Offley Grove Farm

Stayed in Granary for family get together lots of space well equipped ideal place for three generations to meet. We were here to celebrate son's 40th and granddaughter's 11 th birthday. Owners great replacing dishwasher in 24 hrs when we had problems.

We recently stayed for 2 weeks as a 3 generation family of 6 people (including young children aged 4 and 6) in 'The Byng'. This review is based upon our personal experience, and where we do not agree with a statement in another review I am mentioning it. The property is spacious and although there are a number of other units plus some B&B accommodation, we were not aware of this most of the time and it often felt that we had the grounds to ourselves. We had no problems with our WIFI/Mobile reception. We had a fridge and a fridge/freezer - the freezer was not shared with other units. There is now no playground/pigs or alpacas, but the children enjoyed feeding the two donkeys twice a day. They ate most things (the donkeys) and when in doubt we googled specific items. Just go to the fence, shake the bag of goodies and they come running. Occasionally, the male donkey can get rather 'friendly' with the female! The hens wander around loose and have been known to enter if the door is left open. There is a long drive leading to the properties with a slight decline and our children loved riding their scooters down the drive. A few peddle-driven go-carts are provided but our children were too short to reach the peddles and they are not intended for adults so we didn't use them. The nearest shops are several miles away so bear in mind when arriving that you have with you the necessary provisions. We found that no soap, spare toilet rolls, cleaning materials or salt/pepper existed in the property so if these are important to you (particularly if staying for more than a few days) bring them with you. At the time of our stay eggs could be purchased by the roadside opposite the farm entrance. We found that the lack of shops was not a problem; we shop at Aldi's which exist at Newport, Market Drayton, Telford, Stone and Stafford - so whichever way we travelled each day we could use a supermarket (bring your Cool Bag with you) to obtain provisions. Our trips out were mainly to please the children. You will find our reviews on these places elsewhere; but to summarise: For Leisure Pool - Waterworld (Expensive-Not Visited), Dimensions(Good Value) Wildlife - Gentleshaw, Trentham Monkey Forest (Both worth a visit) Soft Play - Gingerbread House (Attached to pub), Jungleland, Come in to Play (visited all three - order of preference by children 1- CiTP, 2 GH, 3 Jungleland Cosford RAF Museum - Free and kids enjoy large planes/tanks Hilcote Valley Railway - Cheap. Same location as Gentleshaw Stafford Gatehouse Theatre is worth a visit if anything suitable is on; and the Weatherspoons in Stafford is spectacular (a converted Art Decor Cinema). If you stay here you will enjoy your holiday.

I have just spent 3 weeks staying here while working in Stafford. It is set in the most stunning location and the views are amazing. For me the highlight was the donkeys which were outside my cottage. the last few days they have been so close i have been able to stroke them and talk to them (yes talk to them:)). I will definitely be retunring but for leisure next time with family.