[goff]

could any members help in me in any addresses/phone numbers /websites in renting/ buying a smallholding/ croft even caravan with land for life long dream of self sufficiency anywhere in Britain/Europe

[Beewyched]

You could try www.rural-smallholdings.co.uk or www.greenshifters.co.uk they cover the UK & Europe.

Good luck 

[goosepimple]

We advertised in Farmers Weekly and Scottish Farmer and had a huge response.  Good luck.

[Hermit]

For Shetland you just Google Shetland Estate Agents. There are crofts here ranging from less than fifty grand to move in ready to go with polytunnels etc for around 270 grand mark.

[Hilarysmum]

If you can cope with the bureaucracy then France is nice.  You will need to have some command of the language or be driven mad with the frustration   

Land is cheap here, everything else is the same price as UK or even higher.  It can be a good great life.  Example of sites :

http://www.totalfrance.com/france/forum/index.php  (covers whole of France)
http://brittany.angloinfo.com/forum/  (regional has forums for each region of France)

[southernskye]

Morning (well, it is...just!),
                                   I know of a great place with enough land to start off with veg and poultry and income from B&B business.
 
www.gghforsale.co.uk
Sorry for the blatant plug !

Then when settled look for extra land (croft) using any of the four or five Skye Estate agents.
Remax isle of Skye
http://www.remax-scotland.com/skye

Isle of Skye estate agency
http://www.iosea.co.uk/skye_links.shtml

skye properties

http://www.skye-properties.co.uk/

Skye property centre
http://www.skyepropertycentre.co.uk/property-list.php?order=price

Have fun browsing
Rgds
SSkye

[princesspiggy]

rural scene are good.
most properties in scotland are on each areas "solicitors property centre" website ie if aberdeenshire its aspc. we never knew that when we were looking (in england), only found ours through rural scene.
good luck 

[southernskye]

Good pont Ppiggy.
The generic to find the areas is, I think,
www.sspcc.co.uk
Rgds
SSkye

[Teresa]

Try uklandandfarms.co.uk
cheffins.co.uk
savills
bidwells
farmproperty.net
primelocation
rightmove.co.uk
carter jonas
smiths gore
uklanddirectory

to name but a few lol

[Llandovery Lass]

We found ours through Rural Scene, they were very helpfull