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Gilda Bruno

Farm Stays Are Having a Moment — These 10 Peaceful Escapes in the UK Make for a Design-Conscious, Multisensory Countryside Break

A warmly furnished farmhouse boasts an earthy palette of browns, greens, and ochres along with sculptural crafty pieces, including ceramics, patterned fabrics, and original artwork.

There are people who have always deemed outdoor time as crucial to their lives, and others who, with the arrival of COVID-19 lockdowns, learned about its importance the hard way. Whichever group you belong to, one thing is for sure: farm stays in the UK are trending, with more and more British travelers preferring so-called 'staycations' immersed in the wilderness of their home country to ever-popular overseas destinations.

As we explored widely in our Travel Trends 2025 Report, recent years have seen a spike in the number of people who choose rural getaways over city trips characterized by cookie-cutter itineraries, attraction hopping, and overtourism. But what is making farm stays in the UK so widely popular right now, and can design-conscious vacationers trust these holiday hotspots to have found the way to truly inspiring decor?

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