UK Travel Blog

The standards set by self-catering accommodation have reached new heights in recent years and yesterday The Sunday Times picked up on this with their list of ‘100 cool cottages’. A summary of their list of top self-catering places to stay can be found below:

1. Nancy’s House, Keigwin, Cornwall - Sleeps 2
2. The Beach Hut, near Bude, Cornwall - Sleeps 2
3. Sandridge Boathouse, Stoke Gabriel, Devon - Sleeps 4
4. Meadow Cottage, Winfrith Newburgh, Dorset - Sleeps 4
5. Triton Cottage, Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon - Sleeps 4
6. The Farmhouse, Porthmeor, Cornwall - Sleeps 4
7. Heather Cottage, Gonwin Manor, Cornwall - Sleeps 4
8. The Bakehouse, Gidleigh, Devon - Sleeps 4
9. Anderton House, Goodleigh, Devon - Sleeps 4
10. Ingle Tor, Bovey Castle, Devon - Sleeps 6
11. May’s Cottage, St Issey, Cornwall - Sleeps 6
12. Valley View, St Mawgan, Cornwall - Sleeps 6
13. Bryher Cottage, St Mawgan, Cornwall - Sleeps 6
14. Rose Cottage, Downderry, Cornwall - Sleeps 7
15. St John’s View, Higher Crackington, Cornwall - Sleeps 7
16. Greenscombe House, Luckett, Cornwall - Sleeps 7
17. Woodsford Castle, Dorchester, Dorset - Sleeps 8
18. Trewollack House, near Newquay, Cornwall - Sleeps 8
19. Rosemundy Villa, St Agnes, Cornwall - Sleeps 8
20. Deutzia, Nottington, Dorset - Sleeps 8
21. The Sunday House, Golant, Cornwall - Sleeps 9
22. Cossington Park, Bridgwater, Somerset - Sleeps 12
23. Meadowgate, Welcombe, Devon - Sleeps 12
24. Pavilion Cottage, Osborne House, Isle of Wight - Sleeps 4
25. 98 Island Wall, Whitstable, Kent - Sleeps 4
26. Twin Cottage, Burley, Hampshire - Sleeps 4
27. Obriss Farm, Westerham, Kent - Sleeps 5
28. Lodesman Cottage, Broadstairs, Kent - Sleeps 6
29. Medley Court, Hever Castle, Kent - Sleeps 7
30. High Water Cottage, Bosham, West Sussex - Sleeps 7-8
31. Undercastle Cottage, Wood Green, Hampshire - Sleeps 8
32. The Oyster Shack, Whitstable, Kent - Sleeps 8
33. Dunsbury Grange, Brook, Isle of Wight - Sleeps 10-12
34. Cobbler’s Cottage, Nayland, Suffolk - Sleeps 2
35. Hoste Barn, Swanton Abbott, Norfolk - Sleeps 4
36. Hilltop, North Creake, Norfolk - Sleeps 4
37. Black Sheep Cottage, Peasenhall, Suffolk - Sleeps 4
38. Aldeburgh Cottage, Aldeburgh, Suffolk - Sleeps 4
39. Laundry Cottage, near Snape, Suffolk - Sleeps 5
40. Yaxley Hall Home Farm, Hemingstone, Suffolk - Sleeps 8
41. Red Roofs, Wingfield, Suffolk - Sleeps 8
42. Norfolk Hall, North Walsham, Norfolk - Sleeps 14
43. Field Cottage, Elmley Castle, Worcestershire - Sleeps 2
44. Somerton Mill, Somerton, Oxfordshire - Sleeps 2
45. Cranberry Cottage, Winster, Derbyshire - Sleeps 4
46. East Lodge, Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire - Sleeps 4
47. Henley Cottage, Acton Scott, Shropshire - Sleeps 5
48. Plover Cottage, Edale, Derbyshire - Sleeps 5
49. The Chapel, Alport, Derbyshire - Sleeps 6
50. Chestnut Tree Cottage, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire - Sleeps 6
51. Garden Cottage, Croft Castle, Herefordshire - Sleeps 6
52. The West Wing, Chippenham, Wiltshire - Sleeps 6
53. The Woodhouse, Ledbury, Herefordshire - Sleeps 8
54. The Old Cheese Factory, Windley, Derbyshire - Sleeps 8
55. Awel-For, Llanon, Ceredigion - Sleeps 2
56. Ty To, St David’s, Pembrokeshire - Sleeps 4
57. Parc yr Hebog, Dihewyd, Ceredigion - Sleeps 4
58. Tower Hill, St David’s, Pembrokeshire - Sleeps 4
59. Gothic Villa, Ferryside, Carmarthenshire - Sleeps 7
60. Longshore House, Laugharne, Carmarthenshire - Sleeps 6-8
61. Cae Marchog, near Capel y Ffin, Powys - Sleeps 10
62. Ty Coch, near Caernarfon, Gwynedd - Sleeps 10-14
63. Felin Newydd House, Llyswen, Powys - Sleeps 18
64. 64 The Lazy Fish, Embleton, Cumbria - Sleeps 4
65. Budle Falls, Waren Mill, Northumberland - Sleeps 4
66. The Coach House, Middleton, North Yorkshire - Sleeps 4
67. 2 Beck Cottages, Grizedale, Cumbria - Sleeps 5
68. Inglewood House, Chapel Stile, Cumbria - Sleeps 5
69. East Wing, Whalton, Northumberland - Sleeps 6
70. Fell Yeat, Hartsop, Cumbria - Sleeps 6
71. Craster Rocks, Craster, Northumberland - Sleeps 6
72. Wall Holm Cottage, Glenridding, Cumbria - Sleeps 6
73. Howe Farm, Lyth Valley, Cumbria - Sleeps 6
74. Carhullan, Bampton Common, Cumbria - Sleeps 7-8
75. Low Birker Farm, Eskdale, Cumbria - Sleeps 10
76. Wynding House, Bamburgh, Northumberland - Sleeps 11
77. Bookilber Barn, Settle, North Yorkshire - Sleeps 12
78. Gossel Ridding, Windermere, Cumbria - Sleeps 13
79. Number 10, Dunvegan, Isle of Skye - Sleeps 2
80. Blue Reef Cottages, Scarista, Outer Hebrides - Sleeps 2
81. Park Apartment, Pilrig House, Edinburgh - Sleeps 3-4
82. Letterfearn, Kyle of Lochalsh, Highland - Sleeps 4
83. Callakille, Applecross, Wester Ross - Sleeps 4
84. Gardener’s Cottage, Balnagown, Highland - Sleeps 4
85. Taigh Glass, Gearrannan, Lewis, Outer Hebrides - Sleeps 5
86. Taigh Druim, Elgol, Skye - Sleeps 6
87. Rigg’s End, St Andrews, Fife - Sleeps 6
88. The Boathouse, Loch Snizort, Skye - Sleeps 6
89. Saddell Castle, Kintyre, Argyll and Bute - Sleeps 8
90. Locherlour Mill, Crieff, Perth and Kinross - Sleeps 18
91. Plumtree Cottage, Kilkeel, Co Down - Sleeps 4
92. The Pink House, Inistioge, Co Kilkenny - Sleeps 4
93. Sophie’s Cottage, Glassmullagh, Co Fermanagh - Sleeps 4
94. The Old Milking Parlour, Kilbride, Co Wicklow - Sleeps 4
95. Kilcrohane, Bantry, Co Cork - Sleeps 6
96. Ballyconneely, near Clifden, Co Galway - Sleeps 6
97. Portbraddan Cottage, Whitepark Bay, Co Antrim - Sleeps 6
98. Links Cottages, Doonbeg golf club, Co Clare - Sleeps 8
99. The Boathouse, Baltimore, Co Cork - Sleeps 8
100. The Old Parochial House, Ballingarry, Co Tipperary - Sleeps 11

Paul Johnson is a Director at Kendal Holiday Cottages Ltd. which offers luxury self-catering accommodation between the Lake District and the Yorkshire Dales