Discover Britain Through Data
Explore exclusive maps, rankings, interactive tools and research based on thousands of UK holiday cottages. Find hidden trends, compare destinations and uncover insights you won't find anywhere else.
Original research from SelfCatering Discover, built on thousands of UK holiday-cottage listings. Free for journalists to cite with a link.
Latest research
Britain's Most Unusual Place Names
We mapped 211 of the UK's funniest, oddest and rudest place names, then counted the holiday cottages you can book within 10 miles of each.
211 place names mapped · 98% within 10 miles of a cottage
Britain's Most Unusually Named Holiday Cottages
We went through thousands of UK listings and pulled out 177 real holiday cottages with gloriously odd names, from The Piggery to cheeky innuendo. You can book every one.
177 unusually named cottages · all bookable
The UK Dog-Friendly Cottage Map
Two in three UK holiday cottages now welcome dogs, but the share swings from 77% to 34% by county. We mapped and ranked every qualifying county so you can see where the welcome is warmest.
66% of UK cottages welcome dogs · 61 counties ranked