Accommodation
The Dolphin Inn www.dolphin-inn.co.uk provides bed and breakfast in the village centre. In addition the Dolphin is well known for good food with a varied menu for both lunch and dinner.
Your hosts are: Geoff and Jan
Tel: 01548 810314 Postcode: TQ7 4QE
Trebles Cottage, ( click on here for more information), offers bed and breakfast, please contact Jonathan and Irina Lunn on 01548 810130
more details can be found at: http://www.aboutbritain.com/bed-and-breakfasts/bed-and-breakfast4267.asp
There are also a number of self catering cottages to let in Kingston, most handled through agents.
The Coach House, Kingston
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A lovely old coach house, recently converted to a very high standard, providing a lovely base for 2 people to explore this fantastic part of
The cottage is totally detached and has its own private garden overlooking the fields behind. There is a double bedroom and bathroom (bath with shower over) downstairs. Upstairs is a light and airy open plan living (with woodburner) and kitchen room and a utility room - handy for coats and boots!
Prices are from £250 to £400 a week (fully inclusive of all heating, power, bed linen and towels) depending on the time of year.
Please do have a look at our website http://www.ownersdirect.co.uk/england/E1726.htm for more information and photos.
Helpful Holidays, one of the leading holiday home specialists in the West Country, has eight holiday cottages in Kingston. A Devon based, family run business, they are advocates for holidaymakers with a "tell it like it is" ethos, offering straightforward advice for people wanting self-catering holidays in the West Country. Their knowledgeable telephone team has first-hand experience of all eight properties in Kingston to help guide you to your perfect holiday home.
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Email: help@helpfulholidays.com
Web: www.helpfulholidays.com
Toadhall Cottages are a well-established family run holiday cottage letting agency, with over 22 years unrivalled experience for .jpg)
providing self catering cottages in Devon for visitors looking for high quality accommodation in the South Hams. Our properties are chosen for their character and must possess that “certain something special” along with good quality, home from home accommodation. Many properties welcome dogs and have internet broadband.
We have several wonderful holiday properties in the delightful village of Kingston including a large, detached and very comfortable family home, with an acre of spacious gardens, doorstep walks to the beach and the nearby coastal path and a pub around the corner. Sleeps 9, but also priced for lesser number of people.
We also have a delightful, small and comfortably furnished 2 bedroomed cottage with a wood-burning stove situated off a quiet lane, a pleasant stroll from a well-known pub.
Perhaps you would prefer our classic, detached, thatched chocolate-box 17th century Grade II Listed cottage. .jpg)
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How about part of a lovely and very large secluded stone property situated in a small hamlet just over a mile from the village and set in beautiful, peaceful, informal grounds of 6 acres with a lake. Excellent value for a couple.
Click this link to go directly into these properties http://www.toadhallcottages.co.uk/holiday-cottages/South-Devon/Kingston/ and why not book a cottage break, romantic getaway or family holiday on line. Alternatively telephone our proficient and cheerful team based here in Kingsbridge in South Devon who will be sure to give you a personal and welcoming service.
01548 853089 www.toadhallcottages.co.uk
There is a wide range of other accommodation nearby, from hotels in Kingsbridge, to pubs in Modbury, the nearest small town, and farmhouse B & Bs.
Local Businesses
Kingston residents display an extraordinary range of talents. Many are given freely to the benefit of the community when common needs arise. However, all are also available at a price and everyone is encouraged to use local tradespeople to keep our economy thriving. You could learn to play the clarinet, hire a jazz musician, sail a yacht or learn navigation skills, order a fabulous cake or a complete dinner for two. Do you need your garden sorting out, require home care or help with minor legal issues? It is all possible in Kingston.
The Kingston Directory of Trades and Skills can be seen here..
In addition there are direct links to the following local businesses:
Pollards Quality Meats service. http://www.devonmeatboxes.co.uk/ or mailto: mailto:dumbi@hotmail.co.uk Pollards is a new family business, building on Melanie and Richard Pollard's 50 year of experience in farming and butchery. Pollards takes great pride in selling high quality meats at good value prices, sourced directly from traditional Devon farms. Cut and packaged by traduitional family butchers. Kingston Tuesday Morning Market. Free holiday home and local meat box delivery is at your convenience. Seasonal barbecue meat boxes are available or your individual choice. Also provide private cutting and packaging of your own meats. Email or call Richard or Melanie on 07807 863 102 or 01548 811135 for enquiries, quotes and wholesale prices.
Start Point Sail West offers shore based and practical sail cruising courses. 16 week evening courses available in Kingston, Dartmouth and Ivybridge.
Tel Wendy Langdon on 01548 810917 or visit www.sail-west.co.uk
SCOBBISCOMBE FARM PRODUCE
We have a freezer full of of LAMB and BEEF from animals that have been out grazing in the fields at Scobbiscombe as well as home reared PORK. Potatoes are also available.
To order Scobbiscombe meat ring 01548 810259 or drop into the Tuesday Morning Market held in the Reading Room between 10-12noon. We are usually there.
Are you considering setting up a new business? or does your business needs help and advice?
You can get help from:
Women Do Business, which is a programme of FREE support and training for any woman in Kingston
Contact Gail Hickson 01392 382403 or email gail@devonrcc.org.uk
Enterprise South Devon, which provides professional business advice to get you started plus ongoing support as your business develops. The service is completely confidential, entirely impartial and at absolutely no cost to you, as all expenses are met by a number of funding sources including: the Small Business Service, 'Business Link', district councils and private sectoor sposorship.
Contact Enterprise South Devon 08456 447558 or email info@enterprisessouthdevon.co.uk