Mill Ponds

Mill Ponds is a fantastic, characterful holiday home overlooking a fishing pond and canal near the north Norfolk coast and the famous Norfolk Broads. It is a superb converted mill, a gem of a restoration project and holiday heaven for groups of friends or a family and up to two furry friends. With a fantastic industrial feel, lavish furnishings, outstanding fittings and historic roots, it is a phenomenal holiday property. With panoramic countryside views from its four storeys, you will totally relax and unwind and feel very special indeed. You will step back in time, appreciating this fine 1800’s building where the original cast iron mill machinery adorns the ceilings. Exposed beams and vaulted ceilings celebrate the building’s industrial past. Mill Ponds boasts four bedrooms sleeping up to nine guests.

Mill Ponds is located two miles from the lively market town of North Walsham at White Horse Common. It sits next to the waterfront, adjacent to Norfolk’s only locked canal. Your holiday will include wonderful countryside walks, visits to the fabulous Norfolk beaches, trips to the popular seaside towns of Cromer, Mundesley and Happisburgh with its iconic red and white striped lighthouse, water adventures on the Norfolk Broads and visits to some wonderful historic houses and gardens such as the National Trust’s Blickling Hall, the former home of Anne Boleyn.

Mill Ponds comes with superb original features and traditional Norfolk materials such as brick and flint blended with contemporary flair. There is a film set feel to Mill Ponds, with its theatre lights, glamorous furnishings and incredible light. The open plan living space enjoys a luxury corner leather sofa arrangement and matching armchair, a gorgeous dining table and modern upholstered chairs and a brilliantly appointed kitchen. You can chuck a log on the modern wood burning stove when a rural chill descends. It is a fantastic space for special celebrations.

When you are looking for a quiet time and some fresh air, you can head out to the balcony to enjoy a cup of coffee while admiring the view and the birdsong. The canal is mesmerising. It meanders out to the horizon, surrounded by nature, water meadows and the mill pond which is stocked with pike, tench and bream. You can fish, spot otters and kingfishers and totally relax in this dreamy spot. Wooden steps lead down to the landing stage where you can take to the water on a rowing boat or kayak to explore the canal. There are dense woods on the doorstep and wonderful walking trails that your pets will love.

Mill Ponds is home to four wonderful bedrooms which enjoy vaulted ceilings, steel and wooden beams, industrial workings and stunning canal views. One room comes with a fabulous upholstered kingsize bed where you can wake up, throw open the doors and listen to birdsong. Another boasts a lovely oak kingsize bed and a balcony with a bistro table and chairs and spectacular views. Then there is a single room and a children’s room with four single beds. This is a fun room where children will have a ball. There are three immaculate, contemporary bathrooms with a mix of baths and showers.