Introducing Host Unusual’s Stars of the Small Screen 2021!

‘Watching lots of telly’ has been a firm fixture on most people’s activity lists over the past year.

So why not take things a step further, and stay in one of those coveted properties that’s had a starring role on the small screen in 2021?

As you’ll soon discover from our jaw-dropping selection, no retreat gets to star on TV without being suitably original!   

So why not browse the list, and you could get to brag later on about staying in “that incredible place from My Unique B&B”, “the quirky house from Four in a Bed” or even “that bucket-list retreat from Extraordinary Escapes!”

Author: Nina Jervis
Image: Sea Gem | East Sussex
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Elmley Nature Reserve Shepherds Huts

Six luxurious shepherd's huts on a National Nature Reserve in Kent, with an abundance of wildlife right on your doorstep. For nature lovers, a visit to Elmley offers something nowhere else can: the chance to stay in an amazing National Nature Reserve.  As the only reserve in the UK that allows guests to extend their visits to overnight stays, Elmley gives you the chance to wake up to…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Sheerness, Kent
Cost (from): £105 per night
Sleeps: 2 per unit
Bedrooms: Studio

Elmley Nature Reserve Shepherd's Huts recently appeared on Channel 4's 'Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig'

Sea Gem Camber

A magnificent award-winning architect-designed beach house with panaromic sea views and private boardwalk to the sands. Live a life of luxury at the glorious Sea Gem - a treasure to be discovered at popular Camber Sands.  This magnificent, architect-designed beach house was recently featured on Channel 4's Extraordinary Escapes and combines exquisite design with unbeatable…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Camber Sands, East Sussex
Cost (from): £1500 (3 nights)
Sleeps: 8
Bedrooms: 4

Sea Gem recently appeared on Channel 4's 'Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig'

The Hideaway at Baxby Manor

Chill out, unwind and savour sensational glamping and camping at The Hideaway - a wonderfully relaxed, totally friendly and perfectly placed eco-friendly campsite in the heart of North Yorkshire. The Hideaway lets you enjoy all the gems camping has to offer - from waking to the sound of birdsong to spending evenings around your own proper campfire (a rarity nowadays!). With quirky Ecopods,…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Husthwaite, Yorkshire
Cost (from): £25 per night
Sleeps: 2 or 4 per unit
Bedrooms: Studio

Barney and The Hideaway at Baxby Manor recently featured on Channel 4's 'Four in a Bed'

The Coastguard Lookout

Arguably one of the most fabulously positioned places to stay in the UK, offering some of the most unique accommodation you'll ever find, Coastguard Lookout is definitely one for your radar. Perched on the Kent coast in enigmatic Dungeness (Britain's only desert), Coastguard Lookout has it all: a spectacular location, breath-taking views in every direction, exceptional design and décor, and…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Dungeness, Kent
Cost (from): £658 (2 nights)
Sleeps: 5
Bedrooms: 2

Keep your eyes peeled for The Coastguard Lookout on Grand Designs later this year, where it will feature as an example for another UK tower renovation!

Love Cabins at Mount Tomah

Relax amongst the awe-inspiring World Heritage bushland of Australia's Blue Mountains, in a cabin built for nature-inspired indulgence. Perfect for those who love the idea of holidaying deep in the refreshing wilderness, yet without skimping on creature comforts, you'll find Love Cabins sumptuously nestled within 600 acres of famed Blue Mountains bushland. A World Heritage site that's…

Show me more!Country: Australia
Region: Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Cost (from): £180 per night (tee pee)
Sleeps: 2 or 4 per cabin
Bedrooms: 1 or 2 per cabin

Love Cabins featured on Married at First Sight Australia season 5

Top of the Woods

Warmth, wildlife and a friendly sense of community await, at an eco award-winning Pembrokeshire camp-and-glamp site.There's a lot of heart to be found at Top of the Woods - an impossibly soothing, enduringly soulful camp-and-glamp site located by the Pembrokeshire National Park. Friendly owners Soo and Jon fell in love with this beautiful mix of wildlife-steeped meadow and woodland as soon as…

Show me more!Country: Wales
Region: Boncath, Pembrokeshire
Cost (from): £75 per night (Pioneer camps)
Sleeps: Varies
Bedrooms: Varies

Cerchio Del Desiderio

Italy's very first geodomes, luxuriously positioned amongst the olive trees and rolling green hills of Abruzzo. Cerchio Del Desiderio (that's ‘Circle of Desire' in English) is a sumptuous glamping retreat that's home to Italy's first geodomes. You're sure to agree that a more beautiful home is hard to imagine, too. Spectacularly located amongst 10 acres of instantly relaxing rural land in the…

Show me more!Country: Italy
Region: Pianella, Abruzzo
Cost (from): £70 per night (yurt, low season)
Sleeps: 2-4 per unit
Bedrooms: Open plan

Recently featured on Channel 4's 'A New Life in the Sun'

The Hudnalls Hideout

An ultra-luxurious, design-led and TV-featured treehouse-for-two, deliciously secluded amongst private woodland in the beautiful Wye Valley. If you had to imagine the perfect setting for a romantic treehouse, you'd be hard pressed to come up with anything quite as idyllic as the Wye Valley (a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, no less). Surrounded by ancient, wildlife-steeped…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Nr St Briavels, Gloucestershire
Cost (from): £400 per night
Sleeps: 2
Bedrooms: 1

Did you catch The Hudnalls Hideout on Channel 4's 'Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig', episode 4? The owners also featured on BBC’s Escape to the Country show (Series 18, episode 1) in their quest to find our spot to build the treehouse (they made on offer on house number 3 during filming and the rest is history!)

The Houseboat

An awe-inspiring, award-winning architectural masterpiece, featuring spectacular beachfront views out to Lake Pier and Poole Harbour. The winner of the Royal Institute of British Architects' coveted Stephen Lawrence Prize in 2017, The Houseboat boasts the ‘wow factor' in buckets-and-spades. Cleverly constructed to resemble two upturned boat hulls, the house is flooded with natural light from…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Hamworthy, Dorset
Cost (from): £1,956 (7 nights)
Sleeps: 10
Bedrooms: 4

The Houseboat features on the BBC's 'Your Home Made Perfect' this spring

Eilean Sionnach

Rest your weary heads in a dreamy lighthouse cottage, blissfully cast away on a soul-soothing private island off the rugged Isle of Skye. There's a distinctly magical ‘time travelling' feel about the journey to Eilean Sionnach (Gaelic for ‘Island of the Fox'), which was  featured on Channel 4's series on Extraordinary Escapes in the UK. You'll want to savour every windswept second…

Show me more!Country: Scotland
Region: Isleornsay, Isle of Skye
Cost (from): £250 per night
Sleeps: 8
Bedrooms: 4

Eilean Sionnach recently featured on Channel 4's 'Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig', episode 3 (aired on 24th Feb), also available on ALL4.

Stable Stays

A fun and completely unique stay in luxury self-catering stable, complete with a beautiful horse for company, set on a friendly farm in the Lake District. The ultimate in fun sleepovers, Stable Stays offers a unique opportunity for you to sleep in a cosy, self-catering stable, with a beautiful Friesian horse or a cute Shetland pony right by your side! Your soothing location is a historic,…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Cartmel, Cumbria
Cost (from): £250 per night
Sleeps: 1-3
Bedrooms: 1

You may have spotted Stable Stays recently on Channel 4's ‘Trip Hazard’ with Rosie Jones & Scarlett Moffatt! This unique stay will also feature in an episode of Jack Whitehall's ‘Travels with My Father’ later this year.

Pilot House

A unique aluminium cabin for two, architect designed and perfectly set in the remote Scottish Highlands, for spectacular views over the Sound of Mull. Occupying a remote, magical position on the north-eastern shore of the Sound of Mull, Drimnin could be described as one of Scotland's best-kept secrets. In other words, it's the perfect setting for an undisturbed, unbelievably scenic getaway. Rich…

Show me more!Country: Scotland
Region: Drimnin, The Highlands
Cost (from): £160 per night
Sleeps: 2
Bedrooms: 1

You may have spotted The Pilot House on Channel 4's 'Extraordinary Escapes with Sandi Toksvig' recently.

The Roost Glamping

Two sumptuous adults only, dog-friendly cedar cabins with a hot tub and luxuries galore, bespoke crafted and nestled in the magical Forest of Dean. If you're ready for a break from life's hustle and bustle (and who isn't?), you'll find The Roost Glamping waiting for you with open arms. Set within 2.5 enchanting acres of meadow in a Forest of Dean Special Area of Conservation, the two bespoke…

Show me more!Country: England
Region: Mitcheldean, Gloucestershire
Cost (from): £139 per night
Sleeps: 2 per cabin
Bedrooms: 1 per cabin

The Roost Glamping were featured on the BBC's 'My Unique B&B', series 1 episode 14.