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Cottages for short breaks

14,342 properties found
Wisbech, Norfolk

Lavender

422

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3 nights

£472 - £937

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Aberystwyth, Mid Wales

Esgair Wen

532

Our grading

3 nights

£589 - £1,489

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Bishops Frome, near Worcester, Herefordshire

The Chapel Cheyney Estate

2111

Our grading

3 nights

£497 - £873

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Battle, Sussex

The Corn Bin

2122

Our grading

3 nights

£377 - £588

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Thirkleby, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire

Manor Farm Cottage - Thirsk

4212

Our grading

3 nights

£511 - £620

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Winkleigh, Devon

The Old Dairy - Whitsleigh

6322

Our grading

3 nights

£634 - £1,219

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Cromer, Norfolk

Ceanothus

2112

Our grading

3 nights

£449 - £632

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Kettlewell, Yorkshire

Eta Cottage

4222

Our grading

3 nights

£449 - £792

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Lansallos, near Polperro, Cornwall

High View

211

Our grading

3 nights

£326 - £395

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Winfrith Newburgh, near Dorchester, Dorset

Blackbird Barn

4212

Our grading

3 nights

£387 - £1,002

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Harford, near Ivybridge, Devon

Harford Barn

5222

Our grading

3 nights

£595 - £1,455

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Windermere, Cumbria

Boathouse on Windermere

421

Our grading

3 nights

£1,210 - £2,323

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