Slow Travel UK & Ireland - Vacation rentals, holiday cottages, reviews, hotels, restaurants, travel information

Find the information you need to find and book a vacation rental (holiday rental) in England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland. Find a cottage in the Cotswolds, a house in the West Country, an apartment in London - everything you need to make your decision is here.

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What You Will Find in this Section

Trip Planning: Guidebooks, counties of the UK and Ireland, etc.

Vacation Rentals: Reviews of places that Slow Travelers have rented. Lists of agencies and sites for booking vacation rentals. See our SlowTrav Favorites.

Hotels: Reviews of hotels by Slow Travelers, information to help you find and book a good hotel.

Restaurants: Notes about restaurants, tea rooms, pubs, takeaways, and prepared meals from supermarkets. Reviews by Slow Travelers.

Instructions for Visitors: Driving, food shopping, appliances, phones, long distance phone cards.

Travel Notes: Slow Travelers travel notes and things to do. Hiking/walking/trekking in England, the Cotswolds, Cornwall, the Southwest, Chester, finding Jane Austen, canal boats, traveling in Ireland, and more.

Hiking in England: How to find the good hiking areas, what to expect.

ST Google Maps: Detailed, annotated Google Maps, made by Slow Travelers. Use them for trip planning.

Photos of United Kingdom and Ireland: We have lots of great travel photos.

Pauline's Photos of England

Vacation rentals in Great Britain and Ireland. Use this site to learn more about Slow Travel.

Classified Listings

Classified Listings: Vacation rental agencies, listings by owner, hotels, B&Bs, travel consultants, tour guides, cooking schools, and more.

What's New?

- Updated: US - English British Dictionary .

- Slow Travel Favorite: Sansome Cottage

- Travel Guide for Chester, Cheshire: Things to do and see, accommodations, restaurants

- South-West England - Somerset, Devon and Cornwall, travel guide

- Between York and Edinburgh, travel guide

- New SlowTrav Favorite, London Perfect

- Cotswolds: A Guide to Local Shopping, Parking and Public Loos

...more of what's new

Read Our Trip Reports for the United Kingdom

The Slow Travel Trip Reports is our most popular section! Read these travel journals written by other Slow Travelers. Learn from their experiences to plan your trip or just have some fun doing "armchair travel".

Latest Trip Reports for United Kingdom

England and France 2007: The adventures of a solo female traveler in England and Paris, July 18-31, 2007.

European Travel Back When - 1964: In 1964, when I was a young graduate student, I took a two-month solo trip to Europe. I ended up visiting about a dozen cities in a half-dozen countries, spending very little money, and having a ball! Here's where I travelled, what I did and whom I met.

A Slow Trip to London in November: 14 Nov 2007 - 18 Nov 2007, Kamala, her mom, husband and child travel to London for a quick but "Slow Travel" stop on their way home from India.

> Show all trip reports for United Kingdom

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