Hi I’m Mark After travelling the world, I decided to settle down in Suffolk twenty years ago and started my own little business with a beautiful old derelict farm complex, which I converted into six lovely little cottages for people to escape from city life and enjoy the wonderfully rural experience that this area amazingly has, despite it’s close proximity to London. I love what I do and am ‘Hands On’ with welcoming guests to my own six cottages, as well as looking after my Cottage Agency 'The Grove Cottages' that soon developed as other owners came asking me to take on their cottages and give them the same level of personal customer care, attention, and promotion that we are known and appreciated for. I don’t want to be a huge company, I’m very happy to have a small agency where personal involvement is always the priority and where I can pick only places which I love and know inside out to join us. I am always available to answer any questions and above all else I want you to be in a cottage that suits you, so you will become our ambassador. Please do ask me a question about this cottage and I will give you a very honest answer. Best Wishes Mark - The Grove Cottages

Wow… What a Location ! The Hexagon is a ground floor extension to an Ex-Radar Tower with an impressive viewing floor where you can see for miles over the Essex Marshes and bird sanctuaries to the sea. No neighbours – totally remote – a fabulous location. … and you can bring the kids if you bring a tent for them to sleep in. The Hexagon is a completely self-contained living area on the ground floor, complete with en-suite bedroom and a well-equipped kitchen. The owners have put in a wood burning stove and sofas in the viewing floor of the Toweer for guests to enjoy bird watching and the magnificent sunsets. The main Sitting/dining room is glazed with 8 glass folding doors providing views out across your enclosed garden to the meadow and beyond, making it easy to eat inside or out – there are no neighbours for fields! Guests who love Nature, walking, seascapes, Nature Reserves, star-watching and ‘being one’ with their surroundings without interruptions, will love this place. If you need to see people, then the yacht marina and shops are just a 12 minute driveaway. Outside There are several different footpaths to explore directly from the cottage, all of them are immediately in the countryside. One path takes you to the Marina at Tollesbury via the Sea Wall, this is a lovely walk. At the Marina you will find the cosy Sail-loft café and restaurant, the amazing red lightship in the moonscape of the salt marshes that make this area so unique, and the  Woodup Pool for swimming & BBQ's Banned Dogs: Please also note that if you are considering bringing a dog breed which may be thought of as a danger or a concern to others, then Please check with us first before booking and we will discuss the suitability of our cottage. Up to 2 Pets welcome: There is a 20 Pound charge per pet for up to 7 nights. Please note that cottage owners cannot accept pets that have not been paid for, so please make sure that you have contacted us to pay for your pet before arrival.

The fields surrounding The Hexagon belong to the owners, who are Champion cattle breeders. The field is adjoined by the Essex Marshes and the Sea Wall, so you have direct access to some of the best bird watching areas in England and miles and miles of some of the best dog walks. Tollesbury is the nearest village and is at the end of a peninsular created by the river Blackwater and the Tollesbury Fleet. Tollesbury is hemmed in by the mysterious, and graphically stunning, lunar landscape of the Essex marshes. Indeed, the buildings closest to the harbour are built on stilts to accommodate the high tides which swamp the marshes and when the sea simply comes up the road. There is a nice safe tidal pool that has been created for people to enjoy a swim, canoe or picnic on the beach created just beside the marina. At low tide you can have hours of fun walking round the endless tide pools of this lunar landscape marshland, past the historic ships, the bright red Lightship and the local working boats and long forgotten hulks – it is a completely different World. There are some lovely cafes like the ‘The Loft’ or restaurants in the Marina and all the shops you need in Tollesbury.