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Firm plans ‘eco retreats’ across 14 UK National Parks
A company offering ‘eco retreats’ plans to expand across 14 National Parks throughout the UK.
Natural Retreats is to build nine new lodges on an existing site near Richmond in North Yorkshire to bring the number of properties up to 19 by July.
The company has also acquired two new sites which are now in the process of development in Snowdonia and the Lake District.
This is part of a plan to expand to include other sites alongside or within all 14 of the UK’s National Parks, according to the firm.
The company aims to combine high levels of luxury and sensitive development with dramatic locations.
Each lodge – or ‘residence’ – offers glass wall frontages, solid wood floors and state of the art island kitchens and bathrooms.
Each of the new properties in North Yorkshire will feature three double bedrooms, all with en-suite showers. The main bedroom has been made slightly larger so to provide a bath for holidaying families.
A spacious entrance is separate from the rest of the lodge to provide a place for wet clothes and dirty boots.
New ‘green design’ features include the use of organic paints on the interior walls, built in recycling bins for glass, tins and paper, compost bins for natural food waste, efficient gas boilers and under floor heating.
The Yorkshire Dales site will also home to a new environmentally friendly sewage treatment plant, a Klargester system and a detailed Nature Conservation Management Plan to enhance the landscape and the local flora and fauna, according to the company.
Director Matt Spence said: “I wanted to challenge the way people saw and experienced the countryside.
“I wanted to show them there was more to the breathtaking and varied landscapes we have in this amazing country. But more than anything I wanted to do it in a way that had never been seen in the UK before.
“The creation of truly luxurious residences that blend in with the immediate environment and local communities to create a harmonious, unique experience. The chance to enjoy nature at its most amazing in environmentally friendly luxury.”
A five-night stay in summer 2008 starts at £880 per lodge including accommodation, a food hamper on arrival, logs, linen including towels and VAT.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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