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10 places with cool hidden extras

Published 23rd April 2026

These are the places where you get a little bit more for your money. Special stays filled with fun and thoughtful extras you weren't expecting.

Cabins with secret slides, escape rooms, tropical gardens and private cinemas, and houses with hidden party rooms, trampolines, pianos and pick-your-own vegetable gardens.

Take a look at 10 of our favourite Coolstays with nice little extras.

Ursabear Cabin

Ursabear Cabin

Bampton - Devon

Sleeps 2
A beautiful cabin, featured on George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, and nestled on the edge of Exmoor National Park. It's stacked with brilliant little extras including a secret slide, high-spec star-gazing telescope, a 6ft tall teddy bear and a gorgeous sunken bath fed by a waterfall tap.
Beavers Den

Beavers Den

Oxford - Oxfordshire

Sleeps 2
Whimsical and quirky glamping retreat in rural Oxfordshire with a wood fired hot tub beneath the trees. Beavers Den comes with a fab extra - its own private escape room! You also get use of the excellent on-site facilities, including an honesty bar which transforms into an outdoor cinema, as well as a pool, sauna and jacuzzi.
Barford Beach House

Barford Beach House

nr. Bude - Cornwall

12 (+4)
Head to the North Cornwall coast at Barford, a stunning holiday home for up to 16 people that offers sea views and luxurious living. We love the very cool underground Bunker Bar - a secret party room which you have to crawl through a hidden door to get to. It's filled with vintage arcade machines and an amazing sound system.
The Hideout at Sleepy Owl Devon

The Hideout at Sleepy Owl Devon

Bideford - Devon

2+2 kids
Luxurious treehouse retreat with private woodland terrace and woodfired hot tub, set amongst the stunning backdrop of the UNESCO North Devon Biosphere Reserve. Insta-worthy extras are built-in here - it's first ever treehouse with a moving indoor/outdoor copper bathtub and steaming outdoor shower above. There's a giant pull-down movie screen and and even a rotating TV you can watch from the sofa or the bed.
The Shed

The Shed

Taunton - Somerset

14 (or up to 20 with Little Bickley)
Spacious, beautiful and modern with a heated indoor pool, a chef if you wish and loads for everyone to do. The Shed is packed to the rafters with fun extras - from the pool and hot tub, to the cinema room, the trampoline, table tennis and table football, to board games, books and even an in-house piano.
Vista Point

Vista Point

East Preston - West Sussex

Sleeps 9
An architectural gem with 1970s flair, Vista Point may be the ultimate retro holiday home, and has fantastic views of the West Sussex coast. A stay here comes filled with extras - a private pool, a games and cinema room, a garden trampoline (big enough for grown ups) and - our favourite - a veg patch and greenhouse, from which you're welcome to help yourselves to whatever's in season, including fresh tomatoes, cucumber, courgettes, sweetcorn, kale and raspberries.
Jungle Cabin

Jungle Cabin

Dover - Kent

Sleeps 2
A luxurious, hand-built cabin hidden in a lush garden with a private hot tub. The extra here is the magical tropical atmosphere - it's a unique hidden gem that could be on a Pacific island (rather than the Kent coast). This Tardis-like cabin is filled with wonderful objects, luxury vibes, exotic plants, roof terraces, gorilla statues - and a giant bed so incredibly comfortable guests can't stop raving about it.
Blue Hare

Blue Hare

Isle of Harris - Eilean Siar

Sleeps 2
This modernist cabin sits on the southern tip of Scotland's Isle of Harris, offering stunning views of the Isle of Skye and beyond. Our favourite extra here is the chance to spot whales, dolphins, seals and eagles direct from the cabin window - a spellbinding and unforgettable experience.
Picketts Barton Spa

Picketts Barton Spa

Fremington - Devon

Sleeps 4
An exclusive eco-retreat with luxurious hydrotherapy spa pool and private sauna in rural Devon near Fremington. We love the special extra which comes along with this place - your very own private 110-yard golf practice range, just steps from the property.
Nature's Edge Cabin

Nature's Edge Cabin

Alfrick Pound - Worcestershire

Sleeps 2
Gorgeous cabin for two with amazing views of the surrounding Worcestershire countryside. The extra here is the sheer amount of space that's all yours - this sanctuary-like cabin is surrounded by huge and totally private sub tropical gardens. You get a hot tub, sauna and cold plunge pool, two geodomes with panoramic views, plus your own private cinema.