Bed and Breakfast £80 per room per night (£70 for 4 nights or more)

Self-catering Barn available Sleeping 2 people from £250 to £450 per week

Bed & Breakfast &
Self Catering

Nestled in a timeless leafy hamlet at the top of the Porthallow valley you will find The Hen House - a tranquil oasis of peace and bird-song where a warm and friendly welcome awaits you.

Explore the Helford Estuary & the Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall

Guest rooms open onto our courtyard garden. Complimentary tai-chi workshops in our secluded wild flower meadow will relax and rejuvenate.

• Traditional Serpentine barns
• Holistic therapies available
• Helford's picturesque creeks nearby
• Unspoilt fishing cove 1 mile
• Sumptuous breakfast platter of local produce
• King size beds in all rooms
• Self catering barn-sleeping up to 3 people
• Walker's paradise
• Pet's welcome
• Fine sea views across to the Roseland Peninsula
• TV and coffee/tea making facilities in each room.

The Hen House is proud to announce it is working in partnership with COAST in support of sustainable tourism and the protection of this unique environment. Click here for details

ACCOMMODATION

There's loads to explore on the Lizard but whilst at The Hen House do:

• Make some time to relax in our own wild flower meadow.
• Take tea by the pond edged with arum lilies (left au natural to encourage wild life!)
• Share traveller's tales at the end of a day's exploring on the fairy lit courtyard patio
• Retreat to the summerhouse at the top of the meadow to wonder at the fabulous view of the stars.
• Join us in an informal complimentary tai-chi workshop each day
• Reflexology and reiki healing are also available in our Serpentine Sanctuary.

Only minutes away you can explore the meandering still creeks of the Helford estuary, wonderful cliff top walks, quiet coves and golden beaches or amble through the rich verdant rolling hills unique to this part of the Lizard.

For the active there's diving courses (The Manacles dive site is the best in the U.K), surfing, horse riding, wind surfing, golf , sea fishing and boat hire all on the doorstep.

Within an hour's drive you will find 24 National Trust sites, many other gardens to visit thanks to the wonderful climate and reserves protected by English Nature.

Credit and debit cards welcome

We love children, but are unable to accommodate those under 12 years old

To protect the natural environment The Hen House uses only eco-friendly cleaning products,no pesticides or fertilisers on our grounds and garden/ food scraps are composted for use on the allotment & flower beds.

We use local produce for our wholesome breakfast platters,local building merchants and local garden centres for plants rather than national chains.

The Hen House harvests rain-water for the pond and watering of vegetable & flower beds,has low flush loos and aerating valves on showers.

We have a towel card policy,a minimum stay of 2 nights and we reward guests who stay for more than 3 nights with a discount-all to reduce waste water and detergents.

We re-cycle all paper,cans,glass,plastics and cardboard and encourage guests to help us in this aim.

We provide calico shopping bags for guests use,jute bags for their room re-cycling and buy re-cycled goods where we can, from loo rolls to office paper, table glasses to ink cartridges.

We provide loads of local information on best eateries,pubs,shops and craft shops To conserve oil we have the latest technology oil fired boilers giving instant hot water rather than heat tanks and we have a low consumption diesel car that can take a high percentage of bio-deisel We have low energy light bulbs throughout,garden lights on timers and are on a green tariff from our electricity supplier.

Bed linen and curtains are 100% cotton and carpets are rich in wool even down to the under-lay.

We are Ambassadors of the Cornwall Sustainable Tourism Project,Gold Award holders in the Green Tourism Business scheme and over the winter months teach sustainable tourism to other businesses.