FOR GOURMET GOODIES Kitchen Garden Cottage (below), Barton-on-the-heath, Cotswolds

A pretty 19th-century honey-coloured cottage with a feelgood mix of modern and vintage on the inside. Relax in the roll-top bath in the eaves and enjoy a flickering fire on chilly evenings.

Dip into the cookery book library or head out to eat at Daylesford Farm Shop, The Wild Rabbit and Old Butchers (all close by).

Sleeps four; from £514 cotswoldshideaways.co.uk

WHAT TO DO THE LOWDOWN

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