From high-end new builds to homes with history, plus a boutique hotel, Amy McPherson compiles some of the best coastal properties on the market

Isle of Barra Beach Hotel, Tangasdale Beach, Isle Of Barra, Scotland. An award-winning hotel in the Outer Hebrides on Barra’s Atlantic west coast, overlooking the surrounding hills and Tangasdale Beac

Although momentum came and went during 2025, agents around the UK report that exceptional country houses continued to sell, proving that quality and sensible pricing still cut through uncertainty

One of a new breed of B&Bs, Severnside Press in the Forest of Dean is at the forefront of a quiet revival of this quintessentially British concept. Rhiannon Batten checks into a guesthouse that’s reinventing the mini-break

It’s no small thing to be the island that not only inspired one of the best-selling novels of all time, but to be the place where it was written, too. Agatha Christie loved staying at Burgh Island Hot

SO YOU CAN’T PIN DOWN YOUR OWN TASTE? Bella Evennett-Watts OPENS UP HER LITTLE BLACK BOOK TO REVEAL WHERE TO FIND INSPIRATION…