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Grasmere Gingerbread shop in the Lake District, with a green picket fence, chalkboard sign and bicycle outside the whitewashed cottage building.
Countryside Escapes Summer Travels

10 of the best countryside summer escapes for couples

View of Edinburgh from Calton Hill on a sunny day, showing the Dugald Stewart Monument in the foreground and a panoramic skyline featuring Edinburgh Castle, the Balmoral Hotel clock tower, and the spires of the Old Town, with the Pentland Hills in the background.
City Itineraries Scotland Weekend Getaways

Edinburgh in spring for a long weekend

Wide view across the North Yorkshire countryside with rolling hills, stone walls and open sky.
Regional travel Scenic Britain Yorkshire

North Yorkshire travel guide, from the Dales and Moors to Whitby and York 

Two walkers sitting on the limestone pavement above Malham Cove, looking out across the green fields, dry stone walls and rolling hills of the Yorkshire Dales.
Scenic Britain Summer Travels Walks and Trails

The best moorland and hill walks in the north of England for summer hikes

Historic city walls in Derry/Londonderry, with a stone archway, battlements and the Tower Museum entrance beneath a cloudy sky.
Northern Ireland Urban Walks

The best urban walks in Northern Ireland

Lochan in Glencoe surrounded by forest, reeds and rocks, with a dramatic Highland mountain rising in the background beneath a cloudy sky.
Day Walks Scotland Walks and Trails

10 of the best day walks in Scotland

The London Eye beside the River Thames at golden hour, with Westminster Bridge, riverside buildings and boats beneath a partly cloudy sky.
Waterside walks

Riverside walks in London to explore

A couple walk side by side along a grassy cliff path on the British coast in warm evening light, with wild grasses, a dry stone wall, distant white cottage, rocky headlands and calm sea stretching into the background.
Day Walks Summer Travels Walks and Trails

20 of the best easy summer walks in the UK

The red steel Forth Bridge crossing the Firth of Forth, one of Scotland’s great industrial engineering landmarks.
Heritage Days Out Scotland

Scotland’s industrial heritage attractions and the magnificent business of making things

Caernarfon Castle illuminated at night beside the waterfront, with boats, reflections on the water and a crescent moon in the dark sky.
Castles Historic Attractions Wales

The castles of Wales and the magnificent art of making a point in stone

Castle Howard in North Yorkshire, with its grand domed façade, formal lawns and clipped hedges beneath a blue sky with scattered clouds.
England Historic Attractions Historic Houses and Halls

Best stately homes in England for history, gardens and art

English hay meadow filled with wildflowers and grasses at sunrise, with a narrow path leading through rolling countryside and a cottage in the distance.
Day Trips England Scenic Britain Summer Travels

Best places in England to see summer wildflower meadows

Westminster Abbey viewed from a nearby London street, with historic stone buildings, parked cars, pedestrians and a red telephone box in the foreground under a dramatic blue sky.
Abbeys Historic Attractions UK

15 of the best abbeys and abbey ruins to visit in Britain

Couple planning a UK trip at a cosy table with a map, notebook and travel notes in soft natural light.
City Breaks Planning UK

Planning a UK city break made easy

A green mini car on a quiet coastal road at golden hour, with rolling British countryside, stone walls and cliffs leading down to the sea beneath a wide open sky.
Planning Road Trips UK

Planning a long distance UK road trip for first timers

Red car driving along a winding coastal road above a wide sandy beach, with waves, rocky outcrops, distant walkers and dog walkers on the shoreline.
Coastal Road Trips Coastal Weekends Scenic Britain UK

The best coastal weekend road trips in Britain

A winding road curves through golden-lit British hills and moorland above a broad valley and lake, with a small car driving into the distance in warm evening light.
National Parks Road Trips Scenic Britain UK

10 of the best National Park scenic drives in Britain

People enjoying a sunny summer day beside a harbour, with boats on the water, families on the small beach and cottages rising up the hillside.
Day Trips Summer Travels Things to do

50 things everybody should do in an English summer

Close-up of blue, purple and white flowers in a lush garden-show display, with a terracotta arched pavilion and colourful flower wall softly blurred behind.
Day Trips Seasonal Travels Things to do

20 of the best seasonal festivals and events in the UK

Snow-covered stone village cottages framed by frosted trees, with a wintry hillside rising in the background under a grey sky.
UK Weekend Getaways Winter and Festive Travels

The best UK regions for cold days and warm pubs 

Sustainable travel UK Walks and Trails

20 of the best easy walks you can do by train

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026
Vintage-style British railway travel poster showing a steam train curving along a coastal rail line above the sea, with walkers on a seaside path, rolling green hills, white cliffs and sailboats under a bright summer sky.

There is something deeply satisfying about letting the train do the hard part, then stepping out somewhere lovely and setting off on foot without any …

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Collage of seaside towns that shine outside summer, showing a clifftop bay and ruins, pastel-painted street, harbourside buildings, a historic stone lane and a wide sandy beach backed by hills.
Coastal Weekends Seasonal Travels UK

Seaside towns that shine outside of summer

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

British seaside towns are often treated as seasonal creatures, as though they spend half the year asleep under a deckchair waiting for someone to buy …

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View of Ely city centre with historic stone buildings, flower baskets and market stalls in the foreground, with the towers of Ely Cathedral rising above the rooftops under a bright sky.
Small City Breaks UK

Easy UK city breaks made for couples

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

Not every romantic city break needs to involve a capital city, a packed museum timetable, and the creeping suspicion that half the country had exactly …

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Three-panel collage showing a harbour town with boats on bright blue water, a narrow sunlit street leading towards hills, and a wide sandy beach under dramatic cloudy skies.
England Seasonal Travels Weekend Getaways

Ten English towns that come into their own in shoulder season

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

Some British towns are lovely in summer and considerably lovelier the moment the main crowds go home. The trick is to catch them in that …

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Five-image collage of UK break destinations suited to mixed weather, featuring Norwich Cathedral, Leeds Town Hall at sunset, Halifax Piece Hall, the seafront at St Andrews, and a marina view across the water in Falmouth.
Day Trips UK Weekend Getaways

Where to go when Britain is doing it’s usual weather thing

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

There are places in Britain that only really work if the sky behaves itself, which is a risky basis for travel planning in a country …

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Three-panel collage showing easy escapes from London, with a fishing boat and harbour scene on the left, a historic street leading to Canterbury Cathedral in the centre, and a deer standing in a wooded landscape on the right.
Day Trips England Weekend Getaways

Easy escapes from London that feel properly away

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

London is many things. Exciting, vast, culturally overqualified, faintly exhausting, and often just one delayed Tube journey away from making you wonder whether a quieter …

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Collage of five UK city scenes featuring a tall ship beside modern waterfront buildings, a riverside cathedral view, a modern dockside museum, black-and-white timber-framed historic buildings, and a sunset skyline reflected in calm water.
City Breaks UK Weekend Getaways

Two-night weekend escapes beyond the usual suspects.

Updated on 22 April 202622 April 2026

There are places in Britain that have spent years being overlooked in favour of somewhere better known, better marketed, or simply better at shouting about …

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View over Lake Windermere from Bowness-on-Windermere, with calm blue water, wooded shores, small boats, autumn trees, and distant Cumbrian hills beneath dramatic clouds, illustrating an easy no-car escape to the Lake District.
City Breaks Sustainable travel Weekend Getaways

Brilliant no car breaks in the UK

Updated on 21 April 202621 April 2026

There is something deeply satisfying about leaving the car at home and letting Britain do what it has always done rather well, which is carry …

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View of Lincoln Cathedral with historic half-timbered houses and red-brick buildings on Steep Hill, Lincoln, England
City Breaks Historic Town Breaks UK

One-night getaways, for a quick escape

Updated on 21 April 202621 April 2026

There is a particular charm to a one-night getaway. It is brief enough to feel manageable, cheap enough to justify with only mild guilt, and …

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People enjoying a sunny day in Cambridge, with several punts gliding along the River Cam while others relax on the grassy banks beneath willow trees.
Day Trips UK

20 of the best day trips in the UK that are really worth doing

Updated on 21 April 202621 April 2026

A good day trip has a very particular sort of magic. You leave home with modest expectations, a sandwich you may or may not eat, …

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