Unwrap your gifts to the rhythm of the ocean. Sing carols with the sea breeze as your choir. Blow away the festive cobwebs with a bracing beach walk. And ring in the New Year by the coast. If you haven’t booked your festive escape yet, it’s not too late. Whether you’re looking for a romantic retreat, a festive family cottage, or a getaway with friends, choose from these seaside holiday cottages with last-minute availability for Christmas 2024.
1. Taigh na Carr, Highlands, Scotland
Sleeps 4
Treat yourself to a slice of Highland life in a winter wonderland this Christmas. Wrap up your festive getaway in this luxury eco-house, where you can hunker beside the crackling log burner and enjoy views of the Kintail mountains through three-sided floor-to-ceiling windows, take long winter hikes in the hills, and even brave an icy dip in the loch. Plus, there’s the added attraction that you’re more likely to see a white Christmas this far north in Scotland.
Currently available from 16-26 December, from £2,758-£3,895 for 7 nights.
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2. May’s Cottage, Beesands, Devon
Sleeps 4
Swap the Christmas chaos for sea views and calm coastal surroundings at this cosy fisherman’s cottage nudging the beach at Beesands. Step outside for a bracing sea dip or stroll along the seafront, then warm up beside the woodburner and let the aromas of festive feasts and tangy sea air waft through the stable doors. This cosy cottage in Devon is the perfect Christmas hideaway, while you’re close to Kingsbridge and historic Dartmouth if you want to dip into the festivities.
Last-minute availability from 20-26 December, £1,016 for 7 nights.
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3. Smugglers Cottage, Seatown, Dorset
Sleeps 6
Spend Christmas in a charming seaside cottage once used to capture smugglers off the Dorset coastline. Nestled right beside the beach, with soothing sea views, a traditional country-style interior and a log burner to curl up beside, you might be tempted to spend Christmas indoors in your slippers. However, with stunning coastal walks to Golden Cap and Thorncombe Beacon, beaches made for fossil hunting and a cosy waterside pub on the doorstep, you’ll no doubt be lured outside for some festive coastal adventures.
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4. Hafan, Swansea, Wales
Sleeps 8
Rip open your stocking with sea views, and serve up your festive feast to the sound of the waves when you wrap up Christmas in this luxury coastal retreat in South Wales. With the Gower Peninsula on the doorstep for wild coastal walks, and The Mumbles and Swansea for Yuletide celebrations, you can set off on merry adventures to your heart’s content, or soak up the scenery from the hot tub on your private roof terrace and beside the cosy woodburner in your plush beachside pad.
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5. The Old Post Office, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Sleeps 8
Families and friends will love a Christmas break in this colourful 18th-century cottage refurbished with an on-trend, sophisticated style. Gather for games and tipples around the Danish wood-burning stove, whip up a festive feast in the designer kitchen decked out with Neff appliances, and step out of bed onto underfloor heating. This superb Norfolk retreat is nestled in the heart of the stunning seaside town of Wells-next-the-Sea, with its picturesque quay, colourful beach huts, pinewood walks and golden sands that stretch for miles and miles.
6. Old Church, Ventnor, Isle of Wight
Sleeps 4 + 2 dogs
You won’t have to leave home to go to church when you spend Christmas in this magnificent apartment in a converted church on the Isle of Wight. Relax in serenity in velvet furnishings under vaulted ceilings, conjure up a festive feast or call in a private chef, and step out for rosy-cheeked coastal and countryside walks from your island bolthole. Now that’s the kind of Christmas to pray for.
7. Orion, Brighton and Hove
Sleeps 4
Kickback at the water’s edge for a cracking Christmas in a swanky apartment in Brighton Marina. The amusements and buzzing beach town are bang on the doorstep for festive fun, while inside you have a games room with hockey, table football, billiards and video games, as well as a large Smart TV for Christmas movies.
8. Quay West, Amble, Northumberland
Sleeps 6 + 1 dog
We’ve made no secret of the fact that Northumberland is our destination of the moment, with its rugged beaches and coastal castles creating a stunning scene for winter getaways. Take the opportunity to grab last-minute availability in one of our favourite Northumberland cottages with a hot tub, and spend Christmas snug beside the North Sea, where you can watch the comings and goings of boats while tucking into port and cheese, pop a bottle of festive bubbly in the hot tub on your sea-view balcony, and step out for Yuletide yomps on Warkworth Beach and Druridge Bay.
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9. Poppy’s Retreat, Filey, North Yorkshire
Sleeps 11
Perhaps you were thinking it’s too late for that large family Christmas get-together. Perhaps you’re panicking because the extended family are coming to you for Christmas and you haven’t got room for them all. Whatever your reason for making last-minute Christmas plans, there’s still time to lay on a big festive spread at this luxury retreat in Filey. Hang your stockings beside the fire, explore the coast and countryside of the North York Moors, and enjoy festive days out in Whitby.
10. Fistral House, Newquay, Cornwall
Sleeps 4 + 2 dogs
Yo-ho-ho between the beach and your stylish, sea-view apartment on the shores of Cornwall’s most famous surfing beach. Brave the waves, stroll along miles of golden sands, strike out over the clifftops to a cosy pub, and explore Newquay’s array of family attractions. Whatever winter adventures you choose on your Christmas break beside the sea, end your day in a velvet armchair watching the sunset over the sea, dish up your festive fare with a view to the waves, and hunker down in luxury beside the echo of the ocean.
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