Upper Norton, Shropshire, England

With 21 cottages of various sizes, Upper Norton is a place for quiet contemplation rather than frenetic activity. To holiday here, with its fabulous views and rolling countryside, is to be wrapped in a blanket of calm.

Time spent at Upper Norton is never time wasted. There's tennis to play, as well as pool, bar billiards and snooker. But if ever a holiday home suited curling up with a good book – without having to apologise for your indolence! – Upper Norton is it.

And if by some mischance you've turned up without much in the way of reading matter, Upper Norton boasts a pretty well stocked reading library!