Making life fun !
About us and what we do …
Riverside Cottage is a family home – when we are not there we love to share our surroundings with our rental guests. We rent out the cottage to other like minded families from all over the UK and the world. The cottage sleeps 10 and we also have a lodge which can accommodate an other 4. Both are self catering but we can help with freezer meals or home catering.
We are supported by Visit Hampshire, South East Tourism. We have a 5 star Quality in Tourism rating from Enjoy England, and we’ve won the Beautiful South GOLD award !
There is a swimming pool and the grounds of Riverside Cottage allow everyone to have their own space.
We are extremely professional in our offerings to everyone who stays but this does not take away from the personal touch or the experience of coming to a countryside location where we value the natural beauty of Hampshire and all that it provides – its walks, its attractions, farmers markets and local producers, its cities, architecture and history, the excellent restaurants and huge range of sporting activities from horse riding to golf. You are spoilt for choice!
Riverside Cottage also boasts an amazing contemporary yurt in its grounds which is seasonal April to September – it is used for extra space, entertaining or activities.
We encourage a healthy lifestyle and have a green tourism award – we are trying to be as sustainable and ‘green’ as we can – we are learning all the time!
Within the Riverside grounds we grow lavender and have 50 vines – both of these are for personal enjoyments & they make an attractive landscape allowing us to pursue our entrepreneurial spirit of jam making, and Lavender GIN! We also have two bee hives who give us lavender honey. The lavender is also used in our home produced soaps and creams – guests are able to enjoy these, as gifts in the cottage. However all our lavender products have become popular, so they can now be seen in local Hampshire Farmers Shops as well as further afield and online.
Riverside is keen to support local businesses so we encourage our rental guests to visit the village of Barton Stacey’s post office and shop as well as The Swan Pub. The village also has a beautiful church.
We are very happy to introduce or to organise your catering needs in the cottage, using local caterers.
All of the above is overseen by Clare as she likes to get involved in as much as possible. Riverside is very close to her heart and all that she does is very personal – its a lifestyle she has chosen, hence the name Riverside Lifestyle.
We all look forward to welcoming you and your families.
Clare’s ‘Riverside Dream’ is about taking time out for yourself. Riverside is a place to be calm and relaxed; a place to escape to from the hectic juggle of day-to-day life.
So welcome to Riverside, take a moment to invest in you, whether it’s renting one of our cottages, participating in our yoga, or art classes, choosing an artisan food or gift product or relaxing in our yurt.
Riverside Lifestyle is my refuge from the stresses of everyday life; the place where I can daydream over a glass of wine, or have time to enjoy cooking for the family or indeed just curl up in a comfy chair with my dog Toby by my side.
