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Festive city breaks for winter weekends with character

Updated on 13 April 202613 April 2026

Edinburgh city centre at night during the festive season, with a large illuminated Christmas tree in the foreground, a glowing Ferris wheel to the left, and historic buildings lit up against the dark sky.

Winter city breaks can go one of two ways. They can become a blur of overcrowded markets, damp gloves, and the sort of decorative reindeer …

Gloucester Docks with historic red-brick warehouses beside the water and Gloucester Cathedral tower rising in the background under a cloudy sky.

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Best things to do in Gloucester for a memorable city break

Updated on 12 April 202626 March 2026

Gloucester is one of those cities that can seem oddly modest at first, as if it has no intention of showing off, and then suddenly …

Night view of Belfast waterfront with a curved bridge lit in purple, city buildings glowing across the water, and reflections shimmering on the river under a dark sky

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Belfast, or how to build a city out of smoke, ships and stubbornness

Updated on 12 April 202624 March 2026

Belfast is one of those cities that seems to have lived several completely different lives and kept souvenirs from all of them. It was a …

Coventry Cathedral in sunlight, showing the roofless stone ruins of the old Gothic cathedral with its tall spire beside the modern cathedral building, which has a broad brick facade, a large cross and steps leading to the entrance under a clear blue sky

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Coventry, the city that refused to stay down

Updated on 12 April 202619 March 2026

Coventry is one of those places that has had the sort of history that would have sent a lesser city quietly off for a lie …

Panoramic view of Norwich Cathedral rising above the city, with its tall stone spire, Romanesque cloisters, and surrounding green trees under a bright blue sky

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Norwich and the unlikely triumph of a city doing things its own way

Updated on 12 April 202616 March 2026

With a Norman cathedral, a crooked medieval street plan, a market that has been trading for centuries and a quietly rebellious streak, Norwich is one …

Eastgate Clock in Chester above the historic Eastgate Street, framed by black and white timber framed buildings and a sandstone arch, with people walking below on a bright sunny day.

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Chester and the agreeable confusion of being almost in another country

Updated on 12 April 202613 March 2026

With Roman walls, medieval Rows, a grand cathedral and a river that softens all that old stone, Chester is one of England’s most handsome historic …

A narrow cobbled street in York at dusk, lined with historic brick and timber-fronted buildings, with warm shop lights glowing and York Minster rising in the background.

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York’s not-so-secret past lives

Updated on 12 April 202612 March 2026

If Britain were a stage, York would be one of the few cities to keep changing costumes mid-scene. One moment you’re strolling along a Roman …

Panoramic view along Bournemouth’s sandy beach with scattered walkers and sunbathers, a promenade and seafront buildings in the foreground, wooden groynes stretching into the blue sea, and the coastline curving toward distant cliffs and the pier

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Bournemouth and the great British holiday that accidentally got stylish

Updated on 12 April 20269 March 2026

There are seaside towns that feel like they were built to be looked at. All iron railings, bracing wind, and a faint scent of damp …

Brighton Palace Pier stretching out over the sea at golden hour, with white pavilion-style buildings and two Union Jack flags on the towers, a calm blue sky, and a stone promenade in the foreground with a bench overlooking the water.

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Seagulls, sequins and seaweed, a Brighton love story

Updated on 2 April 202620 February 2026

There are plenty of places in Britain where the sea meets the land and people try their best to enjoy the bit in between, but …

Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol lit up at dusk, with its stone towers and glowing cables spanning the dark Avon Gorge beneath a deep blue evening sky.

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Bristol, Brunel’s playground and Banksy’s outdoor gallery

Updated on 12 April 202619 February 2026

Bristol is one of those cities that cannot decide what it wants to be, so it simply becomes everything at once. Medieval port. Georgian show-off. …