The cutest Christmas cottages for a festive break

Enjoy quality time with the people you love this festive season at this secluded 19th-century Christmas cottage, which sits alone in the heart of the Lake District. It's free of modern technology and retains its original character, while offering the perfect Christmas getaway from the every day. While here, take the circular trail around Tarn Hows for majestic mountain views.

Sleeps: 4

Price: From £674 for 4 nights

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This luxurious country house retreat will satisfy every family member this Christmas and New Year – and you can even bring the dogs along. You’ll be in the east wing of this 19th-century Art and Crafts style Christmas cottage with views over the Helford River. The large dining and sitting rooms will provide plenty of space for lavish dinners and family games nights. And when the turkey sandwiches get too much, you’ll find fabulous seafood suppers and harbourside walks just a short drive away at Falmouth.

Sleeps: 10 + 2 dogs

Price: From £2,099 for 4 nights

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Dripping with country charm, this Grade II listed farmhouse is the ideal retreat to ring in the new year with all your favourite people around you (providing government restrictions allow). The best bit? The dogs are welcome, too. Remnants of the 19th-century Christmas cottage’s past can be found in each room, from the low beamed ceilings and inglenook fireplaces to the latticed windows and even an internal well for you to make your 2020 wishes in.

Be sure to... Bring your walking boots. Based on the fringes of the South Downs, you’ll be surrounded by countryside walks, through shaded woods or open heathland with grazing cattle and wild ponies.

Sleeps: 10 + 2 dogs

Price: £1,837 for 4 nights

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With Woolacombe Bay just around the corner, this cosy Christmas cottage is the perfect festive getaway for couples who love the coast. Once a 19th-century farm linhay, Gordon Cabin has been carefully restored and now you’ll find an atmospheric open-plan space for two people, with tall beamed ceilings and contemporary interior styling.

Be sure to... explore the surroundings. It sits in an elevated position in the tiny village of Mortehoe with its 13th-century church and traditional pubs. You’ll view the sea in the distance and the wild and remote coastline wraps around this beautiful village.

Sleeps: 2 + 1 dog

Price: From £524 for 4 nights

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Enjoy a Christmas break with views over the mighty York Minster at this quirky medieval apartment. Brimming with character, you’ll find wonky beams and ever so slightly sloping floors inside this stylishly furnished Christmas cottage.

Be sure to... Step outside and get lost in York’s winding alleyways, explore its array of shops, markets and restaurants, as well as the overhanging buildings and narrow cobbled streets of The Shambles. Just a half hours’ drive will take you into the heart of the romantic Yorkshire countryside. Don’t miss the picturesque towns of Helmsley and Thirsk.

Sleeps: 3

Price: From £764 for 5 nights

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Enjoy a real picture-perfect Christmas at this charming 17th-century thatched cottage, where country rustic meets contemporary luxury. The preserved low beamed ceilings and large bricked fireplace bring a charming feel, while the modern furniture adds comfort and glamour.

Be sure to... get out and about. Based on the beautiful Calke Abbey estate in the midlands, you’ll be surrounded by more than 600 acres of historic parkland and woodland. As guests of Thatch Cottage you can explore access to the grounds before visitors arrive, so it will just be you and the roaming red and fallow deer.

Sleeps: Sleeps 6 + 1 dog

Price: £1399 for 7 nights

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Built by Victorian inventor Lord Armstrong, this Christmas cottage was designed to sit in the formal gardens of the Cragside estate, with views extending over the Italian Terrace to the Coquet Valley and Simonside Hills beyond. Inside, it has original features and classic decor to bring a cosy, homely feel to your Christmas morning.

Be sure to... Visit the Cragside gardens, house and woodlands, which you have free access to. There are also pubs and tea rooms in the pretty Northumbrian village Rothbury nearby.

Sleeps: 6

Price: £1,241 for 3 nights

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Cosy up this Christmas next to the log-burner in this two-bedroom Victorian cottage on the Lytes Cary estate. Surrounded by Somerset countryside, you can walk off your festive feast in the intimate Arts and Crafts-style gardens of the medieval manor and explore further through the extensive parkland, leading along the River Cary.

Be sure to... jump in the car and do some exploring, too. A short drive away is the mythical town of Glastonbury.

Sleeps: 3 + 2 dogs

Price: From £749 for 4 nights

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Stay in this intriguing traditional 19th-century Norfolk abode, nestled in the grounds of Oxburgh Hall for a Christmas cottage break to remember. You can enjoy views of the surrounding gardens, over to the family chapel and the wider Norfolk countryside beyond. Inside reveals a cosy country cottage atmosphere with low beamed ceilings, a log-burner and tiled floors.

Be sure to... discover plenty of walking routes around the estate or head further afield to the rugged and wildlife-rich Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path.

Sleeps: 2

Price: £637 for 4 nights

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This Grade II listed barn has been restored from a romantic ruin to a charming two-bedroom Christmas cottage that's perfect for a festive escape in Yorkshire. It has intriguing original features from its agricultural past, with timber cow stalls forming the kitchen area and original high stone walls met by a timber frame ceiling.

Be sure to... Spend time snuggling up in the cosy sitting room complete with wooden floors and a log burner.

Sleeps: 5 + 2 dogs

Price: £1,099 for 7 nights

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