Trevorrick Farm, St Issey, Cornwall

Shetland ponies, kune-kune pigs and pygmy goats are among the sociable animals on this small farm near Padstow. Four of the seven cottages sleep four, and most have log-burners and gardens or patios. The indoor pool is open from Easter to October, the games room has table football, table tennis and air hockey, and there’s a trampoline, sandpit and play equipment outdoors. Tickets to nearby Crealy Adventure Park last seven days, and sandy beaches await on the Camel estuary.
• From £385 a week for four, 01841 540574, trevorrick.co.uk

Church Farm Country Cottages, near Bath, Wiltshire

Good bus links to Bath (five miles) and Bradford on Avon (two miles) make a car-free country holiday a realistic prospect here. There’s a pub in the village across the road and a well-stocked farm shop and cafe next door. When it’s not fine enough to explore foot and cycle paths – the Kennet and Avon canal is less than a mile away – there’s a shared heated pool and a games room. Four of the seven cottages (in converted cow byres) sleep four; a stylish open-plan granary conversion sleeps 12. There’s also a glampsite with four canvas bell tents.
• From £595 a week for four, £2,205 for 12 (short breaks available), 01225 722246, churchfarmcottages.com

Gladwins Farm, Nayland, Suffolk

The indoor pool is heated by a woodchip boiler on this eco-conscious farm complex in Constable country. Solar panels help power the nine comfy cottages, which share a games room, play barn, tennis court and outdoor play area with trampoline and wendy house. Children can collect eggs, feed pigs and pet goats and horses; parents can sneak an hour in the on-farm beauty salon. Bring bikes and boots to explore the Stour valley.
• From £350 a week for four (short breaks available outside school holidays), 01206 262261, gladwinsfarm.co.uk

Gwynfryn Farm Holidays, Pwllheli, Gwynedd

Whether they’re in the milking parlour or on the trampolines, it’s hard to imagine kids getting bored on this organic dairy farm. As well as an indoor pool, games room, soft-play area, tennis court, football pitch and adventure playground, there are pigs, goats and hens to feed and miles of the unspoilt Llyn peninsula to explore. Nearby attractions include Criccieth Castle and Porthmadog, for the Ffestiniog or Welsh Highland railway to the foothills of Snowdon. Thirteen cottages sleep between two and eight.
• From £275 a week for four, 01758 612536, gwynfrynfarm.co.uk

Knowle Farm Near Totnes, Devon

Toddlers and pre-schoolers are well- looked-after here: there’s a walk-in rabbit and guinea-pig enclosure, a “racetrack” with ride-on toys, and a play barn with ball pool for under-fives. Parents and older siblings won’t feel too hard done by, with a tennis court, games room and swimming pool with picture windows and outdoor decking overlooking miles of south Devon countryside. The village of Rattery, with its 11th-century pub, is a 15-minute ramble away. Five cottages sleep between three and eight.
• From £495 a week for four (short breaks available), 01364 73914, knowle-farm.co.uk

Luccombe Holidays, Milton Abbas, Dorset

A small riding school, tennis court, fishing lake and play area provide outdoor activities to suit all ages on this 650-acre farm, with donkeys, alpacas and chickens. Six cottages (the largest of which sleeps seven) converted from old farm buildings share an indoor pool, sauna, small gym and games room. The village of Milton Abbas is within walking distance and the Jurassic Coast 30 minutes away.
• £548-£1,180 a week for four (short breaks available outside school holidays), 01258 880558, luccombeholidays.co.uk

Pyesmead Farm, near Romsey, Hampshire

At this farm on the edge of the New Forest, children are encouraged to get involved in farm life (cows and sheep) and make friends with the dogs and cats. There are two fishing lakes and an indoor pool, and the New Forest is within walking or cycling distance. Half an hour from the coast (and close to Paultons Park, home of Peppa Pig World), Pyesmead has four barn conversions sleeping from two (plus cot) to seven, as well as B&B rooms.
• £350-£895 a week for four (short breaks available), 01794 323386, pyesmeadfarm.co.uk

Riverwood Cottages, Lechlade, Gloucestershire

These six small, simple two- and three-bedroom cottages are converted from cattle sheds and farm buildings. Geared towards families with young children (for whom climbing a ladder to a loft bedroom is an adventure in itself), they’re on a family-run estate where guests can wander 14 acres of woodland, meet farm animals and play on trampolines, scooters, slides, sandpit and a football pitch. The small indoor pool is bookable at £5 a hour.
• From £342 a week for four (short breaks available), 01367 253882, riverwoodcottages.com

Sgriob-ruadh Farm, Tobermory, Isle of Mull

The Reade family have been making cheese from their own cows’ milk since 1982. They built a new dairy in 2000 and converted the old buildings into four holiday cottages. Sleeping from two (plus cot) to six, they have wood-burning stoves, and the pool and sauna are powered by a water turbine and log-fired boiler. Food lovers can watch udder-to-vat cheesemaking, and kids can have a go at milking.
• From £375 a week for five, 01688 302235, isleofmullcheese.co.uk

Uppergate Farm, Hepworth, West Yorkshire

From a small apartment to a four-bedroom barn conversion, there’s a property here to suit most families and budgets. Surrounded by craggy Pennines, this farm in the Holme valley welcomes small hands to help collect free-range eggs and (in spring) bottle-feed lambs. If the nearby Pennine Way, Kirklees Way and summit of Cheesegate Nab don’t tempt, Holmfirth, where Last of the Summer Wine was filmed, is nearby. Six cottages/apartments and two yurts share a pool, steam room, sauna, playground and games room.
• From £400 a week (short breaks available), 01484 681369, uppergatefarm.co.uk