{"id":12296,"date":"2022-08-18T10:58:19","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T10:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.leisuredays.co.uk\/news\/?p=12296"},"modified":"2023-06-23T12:57:08","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T12:57:08","slug":"2022-willerby-clearwater-holiday-lodge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leisuredays.co.uk\/news\/2022-willerby-clearwater-holiday-lodge-12296\/","title":{"rendered":"2022 Willerby Clearwater holiday lodge"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first impression as you step inside the Willerby Clearwater holiday lodge is of space.<\/p>\n

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This is a 20ft-wide lodge, with an open-plan lounge and dining area spanning the width of the home and a kitchen forming a U-shape next to it. That might sound like a classic holiday lodge layout \u2013 but it has a twist: there\u2019s an upholstered, bench-style seat at the edge of the kitchen (somewhere to perch for morning coffee, perhaps), plus a small seat (somewhere to lace and unlace walking boots) not far from the door. These two seats don\u2019t just augment family seating capability; they somehow create another dimension to the Willerby Clearwater, a welcoming area, perhaps. Or a hallway. Call it what you will, it\u2019s just nice!<\/p>\n

The kitchen amply fulfils its role as the hub of the Clearwater; plenty of surface on four sides, and plenty of cabinets, too; there are five lower cabinets, and five upper cabinets.<\/p>\n

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The oven, separate grill and microwave are arranged in a tower configuration, with all three at convenient heights. And there are cabinets both above and below it. This is a superbly designed kitchen, with an area of surface between the hob and the oven, grill and microwave stack, just where you need it.<\/p>\n

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Plus an L-shaped area between the hob and the sink \u2013 and an enormous surface stretching along the front of the kitchen, plus a small area by what might be termed the entrance to the kitchen, as you step inside from the \u2018welcoming room\u2019.<\/p>\n

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The kitchen d\u00e9cor is pleasingly plain, with white upper cabinets and lower ones finished in grey blue with a subtle, watermark grain pattern. The splashback is grey glass and the surface has a natural wood look. Steel bar-style handles keep to the plain, simple-but-stylish theme. Unusually, the Clearwater\u2019s chilling and freezing arrangements are separate units, under-counter sited. The absence of a tower style fridge freezer makes for a more open aspect.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s easy to envisage lots of family activity going on at once in in the Willerby\u00a0 Clearwater holiday lodge. The kitchen is amply large enough for more than one person to work. The lounge has two sumptuous, large sofas and a square footstool (with lift-up lid and storage space beneath) that can be moved anywhere to suit needs.<\/p>\n

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The dining area has plenty of space around the table and a dresser that provides two cabinets and eight shelves next to it. And the entrance area come \u2018welcoming room\u2019 with its two bench style seats is a lovely bonus.<\/p>\n

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We\u2019d perched on the little bench seat by the side entrance to compose the first part of this review. Now the square footstool is our office, facing the log-effect fire in a smart black surround set into a unit that contains three drawers and a cabinet.<\/p>\n

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Television connections are on the wall above.<\/p>\n

Two coffee tables both have plenty of shelf space. We settle for a few minutes on one of the settees and find that it is brilliantly comfortable, supportive and with bolster and backrest cushions plus scatter cushions, in pale blue grey velvet, two on each settee. This is a luxurious and superbly spacious lounge.<\/p>\n

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Our review Clearwater at Holgates\u2019 Ribble Valley Rimington Leisure Park<\/a>, has an integrated microwave, a slimline dishwasher and a washing machine. These are among a range of optional extras offered by Willerby for factory-fresh Clearwaters; the buyer of our review model gets them as part of the package. (Other optional extras offered by Willerby include a fully galvanised chassis, a Bluetooth MP3 player and a king-size bed in the main bedroom.)<\/p>\n

Before we begin to explore the sleeping and showering sector, we pause to take in the view from the lounge of this Clearwater lodge – a magnificent hill and vale vista. Holgates\u2019 Ribble Valley park is five miles from Pendle Hill, that dominates the area\u2019s scenery, and seven miles from the old market town of Clitheroe. The concept of holiday homes as \u2018your place in the country\u2019 is surely epitomised here.<\/p>\n

In this video we take a look inside the 2022 Willerby Clearwater holiday lodge.<\/p>\n