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Wild stays within 2 hours of London.

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Red Cabin Blickling on Kip Hideaways

This is the great magic trick of a wild stay near London: one minute you’re in a Pret at Waterloo, the next you’re barefoot on a deck in Norfolk watching steam curl up from a cedar hot tub while a barn owl swoops over the field in front of you.

No emails. No train-platform queues. Just trees, silence, a glass of wine, and maybe a sauna hidden under the trees.

In this edit, we’ve gathered the kind of places that make you recalibrate without trying too hard. Architectural cabins in East Sussex that look like they’ve landed from another planet. Rewilding stays in Somerset where the mornings are all birdsong and early morning dew drops on long grass. Cosy huts in Oxfordshire and the Cotswolds made for stunning walks, river swims, and reading half a novel before dinner. The sort of places where dinner somehow tastes better eaten outside, where you remember what darkness actually looks like, and where the entertainment for the evening is mostly just “listen to that”, or “look at the stars!”

Come alone with a yoga mat and an eyemask. Come with someone you like and a bag full of good snacks. Leave your group chats unanswered for 48 hours. These are stays for switching off properly – not in a performative, wellness-retreat way, but in the deeply restorative business of being outside, sleeping well, breathing deeper, and taking it all back to the simple basics.

Nr Broadway, Cotswolds

2-4
2
From £188/night
Two design cabins with hot tubs and a sauna, on a family farm in the Cotswolds near Broadway (each sleeps 2)

Blickling, Norfolk

4
1
From £225/night
A stunning & secluded off-grid cabin with sauna & hot tub, set on the vast Blickling Estate (sleeps 2 + 2)

Bungay, Norfolk

2
2
From £195/night
Rustic-luxe eco cabins in a wildflower meadow near Norwich; perfect for solo stays & romance (each sleeps 2)

nr Heathfield, East Sussex

2
1
From £300/night
A remarkable, completely handcrafted cabin, hidden deep in an ancient bluebell woodland, an hour from London (sleeps 2)

Catsfield, East Sussex

2-8
4
From £175/night
Four extraordinary architects’ cabins plus a farm shop/cafe, in beautiful East Sussex countryside (each sleeps 2)

Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire

2-6
3
From £200/night
Superbly luxe cabins with alfresco tubs in the Chilterns, 45 mins from London (each sleeps 2)

Nr Petersfield, Hampshire

2-4
2
From £190/night
Two beautiful, secluded eco cabins with long views and total peace (each sleeps 2)

Oare, Kent

4
1
From £225/night
Secluded cabin, hot tub & sauna on Kent’s Oare Marshes, by a private fishing lake (sleeps 2 + 2)

Elmore, Gloucestershire

2-8
4
From £250/night
Staggeringly beautiful treehouses hidden in woodland on a vast rewilded estate (each sleeps 2 + child)

Little Clacton, Essex

2-4
2
From £195/night
A pair of gorgeous huts with alfresco baths in the Essex countryside, plus a sauna and wild-swimming pond (each sleeps 2)

Near Horsham, Sussex

6
1
From £200/night
Beautiful barn conversion on a 140-acre family farm, an hour from London, near Knepp + South Downs National Park (sleeps 2-6)

Gretton, Gloucestershire

2-6
3
From £195/night
A trio of ravishing shepherd huts with big views and country hikes, next to a pub and tennis court (each sleeps 2)

Laxfield, Suffolk

4-8
2
From £148/night
A tranquil retreat: contemporary lodges encircled by wild grasses (each sleeps 2-4; adults only)

Near Cirencester, Cotswolds

2-6
3
From £160/night
Three gorgeous off-grid shepherd huts with hot tubs near Bibury, a walk from The Pig’s restaurant (each sleeps 2)

Gillingham, Dorset

2
1
From £130/night
Bespoke off-grid cabin with alfresco tub, close to trendy Bruton and Frome; perfect for a creative or couple’s retreat

Near King’s Lynn, Norfolk

6
1
From £200/night
A striking, architect-designed house on a lakeside, with bold interiors yet a calm vibe and watersports nearby (sleeps 6)

Beckley, East Sussex

4
2
From £205/night
Two gorgeous cabins hidden in 40 acres of award-winning biodiversity, perfect for romantic retreats or small family escapes

Great Snoring, Norfolk

2
1
From £150/night
Luxe-y, romantic cabin in a peaceful meadow, plus an on-site sauna, 10 miles from Holkham Beach (sleeps 2)

Great Snoring, Norfolk

2
1
From £250/night
Idyllic romantic hideaway in a tranquil walled garden, plus an on-site sauna, 10 miles from Holkham Beach (sleeps 2)

Shelford, near Cambridge

6
1
From £380/night
Beautiful 3-bedroom barn with its own wild meadow, 3 miles from Cambridge (sleeps 6)

Near Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

2
1
From £130/night
A wagon in wildflowers, plus a woodfired bath, swimming pond & sauna. Sleeps 2, amazing value

Peterborough, Lincolnshire/Cambridgeshire

6
1
From £255/night
A simply stylish safari tent overlooking a lake; ideal for outdoorsy friends and families (sleeps 4-6)

Dry Drayton, Cambridge

2
1
From £150/night
Romantic little cabin by a wild-swimming pond and sauna, within easy distance of Cambridge (sleeps 2)

Laxfield, Suffolk

4
2
From £107/night
Beautiful oversized huts for solo retreats or romance, hidden amongst 10 acres of wild grasses and forest

Crewkerne, Somerset/Dorset

2
1
From £180/night
Indonesia-inspired lakeside cabin with alfresco tub & on-site wellness. An easy drive from the Jurassic Coast; sleeps 2

Lewes, East Sussex

2-8
3
From £440/night
Fabulous eco barn with hot tub & sauna, set right in South Downs National Park (sleeps 2, 6 or 8)

Near Hastings, Sussex

2
1
From £295/night
A consciously designed luxe forest lodge in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty on the E Sussex coast (sleeps 2)

Laughton, near Lewes, Sussex

2-4
2
From £130/night
Nature-based cabins in the Sussex countryside, near Lewes, the Seven Sisters & the South Downs (each sleeps 2)

Castle Cary, Somerset

2-4
2
From £170/night
Two design-led huts in a beautiful cider-apple orchard between Bruton & Castle Cary (each sleeps 2 + 2 kids)

Ashley, near Bath, Somerset

2
1
From £256/night
Cosy cabin with alfresco bath in a nature idyll of meadow and lake, 10 mins’ drive from Bath (sleeps 2)

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