Dipper

Dipper is a two-bedroom pet-friendly cottage for three in the hamlet of Trenale, half a mile from Tintagel on the North Cornwall coast. A 10-out-of-10 rating from four reviews, an enclosed garden, and a quiet rural position set it apart from properties closer to the Tintagel castle car park.

The layout covers two bedrooms - a double and a single - and a single bathroom, with equipment including wifi, a washing machine, and accessibility features. Dogs are welcome, which matters on this stretch of the coast path. The cottage is one of a small cluster of Trenale properties.

Outside, Dipper has its own garden and private parking. The hamlet setting is quiet, shielded from the summer traffic that runs through Tintagel itself. A paddock view from the rear gives open countryside rather than another row of houses.

Tintagel is half a mile away, with the clifftop castle ruins linked to the Arthurian legend and now run by English Heritage. Merlin's Cave sits beneath the castle, and Boscastle harbour is a few miles up the coast. Bossiney Cove beach sits just over a kilometre away; Tregardock and Port Gaverne are slightly further. Prices start from GBP 769 per week, rising to GBP 997 in peak season, with Saturday changeovers.