Rural Retreats was founded in 1985 with the aim of making the countryside more accessible for holidaymakers and giving them the best possible choice of holiday homes across the UK. Rural Retreats’ continuing success is based on excellent local knowledge and painstaking research, together with a flair for finding delightful and unusual properties. All of this has enabled us to build a portfolio of over 450 exceptionally fine holiday homes in stunningly beautiful locations, all available for you to rent. When you are looking for your own perfect holiday home, our experienced and helpful staff can help to point you to the property of your dreams. Whatever you want to ask about any of our properties, there will be someone on our staff who knows the cottage or apartment at first hand.

This period, beamed detached stone property lies close to the green in picturesque Kingham, named the best village in England by the Telegraph in 2010 and home to renowned restaurants, The Kingham Plough and The Wild Rabbit. Kingham village is on the mainline railway, directly from Paddington.

Information correct at time of writing. The Old Bakery is within walking distance of the village's two highly recommended local pubs, the The Kingham Plough and The Wild Rabbit. Visit the Award-winning Daylesford Organic Farm Shop and Cookery School or book a treatment in the Bamford HayBarn Spa. Chipping Norton, home to Fairytale Farm and with links to former Prime Minister David Cameron and former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson can be reached in approx offering a range of shopping facilities. The pretty Cotswold villages of Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water and Moreton-in-Marsh are all within a 10-minute drive. For foodies, The Big Feastival an annual event held at the end of August, hosted by Alex James and Jamie Oliver is hosted just outside the village at Alex's farm. Oxford (28 minutes by rail) is well worth a visit, offering a wide range of shopping outlets and stunning architecture with the University of Oxford being one of its major attractions. For golf enthusiasts, Cotswolds Club is 15 minutes away, offering a 18-hole, par 71 course for golfers of all abilities. A little further field, (30 minute drive) discover the Roman Villa on the...