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 Cottages and Yorkshire Coastal Cottages, and our family extends as far as Bachcare in New Zealand.

Apple Tree Cottage is a wonderful stone property nestled within the owner's working farm, some six miles south of Appleby in Cumbria. It comprises two bedrooms; two ground floor doubles, one with en-suite Jack-and-Jill shower room, sleeping four people. There is also a ground floor shower room next to the utility and a first floor open-plan living room with kitchen, dining area and sitting area with woodburning stove. To the exterior is a veranda with furniture and a private patio with seating and hot tub.

Kirkby Stephen lies at the foot of the Howgill Fells in the upper Eden Valley, with a traditional market place, shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs for every taste and budget. You can enjoy a picnic by “Frank’s Bridge”, which crosses the River Eden, while just a mile from the town, the old railway station connects to the Settle-Carlisle Railway line, for a family day out. There are many walks and cycle routes to try with the whole of the Lake District National Park and the Yorkshire Dales easily reached.