Your Salad Days

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These are the halcyon days of your youth, those carefree days, the fun packed sunny summer days of jam sandwiches and ice cream, exploration and discovery when you giggled and smiled your way through rock pools, streams and sand. When you were excited yet chilled, you wanted for nothing and had no worries, you slept soundly and woke up every morning ready for the next big adventure.
Our mission is all about making people happy. What better way to do this than in a quintessential British beach hut with all its charm, fun, colour and nostalgia, add to this all the luxury associated with a 5 star boutique hotel, wrapped up in the tranquil magical place that is Dunster Beach. In these surroundings you can’t help but relax and unwind, surrounded by birds and bunnies, steam trains and castles, coastline and hills and all the beauty that Somerset offers.
Our aim is to create memories and allow our guests to relive some of their own Salad Days.
Brett & Susan

Luxurious award winning accommodation at Dunster Beach

What Salad Days offers

Salad Days offers luxurious award winning accommodation at Dunster Beach, awarded 5 stars by Visit England.

Designed for couples only, this self-catering, boutique beach hut is one of England’s best kept secrets. Bordering Exmoor National Park and the Somerset coast, it offers unique luxury in a beach hut environment.

Relax and unwind while overlooking the tranquil nature reserve just metres from the beach or soak up the atmosphere of medieval Dunster with its charming Yarn Market and stunning Castle.

Fully refurbished the accommodation offers; underfloor heating, en-suite with shower, king size bed, fully equipped kitchen with dishwasher, cooker, fridge etc. lounge with dining area, front and back fenced gardens with seating, sun loungers & bike racks

Prices 2019 range from £425 to £595 per week, £225 to £345 for a 3 or 4 night break (March to October inclusive) minimum stay is 3 nights, see our tariff link at the bottom of the page for full details and availability.
All linen (towels and bedding) and electric is supplied within the price.

Well behaved dogs welcome, see 'Dogs at Salad Days' for loads more information..

Change over days are Friday or Monday. If more than one week is booked fresh towels and linen will be provided each week.
The ideal base to explore Somerset, Devon, Exmoor National Park, The Quantock Hills and the surrounding areas of the beautiful South West corner of England.

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Salad Days Beach Hut

We bought Chalet 235 in 2015, it has since undergone extensive refurbishment and now Salad Days, boasts luxurious, boutique, beach hut accommodation, a first for Dunster Beach. Salad Days is a traditional British beach hut on the outside that treats you to unexpected luxury on the inside.
Further pictures can be found on our Salad Days Facebook page or visit our Salad Days Galleries via the menu button. Salad Days and Dunster Beach are both dog friendly.

Dunster Beach

Dunster Beach is a collection of around 250 beach huts sandwiched between the Bristol Channel on one side with views of the Welsh coast and The Hawn nature reserve (which Salad Days overlooks) on the other, with Dunster Castle and Exmoor as a backdrop.. A walk along the beach brings you to the traditional seaside town of Minehead one way and Blue Anchor Bay the other. The Dunster Beach site has a shop, cafe, putting green, tennis court & accessible toilets. Footpaths & cyclepaths criss cross the coastline and surrounding countryside.

A little history of Dunster Beach

Dunster Beach started life in the roaring 1920's by Lady Luttrel who resided at Dunster Castle. She had the first beach hut installed for her personal use, then a few more were built to be rented out, a few years later a second row (where Salad Days is located) was added. During World War II it housed Coastal Defence Workers and the Home Guard building the coastal fortifications, Dunster Beach had slit trenches, barbed wire and pillboxes, although now gone the pillboxes remain as a reminder of darker days at Dunster Beach.
Today it offers a charming escape from modern life. Relax and unwind at Salad Days Beach Hut.