Types of accommodation

Self-catering: cottages and apartments

Your own kitchen, from a city flat to a country cottage. What to expect, what to check, and 76 examples from our region guides. We hold no prices: check each property’s own site.

Facts last checked 1 November 2026. Britlens is independent: see our editorial policy.

Colourful shopfronts on curving Victoria Street, leading to the Grassmarket — Grassmarket & Southside: 3 examples of self-catering: cottages and apartments in our guidePhoto: rboed*, CC BY 2.0

The granite spires of Marischal College on Broad Street, Aberdeen — Aberdeen city: 2 examples of self-catering: cottages and apartments in our guidePhoto: Carl Farnell, CC BY-SA 2.0

Market stalls in Market Square with Great St Mary's behind — King's Parade and Market Square: 2 examples of self-catering: cottages and apartments in our guidePhoto: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0

Photos show the areas, not the properties: we use no hotel or stock photos.

What to expect

Self-catering ranges from cottages and cabins to large country houses and private apartments.^[1]

Before you book

Check minimum stays and changeover days, which are common for holiday lets.
Ask how keys are collected if you arrive late.

Examples in our region guides

76 places in 33 regions whose type in our data matches. Types and details come from OpenStreetMap or the property’s own site;^[2] they are examples, not recommendations, and we have not inspected them.

Edinburgh (10)

Manchester (3)

The Jurassic Coast (3)

Crepe Farm Cottage (property website, opens in new tab) Self-catering cottage, Bridport & West Bay
Springfield House (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday house, Lyme Regis & Charmouth
Portland House (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday house, Weymouth & Portland

Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire (2)

Royal Athenaeum Suites (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Aberdeen city
The City Rooms (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Aberdeen city

Anglesey (2)

Plas Cadnant Cottages (property website, opens in new tab) Self-catering cottages, Beaumaris, Menai Bridge & the east
The Nest at The White Eagle (property website, opens in new tab) Apartment, Holyhead & Holy Island

Blackpool and the Lancashire coast (2)

Cambridge (2)

Isles of Scilly (2)

Lyonnesse House (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday apartments, St Mary's & Hugh Town
Troytown Farm (property website, opens in new tab) Campsite and cottages, Tresco, Bryher, St Martin's & St Agnes

Newcastle and Gateshead (2)

Roomzzz Newcastle City (property website, opens in new tab) Aparthotel, Quayside and Gateshead
Laurel House (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Tynemouth

St Andrews and Fife (2)

Catchpenny Safari Lodges (property website, opens in new tab) Glamping lodges, East Neuk
Swilken View (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday apartment, St Andrews

Stirling and the Trossachs (2)

Loch Katrine Eco Lodges (property website, opens in new tab) Lodges, Callander and the Trossachs
Munro Guest House (property website, opens in new tab) Self-catering apartments, Stirling and Bannockburn

Yorkshire (2)

Barker Stakes Farm (property website, opens in new tab) Cottages and lodges, North York Moors
Olsen Cottage Sunnyside (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday cottage, Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay

Bath (1)

The Apartment, Bath (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Bathwick & Widcombe

Birmingham (1)

Aparthotel Adagio Birmingham City Centre (property website, opens in new tab) Aparthotel, Digbeth & Eastside

Bristol (1)

Coalshed (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Redcliffe, Temple Meads & Bedminster

Cornwall (1)

Old Museum Apartments (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Fowey, Polperro & the south-east coast

Leicester (1)

Adagio Leicester (property website, opens in new tab) Aparthotel, Leicester city centre

Mull and Iona (1)

Glengorm Castle apartments (property website, opens in new tab) Castle apartments and cottages, Tobermory and Mull

Nottingham (1)

The Lister Building (property website, opens in new tab) Apartments, Castle and Old Market Square

Salisbury & Stonehenge (1)

Peartree Serviced Apartments (property website, opens in new tab) Serviced apartments, Salisbury and Old Sarum

Shetland (1)

Clingera Studio Rooms (property website, opens in new tab) Self-catering studios, Northmavine, Yell & Unst

Stratford & Warwickshire (1)

Warwick Castle Hotel (property website, opens in new tab) Themed lodges, Warwick

The Cotswolds (1)

152 The Hill (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday homes, Burford

The Outer Hebrides (1)

Lews Castle (property website, opens in new tab) Self-catering apartments, Isle of Lewis & Stornoway

The Scottish Highlands (1)

The Pier Rooms (property website, opens in new tab) Short-stay rooms, Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry

The South Downs (1)

Cowdray Holiday Cottages (property website, opens in new tab) Holiday cottages, Midhurst and Petworth

York (1)

Roomzzz York (property website, opens in new tab) Aparthotel, Castle, Fossgate and Walmgate

Other types

Hostels and bunkhouses Shared dorms or private rooms, usually with a guest kitchen.
B&Bs and guest houses Rooms in a smaller, often family-run house, with breakfast.
Inns and pubs with rooms Rooms above or beside a pub, often in an old coaching inn.
Hotels From budget chains to grand country-house hotels.
Camping, caravans and glamping Campsites, static caravans, pods, huts and other outdoor stays.
Farm stays B&B, self-catering or glamping on a working farm.
Country houses, castles and historic stays Rooms or whole buildings in historic houses, inns and castles.

Sources

Read on the dates shown. Rules, dates and services change: check the source before you rely on it. Pages marked “not read” refused automated access, so we state nothing from them beyond their existence.

Accommodation options (opens in new tab), VisitBritain, read 1 November 2026
Copyright and licence (opens in new tab), OpenStreetMap, read 1 November 2026