The workshop is situated in the countryside outside the village of Shebbear in north Devon. The nearest towns are Torrington, Holsworthy, Bideford and Hatherleigh and students tend to find their own accommodation either nearby or in one of those towns. The course administrator Margaret Hassett is here to assist you in finding accommodation and many students take up places vacated by those leaving as they join. Some students share accommodation and we have a list of houses owned by former students who now let them to our students. As a guide price to rent a room in a shared house would cost between £220 and £270. To rent a family house would cost between £400 and £600, and to rent an apartment or small house would cost between £350 and £500 per month.

We strongly advise that you have some form of transport, more than a push bike. The workshop is in the countryside and even getting a bottle of milk requires a ten minute drive to the local village.

 It is possible to get cheaper accommodation than this. One student managed to buy a caravan and site it on land here at the farm. At the end of the year he sold the caravan at only a small loss, but you’d have to negotiate your ground rent and the provision of electricity with Ted Lott the farmer.