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10 UK stays that take tranquillity to the next level
From a hideaway with star-gazing spectacular enough to keep you off your phone to a ‘burnout’ retreat and a reimagined coastguard lookout Bordering the Consall Nature Park , a nature reserv...
My future is bleak: can I go on without the all-you-can-eat unlimited Premier Inn breakfast? | Rich Pelley
With the chain selling off 126 restaurants, I’m worried. Will I be able to get the bottomless glasses of orange juice I need? It’s 8:25am and I’ve made it down, bleary eyed, to breakfast ...
‘It’s not the Zambezi, but the Tweed has its moments’: canoeing in the Scottish Borders
A 30-mile route has opened up along this spectacular river that’s great for beginners but has challenges for more experienced paddlers too It was a morning of brooding green banks and dark sk...
‘You can walk virtually everywhere in England by using the train’: the man connecting rail-based walks
A new website aims to offer a wide network of walking routes from British train stations, and is calling on hikers to add their favourites. Our writer accompanies the founder on a ramble to Bath ...
Restorative in every way: a rewilding retreat in Somerset
A Wild Weekend on the 42 Acres estate near Frome offers fresh air, cosy rooms, sumptuous food and a chance to get hands dirty with some land regeneration work The honk of the geese as they take...
Lyme Regis: a real taste of the Dorset coast with an exciting new food scene
A thriving artisan quarter and inventive restaurants have injected new life into this genteel seaside town famed for its fossils and literary haunts Lyme Regis’s charms have always been resol...
A modern pilgrimage through Herefordshire’s Golden Valley
With nights spent in ancient churches and wayfarers’ meals at farms and pubs, this spiritual four-day walk is all about the journey – and rural England at its finest I’m lying on my back....
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/18/modern-pilgrimage-golden-valley-herefordshire
Walking London’s unsung waterway: the River Lea rises again
Walking a 26-mile stretch from Hertfordshire, our writer witnesses how a neglected artery of the city has been transformed into a recreational and cultural hub For centuries the Lea has been a ...
A car-free trip in the Scottish Highlands: I’d have missed so much if I’d driven
A popular circuit round Scotland’s wild north coast draws thousands of drivers – but there’s so much more to experience by public transport and on foot There’s a party atmosphere round ...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/apr/02/car-free-trip-scottish-highlands-nc500
10 walks through history: ancient UK pathways in stunning countryside
From the John Bunyan trail to Silbury Hill, these short “pilgrimages” offer a chance to soak up myths and legends START Housesteads Fort FINISH Brocolita Roman Temple DISTANCE 4¼ miles (u...
Cornwall’s very own Camino: walking the St Michael’s Way
You don’t need to do a multi-day hike to benefit from the healing powers of pilgrimage – this 14-mile route in Cornwall proves just as magical It’s dawn when we step off the train at Lel...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/30/walking-the-st-michaels-way-cornwall
‘I strolled among lovely Lent lilies, wild garlic and beautiful bluebells’: readers’ favourite spring walks in the UK
From a hike under huge Suffolk skies to aspen glades in the Cairngorms, our tipsters lead the way on these spring strolls Two of the great prologues of literature begin on the same seeping bank...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/29/readers-favourite-spring-walks-in-the-uk
12 of the best UK breaks to celebrate spring
From blossom trails to bluebell woods, and foraging to farm stays, we’ve picked some of the finest seasonal getaways This is cider country, and the Brockhampton Estate, near the Worcestershir...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/03/12-of-the-best-uk-breaks-to-celebrate-spring
Spring flowers: 10 of the best places in the UK to see them bloom
Witch hazel and snowdrops, hellebores and daffodils – with the country set to burst into bloom, we find the best of the season’s first offerings The gardening team of this estate near Totne...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/feb/25/10-of-the-best-places-in-the-uk-to-see-them-bloom
‘A Neolithic miracle’: readers’ favourite ancient UK sites
Our tipsters celebrate our distant ancestors at mystical and atmospheric sites from County Fermanagh to Cornwall Cratcliffe and Robin Hood’s Stride are a collection of gritstone crags and bou...
Highland refuge: Scotland’s serene, socially-conscious hideaway
A beautiful new holiday let with an unusual ethos offers solitude, space to reflect, brilliant walks and views to the Isle of Skye As I totter across a little footbridge in the gloaming, the wa...
20 of the best UK pubs with bedrooms, for lunch and a winter walk
What’s better than a winter pub lunch? Staying the night afterwards. Our pick includes coaching inns, a 12th-century abbey and a Game of Thrones hotspot Fireside lunches in cheerful pubs are ...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/nov/25/20-of-the-best-uk-pubs-with-rooms-lunch-winter-walk
Steam and sparkle: six of the best Christmas railway journeys in the UK
From Santa Specials for excited children to a luxury Yuletide Evening Express for the grownups, these colourful trips will get you into the festive spirit There’s an affinity between trains a...
From stargazing to a festival of fire: five activities to light up the UK’s dark winter months
Travel and wildlife writers share their favourite places to revel in the dark of winter “We,” says the Brocher, face lit by fire and dark with soot, “have creosote in our blood.” In the...
20 of the UK’s best hotels, pubs and B&Bs – for under £150 a night
In this extract from the new Good Hotel Guide, we choose places to stay with great cuisine, chic interiors and scenic walks from the front door BROCKENCOTE HALL, CHADDESLEY CORBETT, WORCESTERSH...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/21/20-best-uk-hotels-pubs-and-bbs-under-150-a-night
‘Change is in the air’: a stay at a rewilding project in Yorkshire
The Broughton Estate dates back to a time when wolves still roamed England. Now they are working to restore this ancient landscape – and provide a sanctuary for guests to recharge When Roger ...
Top 10 activity breaks for a supercharged half term
Get moving in or outdoors then relax in one of our selection of hotels, lodges, manor houses or even a castle In the heart of the Devon countryside sits an Arts and Crafts manor house and 58 lod...
Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor: a land of megaliths, ghosts, solitude – and literature
Miles from cities and motorways, the backdrop to Louis de Bernières’s latest novel is a place for spooky hikes and a real escape from the 21st century Forget satnav, the best way to find you...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2023/oct/12/cornwall-bodmin-moor-liskeard-louis-de-bernieres
The couple who bought a crumbling Scottish villa – by accident – and turned it into a holiday let
Cal Hunter and Claire Segeren spent four years, and acquired 300,000 Instagram followers, doing up a dilapidated house in Dunoon. Now it’s open to holidaymakers, you can see the results for you...
Pews, picnics and pedalling: my cycle trip through Herefordshire – with a toddler in tow
Camping out in churches makes this family cycling trip along the Golden Valley Pilgrimage Way an adventure to remember “East is at the top of the map, south on the right, west is at the botto...
I am a housesitter, and stay in amazing places all over the world for free
Fancy staying in a mansion or lakeside pad for absolutely nothing? Sign up as a housesitter and the place is yours in return for pet care and plant-watering duties My partner Nick and I spent l...
The Silver Darling, Aberdeen: ‘Don’t trust me, trust Rod Stewart’ – restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Jumbo haddock with hand-cut chips and crushed peas, like all posh fish and chips, loses some of its charm in the bid to be posh The Aberdeenshire coast is without doubt one of the most spellbin...
https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/oct/07/the-silver-darling-aberdeenrestaurant-review-grace-dent
Feasts for the eyes: 10 of the UK’s best pubs, cafes and restaurants with a view
Gorge on eye-popping vistas as well as great food at our pick of eateries with spectacular views from Cornwall to County Fermanagh It’s well worth the walk across a stream and over uneven ter...
Bassenthwaite Lake Station,, Cumbria: ‘Magical things are happening’ | Grace Dent on restaurants
I love an afternoon tea that incapacitates … Bassenthwaite Lake Station in the North Lakes of Cumbria is not actually a working railway station. If you’ve ever tried living in this Unesco ...
A great walk to a great pub – The Old Post Office, Ingleton, Yorkshire Dales
A beautiful old hotel stars alongside a quirky village microbar on this stroll amid epic limestone scenery People are always saying how such-and-such-a-village used to have a dozen pubs, and no...
Aberdeen to Penzance: the spectacular sights of Britain’s longest train journey
The 13-hour train adventure offers epic snapshots of both cities and countryside Once a week, a train pulls out of Aberdeen station at 08.20 and heads south. There’s no great fanfare, no part...
The inn crowd: 10 of the UK’s best renovated foodie pubs with rooms
With spruced-up interiors and innovative menus, these revamped country inns tick all the boxes for cosiness and culinary class The 17th-century St Tudy Inn, in the village of the same name west...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2022/feb/15/10-best-uk-foodie-pubs-with-rooms-renovated
A local’s guide to Brighton: the best galleries, museums, restaurants and pubs
Our writer swerves the tourists and shares her tips on the independent food and art scene, shopping and nights on the tiles TRAVEL BLOGGER ELLIE SEYMOUR (ELLIEANDCO.CO.UK ) HAS BEEN BASED IN BR...
I was a schoolboy chef at Birmingham’s Grand Hotel | review
Four decades after taking a part-time job in the city’s top hotel, our reviewer checks out its newly restored incarnation – and finds it as eye-popping as ever The Grand Hotel is where I me...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/nov/25/i-was-a-schoolboy-chef-birmingham-grand-hotel-review
Smokie hot action and goosebumps: a car-free trip to Arbroath
From atmospheric outdoor theatre and historic houses to sumptuous seafood and dramatic clifftop walks, Scotland’s east coast gets the pulse racing Lanterns pick out a path through the dark ma...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/sep/29/car-free-trip-arbroath-scotland-east-coast-smokies
Bikes, boats and Betjeman: a car-free break in Wadebridge, Cornwall
While Padstow and Rock heave with cars, a three-generation stay further up the River Camel manages to keep everyone happy A rocky island emerges from thick mist. Around it, cormorants are divin...
Cornwall on a budget: a night in a ‘coffin bunk’ on a converted fishing boat
Our series on low-coast stays ends with the writer bunking down in Unesco-listed Charlestown harbour • South Downs | Yorkshire Dales | Snowdonia | West Highlands ‘How tall are you?” T...
West Highlands on a budget: a hostel amid Scotland’s mountains and waterfalls
Our series of low-cost stays continues at the revamped Glen Nevis hostel, handy for some of Scotland’s long-distance walking trails South Downs | Yorkshire Dales | Snowdonia I arrived at...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2021/jul/29/west-highlands-on-a-budget-glen-nevis-hostel-scotland
Let’s go to … Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester
This pretty market town in lovely West Pennines countryside has several Christmas events, adding to the appeal of its quality shops, pubs and bistros Why go now? For Christmas shopping in the f...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/dec/05/ramsbottom-greater-manchester-christmas-shopping
Let’s go to … Beverley for the Christmas festival
The East Yorkshire market town hosts one of the most colourful festive events in the UK, with a market, street entertainers, rides and a Christmas parade WHY GO NOW? This historic market town ...
Let’s go to … the National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire
Its new Remembrance Centre has just opened, in time for Armistice Day. But also take time to explore nearby lovely Lichfield and its medieval cathedral Why go now? To visit the new Remembrance ...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/nov/08/national-memorial-arboretum-lichfield-staffordhsire
Let’s go to ... spooky south-west Wales
Get spooked for Halloween on a new tombstone trail that covers five graves of interesting or scary characters in this beautiful corner of Wales Launched in time for Halloween, the Legends Tombs...
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2016/oct/30/tombstone-trail-halloween-south-west-wales