zalán Valley and the surrounding mountains.
The guest house is situated near to the village of Viscri, and the 400-year-old cottages have been decorated with traditional antique Transylvanian furniture, and textiles.
Prices range from around £100 to £300 a night depending on the size of room and whether or not guests have chosen full or half-board.
North of the border, visitors can stay on a royal estate as equally grand as Sandringham - Balmoral.
Members of the public can stay on the historic estate in an array of different cottages including - Colt Cottages, Connachat Cottage, Karim Cottage, Knocks Cottage, Rhebreck Lodge. Garbh Allt Shiel, Sterinbeg and Tigh Na Garaidh.
The most affordable are the Colt Cottages, near the castle.
The pricier Rhebreck Lodge is 'set in a quiet location at Easter Balmoral and enjoys wonderful views across the valley towards Crathie Church.'
All self-catering, the cottages range in price from £645 in the smallest cottage during off peak season to £1975 in one of the larger cottages during the Christmas period.
The King and Queen Consort spend a couple of weeks a year in the secluded three-bedroom farmhouse on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Two adjoining cottages are available to rent
The Royal Family have been in love with Balmoral since the days of Victoria and Albert.
Tucked away in the Cairngorms National Park in Crathie, Aberdeenshire, the 50,000-acre estate was bought by Prince Albert in 1852.
More recently, It was one of the happiest places for the Queen and Prince Philip, who spent many weeks in the late summer and autumn there.
Travellers also have the opportunity to stay in historic royal households.
This includes Osborne House on the Isle of Wight which was Queen Victoria's favourite royal palace.
Guests can stay in holiday lets, including No 1 Sovereign's Gate and No 2 Sovereign Gate at the formal entrance to the estate.
Each two-bedroom property sleeps four people with a private garden.
Residents at Sovereign's Gate have access to the beach at all times, even when it is closed to the general public.
Pavilion Cottage overlooking the old estate cricket ground is also for hire. The two-bedroom cottage, sleeping four, is a short walk from the stately home and its formal garden.
Victoria commissioned an extensive redesign of the estate, which was carried out by leading architect Thomas Cubitt with help from her husband, Prince Albert.
And it was at Osborne, now fashioned into an Italianate Palazzo that she chose to live where possible, bringing up her large family there.
The sprawling grounds included a private beach, gardens and a full-sized Alpine playhouse for the nine children called Swiss Cottage.
Her son Edward VII had her private rooms sealed off when she died in 1901.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
The Independent
20 minutes ago
- The Independent
London Southend Airport to partially reopen three days after fatal plane crash
London Southend Airport will partially reopen for a 'small number of flights' three days after a small plane crashed, killing four people who were on board. The medical flight, chartered for a patient to be transported for treatment in the UK, crashed within the airport boundary shortly after take-off on Sunday. It is understood that the patient had been dropped off and the plane was bound for its base in the Netherlands when it crashed. The four people who died were two male pilots, understood to be Dutch, and a female nurse and a male doctor. The nurse was named in reports as 31-year-old Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a German national originally from Chile, and the doctor was named as German national Dr Matthias Eyl, 46. The airport was closed while an investigation was carried out but it is to partially reopen on Wednesday and is due to resume normal operations from Thursday. A spokesperson for London Southend Airport said on Wednesday: 'London Southend Airport is today partially reopening for a small number of flights, following Sunday's tragic air accident and subsequent closure. 'Four easyJet flights will land at London Southend Airport this evening. ' Eastern Airways will also operate an empty positioning flight. 'Normal airline operations resume from the morning of Thursday, July 17. 'Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of those who tragically lost their lives on Sunday.' The airport has 'continued to support the air accident investigation team as they carry out their work'. The statement continued: 'Our airport staff and wider team are doing all they can to help during this incredibly difficult time, and will of course be on hand to assist passengers as we return to service. 'The understanding and kindness shown by our local community has been incredible, and we are grateful for their support.' On Tuesday, Essex Police said three bodies had been recovered from the crash site and a fourth was expected to be recovered 'within the next 24 hours'. On Wednesday, the force said that the 'fourth and final person on board has now been moved from the crash site'. Chief Superintendent Morgan Cronin thanked those involved in the 'complex investigative process'. He said: 'Our work is very much ongoing away from the site, and our investigation in parallel with the AAIB (Air Accidents Investigation Branch) continues.' The four dead have yet to be officially identified, with experts using forensic methods like DNA, fingerprints, and tattoos, and families being kept informed. Police said the aircraft is being 'carefully dismantled to move into the next phase of the investigation, being carried out in parallel with the Air Accidents Investigation Branch'.
The Independent
20 minutes ago
- The Independent
Southend airport reopens after crash tragedy
Seventy two hours after four people lost their lives in a crash at Southend airport, the terminal is reopening to passengers. Four easyJet flights are expected to land at the Essex airport on Wednesday evening. A full service of departures and arrivals is expected from Thursday 17 July. Shortly before 4pm on Sunday 13 July, an air ambulance bound for the Netherlands crashed immediately after take off. The aircraft was a twin-turboprop Beechcraft B200 Super King Air. Witnesses told of seeing a 'fireball', while images of fire and black smoke were shared on social media. Both pilots, a doctor and a nurse – named as Maria Fernanda Rojas Ortiz – died in the accident. They had dropped off a patient in Southend and were returning to the Netherlands. After the tragedy, all operations were immediately suspended, with inbound planes diverting to Gatwick and Stansted. Southend airport has remained closed, with easyJet running some of the planned flights from Gatwick. An airport spokesperson said: 'London Southend Airport is today partially reopening for a small number of flights, following Sunday's tragic air accident and subsequent closure. 'Four easyJet flights will land at London Southend Airport this evening (Wednesday 16 July). Eastern Airways will also operate an empty positioning flight.' The aim is to get aircraft in position for the resumption of normal airline operations from Thursday morning. The spokesperson added:'Our thoughts remain with the families and friends of those who tragically lost their lives on Sunday. Throughout the course of this week, we have continued to support the air accident investigation team as they carry out their work. 'Our airport staff and wider team are doing all they can to help during this incredibly difficult time, and will of course be on-hand to assist passengers as we return to service. The understanding and kindness shown by our local community has been incredible, and we are grateful for their support.' The first departure on Thursday morning is planned to be an easyJet flight to Malaga at 6.30am. The is continuing its work to determine the cause of the crash.
The Sun
21 minutes ago
- The Sun
Meet the ‘SAS' parents saving thousands on summer holidays by taking kids out of school early… and even risking JAIL
DROPPING her two daughters off at school, Wendy Nicholls* sensed an eerie quiet at the gates. Gone is the usual rabble of stressed parents dispatching their children, while the class WhatsApp group is conspicuously quiet. 5 5 At pick-up time, the youngest of her two daughters, aged five and eight, tells her that lessons have hardly any kids in them. No, this isn't a flashback to the dark days of Covid. This is what the final week of school looks like in 2025, when the term-time getaway trend sees a wave of parents pulling their children out of class for a cheaper holiday – costing a fraction of the price compared to during the six-week summer break. We have entered the era of SAS – Skiving And Saving – parenting, says mum Wendy, and office worker from Derby, as she tells The Sun why families are totally unfazed by term-time fines... AS someone who sticks to the rules, I've booked a week-long holiday in a five-bed ramshackle cottage with my husband Bobby, a truck driver, in Cornwall. Costing an eye-watering £2,000, I can't help feeling like a mug. My little ones' pals, meanwhile, are enjoying a week in Turkey – while school is on – for a fraction of the cost. A quick web search on popular holiday website First Choice reveals prices start at around £1568 per person for a seven night all inclusive holiday for a family of four in Turkey in the week before schools break up - and the lowest price you can get two weeks later for the same break is £2072. And while I'm looking forward to my English seaside trip, it rankles that my potentially soggy beach days will cost more than their sun-soaked, free bar-fuelled ones. A recent study found that parents have saved an average £567 by taking their kids out of school during term time. The same report by states that 16 per cent of families scored a term-time offer that was over £1,000 cheaper than travelling in peak summer. My daughter is never going to school because our eight family holidays per year are more important - parents who only take trips during the official breaks are 'utter muppets' But while bagging a hot holiday deal seems tempting, fines for unauthorised term-time absences in England and Scotland are now £80 per child – and per parent – if paid within 21 days, rising to £160 if paid within 28 days. Repeated fines can lead to a potential fine of up to £2,500, or even a jail sentence. But parents are clearly not put off by the fines, as in the 2023/24 academic year, 487,344 penalty notices were issued for unauthorised absences – a 22 per cent increase from 2022/23. I'm so angry about this whole system. It feels like a tax on people with constrained budgets. Carrie Ann Booth'SAS' mum One parent who is unfazed by the fines is Carrie Ann Booth, 43. The mum-of-one from Carlisle, Cumbria, who is married, says: 'We saved £1,500 by taking my daughter out of school and going on holiday during the last week of term. 'We're going on a two-week cruise around Europe, visiting Rome, Florence and Barcelona after saving up for two years. 'For us, it's about the history, the art, the culture and languages my daughter will soak up. 'She would certainly not get that in school during the last week of term, when it is lots of drawing and reflecting on the year.' Despite saving big, Carrie Ann, a former teacher and now the owner of an educational business, The Science Booth, says the fines are unfair. 'I've been fined £160 – £80 per parent – for taking my nine-year-old daughter on our holiday of a lifetime,' she says. 'I'm so angry about this whole system. It feels like a tax on people with constrained budgets. 'I tried to find a way to skip the fine, but the only exemptions included home educating my daughter. I seriously considered de-registering my daughter from school – just for a week – saying she'd be officially home-educated. But I worried she'd lose her place for the September term.' But Rachel Vecht, 51 , a former teacher from central London, who founded the parent support group Educating Matters, warns that prolonged gaps in school attendance have a major impact on learning. 'Missing school even sporadically can impact long-term learning, resulting in poor grades,' she explains. 'It can also impact children's self-esteem and mental wellbeing if they return to school and feel like they are far behind their peers academically.' 5 5 School attendance: the law In the UK, children are legally required to be in some form of education from the school term after their 5th birthday until the last Friday in June of the school year in which they turn 16. They must attend school or be otherwise educated – such as through home education – during that period. You can be prosecuted if you do not give your child an education. You will normally receive warnings – including fines – and offers of help from the local council first. Children can be absent from school if they are either too ill to attend, or have advance permission. Quality time Mum-of-one Paulomi Debnath, 45, from Romford, east London, downplays the negative impact taking kids out of school might have. 'I want to set a good example to my son, 14, about not breaking rules, but I also want him to experience different countries,' says Paulomi, an artist who owns the jewellery company Handmade By Tinni. 'I saved £1,200 on a family holiday to Kos, Greece two years ago, just by taking my son, then 12, out of school one week early. 'But I have not done this since, as I was threatened with legal action in the school's 'telling off' letter that accompanied our £120 fine. The note said I could be prosecuted if I took my son out of school again in the next three years.' As I drag my two little girls to school, the sense that I'm one of the few mugs taking their kids on holiday at the official time is confirmed by primary teacher Alice Abraham, 41. 'Classrooms are empty,' she tells me. 'There is hardly any point being there as the kids have clocked off mentally, ready for their summer holidays. 'Teachers are also stuck with expensive, out-of-term-time holidays.' Switched-on parents are embracing the challenge of getting cheap holidays. They are also wising up to the fact that councils across England have differing rules. Retail worker Louise Brown, 35, who has two sons aged 18 and 15, says: 'My 15-year-old's attendance throughout the year is over 95 per cent, so I never feel guilty about taking him out at the end of a school term for family holidays. 'Every year, I flout a school rule loophole that states we can never take our child out of school for longer than five days – after five days, the school would issue a fine. Four days away from school isn't the end of the world Louise Brown 'So I book a holiday right at the end of the school year, or close to half term, saving around £1000 on the cost of a two-week holiday – even though a week of our break overlaps with the school holidays when prices shoot up.' Louise, who is married to Brian, 48, who works in retail and lives in Leeds, West Yorkshire, also doesn't believe short absences have an impact on education. 'Families need quality time together,' she says. 'Four days away from school isn't the end of the world.' While I might feel like the only parent NOT taking my children on holiday during the last week of school, it looks like more parents may be forced to follow my lead in coming years. Family law solicitor Kaleel Anwar, of Slater Heelis, warns that missing the last week of the term doesn't make a large fine less likely. 'Families are going to have to accept that in the near future, they are not going to be able to get a cheap holiday during term time,' he says. He adds: "We've already seen a big clamp down form the government in terms of fines recently. "At the moment, families are still saving quite a considerable amount of money by paying the fines in comparison to the thousands they save on holidays. "I think we will see them clamp down even further with higher fines if the rate of school absences continues to stay high. 'And it is worth remembering you cannot generally 'fight' a fine for taking a holiday during term time in the same way you might challenge a parking ticket. 'You can attempt to have the notice withdrawn by contacting the school and providing evidence that supports your case, but if the fine is upheld and not paid, you could face prosecution.' With the threat of prosecution, plus the dirty look I'd get from the headteacher, I think I'll take an outrageously expensive staycation over a humiliating court appearance.
