Beenie's World of Otters

Our Home

The Nevilles live in an old corn mill in the Cotswolds, in Gloucestershire. The otters have pens along the side of the hill. Two of the streams that run down the hill into the river go through the pens, providing clean drinking water in addition to the various bowls and baths filled by hose!  They also have snug little houses at the back of each pen, with lots of warm hay to roll and sleeping.

The River Frome runs along at the bottom of the hill, and feeds the lake (2 and a half acres!) and deep, and full of carp and ducks and swans.  None of the otters really care for the lake, because they are Asian Small-Clawed Otters and look for their food in shallow water and mud instead of swimming in rivers and catching fish.

Next to our mill is another one, called Twissel's Mill, which is divided into two apartments which are let as holiday cottages (if you would like to know more, go to the Contacts page).

Sometimes the television people come and film here - the house was used for "The House of Elliot", and recently Carlton Television came and filmed the whole family for their "Heart of the Country" programme about rural affairs.