Family Holiday Cottages in Bantham

Bantham feels made for classic beach-first family holidays, with a wide sweep of sand, views to Burgh Island and the Avon estuary running alongside. Staying in a family holiday cottage in Bantham gives you simple access to Bantham Beach, where lifeguarded areas in season, rockpools at low tide and the estuary’s calmer shallows mean confident surfers, bodyboarders and cautious paddlers can all enjoy the same stretch of shore. Discovery Surf School runs lessons and kids’ sessions, and it is only a short wander up from the sand to The Sloop Inn or the village shop for snacks and ice cream.

A typical day might be a couple of hours in the waves, lunch on the grass above the beach, then barefoot football, digging and one last swim as the light drops over Burgh Island. On cooler or windier days you can follow the estuary path towards Aveton Gifford, nip over to nearby South Hams villages or head up the coastal path to discover Thurlestone and its family friendly pub, The Village Inn. Ten minutes up the road is Outside, a family friendly hub with cafe and restaurant, skate bowl, football area and regular workshops and events. Having your own self-catering place near the village makes it easy to stash boards and wetsuits, rinse off sandy feet and settle everyone on the sofa for a film once the beach is done.