Cuckoos Nest Luxury lake house

Cuckoos Nest is set within the Lower Mill Estate, which has been developed to provide peace and tranquility from the hustle and bustle of a hectic life. When you walk out of the door you find yourself in the middle of a 550 acre nature reserve with lots to explore and enjoy.

The nature reserve offers one of the most unspoilt and abundant areas of wildlife, flora and fauna in the country, with two Sites of Special Scientific Interest. There are seven lakes, three rivers (including the Thames) and hundreds of acres of meadow and woodland, criss-crossed with nature trails. Enjoy exploring the 550 acre Lower Mill Estate on foot or by bike and seeing the abundance of nature it contains including deer, otters, badgers, nightingales and owls.

Different times of day reveal the estate’s extraordinary population. Dawn is a great time to catch grazing deer, shy otters and beavers, part of a set that was re-introduced on the estate – the first in the UK for 500 years. As the day progresses, settle into one of the three luxury bird hides for a peek at rare little plovers, herons, nightingales, tawny owls, egrets, grebes, teals, sand martins and kingfishers. After nightfall, enjoy the antics of otters, bats, foxes and badgers recorded by infra-red cameras along the banks of the river. For such a peaceful place, there’s never a dull moment!

The Cotswold Waterpark
The Cotswold Waterpark is made up of almost 150 lakes and covers an area of 40 square miles. Nearly all of the lakes are man-made through the extraction of gravel and have either been left to nature upon completion, which has resulted in some magnificent wildlife habitats or managed for a rapid recovery and the provision of a variety of leisure activities. Whether the lakes have been left to their own devices or serve a specific function, they all blend effortlessly into the landscape.

Here are some ideas abouth the sorts of activities available within the immediate vicinity of Cuckoos Nest, or just a few miles away:

- Water Sports: Wind Surfing, Sailing, Cable Ski, Canoeing, Swimming, Water Skiing, Wake Boarding, Scuba-diving
- Fishing: Coarse, Carp, Fly Angling
- Land Sports & activities: Walks, Mountain biking, Horse riding, Golf, Climbing, Paintball, Polo
- Nature Reserve Attractions: Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens, Cotswold market towns, Westonbirt Arboretum
- Keynes Country Park: Beach and swimming lake, BBQ & picnic areas, Water sports, Children’s play areas

The Cotswolds
Although there is plenty to entertain you on your door step, should you venture outside, the charm of the Cotswolds awaits. Below are listed a number of the nearby charming villages which will make for a wonderful day out:

Cirencester
Cirencester is an historic Roman town in the heart of the Cotswolds with attractions from a Roman Amphitheatre to the nearby Chedworth Roman Villa. The Corinium Museum in an important source of information on the local history. Cirencester has many fine examples of historic mosaics, including one which can be found near the Brewery Arts Centre in the heart of Cirencester.

Stow-on-the-Wold
Stow-on-the-Wold is a small, but well-known, market town of about 2000 people set in the Cotswold Hills. It stands beside the Roman Fosse Way at its junction with six other roads, where a settlement has existed since the Iron Age. Like many of the Cotswold towns and villages, the houses were built with the very distinctive mellow Cotswold stone from the local quarries. Many of the buildings date back to the 16th century.

Bourton-on-the-Water
Regularly voted one of the prettiest villages in England, Bourton-on-the-Water has more than its share of Cotswold houses and cottages, many of them three hundred years old, some dating back to Elizabethan times four hundred years ago.

Burford
Burford is generally regarded as the Gateway to the Cotswolds. The wide High Street sweeps down a hill towards the river Windrush which is crossed by a narrow three arched bridge. The High Street contains all manner of houses, shops and inns, some dating from the 15th century. From the 14th to the 17th century Burford was a great wool town and near the middle of the High Street is the 'Tolsey' where once wealthy wool merchants held their meetings and collected tolls; it now houses a museum.

Bibury
Bibury is a charming, typically Cotswold, village just a short drive from Cirencester. Bibury was once described by William Morris (1834-96) as ""the most beautiful village in England"". The area is made up of two villages, Arlington on one side of the River Coln and Bibury on the other. It is one of the ""must see"" destinations in the Cotswolds, and has a place on the itinerary of most tourists.

Broadway
Broadway is internationally known for its beautiful long main street, with small honey-coloured shops, attractive houses and its traditional village green. Formerly situated on the main route to Oxford and London (A44), this very pretty village now has a by-pass and is a popular location for touring the Cotswolds, Shakespeare Country, Cheltenham and Bath.

Moreton-in-the-Marsh
Located at the head of the beautiful Evenlode valley, Moreton is a thriving market town dating back 1000 years to the Saxon era. The small, friendly and pretty town provides a wide range of facilities for the visitor.