Planning a UK city break? This guide helps you choose the right city, pick a good base, plan a relaxed itinerary and avoid the classic mistake of trying to do far too much in one weekend.
Planning a UK city break made easy

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Planning a UK city break? This guide helps you choose the right city, pick a good base, plan a relaxed itinerary and avoid the classic mistake of trying to do far too much in one weekend.

Planning a long distance UK road trip for the first time is exciting, but it can also feel surprisingly complicated once you start looking at …

Looking for the best coastal weekend road trips in Britain? This guide rounds up 10 glorious seaside escapes, from the fossil cliffs of Dorset and …

Take the slow road through Britain’s National Parks with this guide to 10 memorable scenic drives, including mountain passes, moorland crossings, forest loops and Highland routes worth building a day around.

Winter is when Britain becomes honest with itself. It stops pretending to be Mediterranean, puts on a jumper, lights a fire, and remembers that its …

There is a particular kind of family break that sounds charming in theory and faintly chaotic by the time someone has lost a sandal, someone …

Autumn is when Britain quietly becomes a show-off. For most of the year it pretends to be all restraint, damp stone, sensible hedgerows and emotional …

Steam railways are one of Britain’s great acts of cheerful defiance. They are gloriously slow, faintly theatrical, slightly sooty, and all the better for it. …

Early summer is the sweet spot. Britain has warmed up just enough to start behaving as though it might be a holiday destination, but not …

Salisbury is one of those cities that can make you wonder whether some committee in the 13th century was simply showing off. It has a …