Find rural self-catering holidays on farms, in farmhouses and beautifully converted barns

Find Self-Catering Holidays in Farm Cottages

Farm Stays provide the perfect holiday location for families or anyone who enjoys being in the countryside. Many UK farms have converted their old barns, shippons, byres, dairies, stables and linhays to create superb self-catering farm holiday accommodation for large groups or extended family holidays. Many farm cottages offer a real working farm experience, including milking the cows, feeding the newborn lambs and scavenging for free-range eggs to cook at breakfast. All the farm cottages on My Favourite Holiday Cottages will be found in beautiful countryside with local walks. Scroll down this page to search for a wealth of UK holiday cottages on working farms or converted farm buildings. 

A large stone-built farmhouse overlooks a secure lawn and flower beds.
Sleeps
12
Bedrooms
6

This detached farmhouse with an annexe is a large holiday cottage in Starbotton. It is picturesque and has six bedrooms, which can accommodate twelve people. The main house sleeps eight people and has four double bedrooms (one with an en-suite shower), a family bathroom and a ground-floor bathroom.

The annexe sleeps four people and has one double and one twin, both with an ensuite shower. Also in the main house are a fitted kitchen with a dining area, scullery, pantry, dining room with a wood burning fire, sitting room with open fire, snug and music room/library. Outside is off-road parking for six cars and gardens with a hot tub, patio and furniture, a large paddock and 14 acres of grazing land. Situated in the heart of Wharfedale, it is a perfect location for walking holidays in the Dales,

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Exterior of a vine-clad Cotswold honeystone cottage in Chipping Norton.
Sleeps
5
Bedrooms
3

Lowfields is a quiet country cottage near Chipping Norton set on the edge of a peaceful hamlet in the heart of the Cotswolds. This spacious, child-friendly holiday cottage offers lovely rural views of the Oxfordshire countryside and welcomes pets.

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A long, stone-built cottage with 3 floor-to-ceiling ground-floor windows overlooking a spacious lawn.
Sleeps
6
Bedrooms
3

Enjoy the benefits of a coastal cottage situated on a working farm with a stay at Dorothy’s Cottage, located just outside the village of Alnmouth. This child-friendly holiday cottage in Northumberland offers modern, comfortable, spacious accommodation and access to a shared garden and lawn area.

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Sleeps
24
Bedrooms
10

High Cloud is a large and comfortable Wye Valley Farmhouse and separate Barn in Monmouthshire with a swimming pool and hot tub. High Cloud offers self-catering holidays in a secluded countryside location - no neighbours or traffic noise, just panoramic far-reaching rural views. Pets welcome.

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A barn conversion in Bicknoller overlooks a tree-fringed courtyard
Sleeps
9
Bedrooms
4

Experience idyllic cottage holidays in the Quantock Hills at The Barn in Bicknoller. This charming retreat, nestling near a 15th-century farmhouse, offers rustic elegance with exposed beams and stone walls. Enjoy the tranquillity of 30 acres of farmland, complete with meadows, woodlands, and friendly farm animals. The Barn is Dog-friendly and, just 5 miles from the Somerset coast, it provides a cosy escape with a genuine rural atmosphere. Explore our fuller description for an in-depth look at this perfect Quantock holiday let.

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Sleeps
2
Bedrooms
1

Enjoy a romantic Cotswolds holiday with a stay at Second Nature on the outskirts of the spa town of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the perfect getaway for couples wanting to explore this picturesque region. Second Nature is an eco-friendly rural retreat for two boasting a distinctive four-poster bed and walk-in rain shower.

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Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Rakes Cottage at Endamoor Farm near Buxton and Bakewell is a luxury Peak District holiday cottage in a beautiful, secluded rural location on a working farm. This stylish, comfortable Derbyshire barn renovation sleeps 4 in 2 bedrooms (both en-suite) and welcomes pets.

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A large C-shaped single-storey rural cottage built around a courtyard.
Sleeps
8
Bedrooms
4

Uninterrupted views of the Warwickshire countryside greet visitors to Furlong Barn, a sophisticated rural holiday cottage in Long Itchington. The secluded barn conversion boasts vaulted beamed ceilings & open-plan design, as well as generous grounds with a furnished patio for enjoying the beautiful scenery.

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Exterio of an Exmoor Farmhouse and garden with covered porch and a row of four bedroom windows
Sleeps
16
Bedrooms
7

Upcott Farm House in Winsford is a large rural holiday cottage on Exmoor with a swimming pool. It offers large families, groups and their pets a thoroughly modern house with gorgeous grounds, a sunroom, a log burning stove and other traditional features.

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There are farm cottages the length and breadth of Britain, from converted crofts in the Highlands of Scotland to old Tithe Barns and Oast Houses in Kent. Where grain was once stored, or horses stabled, you will find luxurious self-catering accommodation in rooms that retain the traces of their previous life, from oak beams to the occasional (strictly decorative) cider press. Most working farms will have footpaths and fields for exploring without driving further afield - perfect for holidays with pets. For those seeking facilities such as cottages with a swimming pool and children's play areas, farms with cottages created from former farm buildings are well worth considering. This is due to farmers finding they have perfect spaces for a range of facilities that many independent holiday cottages cannot accommodate.

Rural holidays in Farm Cottages in the depths of the countryside on places like Exmoor will reveal the canopy of stars in the night skies that city dwellers cannot experience, especially on crisp, clear nights in the winter. For wildflower lovers, there's nothing like a farm holiday for rambling down country lanes and woodland footpaths carpeted with snowdrops, primroses, bluebells, pink campion, violets and cow parsley according to the time of year. The best areas for wildflowers tend to be more suitable for animal farming, as fewer fertilizers have been used on the fields, thus protecting the flowers.

Book a farm cottage for a self-catering holiday and re-discover the beauties of the Great British Countryside in any season.