News Blog

20th May 2026

New Bungalow on the Jurassic Coast

Bungalow on the Jurassic Coast between Weymouth and Portland available for holiday lets £160pn sleeps 4
20th May 2026
AA Award 4 stars

AA Bed & Breakfast Award 2026

The secret is officially OUT! 🎉 We are incredibly proud to announce that Swallows Rest Bed & Breakfast has won a 2026 AA Bed & Breakfast Award! 🏆✨
20th May 2026
AA Breakfast Award

AA Breakfast award 2026

We have some incredibly exciting news to share, and we couldn't wait to tell you!
20th May 2026
Our Pigmy Goat

Our best ever review!

This place has truly captured my heart! I’ve travelled to many places, but nothing—and I mean nothing—has come close to this.
20th May 2026

Giant Chrysanthemum

This giant chrysanthemum is taking over my yellow flower bed!  
20th March 2026

Alpaca Experience

Today's Alpaca Experience with Afternoon Tea in the summerhouse.
20th March 2026

Our beautiful gardens

We are so pleased with our garden this year, bringing lots of colour and joy
5th February 2026

Traveller Review Award 2026

Congratulations, you’ve won a Traveller Review Award 2026!
11th January 2026
Maggie May

Maggie May

Maggie May, one of our amazing miniature donkeys  
30th September 2024

AA Awards 2024

We are delighted to have been awarded the AA Breakfast award for 2024 & the AA Four Star Gold award for our Bed & Breakfast.
26th September 2024
Food Hygiene rating 5

Food Hygiene rating 5

We are delighted to announce that we have been rated VERY GOOD by The Food Standards Agency for 2024.
6th September 2024

Martleaves Farm Alpacas

These new creations by Nat and Robyn are from our Martleaves Farm alpacas!
6th September 2024

Alpaca Experience

  Meet our Alpacas Kim, Barney, Angus, Zeus, Dobbie and Bilbo.  Spend time with them in their paddock, see our Shetland Ponies, Sheep and Horses.  Stroll […]
5th September 2024
Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels

Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels

Visit our beautiful gardens where we have Echium Pininana Blue Tower of Jewels.  
26th January 2021

Covid Update

At the entrance to all self catering apartments we have installed dispensers with hand sanitiser certified to EN1276 and EN1500. All 3 apartments are treated on […]
24th January 2019
The Circle of Stones Portland

The Dorset Coast Path forms part of the 630 mile South West Coast Path National Trail

South West Coast Path The Dorset Coast Path forms part of the 630 mile South West Coast Path National Trail. Dramatic landscapes and seascapes are revealed […]
1st December 2018

Dorset Tourism Awards 2018 Best B&B and Guest House in Dorset Bronze Award!

  Dorset Tourism Awards 2018 Best B&B and Guest House in Dorset Bronze Award!  We’re so proud to have won an award for the past three […]
5th July 2018

Thanks to all who supported us at our Garden Party and Open Garden for Weldmar Hospicecare.  We raised an incredible £1,002!!!

Thanks to all who supported us at our Garden Party and Open Garden for Weldmar Hospicecare. Far beyond our expectations! We’re still recovering.  We should have […]
14th May 2018

AA Breakfast Award 2018

For guest accommodation, the eggcup and pie symbols indicate a very special breakfast or dinner, with an emphasis on freshly prepared local ingredients.
14th May 2018

AA Gold Star Bed & Breakfast Award 2018

We are delighted to have been awarded the AA Bed & Breakfast Award for another year. The AA’s supreme accolade for guest accommodation, regardless of size […]