life’s simple pleasures.

Many of our guests keep it simple and stay at the Bide for the duration of their stay… spending time soaking up the views from the hottub, making homemade pizza on the Gozney pizza oven, toasting marshmellows on the fire pit, movie nights on the projector, board games & books…

Person stirring water in a wooden hot tub with a wooden paddle, outdoors at night.

A person is preparing to cook pizza in a portable pizza oven outdoors during sunset, with a background of trees and bushes.

A large projection screen displaying a black-and-white image of two people sitting outdoors and playing chess, set in a modern, compact living space with a small kitchenette underneath the screen.

a stone’s throw.

If you’re ready to explore a little further, we have a bounty of options on our doorstep… Wine tours at the Langham vineyard, a 7 minutes driveaway, visit novelist Thomas Hardy’s house 16 minutes drive, book a picnic of homemade goodies for lunch at Sculpture by the Lakes, a 15 minute drive, a 30 minute hike to the village through fields to award winning farm shop, Steepton Bill or The View Coffee Shop for a full English! Drive or hike to Bulbarrow Hill with breathtaking views across 5 counties.

A thatched roof cottage surrounded by greenery and garden plants, set against a wooded hillside under a partly cloudy sky.

Sculptures resembling human faces with large, circular hollow heads near a pond with misty background and trees.

just on the horizon.

For day trippers, here are our favourites… Dine at Brassica, daily menu, cosy & contemporary bistro, 45 minutes drive. Kimmeridge, wait for a low tide in the summer and bathe on the hot stone ledge, 37 minutes drive. Jamaican bbq served during the summer months at Scott Arms pub, 35 minutes drive. Art in the countryside at Hauser & Wirth, Somerset, 50 minutes drive.

A woman smiling in front of a large outdoor smoker grill with steam rising from it, surrounded by trees and outdoor seating.