Hillfield Cottages & Country House has a commitment to create a sustainable business, which seeks to reduce its overall effect on the environment and exceed the expectations of our guests. We will strive to minimise the harmful effects and maximise the beneficial influences which our activities have on the environment. As part of our ongoing environmental commitment at Hillfield, we have implemented many measures including:
Providing recycling facilities for our Guests use.
Extra insulated in every loft space
The new build accommodation has achieved exceptional results with air and sound testing.
Installing energy efficient solutions including Double and some Triple glazing to doors & windows.
Higher than usual bio mass of all structures to give exceptionally high thermal insulation.
Using chlorine, toxic and phosphate free based cleaning products.
Undertaking regular litter picking in and around the Village environment.
Be efficient in the use of all resources including water and electricity by means of low energy light bulbs where appropriate.
Meet all regulatory and consent requirement relevant to our business.
Where possible and practical to purchase locally and promote local suppliers to the guests. Information on local suppliers and the local delivery services are provided to guests on this website.
All our new units will include “Ground Source Heating System” comprising of vertical geothermal boreholes to provide a closed ground loop which will extract the latent heat from the ground to use in under floor heating and hot water. The heat pump removes solar energy stored in the earth around the buildings and compresses it in to a higher temperature and transfers it into your central heating system and hot water tank.
We have invested heavily for the future with a new Sewage Treatment Plant (not the most exciting subject), but this is a state of the art development with a “green reed bed filtration system” to polish the discharged water and achieve ammonia levels of below 0.3mg/l.
Hillfield looks after the Environment including the colony of Pipistrelle Bat’s which are a protected species on the endangered list. To this end, we have constructed four Bat Hotels, these have been supplemented with extensive hibernation and roosting boxes around the site.
The Hillfield mission is striving to minimise the harmful effects and maximise the beneficial influences, which our activities have on the environment.
Hillfield is a supporter of the South Hams Green Tourism Business imitative. Businesses are encouraged to help reduce the environmental impact of tourism for the enjoyment of future generations. The Scheme is a commitment to good environmental practice in business activities.
We will ensure that we comply with environmental law and our legal Duty of Care requirements for waste disposal.
All our accommodation was built for holiday use, there is no planning permission for residential use. Therefore, your stay boosts the local economy without taking accommodation away from local people.
Installed rainwater soak a ways to reduce the impact of heavy rainfall on the local streams and rivers.
Replaced all inefficient heaters and oil boilers with more efficient and less polluting central heating systems.
Planted over 2000 indigenous new trees, shrubs and garden plants.
Planted wildflower area’s to encourage insect and wild animals.
Installed timer controls on all outdoor communal lights
Outdoor 48’ x 24’ Swimming Pool with a toddler’s paddling pool, opens from June to September. The enclosed South facing position enables the use of passive solar energy to optimise the amount of heat that can be derived directly from the sun. This is a green and clean source of useful “Passive Solar Energy” without the use of active mechanical systems.
We have a no smoking policy in all accommodation
Replaced our paper based booking system with website based administration.
Set up links with local organic food producers to supply our guests.
Work closely with local business has to reduce travelling miles.
Replaced all detergents and cleaning products with eco-friendly equivalents.
Use of environmentally friendly washing powder / conditioner and washing up liquid (provided).
Introduced recycling facilities for our own and Guests use. Seventy five percent of all waste generated is now recycled.
Replaced all paper products with recycled alternatives.
The following are some of the measures we are implementing:-
The establishment of a wildlife nature reserve
The addition of bird boxes through out the Village
The addition of Bat boxes, maternity units and hotels through out the village.
Use of traditional methods in managing hedgerows and field boundaries and new native tree and hedge planting
We use peat free compost and wood chip / bark for mulching.
We want you to experience the best the area can offer, so we have web pages with ideas for
days out and a
diary of events, all within the locality.
Provision of visitor information packs on local walks, public transport, and wildlife parks, a wildlife audit showing fauna and flora indigenous to our site, Devon Wildlife Trust events information.
Secure dry storage for bicycles
Use of traditional building products and methods in the conservation and renovation of the buildings on site
Minimising waste by recycling glass, paper, plastic, cardboard, aluminium, iron, food and garden waste
Monitoring of energy, waste and water consumption and making energy savings through insulation, use of energy efficient appliances / lighting, provision of a shower for every bedroom en suite.
Provision of local menus from nearby pubs and restaurants and details of farmers and other markets providing local produce
Using local labour and suppliers and environmentally friendly and traditional products.
Promotion, use and support of local environmental organisations such as BTCV and Devon Wildlife Trust
At Hillfields we encourage guests to SWOON - switch off one light now!
We are committed to:
Good environmental practice in business activities, minimising harmful effects and maximising the beneficial influences on the environment
Complying with environmental laws and fulfilling duty of care requirements for waste disposal.
We welcome support, participation and suggestions from our guests as to how to continue to improve our environmental policy and protect the environment.
The Hillfield mission is striving to minimise the harmful effects and maximise the beneficial influences, which our activities have on the environment.
Hillfield is a supporter of the South Hams Green Tourism Business imitative. Businesses are encouraged to help reduce the environmental impact of tourism for the enjoyment of future generations. The Scheme is a commitment to good environmental practice in business activities.
We will ensure that we comply with environmental law and our legal Duty of Care requirements for waste disposal.
Hillfield is a small hamlet peacefully situated in an area of beautiful South Devon countryside with fantastic view’s, with all the peace and tranquillity for a relaxing holiday. It is an ideal place for children with a play area and outdoor pool (please check the opening times for all outdoor activities). It is an area of outstanding natural beauty with many gorgeous bays and beaches.
Royal Dartmouth, with its Castle, is only three miles away, and the exciting seaside resorts of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham are just the other side of the river.
Your superb local award-winning beach is only ten minutes away by car.
Blackpool Sands is arguably the best beach in the South West, the recipient of the European Blue Flag Award for water quality and the Seaside Award for facilities. Around and about there are sailing, walking, riding (tuition and hacking), tennis, fishing (from river, lake or sea), scenic river trips up the river Dart and Dartmoor to explore. Visit Buckfast Abbey or treat yourself to a shopping spree in Plymouth or Exeter, the Dart Stream Railway will bring back nostalgic memories of the past, or new ones for the young. Woodlands Leisure Park is only five minutes away offering fun for all the family.
We are pleased to introduce the carefully renovated apartments at Hillfield Country House offering the utmost in style and luxury. Ranging from one, two and three bedrooms, this gloriously comprehensive all year round accommodation, contains all modern conveniences in a traditional setting. Wonderful views and fantastic décor blend well with the luxurious curtains and soft furnishing, locally sourced pine furniture blend well with sumptuous leather chairs. Hand crafted pine kitchens with fan assisted oven, ceramic hob, microwave, dishwasher, fridge, freezer and washer dryer. Superb bathrooms containing Jacuzzi baths, overhead showers, heated mirrors and piped music. Magnificent master bedrooms with king size beds, twenty-inch flat-screened televisions and CD player
It is perhaps no surprise that guests tend to return again and again and when they experience the quality all year round, accommodation offered. The development of traditional Devon Cottages is available all year round, with accommodation ranging from one bedroom to five bedrooms two to twelve guests. Finished to high standards they are ideal for a couple through to the larger family. Your comfortable Cottages and Apartments are thoughtfully sited and all your holiday needs are catered for, but to get the best from your holiday you do need a car.
This beautiful estate considered being the finest in the area, and once the eighteenth century home of Sir John Henry Seale is situated in the famous South Hams District of South Devon, close by the pretty river Dart. John Seale was a very influential person in Dartmouth at the time, holding extensive property and land both in and around Dartmouth. Mostly the property of Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., lord of the manors of Townstal and Norton-Dawney; who has a large castellated mansion here, called Mount Boon, situated on a commanding eminence, west of the town, and formerly a seat of the Boone and Harris families, the latter of who sold the estate to the Seales about 1700. The late Sir John Henry Seale was created a baronet in 1838, and died in 1844. Sir Henry Paul Seale was also lord of the manor of South Town, comprising the parish of St. Petrox, and formerly belonging to the Fitzstephen, Fleming, Mohun, Carew, and Southcote families.
