Does anywhere like this exist? Secluded, rural, basic cabin or similar?

[hairycabbage]

Firstly, I admit that I've watched way too much Virgin River but I have a huge craving to go for a few days away somewhere that has the following:

Secluded/ rural
Woodland and river nearby
Log cabin or similar
Not necessarily luxurious but clean and comfortable and either sleeps 2 or 6.
Within 2-3 hours of Birmingham

I'm open to any suggestions 🙂

chapelfarmfeeds.com/hetty-the-horse-box/

No idea what it's like though.

Have you tried One Cat Farm?

www.islehamfen.co.uk/yurt%20&%20tipi.html again no idea what it's like.

I'd love this but every time I look, the huts/yurts are in a wide open field with several others, so its more like a campsite than a proper rural retreat.

If Im paying good money to go somewhere like that, I dont want to have to be next to other people because then, its just like a socially distanced caravan site basically. Plus, the owner's house is usually oppressively close by and overlooking the site.

Thebullfinch, that's exactly how I feel! I'm going to have a look at all of these, thank you.

Not sure of it's your thing but there was an article in this week's Sunday Times travel section about a company who book single camper van pitches in secluded places. The author hired a van and pitched up on someone's land with no-one else around.

The company is called Wild with Consent.

www.underthethatch.co.uk/secluded-cottages

Try Canopy & Stars.

Look on Airb&b?

I stayed at Lough Ness in Scotland once, there were cabins beside the lake, really remote, pitch dark, you had to walk with a torch to come home from the village. It was not scary but very isolated. I think that might be a bit further than you wanted though but it was a really nice place.

I just looked and that’s an 8 hour drive!! Apologies for my poor geography. Sorry about that, I hope you find what you are looking for. All the best.

I’m not sure that anywhere within 3 hours of Birmingham is that remote.

Would a bothy work? Not just in Scotland. Don't expect a high end Shepherds hut. They are very basic but if you're looking for remote and isolated then a bothy will deliver.

Lots of lovely places on air b&b around the Barmouth area.

www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/49543851?adults=2&translate_ugc=false&source_impression_id=p3_1628887745_574oIxCSs60xRx4c&guests=1

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This looks amazing, thank you. Definitely on my shortlist.

Its a few miles from where I live, and where I get my hen food from.

www.mountainbothies.org.uk/bothies/wales/lluest-cwmbach/
Might be 3 hours from Birmingham depending where in Birmingham...

Not in the UK but have a look in the Klondike.

I don't know how I forgot this place but I've actually stayed here. It's not the cheapest but it's down a lane & in its own space. Very peaceful. www.canopyandstars.co.uk/britain/england/dorset/buck-s-coppice/buck-s-coppice

this is my friends' glamping venture, it's got everything you asked for plus chickens and alpacas and more. It's an amazing setting, run by lovely people, about 3 hours from Birmingham.

Maybe not secluded enough but less than 3 hours away

https://www.airbnb.co.uk/rooms/22204520?guests=1&adults=1&translateugc=false&sourceeimpressionid=p331628927872reEkwB%2FVPuTMGeOy&checkkin=2021-10-18&checkout=2021-10-21