ORCHARD MANOR
Guest House, Bed and Breakfast Holiday Accommodation in Probus, near Truro Cornwall
Luxury Apartments Suites, please click on the link below for the Studio Apartment Suite, Blue bell Aparment Suite with (disabled access) or Gallery family Apartment Suite
We provide an alternative style of accommodation for the 'Next Generation of Business Traveller'. From one night to a few months or more...you unlock the door to your stay.
Orchard Manor can offer a choice of three luxurious Apartments Suites. These apartments suites are situated in the peaceful rural village of Probus, central for touring.
Located in the heart of Cornwall, Carlyon beach, Charlestown tall ship harbour, The Lost Gardens Of Heligan and the Eden project are approximately 15 minutes' drive.
With Optional English breakfast, rooms are all supremely comfortable and sparkling clean, with beautiful rural views. Sit on the
balcony and watch the sunset after a day exploring Cornwall's beautiful coastline and the fishing villages.
Alternatively, join the locals in the village pub, or spend evening in Truro which has many fine restaurants.

Postal address, Orchard Manor, Fore Street, Probus, Truro, Cornwall TR2 4LY.
e-mail nigel@orchardmanor.co.uk-
Please feel free to phone me at any time,
Phone 01726 883168 or my Mobile 07815813321, if you use Skype my user name is nigelbabe, that's free worldwide
Our web site www.orchardmanor.co.uk
Special Offers, only available when Booked through Orchard Manor click here
Orchard Manor Apartments suites offer exceptionally high quality guest accommodation with a personal
touch in an informal and relaxing environment.
It is located in Cornwall at the gateway
of the Roseland Peninsula, five miles from Truro and eight miles from St Austell, pretty well at the
centre of Cornwall; 20 minutes drive to either coast, St Mawes and Newquay, Padstow is 30
minutes drive, Mevagissey, approximately, 10 minutes. My favourite spot - I like to sit there
with a bag of chips on the quay and watch the Harbour Lights flickering in the water in this
beautiful little fishing village.
Plymouth is one hours drive; Lands End is also approximately one-hour drive.
Click here for a map and directions.
Orchard Manor Apartments suites will best suit those who appreciate quality and are looking for a quiet relaxing and
rejuvenating holiday - the whole of your stay could easily be spent at Orchard Manor but equally it
offers an ideal base for those wishing to tour and sight-see.
Orchard Manor is ideally situated to explore all the many in lovely gardens including Trewithen Gardens,
Heligan Gardens, the world famous Eden Project and stunning National Trust properties as well as the unspoilt
countryside and coast. You will receive a warm welcome from Nigel and the staff and all those facilities you
would expect from quality village country house accommodation.
The combination of peace and tranquillity, jacuzzi baths, steam rooms/cabinets, 50 inch Panasonic televisions with free view, All for your pleasure, make these properties an ideal all year round romantic retreat. We are also pleased to cater for those Special Occasions: Nigel is happy to arrange special bouquets, chocolates, champagne or wine to be in your room upon arrival for that special occasion.To enhance any holiday and are particularly nice for honeymoons, anniversaries or birthdays.
As we say in Cornwall the kettle is always on , so if you fancy cup of tea or a cup coffee, or milk or fresh orange juice for your children, these are supplied free of charge.
For long-term travellers, a laundry service is available for a small fee.
There is a non-smoking policy at Orchard Manor Apartments suites
Links to the Apartments Suites
The Gallery Family Apartment Suite
Studio Apartment Suite
The Bluebell Apartment Suite (disabled access)

Staff photographs, this is Nigel and Gillian my housekeeper, having a nice relaxing cup of tea on the patio,

As we say in Cornwall, this is me acting the Goat!

Photo of front garden, June 2003.



Photos of garden, leading to the Patio.

This is the patio area where we sit back have a chat, relax with a nice cup of tea or bottle of wine and enjoy our barbecues in the summer months.
Photos of the balcony, taken on 21st October 2003




This is one cornish sunset viewed from the balcony; the nice thing about sunsets- they’re all different. I can watch them every night, wonderful sights, you know what they say- the best things in life are free! Just open your eyes.
The Gallery Family Apartment Suite
Studio Apartment Suite
The Bluebell Apartment Suite (disabled access)
Probus and the Cornwall information and web links
Probus is a peaceful village, central for touring Cornwall and is the perfect place to spend two days or two weeks any time of the year, with an ever increasing range of top-quality restaurants and cafes. You can visit Trewithen Gardens covering some 30 acres renowned for its magnificent collection of camellias, rhododendrons, magnolias and many rare trees and shrubs which are seldom found elsewhere in Britain; just a ten minute walk, from Orchard Manor.
The Eden Project, New Tate Gallery, St Michael's Mount, Lands End, or the Hall for Cornwall to see a live show, or simply do nothing - the choice is yours.
Probus also makes the perfect destination in the winter months when you can visit the local beaches and see the awesome power of the ocean which is truly breathtaking.
Rather than detail all the sights and attractions ourselves, we list below a link list. Simply click on any page and get the full story
General Information Sites in Cornwall.
www.nigelorchard.co.uk
www.orchardmanor.co.uk
www.probuslamplighter.co.uk - Lovely old restaurant
www.trewithengardens.co.uk - Covering 30 acres.
www.probusvillage.com
www.Cornwalltouristboard.co.uk
www.Go-cornwall.com
www.theAA.com
Arts organisations And Galleries.
www.minack.com - Minack Theatre.
www.tate.org.uk - Tate St.Ives & Barbara Hepworth
www.artsroundcornwall.com - Arts listings
www.hallforcornwall.co.uk - Major venue in Truro.
www.penleehouse.org.uk - Penlee Gallery.
www.round-house.co.uk - Gallery at Sennen Cove.
www.starfish-gallery.co.uk
Attractions, Museums, Gardens, etc
www.theguide-cornwall.com
www.edenproject.com - The must-see global garden
www.goonhilly.bt.com - BT satellite station.
www.sealsanctuary.co.uk
www.english-heritage.org.uk
www.royalcornwallmuseum.org.uk
www.bluereefaquarium.co.uk - Aquarium in Newquay
www.landend-landmark.co.uk - Lands End
www.flambards.co.uk - Kids day out great fun.
www.porthcurno.org.uk - Porthcurno telegraph. museum
www.paradisepark.org.uk - Bird park & sanctuary in Hayle.
www.national-aquarium.co.uk - Major aquarium in Plymouth.
www.nmmc.co.uk - Maritime Museum in Falmouth.
www.trebah-garden.co.uk - Tropical garden nr Falmouth.
www.geevor.com - Tin mine attraction.
Getting around Cornwall by Public Transport
Nearest Motorway or Main Road A1 A30 5 miles
• Newquay airport, 15 mile
• Nearest Port Falmouth 15 mile / Ferrycrossing Plymouth Harbour 50 mile
• Nearest Major Train Station Truro 5 mile
• Nearest Coach/Bus Station Truro 5 mile
• Local Taxi Company Shaun's taxes
• Tel No. of Taxi 0786 010 5108.
If you are planning to explore Cornwall by public
transport, please understand that bus and train services
can be infrequent, and don't always coincide with each other.
Take a
look at www.travelinesw.com which is a web-site that brings together
the local bus and train timetables to help you plan a public
transport journey. Click
on the journey planner, putting in our post code (TR2 4LY) as
your start point, and then your proposed destination. It will give you
several journey options, and durations. You may be surprised at how long some
short journeys can take!
Weather
www.met-office.gov.uk/weather
www.bbc.co.uk/weather
Exchange and currency Rates
www.x-rates.com/
I thought I would enter a few dive organisations, & information site, as I'm a rescue diver myself. Cornwall is a beautiful place to dive, if you’ve a dry suit; it’s a bit cold for me nowadays, I would rather be in Andaman Sea off Thailand where the temperature of the water is 29 degrees at 30 metres deep, thats what I call heaven.
Diving Organisations & Information site.
www.padi.com - Professional association of diving instructors.
www.bsac.co.uk - British Sub Aqua Club.
www.divestives.com - St Ives.
www.divecornwall.co.uk - Helston, Lizard.
www.undersea.co.uk - Penzance
www.seawaysdiving.com - Penryn
www.scuba-doc.com - Information site
My favourite web sites, these are worth taking a look at, and hopefully save you some money as well.
www.1899.com- free phone calls
www.earth.google.com- view the world to any postcode
www.babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn- translate Web sites to English, also chit chat.
www.pandora.com-design your radio station
www.skype.com-free phone & video calls all over the world
Music and the Roland FR7 Piano Accordion

I play the Piano Accordion the Roland FR7 it is a beautiful instrument. I like it because it plays many different instruments, trumpet, saxophone, flute, bagpipes, harmonica, just to name a few, I have added a few links you may find interesting, if you would like to learn to play the piano accordion, this web site is a fantastic, Piano Accordion Lessons, course for beginners. Not only is it simple to read, with the different colours, you can also hear each part being played for you. It makes it much easier to learn. You can download it on your computer. Then print the music Within minutes, beginners and intermediate courses available. Click on the link below.
Piano Accordion Lessons
www.accordionradio.co.uk -Accordion Music
www.accordions.com
www.accordionworld.com
www.ukaccordions.com
www.accordionclub.co.uk
www.accordions.co.uk
sibelius,education, music writting program
Orchard Manor cannot be held responsible for the content of any of the sites linked from this page and their inclusion should not be deemed as an automatic endorsement or recommendation.
Please click here on the links below to go to Gallery Family Apartment or the Studio Apartment you can see photographs of each of the Apartments to help you make your choice.
The Gallery Family Apartment Suite
Studio Apartment Suite
The Bluebell Apartment Suite (disabled access)
Orchard Manor, bed and breakfast, 2010 tariff and terms and conditions.
Special Offers, Bed and Breakfast, discounted for three nights or more, & Free full English Breakfast.
These rates are available only when booked through Orchard Manor, by telephone, so please telephone me. If you book your accommodation through another company, A surcharge of 15% to 25% that they charge us, will be added when booked through any other company.
Three nights specials, breaks,Discounted for three nights or more, based on two people sharing,
All payments must be made in advance
If you would like to pay for your accommodation with a credit card, The total price of the reservation will be charged on the day of booking and is non-refundable.We advise guests to insure against cancellation.
Accepted credit cards
Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Maestro, Solo, Switch, Bankcard,
Orchard Manor reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.
Please note that any breakages, loss or damage during your stay will also result in a charge to your card.
If you would like to pay for your accommodation with a cheque. Please make Cheques payable to Nigel Orchard . This must be sent to us in full one month before arrival,
Or if you wish can pay by bank to bank transfer, I won't put my bank details on the website, just in case, there seem to be a lot of rogues out there, please phone for this information, Thank you.
In the event of a no show or a cancellation, we reserve the right to charge for the accommodation in full unless we are able to re-let. We advise guests to insure against cancellation.
I hate to charge people for cancellations, but you must remember if you book a room or suite we are turning other people away who would like to stay here, we still have to pay for all of our overheads, so please insure against cancellations, thank you.
These rates are available only when booked through Orchard Manor, by phone, so please telephone me, If you book your accommodation through another company, A surcharge of 15% to 25% that they charge us, will be added when booked through any other company.
If you fancy cooked breakfast, we will bring the breakfast into your Apartment Suite, This consist of fresh fruit juices, cereals, cooked breakfast, sausage wrapped in bacon, egg , bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, beans, hash browns, all roasted in the Aga, nothing is fried. Not even the eggs, as we say in Cornwall, Caw it's handsome yeo!! Toast and marmalade and tea or coffee.
We have a no smoking policy in Orchard Manor.
All laptops can have FREE wireless internet access. any where in Orchard Manor.
Parking
There is free parking in the driveway; Also there is a free village carpark for larger vehicles just a two minute Walk from Orchard Manor.
Come and sample some true Cornish hospitality and find it why so many of our guests keep returning year after year.
Visitors comments
These are a few comments and e-mails we've had from people staying at Orchard Manor.
Ernie from, Stoke-on-Trent, Home from home must come again.
Margaret and Tim, Lovely room, food and proprietor.
Scott Sue, Lovely views and room, great food.
Bob and Sue Jackson, Quiet, clean, comfortable, lovely.
Steve and Isabel, Excellent 2 night stopover.
Sandra and Pete Hall, Very nice, good food, enjoyable.
Amy Mason and James Hall, Lovely really enjoyed our stay will come back!!.
The Betwines and McDonald's, Cambridge and Somerset, Wonderful B&B, lovely setting to start our journey to John O'Groats.
"Where can you stay in Cornwall for a B&B with two grown up children in tow, when the Eden Project is high on your agenda for a must-do visit? At five days' notice we booked in to Nigel Orchard's gallery apartment for five days, and were overwhelmed by the welcome and attention given to us, and the modern, state-of-the art, apartment which we enjoyed. Probus is easy to find between St Austell & Truro, and is convenient for all of Cornwall's attractions. The country views from the apartment were pleasant, and the walks around Probus easy to find. The local Inn, Indian Restaurant and Fish & Chip shop catered for us superbly for four of our evening meals. Our only criticism was that the internet router had a weak variable signal, which didn't prevent contact with the outside world for long. So just follow those directions into Probus, and enjoy your stay."
We will recommend it to our friends too.
Yours sincerely
Michael Carter
Orchard Manor was a lovely surprise for me. It has the most wonderful rural views and is so quiet and peaceful. This I have
to say was a real selling point for me as I am on the road selling as a rep and to get out of the hustle and bustle of traffic
towns and cities, was a real treat. The service was outstanding, the rooms clean, bathrooms very modern and the breakfast
was brilliant. Fabulous chef!
Cheers,
Ange
Kind regards, Nigel Orchard.