From a 巨大（な） pineapple to a horsebox and a Nazi 警戒／見張り tower, some of the most bizarre places to stay in the British 小島s

• Keep watch in a Jersey Nazi 警戒／見張り tower, 完全にする with two-metre-厚い 塀で囲むs 
• Experience the travelling life of a circus performer - bed 負かす／撃墜する in a caravan 
• READ MORE: The 'world's narrowest house', which is only 3 feet wide

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One of the 最新の 傾向s in travel is 証明するing that Britain is still a nation of eccentrics.

The country’s ever-growing assortment of bizarre holiday homes surely 証明するs it.

Whether you fancy a holiday in a 石／投石する pineapple or in a caravan on a hotel roof, read on to discover some of the British 小島s' strangest places to stay this year.

Sleep in a pineapple - Stirlingshire

What other nation would think it 完全に reasonable to spend a night or two in a 抱擁する 熱帯の fruit?

This Scottish folly is 栄冠を与えるd by a 75ft 石／投石する pineapple, created 200 years ago as a joke.

The 4th Earl of Dunmore had heard the folk tale that sailors 陳列する，発揮するd a pineapple on a gatepost to 発表する their return home from foreign travels. So when he returned to Scotland, Dunmore embraced the custom with supersized fervour, ordering the construction of an enormous 見解／翻訳／版 of the exotic fruit.

Now the 目印 信用 are letting 訪問者s stay in the weird construction. Oddly, the Earl’s Pineapple was designed with no 内部の doors ? so guests always have to go outside just to get from one room to another.

It is grand, yet cosy, and 含むs 二塁打 and twin rooms. Relaxing dining can be enjoyed in the kitchen at an antique 木造の （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する. Glass-前線d bookcases, squishy sofas and the all-important big fireplace nicely finish off this supremely-relaxing 所有物／資産／財産.

The Pineapple in Dunmore, Stirlingshire, Scotland, costs from £344 ($436) for three nights, sleeps four. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit: landmarktrust.org.uk.

A Nazi 警戒／見張り tower - Jersey

Instead of a fruit, perhaps your dream romantic 退却／保養地 is a six-storey Nazi 警戒／見張り tower built by teams of slave labourers on the coast of Jersey?

The 固める／コンクリート 無線で通信する Tower was part of Hitler’s defence system before D-Day.

Its 爆撃する-proof 塀で囲むs are 6.5ft 厚い and have 観察 slots to help 居住（者）s guide 大砲 砲撃s. 

This smart holiday 賃貸しの 申し込む／申し出s 広範囲にわたる 360-degree 見解（をとる）s of the coast. Its minimalist style - leather sofas, plain 木造の dining （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する and modern lighting, is subtle, yet 作品 wonderfully against the brutalist 固める／コンクリート bones. Three 二塁打 bedrooms have been cleverly designed to 'fit' within the 一連の会議、交渉／完成する 塀で囲むs of the six-story building.   

The 無線で通信する Tower, Rue de la Courbiere, Jersey, costs from £676.50 ($857) for two nights, sleeps six. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit jerseyheritage.org.

A caravan on the hotel roof - Bristol

From below it appears to be a 完全に normal smart three-storey 迎賓館 in central Bristol.

What you can’t see from street level is Britain’s oddest caravan park.

The hotel’s sleeping 選択s 含む staying in one of three retro-style American shiny steel caravans parked on its roof. They 範囲 from 16-20ft and come with luxurious bedding, TVs, tea and coffee 施設s and bijoux bathrooms. 

The caravans had to be hoisted into position with a 100ft crane. It’s a bit 風の強い up there but they do 申し込む／申し出 their occupants unique 見解（をとる）s across the city rooftops.

Brooks 迎賓館, St Nicholas Street, Bristol, 申し込む／申し出s stays in a retro caravan from £80 ($101) per night, sleeps two. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit brooksguesthousebristol.com.

Run away with the circus - むちの跡s

If you want to stay on the picturesque South West むちの跡s coast, what could be a more fitting 発生地 than a 1940s 木造の circus caravan called ‘Dolly’?

The brightly painted 遺物 was 初めは 牽引するd by a travelling circus from 場所／位置 to 場所／位置 and used as accommodation for performers.

Dolly is now parked in the garden of an old farmhouse と一緒に a shepherd’s hut, which, of course, houses the bathroom. Its incredible how many creature 慰安s are 含む／封じ込めるd in this 極小の space - from the fitted kitchen with dining area to Dolly's 初めの fireplace and 木造の cupboards and circus memorabilia. 

Dolly the Circus Wagon, Ffynnon Fendigaid, Llandysul, Ceredigion, むちの跡s, costs from £662 ($839) a week, sleeps two. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit sykescottages.co.uk.

All 船内に a 鉄道 carriage - むちの跡s

The soporific 質s of 鉄道 carriages are 井戸／弁護士席 known, so this 賃貸しの is an 平易な sell.

It's 広大な／多数の／重要な Western 鉄道 period rolling 在庫／株 from the Edwardian 時代 that has been moved to a cliff overlooking Cardigan Bay, 変えるd into accommodation that sleeps five - and christened Wendy. 

The GWR signage, decor and pre-war adverts create an atmosphere that is evidently 感染性の ? some guests don period 衣装 while staying in the 支持を得ようと努めるd-panelled compartments and 回廊（地帯）s.

'Wendy', 沿岸の footpath, Aberporth, Ceredigion, むちの跡s, costs from £434 ($550) for two nights, sleeps five. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit underthethatch.co.uk.

Sleep in a tree - Devon

It looks like a mad wizard built th is rambling tree-最高の，を越す hide-away to escape wicked goblins. But it’s 現実に the eccentric 別館 of a smart hotel, the Fox & Hounds Country Hotel, perched in a 250-year-old oak tree next to a lake in the garden. You’ll stay in a （一定の）期間-binding 過密な住居 of 木造の connecting rooms and turrets designed around the 支店s. 

The deck 包むs around the trunk and inside, there's a 厚かましさ／高級将校連 bath, 支持を得ようと努めるd burner, fully-equipped kitchen, main bedroom and two bunks.  

The Treehouse, Fox & Hounds Country Hotel, Eggesford, Devon, costs from £690 (£875) for two nights, self-catering, sleeps four. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit foxandhousehotel.co.uk.

On the buses - Shropshire

You can literally take a busman's holiday at Britain's most unique bus 倉庫・駅… in the middle of the Shropshire countryside. 

At glamping 場所／位置 Pigeon Door there are three 二塁打-decker buses 申し込む／申し出d as bizarre accommodation. Each bus is 変えるd into a static self-catering 部隊 with its own outdoor hot-tub.

You’ll 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 初めの seats, metal stairs and rubber でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるd windows ? but the used chewing gum and discarded tickets have been 除去するd.

Pigeon Door, Ryton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, costs from £495 ($628) for three nights, sleeps five. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit pigeondoor.com.

A 駅／配置する in waiting - West Norfolk

Stroll with your luggage along the 駅／配置する 壇・綱領・公約, pop into the waiting room… and stay there for the whole 週末. 

This quirky accommodation is part of the meticulously 回復するd Old 駅／配置する at Allerston, North Yorkshire, which also 申し込む／申し出s holidays in a first-class British Rail carriage. The canopied Victorian 駅／配置する, 完全にする with its signals and a short stretch of 跡をつける, is 接近d, of course, through a level-crossing gate. 

You'll sleep in 慰安 in a bed surrounded by polished 支持を得ようと努めるd 塀で囲むs and dine at a laminate （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する in the 井戸／弁護士席-equipped kitchen. The lounge, 一方／合間, features the 初めの carriage seating. 

The Old 駅／配置する, 駅／配置する Road, Heacham, West Norfolk, costs from £267 ($338) for three nights, sleeps two. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit oldstationheacham.com.

Over the arches - Herefordshire

An 課すing archway 供給するs a grand 入り口 over the 運動 of historic stately home Berrington Hall, standing in majestic parkland designed by English garden designer 能力 Brown. 初めは, the coachman lived in the arch itself.

Sadly, these days grand carriages rarely trundle under the arched gatehouse. Instead, however, the 国家の 信用 has had the idea to let 訪問者s sleep in it.

And what a place to sleep. The elegant lounge feels homely with large dressers 住宅 磁器 collections, large sofas and a 抱擁する kitchen and dining area at one end.  

The Triumphal Arch, Berrington Hall, Leominster, Herefordshire, costs from £584 ($741) for three nights, sleeps five. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit: nationaltrust.org.uk.

Horsing around - Dev on

Britain's innovative holiday entrepreneurs couldn’t let an old horse-transporter sitting in the corner of a Devonshire field go to waste. So this small lorry with a 木造の horsebox on the 支援する has been cleverly 変えるd and is now 存在 申し込む／申し出d as a bijoux ‘off-grid eco-chic hideway’.

That means no TV or Wi-Fi, but eggs from 解放する／自由な-範囲ing chickens, a raised bed 申し込む／申し出ing 見解（をとる）s over the countryside and a smaller horsebox sitting と一緒に 住宅 the bathroom.

Polly the Lorry, South Molton, Devon, costs from £140 ($177) per night, sleeps four. For more （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） visit uniquehideaways.com.

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From a 巨大（な） pineapple to a horsebox and a Nazi 警戒／見張り tower, some of the most bizarre places to stay in the British 小島s