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England (UK) - Vacation Rental Resources

Pauline

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This is a list of vacation rental agencies and resources for England. I start with agencies that represent several counties. Then I list local agencies by areas. (Separate pages for Wales, Scotland, Ireland.)

Notes: Agency is based in England unless otherwise noted except for list of large Europe-wide agencies at the bottom of this page.

Vacation Rental Agencies
These agencies have vacation rentals in many parts of England.

English Country Cottages - Part of The Hoseasons Group
Farm Stay UK
Hideaways
Holidaycottages.co.uk
Landmark Trust - Historic buildings throughout the UK
Mulberry Cottages
National Trust - Historic buildings throughout the UK
Prestige Apartments
Rural Retreats
Sykes Cottages

Directories
Rent from owner websites for the UK.
Cottage Guide
Cottages Direct (Stilwell's) - Part of The Hoseasons Group
Country Cottages Online
Independent Cottages
Alastair Sawday's
My Favorite Holiday Cottages
Premier Cottages

London
A Place Like Home
Coach House London Vacation Rentals
Farnum & Christ - Agency based in US
Home From Home
London Perfect
Nell Gwynn House - Apartments in Chelsea
The Apartment Network

Bath
Bath Holiday Homes
Dream Stays Bath

Cotswolds
Bibury Holiday Cottages – Bibury
Broadway Cottages – Broadway
Broadway Manor Cottages – Broadway
Bruern Cottages - Chipping Norton
Character Cottages
Cotswolds Hideaways – Previously Jigsaw
Cotswold Holiday Cottages - Paxford
Cotswold Holidays - Broadway
Cotswold Property Lettings
Honeypot Cottages - Chipping Campden
Lakeside Spa Holidays
Log House Holidays - Cotswold Water Park, Cirencester
Manor Cottages
Owlpen Manor - Cottages on Owlpen Manor estate, southern Cotswolds near Uley
Rose Walk Cottages – Four cottages near Stow-on-the-Wold
Wye Valley Holiday Cottages

The Southwest
These agencies have properties throughout the Southwest.

Classic Cottages
Helpful Holidays
Toad Hall Cottages
Unique Home Stays

Cornwall
Carbis Bay Holidays - St Ives and Carbis Bay
Cornish Cottage Holidays
Cornish Gems
Cornish Holiday Cottages - Falmouth and Helford River
Cornish Tipi Holidays - Port Isaac
Cornish Traditional Cottages
Cornwalls Cottages
Creekside Cottages – Falmouth
CRW Holiday Cottage - Padstow
Duchy of Cornwall Holiday Cottages - Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
also like to propose a few more vacation rental agencies for Cornwall.
Duchy Holidays
Estuary Cottages – Fowey
Forgotten Houses
Harbour Holidays - Padstow
Helford River Cottages - Helford
Niche Retreats
Portscatho Holidays - Roseland Peninsula
Roseland Holiday Cottages - Roseland Pennisula
The Cottage Boutique - St Ives

Devon
Byron at Woolacombe Bay - Modern apartments, North Devon
Choice Cottages - North Devon
Coast & Country Cottages - South Devon
Dart Valley Cottages - Dart Valley, Dartmouth
Lyme Bay Holidays - Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast
Marsdens Devon Cottages
Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays - East Devon, Sidmouth

Dorset
Dorset Coastal Cottages
Dorset Hideaways – Previously Jigsaw
Dream Cottages
Laverstock Farm - Farm north of Bridport
Lyme Bay Holidays - Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast

Norfolk & Suffolk
Blakeney Cottage Company - North Norfolk coast
Norfolk Country Cottages
Suffolk Cottage Holidays
Suffolk Secrets
The Grove Cottages

Cumbria & Lake District
Lake Lovers
Lakeland Cottage Company
Lakeland Cottage Holidays
Lakes Cottage Holidays

Other Areas
Accommodation Windsor
Island Cottage Holidays - Isle of Wight
Kent and Sussex Cottages
Kent Holiday Cottages
Weekly Home - Apartments in Oxford
Exclusively Warwickshire - Shakespeare Country and Stratford-upon-Avon
Hay on Wye Holiday Cottages
Harrogate Holidays - North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales
Northumbria Byways
Northumbria Coast and Country Cottages

Large Vacation Rental Agencies for all of Europe
Airbnb – Worldwide rent-from-owner site.
Belvilla - Most of Europe. Agency based in the Netherlands.
Booking.com - Hotels, B&Bs and vacation rentals (rent-from-owner).
Doorways - Italy, France. Agency based in US.
Haven in - France, Italy, UK. Agency based in US.
HolidayLettings.co.uk - Owned by TripAdvisor. Rent-from-owner.
HomeAway - Owned by Expedia. Rent-from-owner.
Inter Chalet - Most of Europe. Agency based in Germany.
Interhome - Most of Europe. Agency based in Switzerland. Local offices in many areas.
Novasol - Most of Europe. Agency based in Denmark. (redirected from Cuendet link)
The Thinking Traveller - Sicily, Puglia, Greece, Corsica. Agency based in UK.
Untours - Untours helps you plan your vacation, books flights, meets you at the airport, helps you get your rental car and escorts you to the vacation rental. Local guides.
Ville et Village - France, Italy, Spain. Agency based in US.
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Cottage in the Cotswolds
 
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This is a list of vacation rental agencies and resources for England. I start with agencies that represent several counties. Then I list local agencies by areas. (Separate pages for Wales, Scotland, Ireland.)

Notes: Agency is based in England unless otherwise noted except for list of large Europe-wide agencies at the bottom of this page.

Vacation Rental Agencies
These agencies have vacation rentals in many parts of England.

English Country Cottages - Part of The Hoseasons Group
Farm Stay UK
Hideaways
Holidaycottages.co.uk
Landmark Trust - Historic buildings throughout the UK
Mulberry Cottages
National Trust - Historic buildings throughout the UK
Prestige Apartments
Rural Retreats
Sykes Cottages

Directories
Rent from owner websites for the UK.
Cottage Guide
Cottages Direct (Stilwell's) - Part of The Hoseasons Group
Country Cottages Online
Independent Cottages
Alastair Sawday's
My Favorite Holiday Cottages
Premier Cottages

London
A Place Like Home
Coach House London Vacation Rentals
Farnum & Christ - Agency based in US
Home From Home
London Perfect
Nell Gwynn House - Apartments in Chelsea
The Apartment Network

Bath
Bath Holiday Homes
Dream Stays Bath

Cotswolds
Bibury Holiday Cottages – Bibury
Broadway Cottages – Broadway
Broadway Manor Cottages – Broadway
Bruern Cottages - Chipping Norton
Character Cottages
Cotswolds Hideaways – Previously Jigsaw
Cotswold Holiday Cottages - Paxford
Cotswold Holidays - Broadway
Cotswold Property Lettings
Lakeside Spa Holidays
Log House Holidays - Cotswold Water Park, Cirencester
Manor Cottages
Owlpen Manor - Cottages on Owlpen Manor estate, southern Cotswolds near Uley
Rose Walk Cottages – Four cottages near Stow-on-the-Wold
Wye Valley Holiday Cottages

The Southwest
These agencies have properties throughout the Southwest.

Classic Cottages
Helpful Holidays
Toad Hall Cottages
Unique Home Stays

Cornwall
Carbis Bay Holidays - St Ives and Carbis Bay
Cornish Cottage Holidays
Cornish Gems
Cornish Holiday Cottages - Falmouth and Helford River
Cornish Tipi Holidays - Port Isaac
Cornish Traditional Cottages
Cornwalls Cottages
Creekside Cottages – Falmouth
CRW Holiday Cottage - Padstow
Duchy of Cornwall Holiday Cottages - Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
Estuary Cottages – Fowey
Forgotten Houses
Helford River Cottages - Helford
Niche Retreats
Portscatho Holidays - Roseland Peninsula
Roseland Holiday Cottages - Roseland Pennisula
The Cottage Boutique - St Ives

Devon
Byron at Woolacombe Bay - Modern apartments, North Devon
Choice Cottages - North Devon
Coast & Country Cottages - South Devon
Dart Valley Cottages - Dart Valley, Dartmouth
Lyme Bay Holidays - Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast
Marsdens Devon Cottages
Sweetcombe Cottage Holidays - East Devon, Sidmouth

Dorset
Dorset Coastal Cottages
Dorset Hideaways – Previously Jigsaw
Dream Cottages
Laverstock Farm - Farm north of Bridport
Lyme Bay Holidays - Lyme Regis on the Dorset coast

Norfolk & Suffolk
Blakeney Cottage Company - North Norfolk coast
Norfolk Country Cottages
Suffolk Cottage Holidays
Suffolk Secrets
The Grove Cottages

Cumbria & Lake District
Lake Lovers
Lakeland Cottage Company
Lakeland Cottage Holidays
Lakes Cottage Holidays

Other Areas
Accommodation Windsor
Island Cottage Holidays - Isle of Wight
Kent and Sussex Cottages
Kent Holiday Cottages
Weekly Home - Apartments in Oxford
Exclusively Warwickshire - Shakespeare Country and Stratford-upon-Avon
Hay on Wye Holiday Cottages
Harrogate Holidays - North Yorkshire and the Yorkshire Dales
Northumbria Byways
Northumbria Coast and Country Cottages

Large Vacation Rental Agencies for all of Europe
Airbnb – Worldwide rent-from-owner site.
Belvilla - Most of Europe. Agency based in the Netherlands.
Booking.com - Hotels, B&Bs and vacation rentals (rent-from-owner).
Doorways - Italy, France. Agency based in US.
Haven in - France, Italy, UK. Agency based in US.
HolidayLettings.co.uk - Owned by TripAdvisor. Rent-from-owner.
HomeAway - Owned by Expedia. Rent-from-owner.
Inter Chalet - Most of Europe. Agency based in Germany.
Interhome - Most of Europe. Agency based in Switzerland. Local offices in many areas.
Novasol - Most of Europe. Agency based in Denmark. (redirected from Cuendet link)
The Thinking Traveller - Sicily, Puglia, Greece, Corsica. Agency based in UK.
Untours - Untours helps you plan your vacation, books flights, meets you at the airport, helps you get your rental car and escorts you to the vacation rental. Local guides.
Ville et Village - France, Italy, Spain. Agency based in US.
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Cottage in the Cotswolds
Hello Pauline,

Thanks for putting this list together. I wanted to let you know that Cornish Holiday Cottages have changed their website address, in case you'd like to update your list. The new URL is: https://www.cornishholidaycottages.com/

I'd also like to propose a few more vacation rental agencies for Cornwall.
Duchy Holidays - https://www.duchyholidays.co.uk/
Harbour Holidays - https://harbourholidays.co.uk/
 
We highly recommend this small family-owned agency based in Chipping Campden. Their properties are in Chipping Campden and nearby villages. We've rented from them several times, and I've gotten to know the owners. I've just rented a different cottage for a month this summer. Honeypot Cottages: https://www.honeypotcottages.co.uk/
 
It's been many a year since I've needed to find UK holiday rentals / B&Bs etc. but I certainly used to rely heavily on the local tourist information office (seemingly now rebranded as https://www.visitbritain.com/gb/en ).

Amazingly it must be 2 decades since I used them though!
 

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