For groups who need more than just living rooms.
For groups who want more than just scenery, or groups with a competitive streak, houses with games rooms take a lot to beat. The feature ranks among the top three most-requested by our guests. Offering full-size snooker or pool tables, comfortable seating, and separation from main living areas, record-beating sportspeople and those who just want to chat can coexist happily.
91 houses, sleeping 10 to 115, with weekends from £1,300.
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Shropshire
Berwick House is a stunning Grade II mansion set on the edge of Shrewsbury Town. The Manor has been lived in and loved by the same family for 6 generations, and opened their doors for fun and games in 2022.
Weekends From £15,000
Weeks From £34,000
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Herefordshire
Contemporary holiday retreat for up to 21 adults for family gatherings, micro-wedding celebrations, hen/stag parties with hot tub/cold plunge & views.
Weekends From £2,900
Weeks From £6,000
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Somerset
An incredible stately home that feels like the very best sort of country house.
Weekends From £15,850
Weeks From £26,200
Dorset
A stunning 17th Century Manor House with 23 acres of private land.
Weekends From £2,825
Weeks From £4,025
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Devon
Beautiful Georgian mansion in Devon - lovely weddings, parties and celebrations in a friendly home.
Weekends From £3,500
Weeks From £6,200
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Warwickshire
A striking Cotswold manor house, charming features and outside there's a large pool, tennis court and beautiful gardens.
Weekends From £5,500
Weeks From £8,500
Norfolk
This historic 15th Century moated castle is in an impressive setting with panoramic views over the lawned gardens and rolling farmland of Norfolk.
Weekends From £8,000
Weeks From £15,000
Warwickshire
Escape to your own private slice of English history at this Grade II* listed manor house, set amid peaceful countryside on the edge of Knowle Solihull
Weekends From £3,500
Weeks From £10,000
Lincolnshire
Belvoir Lodge is a newly decorated 9 bedroom property with beautiful views across The Vale Of Belvoir
Weekends From £2,000
Weeks From £8,000
Denbighshire
An estate offering the very best of life in Wales – beautiful, dramatic and private countryside, outstanding country and water sports, and some fabulous food.
Weekends From £2,300
Weeks From £3,000
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Powys
A secret hill farm above Hay-on-Wye; a health spa for the soul. Rest, recuperate and recapture the good things in life.
Weekends From £3,200
Weeks From £4,000
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Lincolnshire
An expansive country manor, oozing laid back luxury and set in stunning Lincolnshire countryside. Sleeping up to 28, it’s a perfect spot for corporate retreats, big celebrations, and intimate weddings.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £6,500
Hampshire
Downlands Farm - a collection of comfortable, cosy and functional self catering holiday houses set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside.
Weekends From £2,500
Weeks From £4,000
Suffolk
A unique and luxurious Grade II listed country house. Located within the private Nether Hall Estate overlooking large gardens & beautiful parkland.
Weekends From £3,500
Weeks From £5,650
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Devon
Hallsannery House is an elegant Grade II listed Manor with spectacular views, located within five miles of the beauty and sandy beaches of the North Devon coast. It offers the ultimate ‘wow factor’ venue for friends and family holidays, celebrations, reunions and weddings.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £6,000
North Yorkshire
Carlton Towers is a magnificent Grade 1 listed country house, it is the family home of Lord and Lady Gerald Fitzalan Howard, younger brother of the 18th Duke of Norfolk.
Weekends From £14,000
Weeks From £49,000
Suffolk
With pink wisteria-clad walls, oak-panelled billiards room and croquet on the lawn, Nedging Hall is exactly as a Suffolk country house should be.
Weekends From £4,500
Weeks From £8,348
East Riding of Yorkshire
Hall Garth is the perfect setting for celebrations and family get togethers. Offering 2-3 night weekend breaks, mid week or week long stays.
Weekends From £2,700
Weeks From £3,500
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Herefordshire
Little Gaerfields - with beautiful views in the heart of Herefordshire. The perfect escape!
Weekends From £2,500
Weeks From £4,000
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Herefordshire
Holly Tree House is a beautiful, three storey Victorian house nestled in the heart of the Wye Valley.
Weekends From £2,750
Weeks From £4,750
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Cornwall
A stunning Grade Two Listed 17th Cornish Castle with award-winning accommodation and beautiful grounds.
Weekends From £4,550
Weeks From £12,440
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Monmouthshire
World famous recording studio on banks of the River Monnow now sleeping 24 guests in 11 bedrooms.
Weekends From £3,450
Weeks From £5,750
Monmouthshire
A comfortable, lofty manor above the Wye Valley. Perfect for parties of family and friends.
Weekends From £2,992
Weeks From £3,982
Derbyshire
Spacious 16-bedroom country house near Belper with 14 en-suites, generous social spaces, hot tub, Arctic Cabin and countryside views.
Weekends From £5,750
Weeks From £6,500
Games rooms solve the eternal problem with holiday houses in the UK: what to do when the weather turns, the kids are bored, or the group has some extra energy to burn. It’s the space that absorbs the restless, keeps all ages happy, and often becomes the unexpected focal point of the holiday. (Three-day ping pong championship, anyone?)
Our games room houses range from converted barns with dedicated entertainment wings, to country houses with billiard rooms updated with modern games, to estates where old stable blocks now house table tennis and pool tables. Most sleep 16 to 30 or more guests, with games rooms large enough for multiple activities at once.
You’ll find classics like pool and table football plus modern additions like table tennis and darts, comfortable seating for the ‘fans’, usually a sound system or TV for atmosphere or if a pro game is happening that day. The best games rooms work as social spaces, not just activity rooms: places where tournaments happen, where people naturally congregate, where different generations find common ground over table tennis or learning how to throw a dart. As one guest told us: “The games room was the centre of most evenings!”
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Games rooms rank in our top three most-requested features. They’re often a non-negotiable for families with kids, multi-generational gatherings, and friend groups visiting from October to March, when the British weather makes outdoor plans optimistic. The best games rooms aren’t an afterthought, they’re properly equipped spaces with quality equipment, good lighting, comfortable temperature, and enough room for people to actually play without dodging furniture or putting a snooker cue through an ancient portrait of a duke.
You can expect most standard games rooms to have a full-size pool or snooker table (slate bed, not MDF), table tennis table (ideally tournament-size or three-quarter size), board games library, and comfortable seating for pundits/hecklers/those waiting their turn. Some premium games rooms will offer table football or foosball, air hockey, a proper dartboard setup (with safe clearance), arcade machines, or gaming consoles.
Games rooms are the answer to those challenging big group holiday moments. Rainy days don’t doom your entertainment plans. Kids and teenagers have a special space to hang out, keeping main living areas available for chats and chilling. You don’t need to leave the property or rely on a screen to stay busy in the evenings, especially valuable for rural locations with limited pub options. As one family celebrating a milestone birthday noted: “The games room was a big success.”
We’ve facilitated bookings for large houses with games rooms since 2008. And we’re not talking about converted garages with damp problems, undersized tables wedged into inadequate spaces, cheap equipment that breaks mid-game, or storage areas with a couple of paddles and a ball. Properties that take games room setup and maintenance as seriously as Uncle Joe takes darts.
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Richard Chalmers
Really pleased with my experience with landed houses, was searching for a large house to celebrate my 50th and landed houses had lots of good options...managed to secure somewhere for a good price and looking forward to our dates, many thanks to Edmund and the house owner for their friendly correspondence and help, Steve
Stephen Alexander
Some great houses on offer here /all new to me! Now we are planning our next big family getogether!
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Barbara Ryan
When I was faced with having to find a large house with a pool for a family celebration at relatively short notice, Edmund at Landed Houses came straight to my aid. He responded promptly to my email enquiries, even on a Sunday, putting me in direct contact with someone who managed a property that fitted my needs; the outcome being that a superb house, with everything I need, was secured within 24 hours of my first enquiry. Many thanks, Edmund, for making the task so straightforward. If you’re looking for that special house for a party or family gathering I can recommend Landed Houses as your first port of call.
Mrs Manors
All good games rooms should have a full-size pool or snooker table (slate bed for proper play, no MDF), quality cues (not warped sticks), a table tennis table with net and paddles, a selection of board games (including classics like Monopoly and Scrabble, plus modern popular games), and a deck or two of cards. We also love to see table football, a dartboard with proper clearance and a scoreboard, comfortable sofas or chairs for spectators, good lighting so you can see what you’re doing, heating (games rooms in converted barns or garages get cold and damp). If a games room has really got it all going on, it’ll have these premium extras: air hockey, arcade or retro gaming machines, an Xbox or PlayStation setup with multiplayer games, a projector for movie nights, a sound system, and a bar area for mid-game refreshment.
According to our experience, quality matters more than quantity. One well-maintained pool table beats having pool and table tennis and foosball all in poor condition. A wonky pool table or torn table tennis net ruins the experience quicker than you can say “snookered”.
Surprisingly yes. Adult groups (friend reunions, milestone birthdays, stag or hen parties) use games rooms heavily, especially for evening entertainment after dinner. Pool and table tennis tournaments create entertainment without having to leave the house to find a pub. And let’s face it, rainy days affect plans no matter what age you are. The good old British weather doesn’t care if you’re eight or 48. Adult groups specifically request games rooms about 40% of the time (lower than families at 75%, but still significant).
Whether you’re a group with kids or a group of big kids, a games room is a winning addition to your holiday house experience.
Generally, you can expect to pay a 10 to 25% premium for a house with a games room compared to equivalent houses without. Games rooms cost £8,000 to £15,000 to install properly plus you need to factor in the cost of ongoing maintenance. Keeping the table surfaces pristine, replacing equipment as it gets old, topping up consumables like chalk, and simply the extra electricity they take to run and heat. Groups explicitly seeking games rooms are happy to pay the premium. If your group isn’t bothered about a games room, you’ll find good value properties without.
It’s about asking yourself, will your group be setting up tournaments and fashioning a world cup from that weird vase on the shelf. Or will the games room barely get glanced at. Remember that games rooms effectively provide £200 to £400 worth of entertainment because you’re not spending that money on a cinema trip, an afternoon at a bowling alley, or an activity centre. Plus, nobody has to travel anywhere, saving on petrol, taxis, and public transport. There’s also the bonus that you’re all still under one roof. Everyone can gather for lunch before resuming the competition.
For groups with a competitive streak, the minimal extra cost per head pays dividends on the memories made during your stay.
One really important factor to look out for in a good games room is space. Rooms need sufficient clearance around tables for actual play without the risk of a cue to the eye. Pool tables require 1.5 metres of clearance minimum on all sides (though 2 metres is ideal). Table tennis needs 2 metres of clearance on the end and 1 metre on sides.
Another consideration is temperature. Games rooms in converted outbuildings or garages often get cold in October to March, peak time for games room use. Nobody ever won a snooker championship in 10 jumpers and a blanket, so check with the property owner about the heating provision.
Next thing to think about is lighting. Overhead lights work poorly for table sports because they cast shadows on the playing surface. Side lighting or multiple light sources work better.
And lastly check the location of the games room. Rooms next to or above bedrooms are likely to cause noise complaints when that late-night table tennis game keeps someone from getting their 40 winks.
The best games rooms are more than just cool equipment. They’re spacious, well-heated, well-lit, and out of the way of the bedrooms for long and rowdy gameplay at any time of the day or night.
