None, though babysitting can sometimes be arranged locally. A week high season in a property sleeping four, around 450 though there are also special offers. In 400 acres of ground the 700 villas and apartments are arranged to feel relatively secluded. Of various standards from two to four-bedroom villas to executive villas of up to three bedrooms. All have live fires fuelled by smokeless logs.
Executive villas come with maid service.
Most indoor sports including squash, tennis, short tennis, at Elveden Forest a 10-pin bowling alley, outdoors eg tennis, golf. All three villages have a mini-health spa with treatments including thalassotherapy, aromatherapy and reflexology. Baby Dolphins classes introduce very young children to swimming. Restaurants are geared for families with children's menus and a number with Lego tables and their own play area. A creche may already operate at Elveden for babies.