Mallinson's Woodland Retreat
Thorncombe, Dorset · Sleeps 2
The only place in Britain to sleep in a RIBA award-winning treehouse.
££££
- Hot tub
- Sauna
- Pizza oven
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6 places in England made the list. Every one links straight to the owner.
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Chewton Glen Treehouses
New Forest, Hampshire · Sleeps 2–12
Britain's most famous luxury treehouses, suspended in the canopy of a five-star country house hotel's New Forest estate.
££££
- Hot tub
- Five-star spa access
- Breakfast hatch
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Looking Glass Lodge
Fairlight, East Sussex · Sleeps 2
An architect-designed lodge with full-height smart-glass walls that turn opaque at the flick of a switch, hidden in private ancient woodland in the High Weald.
££££
- Panoramic smart-glass walls
- Wood burner
- Private woodland
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Kudhva
Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall · Sleeps 2–6
Radical architect-designed hideouts on stilts in a disused slate quarry above the Atlantic.
££
- Sea views
- Wild swimming
- Sauna
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Log House Holidays
Cotswold Water Park, Gloucestershire · Sleeps 4–11
Family-run for over 40 years: eight Finnish log cabins around a private 130-acre lake on a personal nature reserve.
£££
- Private lake
- Hot tub
- Sauna
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Hinterlandes
Lorton Valley, Cumbria
A fully off-grid hidden cabin (and a converted double-decker bus) that periodically moves location in the quiet north-western fells.
££
- Off-grid
- Stargazing skylight
- Wood-fired heating
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Questions people actually ask
- Which English places are open year-round?
- Chewton Glen and Log House Holidays run year-round, and Great Langdale has a near-year-round season. Most of the other campsites close between October and April.
- How close to London can you actually get away?
- Looking Glass Lodge in East Sussex is about an hour from the capital, which is the fastest route to genuine seclusion on our list.
- Are dogs welcome?
- At Log House Holidays and Great Langdale, yes. We mark it on the card wherever the owner confirms it.