Luxury for you and your horse

Highgate, offers you self catering luxury holiday cottages 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 luxury holiday cottages and bed and breakfast accommodation set in Newtown, Mid Wales. Lying east of the Cambrian Mountains in the old county of Montgomeryshire, it is three miles from Newtown on the Tregynon road.

To start off your holiday or relaxing break Welcome Hampers, grocery basics bought and placed in the cottage for your arrival, and First Night Suppers cooked in the farmhouse and transferred to your cottage kitchen, can be enjoyed on your first evening after arrival. Both by arrangement.

Our luxury holiday cottages 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 luxury holiday cottages in Wales are 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.

Bring your horses and ponies on holiday
Spectacular scenery, stunning riding through the mid –Wales landscapes of the Kerry Ridgeway and the Cambrian Mountains, Beach Riding at Borth, Local Riding Club Activities and Trail Hunting.

Quality accommodation for you, in one of our beautiful cottages or Bed & Breakfast in the Jacobean Farmhouse, and your horse, awaits horse riders wanting to get away from it all for a short break or longer. Your horse will enjoy it as much as you do! It is the wonderful new mix of sights, smells and fresh terrain that your horse will find challenging and rewarding. Enjoy the peace of the countryside and the outstanding views this area has to offer.