Guests say
Brynawelon is a well-regarded cottage in Newport, praised for its excellent location, comfortable furnishings, and well-equipped amenities. Guests appreciate the property's proximity to local shops, beaches, and walking paths, as well as its suitability for dogs. While some minor maintenance issues and suggestions for improvements are noted, the overall sentiment is positive, with many guests enjoying their stay and expressing a desire to return.
Most guests found the cottage to be clean and tidy, with a few noting areas for improvement. The majority of reviews reflect satisfaction with the cleanliness, contributing to a high score, although some concerns prevent a perfect rating.
The location is consistently praised for its convenience to local amenities, the coast path, and the peaceful environment. The high score reflects the positive feedback and the importance of location to the guests' experiences.
Guests generally find the cottage comfortable, with special mentions of the spaciousness and quality of beds. Some concerns about specific beds and noise from creaky stairs slightly lower the score.
The property is well-equipped, with a particularly well-received kitchen. However, the absence of a washing machine, some maintenance issues with doors and locks, and suggestions for additional facilities like airers for drying towels affect the score.
While the reviews reflect a positive experience with the property's provisions, there is no mention of gifts or special touches that would indicate thoughtfulness from the owner. Therefore, a score cannot be provided.
About this property
Close to the centre of the lovely seaside town of Newport/ Trefdraeth, this pretty stone cottage makes a great holiday base for a couple or small family. Within a 5 minute walk of the cottage you could be bird spotting on the Nevern estuary, enjoying a meal and a drink in one of the friendly local pubs or exploring the coastal path.
Newport is in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and there is superb walking in all directions.
The local shops provide for most of your needs and there is a weekly, local produce market.
Nearby are Fishguard, Cardigan, St Dogmaels and St Davids.
Newport is a beautiful coastal town in Pembrokeshire, south west Wales lying on the River Nevern with a selection of shops, pubs, tea rooms, plus an excellent golf course overlooking the sea as well as a lovely sheltered harbour. Newport lies on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path which is renowned worldwide for its unique landscape and wonderful opportunities to go dolphin and seal spotting. Wonderful coastal walks along the path or in the nearby Preseli Hills with the ever changing scenery are a walkers dream all year round. Learn about history when you visit the mills, craft centres and castles dotted around the county or spend a day at the wonderful Castell Henllys Iron Age Fort where you can learn hands on all about living during that time. See the majestic Shire Horses at the Shire Horse Farm or spend relaxing days on the huge choice of beautiful sandy beaches. All year round this is a perfect location for all the family.
Accommodation
Three bedrooms.
1 x Ground floor double (space limited in ground floor double bedroom so ideal for one guest).
1 x Ground floor twin.
1 x First floor king size double.
First floor reading room.
Ground floor bathroom with bath, shower over, basin & WC.
Open plan living area with kitchen, dining and sitting area
Gas central heating.
Electric cooker, microwave, fridge/freezer, dishwasher, TV, DVD, WiFi, selection of books and games.
No washing machine at the property but there is a handy launderette in Newport.
Fuel and power included in rent.
Electric Vehicles: This property does not have a charge point for electric vehicles and charging from within the property is prohibited.
Bed linen and towels included in rent.
Please bring own beach towels and cot linen.
Cot, highchair and stair gate available on request.
Pay & Display car park opposite.
Large patio area with large picnic table and seating for eight, steps to large lawn with two further benches.
The patio at the back is partially shared with a neighbouring property, but is fenced off for privacy and Brynawelon guests have exclusive use of the garden.
The large garden is not fully enclosed.
One well behaved dog welcome (additional charge applies).
Sorry, no smoking.
Shop and pub 2 mins walk, coast, 10 mins walk
Reviews (25)
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Linda
Huge garden which the dog loved running around and sniffing. Would love to return
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Cherry
Great shows. But incredibly noisy stairs, difficult access for anyone with bad knees! Not very comfortable beds, no washing machine, no separate toilet. Minimum equipment. Donât like being told to strip the beds and clean up before I leave. And worse a gardener arrived at 9 on the last day at 9am and started weeding outisde our living room! And then strimming. We couldnât go out in the garden. And it was an invasion of our privacy. Also absolutely impossible to get hold of Sykes by phone.
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Amanda
The facilities are lovely and modern, and the garden ideal for us, with dogs. However, this time, we were very cross indeed to find that the back doors were not locking, and this was something that had been noted in the Visitors Book over the last year, quite regularly. I contacted the 'local rep' who was quite helpful and suggested how to manipulate the handle to lock the door, and, although I tried this, it was in vain. The door was beyond repair. On the same day, a local maintenance man came to put a temporary repair in place and asked if we didn't mind if the local door and window company came and fitted a new door on the Monday. We had no choice but to agree as we didn't want to leave the property unlocked (no matter how 'safe' the area is regarded). We also have a senior dog who finds getting around very difficult at this stage, so we couldn't take her out with us on the day the repairs were due to be made. Monday came and the fitters arrived at 8.10 am (supposed to be 9), and were there until just after 12. Although personable enough, this was hugely disruptive. As an additional note, we had lost our other senior dog days before this trip and were filled with sorrow and just needed peace and quiet to grieve. I found that contacting Sykes was incredibly difficult. There is no function of being able to simply call the office on the website, not unless you look in the very small print, and eventually resorted to CoPilot to find the number for me. Again, the phone call was highly frustrating having to make option 1, 2, or 3, and then again, the same procedure. Quite ridiculous, quite frankly. We eventually managed to get through and spoke to a lovely lady who was very sympathetic and helped us. Due to the disruption and inconvenience caused, which essentially cost us an entire day, I e-mailed to ask for either an additional day at no charge, or a refund to the value of one day's worth. I was then sent an e-mail from Sykes saying that the owner was prepared to refund £50 as a "goodwill gesture" (as though not appreciating our predicament, and just to 'shut us up'), which was her "first and final offer". There was no apology whatsoever. I noted this in my reply and the response from Sykes said that this would be sent on to the owner. The guy who first came to temporarily fix the door said that there had been no end of trouble with the door, and with visitors essentially not looking after the property. I can understand the owner's frustration if this is the case, but I felt we were given no compassion whatsoever, as a couple who have always looked after every property that we have stayed in. This all left a very bad taste; added more unpleasantness to the trip that we desperately needed to be quiet and stress free; and left me feeling quite cross with the owner herself. Having looked at several properties before deciding again on Brynawelon for this stay, based on our previous experience, I shall NOT choose Brynawelon again, in the future. I'm doubtful that I would choose Sykes, too, to be honest, because of how difficult it was to get through to ANYONE to help us.