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To celebrate my dads retirement he wants to take everyone away for a holiday somewhere in the UK. I have the task of finding somewhere that will suit my dad and mum...my sister and husband and her 3 teenagers...my brother and his partner and then my family 2 adults and 3 primary aged kids. I think he had in mind 4 cottages/chalets/houses all close together so we can be seperate but also pop in and out easily.

Open to any suggestions I am not getting very far trawling the internet!

Try this site - no specific properties I can recommend but we used this site for a large cottage and they were good:

www.groupaccommodation.com/ga-main.property.type.asp?proptypeId=7#.UR6yM7cgGc0

Thanks will have a wee look.

Center Parcs?

Bosinver in Cornwall www.bosinver.co.uk/

My sisters not to keen on Center Parcs
Bosinver is on my shortlist...it looks great and gets good reviews on MN!
ceeveebee that website looks really good,thanks.
I'm hoping I can put forward a shortlist and then let everyone fight it out ;)

Any of these?

www.holtfarmholidays.com/

www.dorsetfarmcottages.co.uk/

www.rudgefarmcottages.co.uk/cottages

www.ownersdirect.co.uk/england/E3637.htm

www.piperdam.com/ have a look here, we stayed as a family (2 lodges) a few years ago, and it was beautiful!

it is in Scotland (near Dundee) so maybe too far away?

portavadie

They have cottages and apartments here, the apartments have 3 double rooms in them (if memory serves) and also sofa beds. But even if you don't use sofa beds that's quite a lot of people housed!

It's beautiful, relaxing and plenty of wilderness exploring for teens and kids. Very family friendly

Had some lovely family holidays here

www.applecrosstrust.org.uk/cottages.asp

If you've got money to burn then Portmeirion is fabulous.

Thanks all...my short list is becoming a long list lol!!

I thunk its called springhill farm, near seahouses.

I've stayed here holiday-by-the-sea.co.uk/index.htm and it was great - just as you describe cottages close together on a farm. They only seem to be advertising 2 of the cottages, maybe worth phoning them to see if they can rent out 4?

We spent several years staying (in sep cottages) like this with my brother and family on holidays - there are set ups like this all over the place - often where farms have converted out buildings into holiday lets.
Can you narrow it down to the area or areas you'd like to go to?
Once you've got an area, then it helps to narrow the search to a mangable number.

English country cottages?

Did you know you can hire entire Youth Hostels off season? Have done us proud in the past. We had 60 people in one for Millenium New Year!

try groupaccommodation.com or bigholidayhouse. we also stay here where there is a group of 7 or 8 cottages about 2 hours from Bristol. agree with backforgood you need to narrow down where you want to go first as there is loads out there of what you are looking for.

//www.monkhousehill.co.uk/
I havent been but it does look rather nice

I can remember The General Store, Mill End Mitcheldean - it offers a variety of accommodation possibilities - the garden is great for kids and the hot tub is fab for the adults! We had a great 40th birthday - and even had the owners cater a dinner for us one evening. The New Forest is a great place to visit.

I can remember The General Store, Mill End Mitcheldean - it offers a variety of accommodation possibilities - the garden is great for kids and the hot tub is fab for the adults! We had a great 40th birthday - and even had the owners cater a dinner for us one evening. The New Forest is a great place to visit.

It's lovely here

www.broadgatefarmcottages.co.uk/

Can highly recommend these cottages x

What about here, just north of York? We're going for a weeks hols in a weeks time so can report back!

www.oldoakcottages.com/