Self Catering & Glamping Accommodation in North Devon
Little Bray House is a working family home offering self catering accommodation for visitors to North Devon, Exmoor National Park and the North Devon coast.
Set in rolling open countryside, Little Bray has been a beautiful holiday destination under the same ownership since 1976 and established as guest-house several years prior.
We offer self catering within cottages in the "wings" of the house along with glamping and camping in the grounds.
Please peruse the website for more information on accommodation and glamping, along with the history of the house and estate and current facilites we offer such as fishing, music and the indoor badminton court.
What's here at Little Bray
Outdoor Play Facilities
Mature Gardens to Explore
Visit our Blog Pages for many more photos and comments about the garden!
Indoor Badminton Barn
The House and Grounds
We have 8 acres of mature grounds to explore. Featuring flower beds, lawns and enclosed woodland areas with play facilities for children.
Our guests are invited to use most of the grounds to relax and soak up the countryside atmosphere!
Around Little Bray
Little Bray is nestled in rolling countryside, just off the edge of Exmoor National Park and surrounded by working farmland.
There are quiet woodland and river walks* directly from the house and the village of Brayford.
- Please note; walks in the woodlands around Little Bray are strictly by permission of Little Bray House and limited to trackways - do ask us before walking and we can tell you where is safe to walk.
The land is working forestry and farmland, we expect all our guests to adhere to safety advice.
Live Music - Intimate performances
Jamie plays guitar in well-known local funk/rock function band "Soulcraft" whilst Emma is one third of "Sorrelli Strings" as well as a well respected music teacher.
We plan to host a series of music and theatre events here at Little Bray over the summer of 2023... watch this space!
If you are interested in getting involved in such an event on any level, as a performer, or pop-up caterer etc, please contact us.
Fishing on the River Bray
A rod licence is required for all. Contact us
Exmoor National Park & Coast
On our doorstep is the vast expanse of Exmoor National Park. With a wild and diverse landscape, the moor offers deep valleys with meandering streams, open moorland with gorse and heather and the wild and stunning North Devon coastline.
The National Park boundary is 5 minutes away by car and within 10 minutes you can be out in the wilderness of the moor.
The beautiful rugged scenery of the Valley of the Rocks and nearby towns Lynton and Lynmouth are a favourite for visitors to Little Bray.
Travelling west along the coast from Lynmouth you find Britain's longest high street in Combe Martin, traditional Victorian seaside town Ilfracombe and the famous sandy beaches of Woolacombe, Putsborough, Croyde and Saunton Sands.
East from Lynmouth is mostly in Somerset and is the western edge of Exmoor including Dunster, Porlock and Minehead.
Little Bray is mentioned in the Doomsday book as a late medieval (701AD - 1539AD) Farmstead, "Brai" and was held by Drogo of the Bishop of Coutances.
The Manor at the time was High Bray but the large land holdings at Little Bray appear to have come with the Acland Family (one of Devon's largest landowners), who's earliest records here begin in 1580. This "small" estate was finally broken up in 1919 upon the death of Sir C T D Acland and covered just under 6000 acres.
The house and immediate farmland were used during World War II as the Devon Searchlight Headquarters and later a POW camp.
Our Family
Chris HartnollChris is a private person and tends to keep himself to himself. An extremely proficient engineer & responsible for a massive variety of ingenius solutions around Little Bray. Chris has been making iron garden furniture here since 1977, 1000s of chairs, tables & benches have been supplied to customers all over the country including many National Trust houses.
Margaret HartnollMargaret has been principly running the self catering holidays business here since 1977. She works tirelessly to ensure guests are happy, comfortable & well looked after. We have many repeat bookings going back decades, so she's definitely doing something right!
Jamie HartnollJamie has loved the working life at Little Bray ever since childhood & spends a lot of time working on the house & gardens. The glamping site was built by Jamie in 2022. Jamie is a guitarist in a local funk/rock band & keen to bring live music & theatre to Little Bray.
Emma CollinghamEmma is Jamie's girlfriend, a professional musician & music teacher with the cello as her main instrument. Emma teaches both privately & at local private & state schools. She has a wide interest in music as well as encouraging others in personal musical development. Along with performances, we hope to bring residential masterclass weekends to Little Bray.
Susie HartnollLike Jamie, Susie grew up at Little Bray & has an unshakeable fondness for the place. She also has an unshakeable fondness for surfing & sunshine & as a phyisotherapist has had the fortune to attain work in Australia where she spends the majority of her year, whilst favouring summers in England!
Contact us with any enquiries
07397 730373 (Jamie, glamping)