From Hull and Dundee to Hereford, Paisley and Perth, these underrated UK spots are perfect for a two-night break when you want somewhere characterful, surprising and a little less obvious.
10 of the best weekend escapes beyond the usual suspects.
UK Explorer tag: Travel types
Short Break
The best national park short breaks for a change of pace
National park breaks have a useful habit of making even a modest weekend feel more wholesome, more scenic, and more impressive than your normal life …
Seaside towns that shine outside of summer
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 …
Easy UK city breaks made for couples
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 …
Easy escapes from London that feel properly away
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 …
Brilliant no car breaks in the UK
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 …
Quirky countryside cottages for spring breaks in the UK
From fairytale hideaways in Shropshire to woodland bothies in Scotland, these quirky countryside cottages are the sort of places that make spring feel especially worth …
10 of the best easy weekend city breaks in the UK
There comes a moment in adult life when you realise that a weekend city break is one of Britain’s great civilised inventions. You leave on …
Best UK weekend getaways for a proper change of scene
Sometimes you do not need a grand adventure, a reinvention of the self, or a suspiciously expensive airport sandwich. Sometimes you just need to leave …
Belfast, or how to build a city out of smoke, ships and stubbornness
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 …