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Last-minute UK festive breaks

Here are some great places with availability for a cosy winter escape from now until the end of January. Use Christmas shopping as an excuse for a city break, get a restorative few days in ahead of the holiday chaos or embrace the madness and take everyone with you! Find available dates on each property’s page or by following the link to their website. If you have exact dates in mind, you can enter them at the top of this page and you’ll then only see the places available for those dates. We’ve inspected and selected every single one, so we’re confident that you’ll find somewhere you’ll love.

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    The Dairy at Streat Place Barn Gallery

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    The Dairy at Streat Place Barn

    Ditchling, Sussex
    • From £135 p/n
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    A romantic and very comfortable retreat in a smartly converted dairy with a pretty garden, close to the South Downs

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    Crumble Cottage Gallery

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    Crumble Cottage

    Cartmel, Cumbria
    • From £122 p/n
    • Self-catering
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    A cosy bolt hole near medieval Cartmel with woods, meadows and wildlife – great for walkers in this quiet part of the South Lakes

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    Harbour View House Gallery

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    Harbour View House

    Chichester, Sussex
    • From £164 p/n
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    Stay in the very first holiday let in the history of this lovely little hamlet of nine houses, with a superb sailing club and a decent pub

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    Upton Cressett Gatehouse Gallery

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    Upton Cressett Gatehouse

    Upton Cressett, Shropshire
    • From £200 p/n
    • Self-catering
    • 1 place for 2

    A special place indeed, particularly for honeymooners and lovers. It's steeped in history & romance with delightful gardens to roam at will

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    May Lodge Gallery

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    May Lodge

    Grantham, Lincolnshire
    • From £133 p/n
    • Self-catering
    • 1 place for 2

    Ease yourself into a rather more gracious lifestyle from this sweet retreat on a historic estate with gorgeous walled gardens

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    The Treehouse Gallery

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    The Treehouse

    Essendon, Hertfordshire
    • From £100 p/n
    • Self-catering
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    Birders will love escaping up here, golfers too - visit Hatfield House, Knebworth, Cambridge - come back to a good local pub and a comfy bed

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    House in the Yard Gallery

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    House in the Yard

    Gaerwen, Anglesey
    • From £75 p/n
    • Self-catering
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    A cluster of traditional farm buildings making up three holiday cottages in very attractive grounds with fruit trees, meadows and woodland

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    Ivy Studio Gallery

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    Ivy Studio

    Diptford, Devon
    • From £115 p/n
    • Self-catering
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    A sculptor's studio, flooded with light, converted into a restful holiday home with wellbeing treatments surrounded by glorious countryside, near Totnes

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