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Valley Springs Holiday Cottages, Devon - Hospitality
Things we usually provide at Valley Springs, Devon.
 We aim to provide a starter pack of toilet rolls, hand soap, kitchen roll, washing up liquid, bin liner and matches – enough to cover your first days. Full bedding (duvets & pillows), bed linen (except cot bedding & linen), one bath and hand towel per guest (but not towels for the beach, please bring your own).
Key things you might like to bring with you
- Beverages and milk to refresh you after your journey & food for your evening meal, if planning to eat in on 1st night
- Other essential food items.
- Torches (no street lighting here!)
- Beach towels
- Cot linen & bedding
- Kindling wood/firelighters for log fires and charcoal for BBQs
- Supply of £1 coins for the electricity meters (Badger & Kingfisher only)
- Wellington boots/walking shoes
- Video tapes
- CDs (applicable Brown Trout Cottage & Fingerling Barn only; if staying in one of our other cottages, you may wish to bring a CD/cassette player)
- If you would like to fish, fishing tackle etc (or you can hire this from Valley Springs) However you will need your own License
- If you play sports, any kit you might need
- Ordnance survey map/s
- Dog owners, please bring all necessary feeding bowls, bedding, ‘scoop bags’ & something to dry wet paws on!
Places to shop
 The nearest large supermarket is Morrisons, in Totnes (also have petrol station)– follow signs to town centre; you may want to break your journey here to pick up the essentials. Otherwise there is a smaller Somerfield supermarket in Kingsbridge (located just after the roundabout and petrol station, on the Plymouth road) and a smaller Spar supermarket located in Kingsbridge high street. Riverford Farm Shop, located midway between the A38 turn off and Dartington, is renown for its organic produce.
There is also the facility of ordering online with Tesco and having it
delivered directly to your cottage.
 Most of the local petrol stations stock bread, milk and other essential items. The petrol station in East Charleton (on the Kingsbridge to Torcross road) has a larger than average supermarket, stocking freshly baked bread, fruit, vegetables and most other general provisions. It also stocks fishing gear, as does the Devon Angling Centre in nearby Chillington.
Stokeley Farm Shop, just before Torcross, sells fruit and vegetables, including pick-your-own, and other essential food items.
 Once you have found your way around, there are lots of other individual food shops, including traditional butchers, bakers, fishmongers and greengrocers, where you can buy locally grown and prepared foods, as well as organic items. Mangetout and Red Earth Deli are good delicatessens (with excellent cafés) situated at the very top of Kingsbridge’s main street, and the bottom, respectively. The bakery at Frogmore post office makes very good bread. Catch of the Day, in Kingsbridge high street is a good fishmonger. You can also purchase fresh fish daily from the Britannia Fisheries kiosk at Beesands.
Places to Eat
 On Fridays, weekends (inc Sunday lunch), bank and school holidays we advise you book for evening meals, ideally book before arriving in Devon. Two popular local inns, regularly featured in the Good Pub Guide, are the Tower Inn, at Slapton (child & dog friendly), very popular, atmospheric old inn, with log fires, candles and lovely walled garden; it has a very tight car park, so unless you are happy to negotiate this, park on the street! The Tradesman’s Arms, in Stokenham, is now both child and dog friendly, and open every day. Food prices vary in range.
The Cricket Inn, under new ownership, at Beesands was serving restaurant style, top end in price range; we now hear that it has reverted back to traditional pub food, at more reasonable prices! The Start Bay Inn, (thatched, child & dog friendly) at Torcross is a very popular, specialising in seafood. It serves traditional food, reasonably priced. Fish & chips there are great, but other fish meals are also served.  It gets very busy (especially in summer), so either get there very early, or later, towards the end of the evening. The Pig Finca Café, in Kingsbridge (small, narrow entrance, opposite the tourist info centre) is a fun, more ‘funky’ place to eat (lunch & evening), it serves an unusual selection of Mediterranean/latin food, reasonable prices. Dartmouth and Salcombe also offer a wide variety of eating places and restaurants. Our local Chinese restaurants & take-aways/home delivery deliver to our cottages! The Cod Father in Kingsbridge sells reasonable fish and chips - you can usually phone your order in advance and then collect (but not in summer).
Things to see and do If you want to plan your activities in advance, contact Kingsbridge Tourist Information Centre on 01548 853195 or at www.kingsbridgeinfo.co.uk or on email at advice@kingsbridgeinfo.co.uk .
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