Stylish new baby-friendly boltholes

Four exceptionally stylish UK-based family-friendly escapes have been added to babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk - the definitive guide to family-friendly accommodation for the boutique hotel generation.

The four new properties are based in Devon, Cornwall and the New Forest National Park, and include the subject of a forthcoming episode of Channel 4's Grand Designs. All combine chic interior design with a long list of baby and toddler gear - perfect for today's boutique hotel generation who now have tots in tow.

The Whitehouse in Chillington, Devon, opened last month and is a cool boutique B&B with funky lounge bar, restaurant and screening room. It offers kids suppers, tea-time films, babysitting and large garden with tot-friendly teepee corner. Rooms are from £155 a night, or rent the whole place (sleeps 10-14) from £2,150 per weekend.

Trevenna Barns, near Bodmin in Cornwall, combine chic hotel-style with self-catering flexibility and independence. The one, two and four-bedroom barns share beautiful rural views, acces sto two spa treatment rooms, an on-site farmshop selling home-made read gourmet ready meals, tot-friendly animal feeding and egg collecting rounds, plus stylish urban interiors. High-spec. features in each barn include IPod docks, flatscreen TVs, SKY, WiFi, German kitchens and indulgent Italian bathrooms, with cascade bath and walk-in 'drench' showers. Rentals are from £300-£2800.

'Big Barn', near Slapton Sand in Devon's idyllic setting and rustic exterior hide a rock'n'roll chic interior combining glamorous antiques, cool contemporary furnishings and funky 'Banksy'-style art. It's perfect for glamorous group getaways but also very well suited to those with tots in tow thanks to its long list of equipment, acres of outside space, and 22-metre open-plan kitchen/dining/living space which provides both maximum sociability and high visibility for parents of toddlers and crawlers. It sleeps 10 + 2 (plus cots) and can be rented for just £2,400 per week in July thanks to an introductory 20% discount! Aug 1 at £3,000. Rest of the year rates are £1,000 - £3,000.

Dairy Cottage is a pretty 2-bed cottage, overlooking a nature reserve in the heart of the of the New Forest National Park and is due to be featured on the next series of Channel 4's Grand Designs thanks to its striking architectural design which includes huge vaulted ceilings and cathedral-style windows. Get a sneek preview and book a stay anytime from August 2. Weekly Rentals are from £875 - £1225 (the latter applying to August).

Baby-Friendly Boltholes is an online directory of stylish, yet family-friendly holiday accommodation in the UK, Europe and World-wide. The range of accommodation featured focuses heavily on cottages, b&bs and small hotels run by families for families, but also features a hand picked collection of the most pre-school friendly luxury resorts world-wide. The site was launched in Sept 2006 by former travel PR Sian Williams, following the birth of her first child, and has increased more than ten-fold in terms of both properties featured and traffic since that time.

For more information see babyfriendlyboltholes.co.uk.