Britain on the Cheap

Save 20% on Toad Hall Cottages in South Devon’s South Hams region between Salcombe and Dartmouth through October. Thatcher’s End is an 18th-century thatched cottage for two in a village just outside Kingsbridge, at the head of the Salcombe estuary. With a four-star rating from Visit Britain, the restored home has an inglenook fireplace in [...]

Empty-nester Sharron Birds has fulfilled her dream to create a business and open a bootcamp with a difference for women. Inspirational Bootcamp at Ashcome in South Devon offers courses for up to 20 women at a time, with such activities as rock climbing, abseiling, caving, gorge walking, paintballing, coasteering, ziplining, boxercise and team games. There [...]

In celebration of National Pet Month, April 3–May 3, South Devon self-catering specialist Coast & Country Cottages is showcasing its dog-friendly properties. Fulmar, for instance, is a four-bedroom terraced cottage near Hallsands beach on the Start Bay coastline; it’s been awarded five stars by VisitBritain. April prices start at $1,018/£670 per week, or under £84 [...]

Broad Downs Barn near Salcombe, South Devon, is reduced to $1,238/£750 for four-night short breaks on weeks starting Sept. 28, Oct 5 and 12. The six-bedroom barn sleeps 14, with a log-burning stove and shared use of a heated outdoor pool with BBQ and play area. A full range of baby equipment is on had, [...]

Save more than $100 on Pine Cottage in the historic village of Slapton, South Devon. Sleeping four, the cottage is half a mile from Slapton Sands, with two pubs and village stores nearby. $361/£220 per week through September, saving $102/£61.