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Cottages for short breaks

14,354 properties found
Lower Chapel, near Brecon, Brecon Beacons

Byres Cottage

531

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3 nights

£330 - £337

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Ruthin, North Wales

Clywedog

2111

Our grading

3 nights

£477 - £635

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Goathland, near Whitby, North Yorkshire

Curlew Cottage - Goathland

8432

Our grading

3 nights

£1,062 - £2,479

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Bray Shop, near Callington, Cornwall

The Swallows Nest In Cornwall

2112

Our grading

3 nights

£389 - £728

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Gower, South Wales

Gowerhaven

421

Our grading

3 nights

£348 - £619

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Migdale, near Bonar Bridge, The Highlands

Hideout 2

2111

Our grading

3 nights

£966 - £1,635

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Goathland, near Whitby, North Yorkshire

The Potting Shed - Goathland

211

Our grading

3 nights

£666 - £1,086

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Westward Ho, near Bideford, Devon

Duck Egg Cottage

6322

Our grading

3 nights

£868 - £1,738

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Broad Haven, West Wales

The Cottage - Broad Haven

8421

Our grading

3 nights

£653 - £1,592

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Laneast, near Launceston, Cornwall

Honeysuckle Lodge

4212

Our grading

3 nights

£319 - £415

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Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire

Juliet Lodge

211

Our grading

3 nights

£562 - £972

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Ashley, Suffolk

Cottage on the Green

4211

Our grading

3 nights

£435 - £741

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