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South West England self catering and cottages
The South West of England has so much to offer for a superb holiday or 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, Devon, Dorset and Somerset.
Here you will find accommodation perfect for couples and large family groups and ideally located near the coast or at the heart of the countryside.
Self catering accommodation in South West England 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 South West England self catering accommodation listed by using the county and region menus on the left or above.
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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 5
Weekly price range £435 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Kingsbridge sleeps 5.
Features include: Multiple bathrooms• Close to the beach• Parking• Luxury accommodation•
Accommodation overview: Crabshell Quay is a development of recently constructed luxury apartments on the banks of the Kingsbridge/Salcombe estuary, the perfect holiday destination for families or couples and just a few minutes walk from Kingsbridge's shops, boutiques and restaurants. A delightful waterside path leads to the town centre whilst the superb beaches at Start Bay, Thurlestone, Hope Cove and Salcombe are just a short drive away.The apartments as a whole are totally enclosed with a central private courtyard and have been equipped to a very high standard - in addition they enjoy the added benefits of private entrance lobbies, audio access, and security controlled parking. Each apartment has stunning views over the ever changing tidal estuary and surrounding countryside, and parking for one car only.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £350 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Hope Cove sleeps 4.
Features include: • Close to the beach• Close to a Pub• Parking•
Accommodation overview: New for 2012 Quay Cottage is a cosy holiday retreat situated in the heart of Hope Cove, just a few yards from the sandy beach, pub and village shop. The cottage is well presented throughout and ideally suited to a couple or young family looking for a comfortable bolt hole in this popular location.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £885 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Dartmouth sleeps 4.
Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking • Pool Pub near by Internet and/or WiFi • Parking available • sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Our Dart Marina properties are situated on the edge of the River Dart in Dartmouth, one of the West Country's most sought after locations. Designed by award-winning architects, featuring many high-tech 'extras' and stylishy finished, a short break or longer stay at Dart Marina offers the ultimate in luxury self catering all year round. .The Dart Marina properties boast stunning water views and many have free use of the luxury Dart Marina Health Spa included. The elegant River Restaurant and first class yacht harbour are all close by, so you can enjoy the boutique hotel experience with the flexibility and freedom of a large, stylish holiday apartment. Picturesque Dartmouth, with its pretty, narrow streets offering art galleries, tea rooms and individual shops is just a short walk along the embankment and the town is gaining a reputation for its great choice of places to eat, with well known chefs in several restaurants. Just outside the town is an excellent golf course and the stunning unspoilt beaches and coastal paths of Start Bay including the Blue Flag award winning Blackpool Sands are just a 10 minute drive away. Individually styled, our eleven Dart Marina properties have been very tastefully and creatively finished but vary slightly in terms of decoration, furnishings and layout. The main reception rooms have each been designed to maximise the views across the River Dart and to the woods beyond. The apartments offer a spacious entrance hall and living accommodation, with large bathrooms on the same level. The townhouse (no 26), formerly the show home, enjoys a private riverside terrace whilst the apartments offer a balcony, a large window seat or fabulous windows from which to enjoy the wonderful views. State-of-the-art contemporary kitchen with Poggenphol units and Smeg appliances making self catering a pleasure, whilst bedrooms and living areas are luxuriously appointed with sumptuous soft furnishings and bathrooms are beautifully presented with towels.All properties are strictly non-smoking and no pets are allowed. A cot and highchair are available at each property on request (excluding No.3), but due to the waterside location parents must supervise young children at all times. For those who need to stay in touch during their South Devon break, wireless broadband internet is available at most properties (please check with office prior to booking). Guests staying at most of our Dart Marina properties can enjoy the use of the luxury facilities of the Dart Marina Health Spa*, including indoor pool, steam room, Jacuzzi, gym and beautifully designed relaxtion areas.Beauty treatments from Elemis can be pre-booked, with 10% off for those staying in our Dart Marina properties.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £432 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Goveton sleeps 6.
Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking • Pets allowed • Internet and/or WiFi • Parking available • sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Buckland Court is a delightful development of 19th Century listed buildings arranged around two lawned quadrangles set in a sheltered valley in the pretty hamlet of Goveton, just 2 miles from the market town of Kingsbridge. The beautiful South Devon coastline with its spectacular cliffs, coves and beaches are just a short drive away, as are the golf courses of Thurlestone and Bigbury and the famous sailing waters of Salcombe and Dartmouth. These beautifully presented, individually designed and well equipped stone barn cottages have retained much of their original charm and character features including exposed ceiling timbers.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £350 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Dartmouth sleeps 4.
Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking Pub near by • Pets allowed Parking available • sleeps 4
Accommodation overview: Dart Views is a well presented and comfortable terraced house with further views from the lounge and rear garden. The property has been significantly upgraded in recent years and is an ideal bolt hole for couples, walkers and young families. Enjoy the fabulous new decking area with stunning views across the River Dart and over to Kingswear. Please see our Virtual Tour (see Property Features - left).
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £385 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Salcombe sleeps 6.
Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking Near the Beach • Close to the Sea Open Fire or Wood Burner Stove Pub near by Internet and/or WiFi • Parking available • sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: A terraced cottage, comfortably furnished and presented to a good standard throughout.
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Sleeps 2
Weekly price range £250 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Salcombe sleeps 2.
Features include: Non smoking Near the Beach • Close to the Sea Pub near by sleeps 2
Accommodation overview: A comfortable apartment with good views of the estuary from the sitting room and balcony, and within a short stroll of Salcombe's famous waterfront, shops and restaurants.
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Sleeps 4
Weekly price range £342 to £782
Self catering accommodation in Portloe sleeps 4.
Accommodation overview: Only 150 yards from the sea with elevated sea views from the sunny south facing garden, this pretty semi-detached cottage of great character is situated in the unspoilt Cornish fishing village of Portloe, tucked far down on the delightful Roseland Peninsula.
Here, stoutly built cottages with slated grey roofs cluster along the lower slopes of the well sheltered and secluded valley and around the shores of a small Cornish cove where a few boats still unload their catch of lobster, crab and other fish.
Proncha is within 60 yards of the coastal path and easy walking distance of the picturesque cove, slipway and pub. There is a shop and sub post office at Veryan 1.5 miles away and Melinsey Mill offering cream teas and lunch is close by. Several sandy beaches are a short drive away.
Approached through a small walled and gated front garden, the front door set beneath an open porch leads directly into a comfortable sitting room with a slate hearth. Linked by three steps is a maple fitted kitchen / dining room. Both rooms have low beam ceilings and terracotta tile floors with rugs. The windows, set into thick stone walls, look out over the garden.
Upstairs are two bedrooms with a double bed and twin beds respectively and a bathroom W.C. with hand basin, shower over the bath and an access door to the garden. Tucked into the hillside the main part of the garden has a grassed sun bathing area behind the Fuchsia hedge, flower beds and shrubs on three levels with a Gazebo providing shelter and a commanding view over the bay in the direction of Dodman Point. Toddlers will require supervision.
It is possible to unload the car outside the cottage; parking is available 50 yards away in the village car park (honesty box).
The harbourside village of St Mawes is about a 20 minute drive where a passenger ferry operates to the maritime town of Falmouth. The main shopping centres of Truro and St Austell are within easy reach as are many of the finest Cornish Gardens including Caerhays Castle, the Lost Gardens of Heligan and The Eden Project.
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Sleeps 8
Weekly price range £1071 to £1
Self catering accommodation in Trenale sleeps 8.
Accommodation overview: With panoramic views down to the sea at Tintagel and of the surrounding countryside, this extremely spacious and recently refurbished, early nineteenth century, detached house is set in the peaceful hamlet of Trenale to one side of the green, barely half a mile from the dramatic north coast.
Approached by a gated drive with two parking areas, the front door opens to a large entrance lobby with the original slate flagstones on the floor and an adjacent utility room with laundry facilities. The ground floor accommodation, furnished to a high standard, comprises a sitting room with comfortable seating, splendid views towards the sea from a low window seat and an archway leading to a snug room with a wood burning stove set in the hearth.
There is a well-equipped fitted kitchen with a large rangemaster cooker and adjoining dining area with maple flooring and stunning views to the sea from full length sliding doors that open to the patio. From the kitchen, a hallway leads to a larder room and a downstairs bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower over the bath.
Stairs lead up from the hall to a landing where there are four bedrooms and a shower room W.C. with hand basin and wide shower cubicle. There are three twin bedded rooms, two with lovely views of the sea and one overlooking the village green. The fourth bedroom has a double bed and oblique views of the sea and coastline. There is ample space within the house for storage of golf equipment. The extensive garden that surrounds the property has a patio area with uninterrupted sea and coastal views and is contained by a low boundary wall; pets and small children will require supervision as it is not securely enclosed.
Tintagel, three quarters of a mile, has a good variety of local shops, pubs and restaurants in addition to the famous ruins of a mediaeval castle and Merlins sea cave. The picturesque NT harbour at Boscastle and the sandy surfing beach at Trebarwith Strand are about a five minute drive respectively. There is also an abundance of local footpaths and glorious cliff walks in the immediate area. Two free membership cards to Bowood Park Golf Club near Camelford entitle the holders to free use of the golf course.
Please note: Towels are not available.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £525 to £1
Self catering accommodation in Ashton sleeps 6.
Accommodation overview: With sweeping views of the surrounding countryside towards Mounts Bay and just a 5 minute drive from the golden sandy beach at Praa Sands, this semi-detached former signal house dating back to the 1800’s is in a peaceful rural location.
Set in a conservation area, this comfortable double glazed family house is surrounded by the owner’s 18-acre smallholding where they provide a sanctuary for rescue animals, midway between Helston and Penzance.
Tregonning Hill House is in an elevated position at the end of a long drive with visitor parking for three cars, the front door opens to an entrance lobby with an adjacent cloakroom W.C. and hand basin.
An inner glazed door opens directly into the light and airy living room with a warm rug on the parquet floor and comfortable lounge seating facing the wood burning stove. A pine dining suite is set in a large bay window with far reaching views across the extensive garden to the sea in the distance.
At the rear of the property are a fully fitted kitchen and a door to one side opens to a ground floor bedroom with twin beds and countryside views from a cushioned window seat.
Carpeted stairs lead up from the sitting room to the first floor landing, a bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower over the bath and two bedrooms. The spacious master bedroom has a double bed with panoramic views of Mounts Bay and an en-suite bathroom W.C. with hand basin and shower over the bath. The second bedroom has two single beds, a vanity basin and fine weather views across to Goonhilly Satellite Station and The Lizard.
Visitors have the sole use of a gravel terrace with picnic tables to one side of the house and over an acre of grassy garden, ideal to exercise dogs and for children to run off steam. Guests also have direct access on to a network of local footpaths. There is an outside tap and shed for storage of beachgear and wetsuits.
There are several village pubs within a short drive, the closest being at Ashton half a mile away. The ancient coinage town of Helston has a good selection of shops and is 10 minutes by car, and the nearest beach is at Praa Sands 2.5 miles where there is also a golf course.
There is an abundance of beautiful coastal paths and inland walks with breathtaking scenery close by and the seaside resorts of Penzance, St Ives and Marazion, home to St Michaels Mount, are within a 20 minute drive respectively. Although rural the property enjoys easy road access and provides an ideal base for exploring the West of Cornwall.
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Sleeps 6
Weekly price range £411 to £0
Self catering accommodation in Salcombe sleeps 6.
Features include: • Multi bathrooms • Non smoking Near the Beach • Close to the Sea Pub near by Parking available • sleeps 6
Accommodation overview: Situated in the upper part of Devon Road, some 10/15 minutes walk from the town centre and North Sands beach, Sunnyledge and Burberry are two adjoining halves of one large traditional town house - each has been extensively and tastefully upgraded to a modern standard over recent seasons. The layout of each house effectively mirrors the other with all accommodation on two levels (via separate stone steps up to 1st floor entrances) with each property enjoying lovely views cross the estuary through an area of protected woodland. Whilst Sunnyledge and Burberry are essentially individual properties with private access and accommodation they also offer opportunities for two families seeking adjacent properties of an equivalent, high standard.
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