Britain on the Cheap

A whitewashed family cottage for four near Mawnan Smith in southwest Cornwall has been reduced by 20% for Easter. Trerose Farm Cottage is now £379/$602 for the week from April 15-22. The cottage is on a 200-acre dairy/beef farm just half a mile from Durgan Beach and about four miles from Falmouth. The cottage has [...]

Save up to $91 on short breaks at two Cornwall cottages through the end of March. The Little Barn is a detached home within a four-acre subtropical garden between Penzance and St. Ives. Sleeping two, it overlooks an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to the sea at Mounts Bay and is reduced to £234/$396 for [...]

Toad Hall Cottages is offering a discount on Warren Cottage, an 18th-century fisherman’s home with harbor views of the old Cornish fishing village of Polperro. Sleeping four, the cottage is now £263/$423 per week, saving £66/$106, until the end of March. The same deal applies to Ten Steps in Polperro, a beamed, listed cottage sleeping [...]

The new National Brewery Centre has opened in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. The interactive museum has hundreds of exhibits and rare artifacts, with a chance to see brewing first hand and sample some beers. Great pubs are scattered all over England: Pandora Inn near Truro, Cornwall, is one of England’s most remote pubs, reachable by [...]

It’s not too early to think about Halloween in the UK. The Royal Oak Foundation, the U.S. affiliate to the National Trust, has scouted out scary happenings at medieval castles and venerable estates, and suggested nearby overnights at National Trust properties. Royal Oak members receive access to more than 300 historic houses without paying an [...]

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 [...]

Save 25% or more when you book at least five nights at St. Martin’s on the Isle in the Scilly Isles. The hotel, beside the sea on the island of St Martin’s, has reduced the cost of one night with breakfast and dinner to £150/$232, saving £50/$77, while children are £25/$39 per night with breakfast [...]

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% [...]

The Dunes, which sleeps six in Constantine Bay near Padstow, Cornwall, has a discounted vacancy for seven nights starting June 26. The new rate is £636/$927, saving £160/$254. The house, next to the championship Trevose golf club, welcomes pets. The booking includes a free Cornwall Tourist Pass.

Porthcothan House, overlooking Porthcothan Bay in Cornwall, is offering short-break discounts on top of under-occupancy deals. The farmhouse, which usually sleeps 11, is 25% off year round for parties of six or fewer; book it at low season and save more. For instance, save up to £577/$835 on the low-season, full-week price of £1,320/$1,909 when [...]