Cottages in Dorset for May Day Bank Holiday
Escape from the rhythm of everyday life and kick start your summer. Across Dorset, colours and new life pervade the landscape and lots of events and festivities take place. Choose a luxury cottage from which to enjoy Dorset this May Day bank holiday and spend your break in a home-from-home. All of our cottages have been personally inspected and handpicked. Read more
Our exclusive ferry discounts of up to 25% will make your island trip with Classic plain sailing.Pick from 39 cottages for May Day bank holiday
7 nights from £383 booking fees included
The Linhay
26611 bedroom cottage near the beach near Bridport, Dorset.
The Linhay is a tucked away single-storey retreat – and an ideal base for exploring the wonderful coastline. The cottage nestles alongside the barns, with a fully enclosed gravel c...
7 nights from £383
7 nights from £399 booking fees included
Kingfishers
60351 bedroom, dog friendly holiday cottage near Shaftesbury, Dorset.
Great care and attention has been put into this barn conversion, resulting in a truly cosy, yet spacious retreat for couples or solo travellers to enjoy. Located in Gillingham in n...
7 nights from £399
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7 nights from £468 booking fees included
Fox Cottage
47121 bedroom stylish cottage in Beaminster, Dorset.
Tucked away in an oh-so-pretty part of historic Beaminster, Fox Cottage is a gorgeous retreat for two. As soon as you arrive at this picture-perfect terraced cottage, you will want...
7 nights from £468
7 nights from £472 booking fees included
The Dairy
26631 bedroom cottage close to the Jurassic Coast, near Bridport, Dorset.
The Dairy is an extremely comfortable single-storey cottage in this small and friendly farm development. The property has French doors to its own enclosed outside space – the patio...
7 nights from £472
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7 nights from £494 * booking fees included
The Granary
56832 bedroom, dog friendly holiday cottage near Beaminster, Dorset.
Tucked away in a rural corner of west Dorset you will find The Granary; a single-storey cottage with a shared two acre woodland and wildflower meadow to while away holiday days in....
7 nights from £494 *
7 nights from £496 * booking fees included
The Dairy
56822 bedroom, dog friendly holiday cottage near Beaminster, Dorset.
A cosy single-storey cottage, a secret wood and wildflower meadow, all available to you in a location only a short drive of the World Heritage Jurassic Coast, are we tempting you y...
7 nights from £496 *
7 nights from £516 booking fees included
Badgers Cottage
30141 bedroom, dog friendly cottage near Bridport, Dorset.
This pretty semi-detached cottage for two is nestled within a National Landscape on West Hembury Farm. Badgers Cottage is an 18th Century stone barn that has been beautifully co...
7 nights from £516
From £69 per night + £53 booking fees
La Cabine Francaise
47261 bedroom, dog friendly Shepherds Hut near Dorchester, Dorset.
Welcome to La Cabine Francaise, a glorious expanse of glamping bliss with a French twist. Set in the stunning Dorset countryside, this exclusive spot for two provides the perfect r...
From £69 per night
7 nights from £560 * booking fees included
The Parlour
26622 bedroom cottage with views of Golden Cap near Bridport, Dorset
The Parlour is an excellent choice for a family, with French doors opening out onto an enclosed gravelled patio, and offers comfortable accommodation for five guests (one of the th...
7 nights from £560 *
7 nights from £578 * booking fees included
Barn Owls Cottage
30153 bedroom, dog friendly cottage near Bridport, Dorset.
Barn Owls Cottage is a semi-detached cottage that has been converted from an 18th Century stone barn. Despite having stylish modern fittings, it has still retained much of its orig...
7 nights from £578 *
We’ve been raising the standards of self catering holidays since 1977.
Our family ethos
Tony and Clare Tregoning started the business back in 1977 and their dedication to quality and excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Tony is sadly no longer with us, but we still adhere to their original ethos of finding holiday homes we would like to stay in and have slowly grown the company to find the best picks of properties across the counties. Plus Clare still drops in to keep us on our toes.
As an independent, family-run company, we wouldn’t expect you to stay anywhere we wouldn’t want to stay ourselves. And we’re pretty picky. We want you to walk into your handpicked holiday home and say ‘wow’, sit back and relax.
Planning on a solo escape this May Day to relax and revive? How about a romantic retreat in a cosy cottage for two? Perhaps you'd like to enjoy a family break and spend some quality time together in a spacious retreat? From country to coast, we have a range of luxury self-catering cottages in Dorset, primed and ready to welcome you. Many are dog-friendly too, so no one gets left behind. Choose from our 39 available properties and get ready to spend a May Day bank holiday to remember. At Classic Cottages, we understand what makes holidays fantastic and pride ourselves on marketing the finest self-catering accommodation around. With each holiday cottage regularly inspected and fully equipped, everything you could need and more for your stay is supplied. Book with confidence with Classic Cottages.
