For property reviews please see the individual property pages, for Cotswold Sleeps reviews please see the bottom of this page.

Google Rating
4.9
Based on 86 reviews

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Farmhouse Barn

Farmhouse Barn

The most gorgeous barn conversion with private garden!
Joining us later in 2025!
From £1250
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 2
  • Dogs Welcome
  • EV Charge Point
Croeso

Croeso

Private, quiet views over Swillbrook Lakes to soothe the soul
New Property!
From £1250
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Hot Tub
  • Dogs Welcome
  • EV Charge Point
  • AC
Chiff Chaff

Chiff Chaff

Gorgeous, centrally located detached holiday home with hot tub on enclosed deck and direct lake access. Spa access included!
Now with Hot Tub!
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Hot Tub
  • Dogs Welcome
Beaver Brook

Beaver Brook

Wonderful family friendly home filled with equipment for your young family, centrally located at Lower Mill Estate
Low season discounts
  • Sleeps
    • 10
  • Rooms
    • 5
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Dogs Welcome
Sorrel House

Sorrel House

A large lakeside holiday home, perfect for extended families and up to 3 dogs
Low season discounts
  • Sleeps
    • 10
  • Rooms
    • 5
  • Bathrooms
    • 4
  • Dogs Welcome
Minety Dawn

Minety Dawn

Minety Dawn is a stunning new, luxurious property nestled on the banks of Minety Lake
Low season discounts
  • Sleeps
    • 10
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 4
  • Dogs Welcome
Merlin House

Merlin House

Superb, sunny lakeside property with huge enclosed deck and air conditioning
Now with hot tub!
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Hot Tub
  • Dogs Welcome
  • EV Charge Point
  • AC
Sandpiper

Sandpiper

A large open plan lakeside holiday home with spectacular views
Direct lake access!
  • Sleeps
    • 10
  • Rooms
    • 5
  • Bathrooms
    • 4
  • Hot Tub
  • Dogs Welcome
Lagoon Villa

Lagoon Villa

Set in the private gated ‘Nines’ with a gorgeous view and ample living space
Come stay in The Nines
  • Sleeps
    • 10
  • Rooms
    • 5
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Dogs Welcome
Dunnock House

Dunnock House

A large lakeside holiday home, perfect for extended families
Book now for Summer!
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 4
  • Dogs Welcome
Serenity

Serenity

Magnificent views over Somerford Lagoon, set in the private gated ‘Nines’
Come stay in The Nines!
  • Sleeps
    • 8
  • Rooms
    • 4
  • Bathrooms
    • 3
  • Hot Tub
  • Dogs Welcome

Whether you are a holiday home owner looking for new management (please see our Owners page), or a guest looking for that perfect, luxury holiday cottage or rental property, Cotswold Sleeps are here to help!

Cotswold Sleeps is a trusted resource for self-catering holiday rentals in the Cotswolds, and planning your next holiday has never been so easy — just contact us today via our Contact page, tell us your specifications and our dedicated team will do the rest, supporting you before, during and after your stay.  Please don’t forget to mention if you have any special requirements or requests.

Cotswold Sleeps is a small, family run business, which means we are able to work with each owner or guest to support them personally, and our aim is to never make you wait. In this age of instant gratification, why should this not apply to holiday rental properties, or any of the services and luxuries surrounding those precious holidays. To do this, we partner with carefully selected owners and agents to make sure we are doing our utmost to help our guests.

Why not give us a try?

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Sandpipers

Location, location, location!

Most of our holiday homes are based on Lower Mill Estate, which offers a unique, Cotswolds family holiday experience to suit all ages, set within the stunning Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that is the Cotswold Water Park. Whether you are looking for a summer get away with the family, a relaxing Christmas holiday for two in front of a log fire, or an Easter staycation to enjoy with friends, The Cotswolds are one of the top UK holidaying destinations, and a fabulous way to escape the hustle and bustle of every day life.

The houses are all lakeside and well equipped to offer a finely tuned balance of complete relaxation and outdoor adventure.  Lower Mill Estate is perfectly located just 90 minutes from London, set in 450 acres of nature reserve comprising 8 lakes, 2 rivers and miles and miles of walking, running and cycling along private woodlands and footpaths, all amongst beautiful wildflower meadows and fields. There is also a state-of-the-art on-site Spa (with heated indoor and outdoor pools, steam room, sauna, gym and treatment rooms) which is open to residents only, two tennis courts and children’s play areas. The Spa even has a lily-filtered eco-pool!

The on-site ActivityHub can help with water/cycling equipment hire, instruction and local information. They will deliver equipment straight to your door before you even arrive on site for your holiday. Lakeside wildlife includes over-wintering wildfowl, otters, owls, bats, water voles, deer and the first European beavers to be introduced into England.

Whether it is paddle boarding you are after, kayaking, walking (The Cotswold Way skirts the Estate), swimming, boating, fishing, birdwatching, water skiing, playing golf, horse riding or relaxing in the state-of-the-art on-site spa, you will not be disappointed with your Cotswold holiday in the beautiful natural surroundings of Lower Mill Estate. Go on, you deserve it… Make some memories!

Surrounding Lower Mill Estate you will find a host of picturesque Cotswold Villages and historic Market Towns, and Cotswold Sleeps can recommend many day trips to visit restaurants, theatres, Farm Parks, National Trust properties and gardens, and many many more local attractions. The Cotswolds are often referred to as “The honeyed stone heart of England”, and to name a few, Cirencester, Bibury, Cheltenham, Burford, and Bourton-on-the-Water are all well worth visiting and all within an hours drive.

Meet the Team & why you can trust Cotswold Sleeps

Suus Landy

My name is Suus and I live in the heart of the Cotswolds, the beautiful Cotswold Water Park. Managing Cotswold Sleeps has allowed me to leverage years of experience in sales, project management and property development. I pride myself on service, approachability, accountability and attention to detail. Having lived in and around the Cotswolds for more than 25 years I know the area pretty well, and have an amazing group of tradesmen on my books. Most importantly, being supported locally by a wonderful network of friends and family has allowed me to live and breathe Cotswold Sleeps for the past 5 years. I was born in Holland and moved to the UK when I was 12. Following 5 years in Asia, my husband, 2 children and I now live just around the corner from Lower Mill Estate.

I am supported by my wonderful team of local guest services managers, who make sure everything is just so before guests arrive to a property. Where would I be without them.

I love my job!

Suus x

Why should you trust Cotswold Sleeps? With little to no safety nets in place for guests looking to rent a holiday home in a place (or even country!) that they are not familiar with, we know you need the ultimate trust guarantee before spending money with us. This is why we are I-PRAC approved (International Property Rental Approval Certification). Meaning whether you are a guest or owner, you are always 100% protected. Holiday rental fraud is rife, let’s help stomp it out!

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Excellent
Cotswold Sleeps
4.9
Based on 86 reviews
I've visited all of the Cotswold Sleeps rental houses on Lower Mill Estate. Suus is an amazing host, and the houses are well kitted out and meticulously clean, with decks overlooking the lakes.

If you want to escape to the Cotswolds, I can't recommend highly enough!
Response from the owner:Thank you so much, they are my pride and joy! Even if they're not officially mine 🙂 The Cotswold Sleeps Team and I thoroughly enjoy what we do and hopefully that shows.
Super experience with Suus at Cotswolds Sleeps who made our stay hassle free. Very responsive, resourceful and quick to resolve issues that weren’t of her making.
Response from the owner:Hi Jez, you are very kind to leave a review thank you! It was a pleasure to be able to help. Kind regards, Suus
We had a lovely weekend at Beaver Brook. The house was perfect for our needs and couldn't have been better for our family reunion. The beautiful weather was an unexpected extra for October.
Would definitely recommend!
Response from the owner:Hi Kay, I’m so glad you had a great stay at Beaver Brook! Thank you for looking after the house so well, I hope we see you again. Kind regards, Suus from Cotswold Sleeps
We stayed at Dunnock House for a week in July with the family (6 adults, 3 children and a dog) to celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary. The house was lovely - very well-equipped kitchen, spacious lounge (big enough for us all to do our own thing) and comfortable bedrooms. All very well maintained and clean. The park itself is brilliant, lots to do for everybody whatever the weather and abilities. We were very lucky in having the only really decent week of the summer.
Response from the owner:Hi Barry, you were so lucky with the weather ☀️ It was lovely to have you and we hope to see you again. Thank you for the lovely review! Suus from Cotswold Sleeps
Amazing clean home, great responsive host and families well catered for. Great base for exploring the cotswolds
Response from the owner:Dear Kerry, we're so glad you enjoyed your stay! Apologies for the delay in responding, I've had a few days away myself 🙂
What an amazing property! Plenty of space inside and out, with a fully enclosed decking so adults could relax despite having three pre-schoolers with us! There were lots of toys for the children including a massive box of lego, and plenty of board games too. The swimming pool was bigger than expected and always warm. It was great to be able to book an hour slot for our family's private use each day. The 'Nines' outside area was safe for pedalling around and there was easy access for paddle boarding. Hired a canoe and it was so peaceful on somerset lagoon, and we saw a couple of herons.
We will be returning!
Response from the owner:What a lovely review, Lagoon Villa is a special house! We’d love to have you back any time, and we’re so glad you e had such a relaxing stay. All the best from Cotswold Sleeps
Old fashioned customer service made this experience exceptional.
Communication was clear, personal and prompt throughout, the holiday home spotless and well equipped. There were comprehensive instructions for all appliances and tips for places to eat and walks nearby.
On completion of our holiday I accidentally left some items which were forwarded by the team without fuss or complaint.
I'd not hesitate to recommend Cotswold Sleeps to anyone looking for a competitively priced holiday with 5* service.
Response from the owner:Thank you for the wonderful review Rebecca! It's only how we would like to be treated when we go away 🙂 We very much hope to see you again at Lower Mill Estate, thank you for being great guests!
Lagoon villa was perfect well maintained and comfotable.
Well situated in the cotswold water park for amenities, had a lovely family reunion would highly recommend
BarryM
Response from the owner:Thank you so much for the positive review. We aim to provide a five star service, so your comments are really appreciated!
The customer service from Suus is second to none! Suus replied very quickly with any questions I raised and the property was spotlessly clean with some lovely added extras such as a welcome hamper which was very much needed after our journey to Merlin House.
We had a wonderful week in such a beautiful setting in the Cotswolds, I would not hesitate to book again with Cotswolds Sleeps!
Response from the owner:It was lovely to have you stay with us, your family is just gorgeous! I was made to feel ever so welcome when I popped by, thank you. Good luck with your next adventure, always here to chat! Kindest regards, Suus from Cotswold Sleeps
We booked our visit to Lower Mill Estate after seeing the property on the Cotswolds Sleeps website. The response time & information provided was exceptional & incredibly professional. We had a wonderful time & have already booked another stay based on our fantastic experience & service provided! Keep up the great work.
Response from the owner:Hi Chris, such a lovely review thank you! Great to see you’re coming back to Sandpiper 🙂 Kind regards and see you next year! Suus from Cotswold Sleeps