Shepherd's Huts
Immerse yourself in nature from the comfort of our off-grid huts.
Stay in one of our two beautiful hut sites nestled in ancient woodland. Each site has four fully-equipped ‘living huts’ and a communal wash hut with showers and toilets. Sorry, no dogs.
YOU’LL LOVE
Onsite cafe | Watersports | Everything provided (just bring a towel!) | No road noise | Being off-grid
Each hut sleeps up to five, including one double bed and three singles.
Book up to two huts online. For four huts (exclusive hire) give us a call on 01580 830 932 or email us.
Check your dates now.
The huts have heating and a solar powered light, but do not have electricity or sockets.
A 30% deposit secures your booking, with full payment due 70 days before your holiday start dates
Life in a Shepherd's Hut
We have two hut sites, each with four ‘living huts’ and a communal wash hut with showers and toilets.
Cooking
There’s a hob and sink with cold water inside, and fire pit outside.
Sleeping
The huts sleep up to five and are quickly and easily changed between day and night functions. The day bed at one end converts to become bunk beds, with two singles at the top and one at the bottom, and the dining table at the other end folds down to make a double bed.
Showers & Loo
Each hut site has a communal Wash Hut with two showers with hot water, two loos and a washing up sink. Inside your hut is a sink with cold running water.
Off-Grid
To keep the environmental impact to a minimum, the huts are not connected to a mains gas or electric supply. Instead you have a solar panel which provides electric lighting and you can charge up devices at The Hub cafe onsite. Each hut has a bottled gas heater for when the weather isn’t kind. Read full information here.
what's on board
The huts are fully equipped with bedding, cooking equipment, tumblers, wine glasses and mugs, coffee pots, cutlery, enamelware crockery, saucepan, milk pan, frying pan and cast iron outside cooking equipment for the open fire. A starter pack of logs and kindling is also provided.
There are a few tea bags and some coffee and sugar on board as well as a j-cloth, tea towel and washing up liquid. There is loo roll and hand soap in the wash hut.
Outside each hut you’ll find dining furniture and a fire pit for cooking (all equipment and a starter pack of logs/kindling is provided).
The Wash Hut houses two loos with basins and two showers. Each have a hot and a cold water supply. Plus there are washing up sinks on the outside of the wash hut.
See the full hut inventory here.
Please bring your own towels!
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
A stay in a Shepherd’s Hut starts at £99 per night for a two-night stay, and £120 for a one-night stay (both week nights only). Plus a surcharge or £7.50 per person.
Weekend rates start at £198 and check-in is always on a Friday. On a bank holiday there’s a minimum three-night stay.
Prices vary throughout the year. Check your dates to see the price for your stay.
A 30% deposit secures your booking, with full payment due 70 days before your holiday start date.
WASH HUT
Each hut site has a communal wash hut with hot water, two showers, two toilets and a washing up area.
bed linen
Linen provided includes 2 pillows per person, in pillow cases, and a duvet in a case as well as a fitted sheet for each bed. We do not provide towels.
We supply a black bag for used bedding and kindly ask you to place used linen into this bag at the end of your stay.
parking & check-in
Shepherd’s Hut check in is between 4pm and 9pm at The Hub Cafe. Please check out by 10am. This can be flexible depending on availability either side of your stay.
Vehicles are not permitted on the site. Cars are parked nearby on an area of hard-standing, a short walk from the huts.
PRIVATE HIRe
The hut sites can be hired exclusively (four huts per site), and if you’d like to increase the number of accommodation units, up to nine tents can be pitched alongside the huts. Pre-pitched, equipped bell tents can be subcontracted from one of our partner companies: The Happy Glamper or White Dog Events.
For exclusive hire please contact us directly. info@original-huts.co.uk
WILD SWIMMING & SELF-LAUNCH
The River Rother, running through our site, offers a refreshing opportunity to swim and launch your paddle board or kayak.
Our onsite partners, Epic Life, offer a range of activities such as paddle boarding (SUP), mega SUP and kayaking. Open April to September. Visit www.epiclife.co.uk/
our two hut sites
The Orchard
hop pickers wood
gallery
The shepherd’s huts can be let as individuals huts or as groups of 2 or 4 huts. For individual bookings please book here.
If you are enquiring about a group booking or exclusive hire (or have any further questions) please either ping us an email or fill out the enquiry form (see below).