A stone country cottage with a large sun room and a hammock on its deck.

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Suitable child-friendly holiday 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 type of games or activities that will keep your children happy and occupied while also giving you a bit of a break. These days, it is X-boxes, table football and, trampolines for older children, and many traditional board games that still entertain and allow Mum and Dad to join in. Facilities can include changing mates and baby alarms for babies, as well as cots, and high chairs. Scroll down to view child and baby-friendly cottages if you seek a family holiday in a UK holiday cottage where young children, infants and babes in arms are welcome and well-catered for.

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A single-storey North Yorkshire barn conversion with small lawn and drive.
Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Broadings Cottage is a charming single-storey barn conversion ideal for small families located on a working farm on the edge of Whitby. Maintaining much of its original character, the pet-friendly cottage is a perfect getaway in the North York Moors for seaside and countryside holidays.

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A Terracott-tiled Shropshire barn conversion surrounded by a low walled garden.
Sleeps
11
Bedrooms
5

The Milking Parlour is one of five high-quality brick-built holiday barn conversions in a lovely rural setting on a 250-acre farm in the Shropshire countryside. It is located on the edge of Westhope, a small village just six miles from Church Stretton in Shropshire. This large, pet-friendly rural retreat with a hot tub sleeps 11.

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Exterior of a stone-built house overlooking a lawn surrounded by a stone wall and small trees.
Sleeps
9
Bedrooms
4

A Grade II listed semi-detached farmhouse in Parwich, Orchard View, is full of charm and character and situated in peaceful rural surroundings. This large and spacious dog-friendly holiday home in the Peak District sleeps up to nine people.

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A modern semi-detached Cornish holiday cottage with block-paved drive for car.
Sleeps
6
Bedrooms
3

7 Harlyn Cottages is a beautifully furnished, modern holiday home at Harlyn Bay near Padstow in North Cornwall. Within a short walk of a white sandy beach for surfing and rock-pooling, this family-friendly holiday cottage sleeps six and welcomes pets.

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A contemporary cottage with floor-to-ceiling windows facing a courtyard
Sleeps
14
Bedrooms
5

Ddol Helyg Barn is a large rural barn conversion near Caernarfon on the North Wales Coast in the Snowdonia National Park. Sleeping 14 in 5 bedrooms this under-floor heated, pet-friendly holiday cottage in Gwynedd is perfect for seaside and mountain holidays suiting large families or friends.

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Sleeps
8
Bedrooms
4

Families or groups of friends seeking to holiday in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales find the perfect home base for their travels with 9 Navigation Square, a large holiday cottage in Skipton just off the historic High Street. The 4-bedroom house comfortably sleeps eight in spacious accommodation.

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A stone-built riverside cottage in Derbyshire overlook. large lawn.
Sleeps
6
Bedrooms
3

River Lodge served as the gatehouse to the National Trust’s Ilam Hall, and the stone-built rural holiday cottage in the Peak District retains much of its original charm. A river runs by the spacious gardens of the pet-friendly cottage amidst green pastures and far-reaching rural views.

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Remote barn conversion surrounded by open fields and mature trees in The Pennines.
Sleeps
12
Bedrooms
6

Imagine a large holiday home near Ripponden, nestled within the rugged and picturesque Pennine landscape, where rural tranquillity meets pure luxury. Welcome to Top Barn, a spacious and inviting 6-bedroom holiday cottage with a hot tub to bring families and friends closer amidst the stunning West Yorkshire Pennines.

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A stone-built somesret holiday cottage with a mature garden overlooks a quiet lane.
Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Find the perfect home base for a rural holiday in the West Country with a stay at The Old Bull Stall. This former barn, now a charming 2-bedroom countryside cottage, is on the grounds of the owner’s working farm in the peaceful hamlet of Penselwood, near Wincanton in Somerset. Sleeps 4. Pets welcome.

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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, 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 reasonable 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 even include a small pack of pre-stamped postcards to encourage youngsters to write to grandparents and friends about their holiday.