Britain on the Cheap

Save 20% on holiday homes on the South Devon coast in September with Toad Hall Cottages. Seascape, walking distance to Thurlestone Sands, sleeps six, with a garden and furnished patio. Weekly rental is £396/$608 (saving £99/$152) until Sept. 24, then £260/$399 the following week (saving £65/$100). Maelcombe House is the wing of an Edwardian mansion [...]

If you’re looking for a late deal on a place to bunk after the Notting Hill Carnival, one of Europe’s biggest festivals, SACO serviced apartments are set to save you £110/$171 per night for the August Bank Holiday. The Carnival is Aug. 29-30. A one-bedroom apartment, sleeping two, in Holborn costs £139/$216 per night, down [...]

Helpful Holidays has a few cottage deals for the late August Bank Holiday weekend. A converted barn with hot tub, sleeping six, in North Devon’s Heddon Valley, near the coastal village of Combe Martin, has been reduced 20% for the late August Bank Holiday weekend. It’s now £588/$917 for three nights starting Aug. 27. Tucked [...]

Toad Hall Cottages is offering two thatched holiday homes within Devon’s Dartmoor National Park with special August Bank Holiday savings. Both homes are well-located for walking, riding, cycling and fishing on the moor, while the coast is half an hour away and Exeter 10 miles. Freelands Cottage, sleeping four, is a Grade II-listed home in [...]

The National Trust of England, Wales and Northern Ireland has opened new, self-catering cottages in Cornwall. They’re good size for families and groups. Court, Bosveal, and Chatham cottages at Bosloe are near Falmouth. Each is recently refurbished with sweeping views of the Helford River. They can be rented separately, or joined together for up to [...]

Stretching your pounds this summer? The Independent Hostels UK network has more than 300 houses, cottage and barns across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, some with family rooms as low as £30/$46 for a family of four. In addition to the privacy of a multi-bed room, sometimes with a double bed, often en-suite, the [...]

Dreaming of a Cornish cottage this month? Cornish Horizons has savings up to 25% off in July. Save £268/$393 at The Sailmakers, a Grade 11 listed sail loft sympathetically converted into a contemporary holiday home in the center of old Padstow, with under-cover parking. Starting July 16, the loft, for up to six, is 25% [...]

Hideaways has discounted cottage stays for three and seven nights in Somerset and Dorset during July. Little Barton near Stogumber, has a decked garden ‘look-out’ area for admiring the views down to a woodland glade with a large pond, trout stream and log cabin. In neighbouring Dorset, Gunville Cottage sleeps two or three in an [...]

Rambling in Britain this summer? You’ll want to check out the 300-plus houses, cottages, camping barns and bunkhouses across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in the Independent Hostels UK network (IHUK)—rates start at £7/$10 per person per night. Most provide self-catering facilities and are suitable for singles, couples and groups. Check online or buy [...]

Two cottages in Devon’s South Hams region are discounted this month for seven-night stays: 16th-century Church Cottage in Thurlestone, sleeping four, is near a sandy beach and links course. Rental is now £433/$631 per week, saving £108/$157 until July 2. Sandycoombe, also sleeping four and within a walk of the wooded banks of the Avon [...]