HOME FARMSleeps 124 bedrooms4 bathrooms
Four en-suite bedrooms, a dining room with its own stove, and a garden to let everyone loose in.
£750per week · £800 in July & August
Seven cottageson a workingfarm
Self-catering on Rowan Tree Farm at Macosquin — twenty minutes from the Giant’s Causeway, and about four steps from the goats.
- 7self-catering cottages around one farmyard
- 5–12guests in each, from a couple to the whole family
- 13 mito the Giant’s Causeway, 7 to Portstewart Strand
- All yearopen every month, stoves lit from November
A real farm, not a theme about one
Rowan Tree Farm is a Farm Quality Assured beef and lamb farm, and the cottages sit in the middle of it. Lambing happens whether or not there are guests. So do the goats.
Seven self-catering cottages are arranged around one farmyard at Macosquin, three miles from Coleraine. They sleep anything from five to twelve, which means a couple can take the smallest and three generations can take the largest — or book two side by side and spread out.
Rates include all bed linen, towels, electricity, wi-fi and oil-fired central heating. Most of the cottages have a wood-burning stove, and extra logs are there for the asking. One well-behaved pet is welcome in every one of them.
Find the one that fits
Move the slider to how many of you there are and the seven narrow down. Every cottage takes one pet, so that is never the deciding factor.
HOME FARM
NO. 84Sleeps 126 bedrooms2 bathrooms
Six bedrooms, a range cooker and a dishwasher — the one for the whole family at once.
£1000per week
MARSHALL'SSleeps 83 bedrooms2 bathrooms
Three bedrooms, two bathrooms and an enclosed garden at the back.
£650per week · £675 in July & August
THE BARNSleeps 63 bedrooms2 bathrooms
Three bedrooms and two bathrooms, with extra logs for the stove on request.
£575per week · £625 in July & August
McGUIGAN'SSleeps 62 bedrooms1 bathroom
A single-storey bungalow with an enclosed garden — the most straightforward of the seven to get around.
£550per week · £600 in July & August
STABLESleeps 52 bedrooms1 bathroom
Two bedrooms upstairs, a king size bed in one of them, and a stove below.
£500per week · £550 in July & August
GILMOUR'SSleeps 52 bedrooms1 bathroom
Two bedrooms, both on the ground floor, and a stove in the living room.
£500per week · £550 in July & August
Nothing matches that combination
Try fewer guests or drop a filter. If you are a large group, two cottages side by side often works better than one — ask us.
Meet the neighbours
The reason children do not want to leave. Pygmy goats with their own climbing frame, two opinionated donkeys, a handful of alpacas and a flock of Zwartbles sheep.
The Goat Shack
Pygmy goats
They have their own hut, their own climbing frame and absolutely no sense of personal space. First stop for most children, and a fair few adults.
In the front field
Donkeys
Two of them, usually at the fence before you have finished parking. They will take a handful of grass from the hedge, and they are not shy about asking.
Behind the cottages
Alpacas
Curious, slightly haughty, and endlessly photogenic. They will come over to see what you are doing and then pretend they were not interested.
The home flock
Zwartbles sheep
Black fleece, white blaze, four white socks — a Dutch breed and a handsome one. Some of them have been shown at Ballymena.
February to April
Lambs
Lambing is the busiest fortnight of the farm year. Come in early spring and there will be lambs in the shed and, shortly after, all over the field.
By the yard
Hens
A small flock in a run beside the yard, doing what hens do. Ask and you may get to collect the eggs.
Out on the grass
Cattle
Rowan Tree Farm is a Farm Quality Assured beef and lamb farm. The cattle are out on the grass through the summer, in the shed through the worst of the winter.
A year on the farm
What is going on outside the window depends entirely on when you come.
The bit they will talk about afterwards
Children are welcome around the animals, with an adult. Most of them have fed the donkeys, filled a basket of eggs and cadged a lift on the back of the trailer before the first evening is out.
Feeding the donkeys
Feeding the donkeys
They know the sound of a bucket. Two of them, and neither is shy about pushing in first.
Collecting the eggs
Collecting the eggs
Ask in the morning and there is usually a basket to fill from the hen run beside the yard.
Out with the sheep
Out with the sheep
The Zwartbles flock are used to company and will walk right up to you in the field.
A lift on the trailer
A lift on the trailer
The buggy and trailer go up and down the lane most days. Children end up in the back of it.
THE HUB
A room for the whole party
The Hub is the farm’s own function room — long tables, a pool table and its own front door, with beds for around forty in the cottages a hundred yards away.
- Birthdays and anniversaries
- Christenings and family lunches
- Wedding guests
- Reunions and get-togethers
What you get, and what we ask
The same in all seven cottages. No surprises on arrival.
- All bed linen, bath and hand towels
- Electricity and oil-fired central heating
- Free wi-fi throughout
- Fully equipped kitchen with fridge and washing machine
- Flat screen TV with built-in Freeview
- On-site parking at the door
- Travel cot and high chair, free on request
- One well-behaved pet welcome, £15 per stay
During July and August the minimum stay is one week, with Saturday as the only changeover day. For the rest of the year the minimum is two nights. We are open all year round.
Yes — one well-behaved pet per cottage, at £15 per stay. Every one of the seven takes a pet, so it is never the thing that limits your choice.
A security and damage deposit is required for all bookings and varies with the number of guests. It is refunded in full provided nothing has been broken and the cottage is left clean and tidy.
All bed linen, bath and hand towels, electricity, wi-fi, and oil-fired central heating, which runs mornings and evenings. Travel cots and high chairs are free on request, subject to availability.
Send an enquiry with your dates and we will come back to you — usually the same day. You can also ring 07802 972239 or email office@kingscountrycottages.com.
Everything on the Causeway Coast, and a lane to come home to
Macosquin sits three miles south-west of Coleraine. You are inland enough for it to be quiet and close enough that the whole coast is a short drive.
- ColeraineShops, restaurants and the train line3 miles · 10 min
- Portstewart StrandTwo miles of sand you can drive onto7 miles · 15 min
- Portrush and Barry’sSeaside town, amusements and the East Strand8 miles · 18 min
- Mussenden Temple, DownhillClifftop temple above Benone9 miles · 20 min
- Dunluce CastleRuined castle on the cliff edge10 miles · 20 min
- Bushmills DistilleryThe oldest licensed distillery in Ireland11 miles · 22 min
- The Giant’s CausewayThe one everybody comes for13 miles · 25 min
- The Dark HedgesThe beech avenue at Stranocum14 miles · 25 min
- Carrick-a-Rede rope bridgeAcross to the fishermen’s island18 miles · 32 min
Distances are approximate driving distances from the farm.
Tell us when, and how many
We usually come back the same day. Dates in July and August run Saturday to Saturday; the rest of the year a two-night stay is plenty.