The finest luxury holiday rentals, not just in the Cotswolds but in the whole of the UK as well, Bruern Holiday Cottages were the national winners of the English Tourism Council's Excellence in England Gold and Silver Awards for Self-catering Holiday of the Year 1998 and 2003. Bruern Holiday Cottages offer the comfort and attention to detail of a good hotel; the privacy, independence and space of home; and the civilised ease and style of English country house living.

That's why Bruern Holiday Cottages are the five star luxury holiday rental benchmark for the most important and prestigious national and official UK inspection organisations. When the English Tourism Council, The National Trust or the Royal Automobile Club want to show their professionals the ne plus ultra in holiday cottages, they send them to us. We set the standard for the people who set the standards in UK holiday cottages.

Judy, widow of the Hon. Michael Astor, began converting holiday cottages in the Cotswolds in 1992, bringing to the task thoughtfulness, imagination and a passion for design. In the interiors of the cottages, in the gardens, and in the very way Bruern Holiday Cottages are run, nothing has been done without the guests experience and point of view in mind. From the overall conception to the tiniest detail, everything has been planned, considered and beautifully executed with this purpose.

These holiday cottages are for people who mind about their surroundings, who have beautiful homes themselves, and don't see why they should lower their standards on holiday. When she designed them, Judy's criterion was that the holiday cottages should be places in which she would like to live permanently, and our guests clearly agree, since they tell us that they never want to go home. They say there's nothing better than arriving at the holiday cottage, tired after a long journey, to find the lights on, fire ready, a beautifully laid tea tray with a cake waiting on the table, a bottle of champagne in the fridge, and the candles just waiting for a match.

Bruern Holiday Cottages provides stylish and elegant holiday accommodation set in the beautiful surroundings of the English Cotswolds, making them ideal if you are looking for a holiday rental in the UK.