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After weeks of lockdown, we’re all longing to get out of our own space – the four walls where we’ve spent the past few months trying to keep ourselves occupied – and start preparing for a post-lockdown holiday. And while travel quarantines mean travelling abroad might not be suitable for everyone, we’re looking ahead to the staycations we can take closer to home.
We’re likely to hightail it out to the coast and countryside, booking a self-catered cottage, cabin, villa or something a bit more unusual, and holing up for a long weekend break of blissful separation from this ‘new normal’ that we keep hearing about.
Luckily, the UK is a country of varied landscapes, with rolling hills, beautiful beaches and dramatic islands to explore. And rented accommodation has, over the past few years, evolved from tired holiday homes to thoughtfully restored period houses, boundary-pushing examples of modern architecture and lo-fi, self-check-in hideaways with eco credentials.
We’ve rounded up the best holiday rental websites to find the perfect bolthole to take over as your own, with properties all over the country, flexible booking policies and tons of space to spread out in.