Days out & breaks across Britain
Our days-out guides start with what’s free, then only what’s worth paying for, and end with exactly how to get there.
Photo: Robin Hood's Bay - geograph.org.uk - 3726877 by Anthony Foster, CC BY-SA 2.0
Photos: 6229 Duchess of Hamilton at the National Railway Museum by cooldudeandy01, CC BY 2.0; Cornwall Beach by weldonwk, CC BY 2.0; Swiss Train by aforero, CC BY 2.0
Free and cheap days out with children, each planned from the station platform.
The main line to get you there, and a heritage railway that is the day out.
Everything about days out by train
Photos: 800209 LNER Azuma at Kings Cross by SavageKieran, CC BY-SA 4.0; Train from Grosmont arrives at Goathland Station - geograph.org.uk - 5368658 by Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0
Two free museums, a Victorian park with a boating lake, and a transporter bridge that carries cars across the Tees in a gondola.
Read the guideTwo beaches, a harbour, rock pools and a boating lake. The classic British seaside day, and most of it costs nothing.
Read the guidePevensey Bay sits at Pevensey Bay, East Sussex. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
Read the guideWood Farm sits at Charmouth, west Dorset. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
Read the guideEscorted tours across six continents since 1962 - flights, hotels, meals and guided excursions all arranged for you, with solo traveller options.
Read the guideFifty years of escorted rail tours, river cruises and luxury train holidays, run from York, with no single supplement on selected solo departures.
Read the guidePhotos: Dorman Memorial Museum by Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0; Scarborough headland and South Bay from the site of Holbeck Hall landslide by Richard Allaway, CC BY 2.0; Ruins of Pevensey Castle, East Sussex by barry.marsh1944, Public Domain Mark 1.0; Charmouth beach - geograph.org.uk - 5378956 by Chris Gunns, CC BY-SA 2.0; Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy (51180622244) by . Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0; Andermatt - Glacier Express by Kecko, CC BY 2.0
Every Park Holidays UK park, each with a day out nearby already planned.
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