In a recent online article by The Telegraph, we discover how beneficial spending quality time with your family in a natural environment can be. From rediscovering the joy of play, to giving kids access to the natural world, click the link to explore the endless benefits to buying a holiday home in the great British…
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Habitat First Group have recently been getting things ready to welcome Sand martins back from Africa. The Sand martin (Riparia riparia) is a tiny earth-brown and white bird that arrives from Africa as early as mid-March. Following severe droughts in Africa in the late ’60s and again in the early ’80s, the Sand martin population…
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Silverlake is home to a huge range of wonderful insects thanks to the diversity of habitats it hosts. Of these insects, moths are often overlooked as many only fly at night and even the day-flying moths aren’t always easy to spot. There are actually over 2,500 species of moth in the UK and they are…
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Please get in touch with our sales team to arrange a digital tour of the Estate and our designs Here at Silverlake, following Government advice and in order to protect you, our staff and residents, we’re not currently accepting visitors to our beautiful Estate, but that doesn’t mean you have to miss out; our sales team are…
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In 2019, Bryan Edwards of Dorset Environmental Records Centre (DERC) applied to Silverlake’s Conservation and Community Fund for money to survey for heathland bees and wasps across Silverlake over two years. The Conservation and Community Fund provided a grant of c. £4,000 and as a result of the first year of this work, 46 bee…
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Christmas Eve: 9.30am If you want to feel less guilty about over-indulgence this Christmas, why not take part in our Christmas Eve cycling adventure at Silverlake? The 11 mile route is a perfect mix of on and off road tracks and will open your eyes to the beauty and tranquillity of the local area. The…
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On Sunday 25th August, Silverlake residents were treated to an afternoon of gourmet picnics, Pimm’s, live music and children’s entertainment on the roof terrace of the Hurricane Spa. Over 140 people came together to enjoy one of the hottest Bank Holidays on record and we were delighted to meet so many of our residents’ guests; adult,…
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Interesting read about the buoyant holiday market and advantages of owning a Furnished Holiday Let The number of people booking self-catering holidays in England jumped from 6.22 million to 7.23 million between 2015 and 2017, according to Visit England. The recent fall in the value of the pound amid Brexit uncertainty is also expected to…
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Sunday, August 25, 2019 from 1:00 PM to 7:30 PM Join us for an afternoon of merriment on the roof of The Hurricane Spa at Silverlake on Sunday 25th August 2019. Starting at 1pm, we will be serving a gourmet picnic lunch, accompanied by acoustic music and some light-hearted entertainment. Moving through the afternoon, there…
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