EASTER
Easter Breaks
Spring stirs along the coast path. Daffodils on the clifftops, the season's first surfers in the water, and a Cornwall slowly waking up.
THE COLLECTION
St Ives
Treleigh
Sleeps 12 · 5 Bed · 4 Bath
From £4,535/Week
St Ives
Hillside
Sleeps 8 · 3 Bed · 4 Bath
From £1,235/Week
St Ives
Beach Haven
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £585/Week
Mousehole
Trevene
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,285/Week
Bude
Halekulani
Sleeps 8 · 4 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,035/Week
Crackington Haven
Trevigue Cottage
Sleeps 6 · 4 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,358/Week
Crackington Haven
Atlantic Haven
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £975/Week
Portreath
Harbour Heights
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,230/Week
St Ives
Salubrious House
Sleeps 9 · 4 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,530/Week
Praa Sands
Libertine
Sleeps 8 · 4 Bed · 4 Bath
From £2,180/Week
Carbis Bay
No 5, Gwel Marten
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,235/Week
Falmouth
Waves
Sleeps 9 · 4 Bed · 4 Bath
From £2,035/Week
Padstow
The Grain Store
Sleeps 5 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,330/Week
St Ives
Porthminster Mews 2
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £830/Week
St Ives
Vitamyn Sea
Sleeps 8 · 4 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,435/Week
St Ives
Sea View House
Sleeps 10 · 5 Bed · 5 Bath
From £1,530/Week
St Ives
Tresillian
Sleeps 12 · 6 Bed · 4 Bath
From £1,530/Week
Padstow
Peacehay Barn
Sleeps 12 · 6 Bed · 5 Bath
From £2,935/Week
Porth
Seascape
Sleeps 6 · 3 Bed · 3 Bath
From £1,035/Week
Padstow
Kismet
Sleeps 8 · 4 Bed · 4 Bath
From £1,235/Week
Feock
Creek End
Sleeps 10 · 4 Bed · 4 Bath
From £2,235/Week
Bude
Ravenscourt
Sleeps 10 · 5 Bed · 4 Bath
From £2,530/Week
Charlestown
Orchard Cottage
Sleeps 4 · 2 Bed · 2 Bath
From £1,285/Week
Carbis Bay
Tintin Cottage
Sleeps 2 · 1 Bed · 1 Bath
From £505/Week
Where these cottages are
Easter Breaks across Cornwall
The easter breaks cottages we look after, grouped by where they are
Where these cottages are
Locations approximate — exact addresses provided on booking confirmation.
EDITORIAL
When Cornwall starts to feel like Cornwall again
A Cornish Easter is the soft opening of the season. The light comes back, the lanes lose their muddiness, and the cliffs put on their best show of the year — pink thrift, yellow gorse, sea campion, and the last of the daffodils still hanging on along the clifftop verges. By the time you’ve walked from the cottage to the kettle to the coast path on the first morning, you’ll understand why a lot of us think Easter is the best week in Cornwall to actually visit Cornwall.
The weather behaves itself, mostly. April averages a daytime high of around 12°C, with somewhere between six and seven hours of sunshine a day — more than most Aprils anywhere else in the UK, courtesy of the Gulf Stream. You’ll get a soft spring shower or two — pack a waterproof — but the run of bright, breezy, jacket-and-jumper days is what makes Easter feel like a proper outdoor holiday rather than a cooped-up one.
There is genuinely a lot on. The great Cornish gardens are at their peak — Trebah and Glendurgan on the Helford, Heligan near Mevagissey, Trelissick on the Fal, Lanhydrock near Bodmin, Trengwainton near Penzance — all running Easter trails and egg hunts through the holidays. The Eden Project does its thing among the biomes. Padstow’s famous Easter Sunday egg-rolling tradition rolls (literally) down Duke Street for the lifeboat. The Minack Theatre runs an Easter programme on its clifftop stage at Porthcurno. And the RNLI lifeguards return to the busier beaches — Fistral, Polzeath, Sennen, Constantine, Watergate — from Good Friday onwards.
For walkers, it’s the best fortnight of the year on the South West Coast Path. Pentire Head and the Rumps near Polzeath are blanketed in wildflowers; the Lizard from Kynance to Mullion is unbeatable; the West Penwith stretch from Zennor to St Ives is quiet and dramatic. For dog owners, Easter is a small window of grace — most of the popular north coast beaches don’t bring in their summer dog restrictions until 1 May, so your dog gets the run of the sand. And surfers (in proper wetsuits) get the spring swells and the empty line-ups before the schools break up.
Easter 2027 falls on Sunday 28 March — early in the window, which means the school holidays land mostly across late March and the first week of April. Cottages move fast at this time of year; the best of them go six to nine months ahead, especially anything with a hot tub, a sea view, or room for the dog. Browse what’s still open below — every property is confirmed bookable for the Easter window, every one is one we’d send a friend to.
Good to know
Questions
The things people ask before they book
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Easter Sunday 2027 is Sunday 28 March — early in the Easter window. UK school holidays vary slightly by region and trust, but most state schools break for roughly two weeks spanning the last week of March and the first week of April 2027. We'd suggest booking by autumn 2026 if you want a sea view or a hot tub.
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Mild but variable. April daytime highs average around 12°C, with overnight lows around 6°C. Cornwall gets more sunshine than most of the UK in April — typically six to seven hours a day — and rainfall is on its way down from winter. Pack layers, a waterproof, walking boots, and a swimsuit if you're brave. The sea is around 10°C, so a wetsuit if you're surfing, a quick brave dip if you're not.
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Yes — our Easter collection includes a strong run of larger properties, with several sleeping 10 to 12 across St Ives, Padstow, Bude and the Roseland. Filter by sleeps on the search above, or have a look at our Large Holiday Homes collection for the full set. Larger cottages go furthest in advance, so book early.
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Plenty of our Easter properties welcome dogs — filter by 'Dog Friendly' above, or browse our Dog Friendly collection. Easter is a great time to come with a dog: most of the popular north coast beaches don't bring in their summer dog restrictions until 1 May, so you get the run of the sand. South coast beaches around Falmouth, the Lizard and Charlestown have earlier restrictions — check before you go.
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Yes, on the main beaches. The RNLI brings its lifeguard service back from Good Friday through the Easter holidays at the busier beaches — Fistral, Polzeath, Watergate, Sennen, Constantine, Porthmeor and others. Quieter coves stay unpatrolled until late May. Sea temperatures are around 10°C, so wetsuits all round if you're going in.
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Nearly everything. The Eden Project, the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Trebah, Glendurgan, Trelissick, Lanhydrock, Trengwainton and Godolphin all run Easter trails and family events. Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden are open year-round. The National Maritime Museum in Falmouth runs a full Easter programme. The Minack Theatre opens its Easter season at Porthcurno. Smaller restaurants and cafés that close in deep winter are mostly back open by Good Friday.
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Six to nine months out is sensible — twelve for the bigger or more sought-after places (hot tubs, sea views, sleeps 8+). Easter is the first proper holiday week of the Cornish year, so demand spikes earlier than people expect. If you're reading this in late winter, you'll still find lovely places, but you'll have more choice the earlier you commit.
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