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HOLIDAY LIKE A HOBBIT

Inside Britain’s quirkiest Airbnb that looks like it could have come straight from Middle-earth

Astonishing Brecon Beacons pad came about by accident when its creator was building a shed

YOU can holiday like a hobbit for just £60 a night in this unique Airbnb pad.

Located in the Welsh countryside, the hideaway came about by accident.

 You can stay in this hobbit house in the Welsh countryside for just £60 a night
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You can stay in this hobbit house in the Welsh countryside for just £60 a nightCredit: Tin Wheeler (Supply Fee - Media Wales)

Its creator 41-year-old Tin Wheeler, "I was in the process of just putting together a garden shed really and somebody suggested I could push it back into the hillside a little bit and put a grass roof on it and it would look a bit like a hobbit house.

"And I was like, 'Oh my God, I can build a hobbit house!' so I then went completely overboard and built a hobbit house."

The Hobbit House sleeps two and features a wood-fired oven.

But, if you want a shower, you have to use a private shower room in Tin’s nearby home.

 The unique pad sleeps two and features a wood-fired stove
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The unique pad sleeps two and features a wood-fired stoveCredit: AIRBNB
 The extraordinary home came about as the owner tried to build a shed
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The extraordinary home came about as the owner tried to build a shedCredit: Tin Wheeler (Supply Fee - Media Wales)
 If you want a shower, you have to use a private shower room in Tin’s nearby home
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 If you want a shower, you have to use a private shower room in Tin’s nearby homeCredit: Tin Wheeler (Supply Fee - Media Wales)

It is built into a hillside near the village of Pengenffordd in the Brecon Beacons, Wales.

It’s had a string of five-star reviews on the accomodation site.

One guest wrote: “Lovely place to spend a great and calm weekend. Tin has a lot of advice when it comes to activities in the area and we loved the breakfast.”

Another said: “Great place to get away from it all with beautiful views of the mountains. Tin and his family are welcoming hosts”.

 The home has proved popular with visitors who have given a string of five-star reviews
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The home has proved popular with visitors who have given a string of five-star reviewsCredit: AIRBNB
 One guest wrote: 'Lovely place to spend a great and calm weekend'
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One guest wrote: 'Lovely place to spend a great and calm weekend'Credit: AIRBNB
 The home is built into a hillside near the village of Pengenffordd in the Brecon Beacons, Wales
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The home is built into a hillside near the village of Pengenffordd in the Brecon Beacons, WalesCredit: AIRBNB

Hobbits sprang from the imagination of author JRR Tolkein.

They are tiny people who inhabit the lands of Middle-earth.

 Hobbit homes featured in Peter Jackson's big-screen adaption of Lord Of The Rings
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Hobbit homes featured in Peter Jackson's big-screen adaption of Lord Of The RingsCredit: ITV2

In novel The Hobbit Tolkein writes: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.

“Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort.”

The homes were famously brought to life on the big screen by director Peter Jackson in his Lord Of The Rings film series that starred Elijah Wood as Bilbo Baggins.


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