Last reviewed: 12 January 2026.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file a website asks your browser to remember. It is read back the next time you visit a page on the same site. Cookies are mostly used to keep you logged in, remember a preference, or count visits. They are not, in themselves, dangerous — but the privacy rules are clear that you should be able to choose whether non-essential ones are set.
The cookies this website sets
There are two, and only two:
1. Booking-form session cookie (essential)
- Name:
PHPSESSID - Set when: you load the contact page or submit the booking form.
- What it does: ties your form submission to a CSRF security token, so that someone can't trick your browser into sending a booking enquiry on your behalf.
- Lifetime: deleted when you close the browser tab.
- Can it be turned off: no — without it the booking form will not accept submissions safely. This is an "essential" cookie under PECR.
2. Cookie-preference store (essential)
- Stored in: the browser's
localStorage(technically not a cookie, but treated the same way under PECR). - What it does: remembers whether you said yes or no on the cookie banner so we don't ask you again on every page.
- Lifetime: until you clear your browser storage.
Cookies we don't set
We don't set advertising, retargeting, profiling, or social-network cookies. We don't load tracking pixels, third-party fonts that fingerprint visitors, or session-recording scripts. There is no analytics on this website by default — if we add it in future, the cookie banner will be updated to reflect that, and you will be asked again.
Changing your preference
The small cookie icon at the bottom-left corner of any page reopens the preference banner. You can change your choice at any time. Clearing your browser storage will also reset the preference.
Browser-level controls
Every modern browser lets you block or delete cookies on a site-by-site basis. The procedure varies — search "manage cookies" in your browser's settings — but the option exists in Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Edge.