If you are looking for a relaxing break from the every day stress of modern life, look no further. In 2019 Paul & Tina Wise set up a great holiday venue in the heart of the beautiful Lancashire countryside. The small village of Weir is about two miles north of the town of Bacup, and five miles south of Burnley. Using our location as a base, you have lots to explore.
Our Holiday Cottage 'The Den' is now taking bookings. We will also be getting some Alpacas in June and will be providing an Alpaca Trekking Experience, both for people staying with us, and for other members of the public. The Alpacas will be available to bring to your wedding or other event for photos or just to chill with! During the course of the next year or so we also hope to open a Camping and Caravanning Club certified camp site that can accommodate up to 5 vans and 10 tents. Also we hope to get our 'G' Scale Garden Railway rebuilt so railway enthusiasts can visit us and 'play trains' while on holiday!!
Also worth saying that all our facilities are child friendly, disabled friendly, dog friendly and LGBT friendly.
For details of local events, see the Weir Pride Facebook page.
Our Holiday Cottage 'The Den' is now taking bookings. We will also be getting some Alpacas in June and will be providing an Alpaca Trekking Experience, both for people staying with us, and for other members of the public. The Alpacas will be available to bring to your wedding or other event for photos or just to chill with! During the course of the next year or so we also hope to open a Camping and Caravanning Club certified camp site that can accommodate up to 5 vans and 10 tents. Also we hope to get our 'G' Scale Garden Railway rebuilt so railway enthusiasts can visit us and 'play trains' while on holiday!!
Also worth saying that all our facilities are child friendly, disabled friendly, dog friendly and LGBT friendly.
For details of local events, see the Weir Pride Facebook page.
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Local Towns
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We have many attractions and facilities locally, including:
- Anna's Cafe - 2 minute walk
- Weir Riding Centre - 4 minute walk
- Weir Baptist Church / Doals Community Centre - 4 minute walk
- Singing Ringing Tree - 5 minute drive
- Lee Quarry Mountain Bike Trail - 5 minute drive
- Bacup Golf Club - 5 minute drive
- Towneley Art Gallery, Museum and Park - 10 minute drive
- Towneley Golf Club - 10 minute drive
- East Lancashire Railway - 15 minute drive
- Keighley and Worth Valley Railway - 45 minute drive
We have the following towns and cities in easy reach:
- Bacup - 2 minutes drive
- Burnley - 10 minute drive
- Rawtenstall - 15 minute drive
- Rochdale - 25 minute drive
- Blackburn - 25 minute drive
- Bury - 30 minute drive
- Preston - 40 minute drive
- Bolton - 40 minute drive
- Manchester (Central) - 45 minute drive
- Huddersfield - 50 minute drive
- Blackpool - 55 minute drive
- Leeds - 60 minute drive
- Liverpool - 75 minute drive
- York - 90 minute drive
We also have the following National Parks and scenic areas in easy reach:
- Pendle Hill - 30 minute drive
- The Forest of Bowland (Newton-in-Bowland) - 45 minute drive
- The Yorkshire Dales (Ingleton) - 60 minute drive
- The Peak District (Castleton) - 75 minute drive
- The Lake District (Windermere) - 80 minute drive
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In just three months, a village’s newest residents have created a disabled-friendly holiday let and next month they will take delivery of five alpacas.
Paul and Tina Wise are originally from Essex and moved to Berkshire in 2011 to provide accommodation for their son Aaron, who is profoundly deaf and was relocating to a specialist school.
They have now opened Doals Farm Leisure in Weir, Bacup, which is home to ‘The Den’ a self-contained holiday let, will soon offer alpaca trekking and there are plans for a small caravan and camping site.
Aaron, 21, is now studying Physics at the University of Liverpool where their daughter Maria, 23, is just completing a five-year Veterinary course.
As their children are planning to stay in the North, Paul, 53 and Tina, 52, and Paul’s mum Betty, 82, began looking for property within a 40-mile radius of Liverpool.
They first spotted Doals Farm off Burnley Road, after Paul was made redundant in 2017. He had been working in IT for the same company for 33 years since leaving school.
At that time the property was under offer and disappeared from the market.
Their search took them 40 to 50 properties all over Lancashire, North Yorkshire, North Wales and Cheshire, while they were still looking to sell their own six-bed home in Lambourn.
Paul completed a course and has now set up as a domestic electician then last year, a week before they found a buyer for the Berkshire home, they spotted the farm was back on the market.
Paul said: “It was as if someone was looking after us. The previous sale on this had fallen through so we put in an offer.”
They all moved in November and started work on the holiday let three months ago.
Paul said: “We are members of the Camping and Caravan Club and we looking into having an area as a certified site.
“We have been members of the Essex County Scout Caving Team for 30 years and they go on trips in Derbyshire and Yorkshire so now those trips are on our doorstep.
“We have joined Weir Pride and along with Ayesha Gavin of Ayesha Communications, another Weir resident, we ran a Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language workshop at the Doals Centre.”
Tina said: “The community here is fantastic and we have made more friends in the short time we have been living in Weir than the six years we lived in Lambourn.
“I am amazed by how much we have in common with the residents in this area we have really fitted in. Thank you to everyone for making us very welcome.”
The couple plan to set up a puppetry group in Weir Baptist Church and a signing choir.
For more information contact www.doalsfarm.weebley.com or email [email protected]
In just three months, a village’s newest residents have created a disabled-friendly holiday let and next month they will take delivery of five alpacas.
Paul and Tina Wise are originally from Essex and moved to Berkshire in 2011 to provide accommodation for their son Aaron, who is profoundly deaf and was relocating to a specialist school.
They have now opened Doals Farm Leisure in Weir, Bacup, which is home to ‘The Den’ a self-contained holiday let, will soon offer alpaca trekking and there are plans for a small caravan and camping site.
Aaron, 21, is now studying Physics at the University of Liverpool where their daughter Maria, 23, is just completing a five-year Veterinary course.
As their children are planning to stay in the North, Paul, 53 and Tina, 52, and Paul’s mum Betty, 82, began looking for property within a 40-mile radius of Liverpool.
They first spotted Doals Farm off Burnley Road, after Paul was made redundant in 2017. He had been working in IT for the same company for 33 years since leaving school.
At that time the property was under offer and disappeared from the market.
Their search took them 40 to 50 properties all over Lancashire, North Yorkshire, North Wales and Cheshire, while they were still looking to sell their own six-bed home in Lambourn.
Paul completed a course and has now set up as a domestic electician then last year, a week before they found a buyer for the Berkshire home, they spotted the farm was back on the market.
Paul said: “It was as if someone was looking after us. The previous sale on this had fallen through so we put in an offer.”
They all moved in November and started work on the holiday let three months ago.
Paul said: “We are members of the Camping and Caravan Club and we looking into having an area as a certified site.
“We have been members of the Essex County Scout Caving Team for 30 years and they go on trips in Derbyshire and Yorkshire so now those trips are on our doorstep.
“We have joined Weir Pride and along with Ayesha Gavin of Ayesha Communications, another Weir resident, we ran a Deaf Awareness and British Sign Language workshop at the Doals Centre.”
Tina said: “The community here is fantastic and we have made more friends in the short time we have been living in Weir than the six years we lived in Lambourn.
“I am amazed by how much we have in common with the residents in this area we have really fitted in. Thank you to everyone for making us very welcome.”
The couple plan to set up a puppetry group in Weir Baptist Church and a signing choir.
For more information contact www.doalsfarm.weebley.com or email [email protected]