orphan as no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . april 2016 under the thatch industry tourism founded 2001 2001 founder greg stevenson headquarters wales number of locations 85 1 website http www.underthethatch.co.uk a romany caravan and cabin in rhydlewis rented out by under the thatch . under the thatch is a holiday company run by dr greg stevenson . under the thatch was established in 2001 so that stevenson could find a use for a derelict cottage he had restored . stevenson rents out properties he has restored or renovated to holiday makers . the majority of properties rented out through under the thatch are in wales with some in ireland and france . history edit the company was first established in 2001 with a single cottage ffynnon oer isaf . over the next few years the company gradually gained more properties usually derelict properties that were renovated to save them from demolition . in 2006 one of the properties under the thatch now rents out to holiday makers trehilyn uchaf was the feature of a bbc four series called a pembrokeshire farm . 2 the series featured stevenson working alongside griff rhys jones to renovate an old farmhouse that was severely derelict . awards edit under the thatch has been awarded a few awards including winner guardian observer ethical travel award 2007 best tourism business wales sustainability awards best environmental business ceredigion business awards under the thatch has also been named in many best of lists including number 7 in the guardians 15 green places to stay list in june 2007 3 bryn eglur a property rented out by under the thatch was named in the guardians noughtie nights the best uk hotels of the decade list from december 2009 . 4 number 15 in the times fabulous 50 travel 2008 the best so far list from october 2008 5 references edit 1 south west wales a pembrokeshire farm griff rhys jones pembrokeshire farm . bbc . 2009 09 15 . retrieved 2010 06 21 . richard hammond 2007 07 01 . 15 green places to stay travel the observer . london guardian . retrieved 2010 06 21 . sally shalam 2009 12 19 . noughtie nights the best uk hotels of the decade travel . london the guardian . retrieved 2010 06 21 . fabulous 50 travel 2008 the best so far . the times . london . 2008 10 26 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title under the thatch & oldid 717872971 categories tourism in waleshidden categories orphaned articles from april 2016all orphaned articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 30 april 2016 at 06 52 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view