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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. 

Exterior of a long, stone-built barn conversion in Priestcliffe, overlooking a courtyard and a walled garden.
Sleeps
12
Bedrooms
6

Discover Broadway Barn, a luxurious Peak District holiday cottage in Priestcliffe. This meticulously restored stone barn conversion sleeps 8-10 guests across four bedrooms, perfect for family gatherings. The spacious dining area seats up to 14, whilst the cosy sitting room boasts a Scandinavian gas wood burner-effect stove. With a fully-equipped kitchen and multiple bathrooms, it offers modern comfort with rustic charm. Just 5 miles from Bakewell and 9 miles from Buxton, this holiday cottage in Priestcliffe provides easy access to the Peak District's stunning landscapes and attractions, including Chatsworth House and Haddon Hall. Experience an unforgettable Derbyshire holiday in this lavish and pet-friendly rural retreat. Broadway Barn at Lydford Farm in the rural Peak District hamlet of Priestcliffe is a large, high-quality holiday cottage lovingly created by converting a traditional Derbyshire barn. This pet-friendly holiday home sleeps 12 in 6 bedrooms (2 en suite), perfect for large or dual family holidays.

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A slate-roofed barn conversion overlooks a farmyard.
Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Whisk yourself away to a Scottish working farm in Annan and settle into The Loft. This dog-friendly two-bedroom countryside cottage in Dumfries and Galloway comfortably houses your family on self-catering holidays in the countryside.

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A Thatched farmhouse with a garden surrounded by a picket fence.
Sleeps
10
Bedrooms
4

Bilshay Farmhouse is a pretty, thatched Dorset Farmhouse sleeping up to ten over four bedrooms in a rural location with far-reaching views of rolling hills, a short distance from the market town of Bridport. This large holiday property also includes a hot tub, trampoline and games room. Dogs welcome.

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Half hidden by trees, a luxury Hertfordshire cottage overlooks a long, manicured lawn.
Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Picture This is a luxurious rural cottage set on the grounds of Pembroke Farm near Slip End in Hertfordshire. The idyllic setting ensures relaxation, and the manicured gardens are a delightful space to dine and unwind. The farmhouse-style kitchen typifies the successful blend of tradition and modernity.

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A long, 2-storey stone house overlooks a sloping lawn with a picnic table.
Sleeps
7
Bedrooms
3

Based in the small North Cornwall coastal village of Bossiney, The Round House is a semi-detached dog-friendly holiday cottage overlooking the beautiful land of North Cornwall. Close to Tintagel, The Round House is in a prime location for enjoying the sandy Cornish beaches for a fun family getaway.

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Exterior of a single-storey cottage surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs.
Sleeps
4
Bedrooms
2

Mineshop Holiday Cottages are located in the heart of the stunning Mineshop Valley, a short walk through the fields and woodland to the beach at Crackington Haven near Bude in North Cornwall. Set in a secluded and tranquil spot, it's the perfect getaway for families, couples and dog owners.

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A single-storey barn conversion with right-angled wings faces a paved courtyard.
Sleeps
6
Bedrooms
3

Barn Cottage is a rural farm cottage with a hot tub offering self-catering holidays in the Carmarthenshire countryside. This West Wales holiday home near Laugharne lies in a coastal location in Carmarthenshire. It welcomes children and pets and is wheelchair accessible.

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A large farmhouse stands at the end of a wide drive with lawns to one side.
Sleeps
22
Bedrooms
10

Lowe Farmhouse is a large Holiday Cottage near Hereford located on a 230-acre farm in the Herefordshire countryside. It sleeps 22 in 10 bedrooms with ample communal areas, two well-equipped kitchens, a large dining room, and a games room. It's stunningly rural but not isolated - it's just a ten-minute walk to the local village and pub.

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A single storey Tintagel Garden Apartment overlooks a large rockery.
Sleeps
2
Bedrooms
1

The Garden Apartment is a small, romantic cottage for couples with sea views on the spectacular North Cornwall coast between Tintagel and Bossiney Cove. Features a wood burner, TV, double bedroom, and fitted kitchen—close to great beaches and stunning seaside scenery. Pets welcome.

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Find your favourite self-catering farm holiday cottages in villages and secluded rural locations throughout the UK, 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 pools, children's play areas and seriously good games rooms 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 holiday cottages on farms in the depths of the countryside or remote locations such as 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.