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Whether it’s a starlit sky, a bubbling hot tub or a particular type of unusual accommodation, we’re sure to have all the pathways to holiday heaven you need!

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Free Range Glamping

Chiddingstone, Kent, England

Sleeps: 2 or 4
Bedrooms: Varies
From £60 / night

Harvey of Hayle

Hayle, Cornwall, England

Sleeps: 10
Bedrooms: 2 (+1)
From £840 /7nts off-peak

The Apple Treehouse

Taunton, Somerset, England

Sleeps: 6
Bedrooms: 3
From £645 3/4 nts

Little Poro

Bishops Nympton, Devon, England

Sleeps: 2
Bedrooms: 1
From £159 / night

Thirlestane Castle

Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Sleeps: 2-16
Bedrooms: 8
From £230 /night

Bottle Lodge

Tixall, Staffordshire, England

Sleeps: 2
Bedrooms: 1
From £195/nt

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