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Cornwall self catering and cottages
The South West of England has the best of the British weather and some of the best coastlines to enjoy it and so Cornwall makes the ideal holiday location for a family holiday or a short break. Whether you are looking for an active holiday or a relaxing retreat you are sure to find it in this beautiful part of Britain.
Enjoy your stay in some superb self catering cottages and accommodation in Cornwall. Our self catering holiday accommodation listings are perfect for couples and large family groups and ideally located near the coast or at the heart of the countryside.
Self catering accommodation in Cornwall is great value for money and if you are after luxury then check out the cottages with hot tubs, sauna's, gyms, heated swimming pools and much more! Refine your search of Cornwall self catering accommodation listed by using the county and region menus on the left or above. If you want to do a fast search with less descriptions and more properties click here>
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £331 to £756
Self catering accommodation in Pont sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: Nestling in a wooded valley just a quarter of a mile down the hill to the banks of Pont Pill, a tidal creek of the River Fowey, this attractive, freshly renovated semi-detached cottage stands in a quiet elevated position to one side of a tree shaded country lane. Surrounded by peaceful National Trust countryside, Cuckoo Tor offers a wealth of woodland and coastal walks nearby including the Hall Walk with stunning views of the estuary and the nearest south coast beaches are only a couple of miles away.
Set on rising ground, the property is entered via a couple of gated steps that lead up to a small paved sun terrace overlooking the tree covered banks. From here the fully glazed front door opens into a charming and cosy living room with a painted beam ceiling, a dining suite and comfortable seating arranged before the fireplace. A well equipped fully fitted kitchen is partly divided off from the living/dining area with shaker style units and the original slate flagstones.
A carpeted staircase leads directly up from the lounge to a light landing where there area bathroom W.C. with hand basin and electric shower over the bath and two pretty cottage style bedrooms with a 5ft double and twin beds respectively. Both bedrooms have pleasant woodland views. To one side of the cottage, a sunny patio garden reached by a flight of a dozen stone steps has garden furniture and views of the wooded valley. Young children and pets will require supervision in the garden. There is a parking space for up to two cars in a lay-by opposite the property.
The Old Ferry Inn at Bodinnick offers a wide range of meals, less than 2 miles away,where there is also a car ferry operating to Fowey which has a good selection of shops, pubs, restaurants and a small beach at Readymoney Cove with a delightful rock carved paddling pool. Polruan, also less than 2 miles, has a few local shops and two pubs on the quayside next to the passenger ferry running across the river to Fowey. Both villages are readily accessible via glorious creek-side walks. The South West Coast Path and the quiet sandy coves at Lantic Bay and Lantivet Bay are just 10 minutes by car and The Eden Project is about a 30 minute drive.
  
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £459 to £1
Self catering accommodation in Charlestown sleeps 6.
Accommodation overview: The smaller of the two properties, this lovely barn is entered from the parking area where the front door leads directly into a pleasant living room open to the apex of the roof, with a comfortable leather seating area, a fully fitted country style kitchen/diner and natural wood flooring.
A rear hallway gives access to a bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower cubicle, a twin bedded room with patio door opening to the landscaped lawn and gardens and a master bedroom with a kingsize double bed and an en-suite shower room W.C. with hand basin.
Stairs lead up from the living room to the first floor and an attractive landing/snug area with casual seating ideal for reading or as a children's play room and to one side a door opens to the third bedroom with two 3ft single beds tucked under the eaves with some exposed low beams.
The owners provide free charcoal/firelighters for the barbecue and can arrange for scallops, lobster, crab, fish (all weather and season dependent) to be delivered from local fishermen.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £301 to £654
Self catering accommodation in Treligga sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: The end cottage, entered from its own fenced and gated patio garden the glazed front door opens to a slate paved hallway and an adjacent bathroom W.C. with hand basin and a shower over the bath.
A step down from the hallway leads to a living room, part beamed and comprising a fitted kitchen area, a dining area and comfortable seating with books provided. There are two bedrooms, a double with a hand basin and one with 3ft bunks.
Please note: Towels are not available.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly price range £247 to £412
Self catering accommodation in Herniss sleeps 2.
Accommodation overview: The middle cottage and actually the larger of the three is entered via six railed steps leading up to the fully glazed front door.
A light and airy open plan living room in a soft mellow colour scheme has a neatly fitted galley kitchen, dining suite and exposed beams rising to the apex of the roof. There is a three seater settee and one armchair arranged before an electric living flame fire and wall mounted flat screen TV.
In one corner, carpeted stairs lead to the ground floor accommodation and a large pine furnished bedroom with the choice of a 6ft double or 3ft zip linked twin beds and an adjacent bathroom W.C. with hand basin, heated towel rail and shower over the bath.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly price range £247 to £412
Self catering accommodation in Mabe sleeps 2.
Accommodation overview: This cottage is entered by a stable door which leads into a pleasant living room with comfortable seating, pine dining and well equipped fitted kitchen area. The rear stable door opens to the back garden.
Upstairs is a bedroom with a 5ft double bed and an adjacent bathroom W.C. with a hand basin, heated towel rail and a shower over a half size bath.
Please note: Towels are available at £2.50 per person per week payable on arrival.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £311 to £571
Self catering accommodation in Trenale sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: Virtually a sister cottage to the Dove Cot having been reclaimed from the same two storey building although the bedrooms are a little bigger.
On the ground floor is a beamed L-shaped living room and a bathroom / W.C. with shower over the bath and heated towel rail. From the living room a door opens to a patio area at the rear, an ideal spot for sundowners whilst watching the sun go down over the ocean.
There is a gate giving access to the paddock area. Upstairs are two bedrooms with sea views - double and twin beds respectively. If a cot is required the maximum number of people that can be accommodated has to be reduced to three.
Please note: Towels are not available.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £363 to £860
Self catering accommodation in Mousehole sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: With uninterrupted views of the sea across Mounts Bay to the Lizard, this light and comfortable property is the entire upper level of a detached house set back from the road leading into the picturesque fishing village of Mousehole, only 200 yards from the harbour and local amenities.
Entered from the shared driveway where there is parking for one small car per property, a sloping lane leads up to the front door which opens beneath a porch roof into an entrance hallway with a coats area. To the left is a spacious double bedroom with lovely sea views, an adjacent bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower over the bath, and to the right of the hall a door leads through to a newly fitted kitchen with New England style units and a breakfast bar with high stools. On the far side is a light and airy twin bedded room with dual aspect windows overlooking the sea and coastline.
From the breakfast area, two steps lead down to a bright and sunny living room with stripped wood flooring, an exposed granite wall, comfortable seating and a pine dining suite, all of which have panoramic views of the sea and St Michaels Mount from five large windows. In one corner of the room, a glazed door opens out to a small timber balcony with balustrade and glorious sea views.
The village is less than five minutes walk with a selection of small shops, restaurants and pubs and directly opposite the cottage is a public footpath with steps leading down to the rockpools below with a stoney beach and children's sea water bathing pool revealed at low tide. Newlyn and Marazion are only a short drive and can be reached by hoppa bus if preferred, and Penzance, 3 miles, is the gateway to the Isles of Scilly.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £388 to £861
Self catering accommodation in Goonhavern sleeps 6.
Accommodation overview: A comfortable fully double glazed detached bungalow with relaxing views of fields and woodland, fronted by a sheltered paved patio area and approached by a short winding driveway through tree shaded lawns with a gravel parking area.
The front door opens to the hallway with a light and pleasant sitting / dining room to one side with a cosy woodburning stove and patio doors at one end with views through the trees of the congenial gardens. At the rear of this room a door leads into a well equipped fitted kitchen. There are three pleasant bedrooms. The double has an en-suite shower room W.C. and hand basin. The twin bedded room has a vanity basin and there is a smaller children's room with 2ft 6in bunk beds. All the bedrooms are fitted with convector heaters.
A bathroom W.C. with wash basin and shower over the bath opens from the hallway. All rooms look out on the shaded grassy gardens that surround the property. Under the trees in front of the cottage there is a brick bbq for the sole use of this property. In addition to the garden furniture which is provided, there is also a hexagonal picnic table built around a tree stump with seating for nine. There is parking available for 2 cars with further spaces on request.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £336 to £695
Self catering accommodation in Millook sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: A wonderful 17th Century character cottage, formerly a water millhouse, just yards from Millook beach, where sheer cliffs tower above the pebbled beach and small rock pools are revealed at low tide.
Set in a large grassy paddock with a stream running parallel to it, the front door opens into an entrance lobby with an adjacent simple kitchen and pantry area, and in one corner a 4 step ladder leads up to a cabin style children's bedroom with a little window overlooking the 38 ft mill wheel. Two steps up from the kitchen lead to a traditionally furnished cosy beamed living room with a large fireplace and remains of a cloam oven, simple white washed stone walls and a dining area with peaceful views over the garden.
To one side, a heavy carved door salvaged from a shipwreck in the 1800s leads to an additional smaller sitting room with comfortable seating and views of the sea. A bathroom W.C. with vanity basin and shower over bath can be reached via a few steps down from the living room, and an open tread irregularly shaped staircase leads directly up to the master attic bedroom with a 4ft 6inch double bed, a cross beamed ceiling, calming sea views and an extra single chair bed for alternative sleeping arrangements.
The renovated 3 ton mill wheel operates twice daily as an essential part of its preservation. The elderly or infirm may find the low curving beams, uneven floors and stairs a little difficult, and due to the proximity of the running water, toddlers will require supervision in the garden.
The nearest pub is 1.5 miles, and the spectacular sands of Widemouth Bay with a small grocery store are 2 miles away. Crackington Haven is about 5 miles and Bude 6 miles.
Please note: No TV reception. Not suitable for children under 8 or children/adults requiring supervision.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £375 to £880
Self catering accommodation in Sennen sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: A spacious, cosy and very comfortable semi-detached cottage with sea views from the garden out to the Longships Lighthouse in the ancient farming hamlet of Escalls. Converted from single storey granite barns on two sides of a courtyard and set on the cliffs above Whitesand Bay and Sennen Cove, it is within walking distance, by footpath, of magnificent sandy beaches.
The cottage is approached by a farm lane and entered from the outer side by way of a landscaped garden and parking space for two cars. The front door leads into a small entrance lobby with coat pegs and then into an open-plan light and airy living room with newly fitted kitchen units, comfortable seating next to a gas woodburner effect stove and French doors to a patio and walled grassy garden on the seaward side.
There is a shower room W.C. with hand basin and two pleasantly furnished bedrooms which have a 5ft double and twin beds respectively. The village amenities of Sennen and Sennen Cove are about five minutes drive and for the more energetic the Blue Flag beach at Whitesands is a fifteen minute walk down the hill by cliff path.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £443 to £919
Self catering accommodation in Heligan sleeps 6.
Accommodation overview: Set within the extensive grounds of the renowned Lost Gardens of Heligan and just over a mile from the sea, The Clock House is part of the stable block belonging to the Manor House, forming one side of a cobbled courtyard in the private section of the estate. Furnished to a high standard yet retaining many of the 18th century period features with high ceilings, large sash windows and the original slate-hung clock tower restored to working order with the preserved weather vane.
Entered from the courtyard where there is parking for two cars, the property is fronted by a small patio garden with a path and one step leading up to the wide front doorway which opens to an entrance lobby. An inner glazed door opens into a carpeted hallway leading to a cloakroom W.C. with hand basin and a modern style kitchen with smart fitted units. At the far end of the hall, a door opens to a delightful living room with a dining area on the lower level and two steps leading up through a wide archway to the adjoining sitting room with a comfortable three-piece suite and windows overlooking the courtyard.
A carpeted staircase winds up from the hall to the first floor landing where there are a bathroom W.C. with wash basin and corner bath with hand shower attachment and three pleasant bedrooms with views of the manor house, courtyard and grounds. There is a master bedroom with a cast iron 5-foot bed and an en-suite shower room W.C. with hand basin and two further bedrooms, each with zip-linked twin beds which can be joined to create a 6ft double. There are wall mounted electric convector heaters in all bedrooms.
It is a short walk to the entrance of The Lost Gardens of Heligan, the largest garden restoration project in Europe with over 80 acres of gardens. The award winning Lobbs farm shop is also a short walk and the acclaimed Eden Project is about a 30 minute drive. The nearby villages of St Ewe and Pentewan, approx 1.5 miles respectively, have pubs offering food and the traditional fishing village of Mevagissey is just over 2 miles away with a variety of shops, restaurants and pubs and a seasonal ferry operating from the harbour to Fowey. Just beyond Mevagissey, the small cove of Portmellon has a shingly beach and the popular family beach at Gorran Haven with safe bathing is about a ten minute drive.
Please note: Go to the Friends of Heligan website for details on special rates for annual passes. Also valid at Kew Gardens. Departure time for this property is 10am.
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Sleeps 8
Weekly price range £474 to £1
Self catering accommodation in Fowey sleeps 8.
Accommodation overview: Seasteps is a spacious waterside town house built overlooking the beautiful River Fowey and its busy harbour. The accommodation is arranged on four floors and the house is situated in close proximity to all local amenities. At street level there is a fully fitted kitchen, a dining room with a bay window overlooking the water and a comfortable sitting room with fine river views.
The sitting room has a railed balcony with access through wide patio doors which enjoys the sun for much of the day. From the hallway stairs run down to the lower ground floor to a twin bedded room, a shower room with WC and a utility room. From here access is made to the outside. A flight of steps leads to a narrow walled garden, from the end of which double doors lead onto a platform and steps to the river and foreshore.
Two further bedrooms and a bathroom WC with shower over the bath are located on the first floor. One is the master bedroom with a king size bed which again directly overlooks the water. The other on the street side has twin beds. On the second floor is a long loft bedroom with four single beds and river views to front and side.
The recommended car park is a pay and display 400 yards away, beyond the Bodinnick car ferry. Fowey is a charming small town with shops, independent restaurants, pubs and galleries. There is a sheltered beach at Readymoney cove reached by a walk of about 15 minutes through the town. There are lovely creek walks and the possibility of taking a fishing trip hiring a kayak to explore the water or visiting Polruan or Mevagissey by ferry. The Eden Project and The Lost Gardens of Heligan are a short drive away, as are many other beaches and National Trust properties.
Please note: A weekly car park ticket currently costs £28. Towels are not available.
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