Family Friendly Cottages For Happy Family Holidays
Child friendly cottages for those seeking a family holiday in a UK holiday cottage where young children are welcome and catered for. Good child-friendly cottages offer the kind of self-catering holidays where your children grow up remembering how the sun always seemed to shine on holidays when they were young. They will include the kind of games or activities that will keep your children happy and occupied while giving their parents a bit if a break too. These days it is X-Boxes, table football and trampolines as well as many of the traditional board games that still entertain and allow Mum and Dad to join in. Their other benefit is that they will enable you to cut down on a bit of luggage too, especially if you have very young children in your family to bring on holiday. No need to pack that travel cot, highchair or stair gate – there will be one awaiting your arrival. Many ‘baby-friendly' cottages will go as far as including a little baby pack of essentials in case you forgot to pack them, such as some spare nappies, Sudocream and a baby alarm. Other facilities you should expect to find in a genuinely child or family friendly cottage include the provision of cots, highchairs, changing mats, plates and cutlery for the very young and video games, decent broadband, climbing frames in the garden and beach equipment.
Beautiful, 2-bedroom barn conversion with Wi-Fi located in Braunton sleeping 4, the perfect place for a family getaway on the North Devon coast, being just a 5-minute drive to the beach at Saunton Sands. Onsite, you will find a terrace along with almost an acre of gardens.
- Sleeps 4
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathrooms 2
- Child Friendly
April Cottage is a pretty three bedroom Devon holiday home sleeping 6, a short drive from North Devon beaches and Exmoor. The family and dog friendly cottage is tastefully decorated and equipped to a good standard. Onsite leisure facilities are also available, including games room and tennis court.
- Sleeps 6
- Bedrooms 3
- Bathrooms 1
- Child Friendly
Pine Lodge is a tastefully decorated pet friendly, 5-bedroom holiday home with Wi-Fi sleeping 10 in Bickington outside Barnstaple on the North Devon coast. A well-equipped house with large garden and views over open countryside towards Saunton and Lundy Island, it offers ideal group accommodation.
- Sleeps 10
- Bedrooms 5
- Bathrooms 3
- Child Friendly
Fennel Cottage is a dog friendly detached barn conversion sleeping 7 in 3 bedrooms on the Sherrill Farm estate with Wi-Fi and shared heated pool near Tavistock on the Devon and Cornwall border.
- Sleeps 7
- Bedrooms 3
- Bathrooms 3
- Child Friendly
Driftwood House is a large, dog friendly holiday cottage in Newquay within walking distance of Fistral Beach and the Pentire Headland. Driftwood sleeps 8 guests in 4 bedrooms. It's hard to believe that it is a modern house, so beautifully has it been designed by Duchy of Cornwall Architects.
- Sleeps 8
- Bedrooms 4
- Bathrooms 2
- Child Friendly
Mineshop Holiday Cottages on the beautifully rural North Cornwall coast offer 10 pet friendly cottages with Wi-Fi in a peaceful location close to the beach at Crackington Haven.
- Sleeps 4
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathrooms 1
- Child Friendly
A traditional 2-bedroom moorland village property, recently renovated, sleeping 4 guests with room for a cot. Our rural Yorkshire Cottage retains many period features including beams, stone floor and feature cupboards but has modern facilities including central heating, Wi-Fi and double glazed windo...
- Sleeps 4
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathrooms 1
- Child Friendly
April Cottage is a Grade II listed thatched holiday cottage situated in the medieval town of Colyton in the Axe Valley on the Devon-Dorset border. The seaside resorts of Sidmouth, Beer, Lyme Regis and the Lyme Bay area are a short drive away. Pets welcome.
- Sleeps 6
- Bedrooms 3
- Bathrooms 1
- Child Friendly
Perfect for a week or a weekend in the countryside (with or without children!), Bull Pen near Lechlade is a 2-bedroom holiday cottage sleeping 4 on a rural family estate situated on the edge of the Cotswolds. Guests have use of park and woodland play areas, and children?s indoor heated swimming pool...
- Sleeps 4
- Bedrooms 2
- Bathrooms 1
- Child Friendly
My Favourite Holiday Cottages make it easier for you to find a child friendly cottage where looking after your children in a home-from-home where there will be less chance of hearing those words - I am bored! Choose carefully and you could save yourself a lot of packing! Owners who have invested in creating a holiday home with facilities for children, are also very likely to be experts in knowing all the local child-friendly attractions - from safe sandy beaches to theme parks. It is always worth a phone call or an enquiry to the property owner seeking their recommendation. You will find them happy to help.
If all your children are pre-school age, then you'll find plenty of child friendly cottages at good prices in the early summer before the schools break up - or take advantage of some Indian summer weather on a family holiday in September when the crowds have gone, there's space on the beach and the sun still shines. As well as toys, there are more practical considerations to take into account. Catering for children includes facilities such as plastic crockery, buckets, spades and even fridge magnets. Some owners will evenin inlcude a small pack of pre-stamped postcards to encouage youngsters to write to grandparents and friends about their holiday.
