Heated Pear Pod - Huge Secret Garden in the City

Private room in Bristol, United Kingdom

  1. 4 guests
  2. 1 bedroom
  3. 2 beds
  4. 1.5 shared baths
Rated 4.77 out of 5 stars.65 reviews
Hosted by Artemis
  1. Superhost
  2. 9 years hosting

Listing highlights

Great location

Guests who stayed here in the past year loved the location.

Garden view

Soak up the view during your stay.

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Our comfy Pear Pod is set in a private acre of woodland in St Werburghs, which is a bohemian family neighbourhood with fantastic local amenities. With views of the allotments and bordered by a nature reserve, you’d never know you’re walking distance from the city centre. We have compost loos and a hot shower. Parking is free, with no restrictions on our street. What we offer is basic but beautiful, with a friendly and welcoming reception.

We are an LGBTQIAA+ friendly space :)

The space
The Pear Pod has two double beds and a large seating area, with a fold away table. There is solar powered lighting, with USB points for phone or other small appliance charging. A small gas heater keeps you cosy on the colder nights. Shoe storage can be found on the outside of the pod and the sides can be raised for more light and air in fine weather. There are blackout covers for the windows.

The pod has two double beds and a large seating area, with a fold away table. There is solar powered lighting, with USB points for phone or other small appliance charging. A gas heater keeps you cosy on the colder nights and the sides can be raised for more light and air in fine weather. There are blackout covers for the windows.

There are two large, covered communal seating areas, one of which is the designated smoking area. There's no kitchen but we provide a small stove for making hot drinks. There are two compost loos, a hot shower and a sink, which provides drinkable cold water.

Wandering around you’ll find a zip line, swings, a slide, hammocks and many dens. You can spot frogs, toads and newts in our two ponds and an enormous variety of trees and plants. Depending on when you visit you might be able to pick your own wild garlic, tri-cornered leek, plums, mulberries, apples, quinces, blackberries and wild strawberries.

If you're really lucky you might see some interesting wildlife too. In the past we've seen foxes, shrews, badgers, slow worms, lizards and so many birds.

Most of the time the garden is used by a non-profit learning community, which is subsidised by guests like you staying at weekends and during the holidays, so please don't expect hotel or glamping standards because this is not the main use of the site.

There's no wifi but mobile reception is reasonable, as you would expect from an urban environment.

Guest access
Guests have exclusive use of the Pear Pod and shared use of the rest of the one acre site, including all our facilities and communal spaces.

The garden is shared with our family and guests from the yurt and the other pod on the site. There are occasionally community days, where we do some work on the site and I'll let you know if there’s one planned during your stay.

Other things to note
* We are an LGBTQIA+ friendly, anti-racist and neuro-affirming space.

* In order to keep our accommodation more affordable, we charge according to beds used and extra guests will always incur a charge.

* We are family friendly. Please add infants as a child guests if you need a bed made up for them.

* We appreciate you letting us know a rough arrival time in advance.

* We have lovely neighbours, so no amplified music or loud noise after 10pm or before 10am please.

* Smoking is strictly only allowed in the ‘Dragons Nest’ designated smoking area.

* Fires and candles aren’t permitted anywhere on site.

* The entrance to the garden is up a steep slope so unfortunately it’s not a fully accessible space.

What this place offers

Garden view
Free on-street parking
Shared patio or balcony
Private back garden – Fully fenced
Luggage drop-off allowed
Unavailable: Smoke alarm

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Where you’ll be

Bristol, England, United Kingdom
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Neighbourhood highlights

The location of our space is a massive bonus. We live in a friendly, bohemian, family community with lots of lovely cafes and restaurants with outdoor seating, pubs, parks, a climbing centre and an organic supermarket.

The site sits in the heart of the unusual Ashley Vale, next to a city farm and surrounded by allotments on one side and a nature reserve on the other. You'd be forgiven for forgetting that you're in the middle of a city with easy access to both the centre and the M32, to get out to surrounding areas.

Meet your host

Superhost
331 reviews
4.78 out of 5 average rating
9 years of hosting
Born in the 80s
My work: Systemic change
Hello, I live in Bristol, UK with my two children and my partner Ollie. My work is in co-creating the conditions for culture change for regenerative futures through deschooling and decolonising. Ollie and I are also both drag kings and cabaret producers.

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Things to know

Cancellation policy
House rules
Check-in after 16:00
Checkout before 10:00
4 guests maximum
Safety & property
No smoke alarm
Nearby lake, river, other body of water
Climbing or play structure