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.

Perched in an elevated position within the Blackdown Hills National Landscape, the Shippen offers memorable views across and along the length of the spectacular Yarty valley.

Information correct at time of writing. Nearby are three excellent family-run farm shops, River Cottage HQ and Canteen as well as nationally acclaimed eateries and a choice of pubs known for good cooking and beer. Have dinner at the Tuckers Arms in Dalwood. Cider is made in the main barn. The nearest post office and cafe is a mile away in Membury. Within a 20 minute drive is the seaside town of Lyme Regis, a World Heritage Site famous for fossils. Branscome, Beer, Axmouth and Charmouth are only a little further down the coast. Within an easy forty minute drive are Dartmoor and Exmoor. The antique and second-hand book town of Honiton is on the way to the Devon Cathedral town of Exeter. Just over the border into Dorset are many Iron Age Hill Forts. Astronomy enthusiasts will appreciate the Dark Sky area.