"The Exe Estuary in south Devon makes a perfect base for a car-free holiday. The train from London will get you to Exeter in just over two hours. From here it's a 25-minute journey on the Avocet Line – a handy local rail service which runs alongside the River Exe – to the pretty village of Lympstone, where there's a good choice of holiday houses for hire."

"The NTS has a wide portfolio of properties which are leased for residential, commercial and agricultural purposes. The properties are mostly of historical and/or architectural interest and we are looking for tenants who, like us, are committed to maintaining Scotland’s built heritage through a sensitive approach to building conservation, taking into account the special character and location of the buildings."

"The National Trust owns more than 4,000 houses and cottages that are let for people to live in as their home. The types of property vary considerably, from small terraced cottages or flats converted from farm buildings, to modest period homes, some of which may be open to the public."

This one is surprisingly good.

Boutique bed & breakfast hotel in Lyme Regis.

"Holiday cottages with style throughout Britain - cottages for self-catering holiday rental in the Cotswolds, the West Country, the Peak District, Yorkshire, Scotland and more."

"This historic, 1000-acre private estate on The Lizard peninsula has been transformed by restoring its environment and converting old or abandoned buildings to provide a real alternative to holiday inflation, based on green principles."

"The Landmark Trust is a charity founded in 1965 that rescues and restores historic buildings at risk and gives them a new life by offering them for holidays"

"A family-owned 350-year-old forester's cottage in the heart of the New Forest national park."