The cottage is clean, comfortable and very well equipped. Perfect in every way. We enjoyed our stay and would absolutely recommend it. David and AJ, the owners were very welcoming and helpful.

Spent a few days here recently and really enjoyed the experience. The cottage is very tastefully decorated and extremely well equipped. A general store is a stone's throw away so convenient for topping up supplies of food and wine ! A good chip shop is 50 yards away to get a meal or just grab a few chips to accompany a steak cooked on the barbie. Everywhere was immaculately clean and appliances looked brand new. David was a friendly, enthusiastic host who couldn't have been more helpful .

We didn't even make it to the cottage. We have booked cottage breaks for over 20 years but have never had anything like this happen before. To cancel a booking 3 days before we expected to begin our stay is appalling. Something that the booking agency agreed with wholeheartedly.

On the positive, a nicely furnished place with character. On the negative, poor communication from the day we booked - we were not certain until the night before of the exact address. Owner was friendly but took a week to pay us back our £100 deposit, claiming a faulty card machine. Why not just pay by bacs? Dusty in corners and behind furniture and parking is outside the courtyard not inside. Expensive to say there were all these bugbears, but it did the job we needed in providing a comfortable place to stay for a family get together. Have to be honest in order to give areas to improve and give other travellers a clear picture of the service on offer.

We spent 2 weeks here. When we arrived David and Angie met us with a warm welcome. Christmas Cottage was spotless, cosy and a great place to come back to after a day out. David and Angie were very helpful with places to visit and to eat. Fish and chip shop is only a short walk away and food is very nice. The Cock Inn, again not far to walk to, does a fabulous Sunday lunch. The best Sunday lunch I’ve had in a pub! The White Hart is a 10 minute drive away and is excellent for food and drinks by the river. Christmas Cottage is well equipped and has everything you need for your time away. The local shop is 30 seconds away and is well stocked with anything you need. The beds are very comfortable. The little touches like candles, shampoo and conditioner,books, games and dvd’s make it homely. This was our first holiday in a cottage and we couldn’t have picked any better. Christmas Cottage is a very special place and we would recommend it to anyone. We loved seeing Stanley, David and Angies jack Russell, every day and we miss him. We would love to come back soon and we were sorry to leave!

My partner and I stayed at the Christmas Cottage for 4 nights in Mid-July and we really enjoyed it. Thank you! D & A are very welcoming. The accommodation has everything one needs and the location is ideal for exploring the nearby places of interests. Thank you.

This is simply a beautiful cottage. Every little detail has been thought throught to make your stay as perfect as possible. David was a super host, making us so welcome and able to recommend local things to do and places to eat. A fantastic stay and highly recommended.

Christmas Cottage has everything you need for short and long stays and is beautifully finished. The espresso machine, games and books are a lovely extra touch. David is a friendly host with lots of help suggestions. Would thoroughly recommend.

We were very very pleased with our stay at Christmas cottage, the cottage is excellent and the host David was very friendly and welcoming. So pleased to find tea,coffee and even milk for arrival. Keep up the good work David. Thanks Dan.

We stayed here for 3 nights in early December, with two children under 10. My first and last impression, is how absolutely beautiful the cottage is - every inclusion, even literally down to the hand soap, is thought tasteful and pretty. Walking in for the first time in the early Winter evening, the home smelled of cloves and cinnamon, because the owner is thoughtful enough to have prepared everything down to the last for you. This is not a criticism, just an observation (coming form Australia, where houses are generally relatively large), the cottage is quite small and with a larger family you had better be on good terms moving between rooms. But equally, this lends to the cottage's doll house charms (and, if I wanted to holiday in Australia, I would have stayed home!) The staircase is a little narrow and windy, I mention this only because less mobile or elderly people may have a concern. Parking is in a secured private yard, shared with a few other cottages, including the owner. David lives in the compound and will come to say hi and offer any assistance or advice for the area you might need, was lovely to meet him. On the other side of the compound is a small convenience store, literally two minutes walk, for milk/bread/wine :) - there is a really good fish and chip takeaway within 3 minutes walk, an Italian across the road from that (we didn't try so can't comment), and the local pub, the Cock Inn, is under a 10 minute walk on the main road, we did this easily with two kids after dark and recommend. Blakeney is a quiet little village on the edge of the Forest of Dean (picturesque even in winter) and about 30 mins drive from Gloucester. If you are interested in staying in this area, this cottage is a lovely place to come 'home" to, and wake up in the morning. Thank you David for having us