Highgate Farmhouse, offers you bed and breakfast in Wales, in Newtown. Newtown itself offers great access for Welshpool, Montgomery, Llanidloes, Powis, Powys, Montgomeryshire and surrounding areas of Mid Wales.
Chris and Sarah Smith welcome you to Highgate bed and breakfast and accommodation set in Newtown, Mid Wales. This lovely black and white farmhouse is set in the rolling Mid Wales hills. Our home is a 17th century listed building, once part of the Gregynog Estate. Lying east of the Cambrian Mountains in the old county of Montgomeryshire, it is three miles from Newtown on the Tregynon road.
Our bed and breakfast in Wales is located close to the source of River Severn where the area is rich in stunning landscape and is one of the most beautiful parts of Wales. This is land steeped in history and culture, a place where time has stood still. Here you will escape the crowds and be able to recharge your batteries.
Revel in the clear country air, log fires and honest to goodness farmhouse fare. Our bed and breakfast in Wales make an ideal base for visiting Offa's Dyke, Powis Castle, for walking, bird watching and touring the lakes and mountains. The coast and the more rugged scenery of Snowdonia National Park are only an hour's drive away. Newtown, three miles away, is most attractive, with its street market on Tuesdays; there is a swimming pool, sports centre and lively theatre, plus fishing and golf.
Among the other small market towns nearby are Welshpool, Montgomery and Llanidloes, with their castles, gardens, galleries and quiet shops.
The bed and breakfast in Wales is traditionally furnished in antiques with elevated views over lawns and gardens to unspoilt countryside. Warm, comfortable accommodation, with hospitality to match, makes Highgate a delightful place to stay and a real change from staying in franchised hotels. Be cosseted in comfort in a farmhouse with a wealth of oak beams and inglenook fireplaces.
Highgate's hills are an ideal area to walk, or wander, through coppice and dingle, to picnic in, or for enjoying and evening's stroll. Ride with us, or alone, on the lanes and bridle paths, we are always happy to suggest a hack and have a selection of maps to borrow. If you wish bring your own horses and ponies we have ample grazing and would be delighted to accommodate them.
Mid Wales is an area of rolling hills, remote uplands, unspoilt mountain roads, cool forests and silent lakelands. But do not be deceived by the tranquillity, there is plenty going on here, including shooting, pony trekking, fishing, walking, narrow gauge railways, riding, canoeing, sailing and mountain biking - the list is endless...