Sykes Holiday Cottages is an independent holiday cottage rental agency, with the finest selection of holidays across the UK and Ireland. Whether it’s a family-friendly holiday, a pet-friendly holiday or an activity and adventure-filled holiday, find your ideal UK break with Sykes Holiday Cottages. Our sister brands include Abersoch Quality Homes, Best of Suffolk, Carbis Bay Holidays, Character Cottages, Coast and Country Cottages, Coast and Country Holidays, Cornish Cottage Holidays, Dream Cottages, Heart of the Lakes, Helpful Holidays, Hideaways, Hogans Irish Cottages, John Bray, Lakes Cottage Holidays, Lake District Lodge Holidays, Lakelovers, Manor Cottages, Menai Holidays, Northumbria Coast & Country, Welsh Coast and Country Holidays and Yorkshire Coastal Cottages, and our family extends as far as Bachcare in New Zealand.

Chapel Cottage is a lovely, detached, former Methodist church in the village of Sandford in Cumbria. The property has two bedrooms - a double and a twin - sleeping four guests. There is a shower room, a kitchen/diner and a sitting room with a woodburning stove, while outside there is off-road parking for one car a shed at the rear for bike storage and a pretty, enclosed front yard with seating. Chapel Cottage is a wonderful base from which to explore the Lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines. Note: This property has a refundable Good Housekeeping bond of 100.

Sandford is a small and quiet village, 4 miles from Appleby-in-Westmorland. It offers plenty of fantastic walks and is well-placed for discovering the lake District, Yorkshire Dales and North Pennines AONB. In the centre of the village you will find a local pub offering good food. The historic town of Appleby-in-Westmorland lies in a loop of the River Eden and is overlooked by the Pennine range, with the Lake District Fells visible in the distance. Set at the heart of the lush Eden Valley and steeped in history, this is one of the loveliest towns in the north of England and was originally the county town of Westmorland.