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
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The Royal Armouries alone justifies the trip, and it costs nothing to get in. Leeds has a surprising amount of free family stuff.
Read the guideThe Harris reopened in 2025 after a nineteen million pound rebuild, it is free, and it is right in the middle of town.
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 guideWest Mersea sits at Mersea Island. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
Read the guideSail from Southampton, Portsmouth, Newcastle or Liverpool in search of the Aurora Borealis over Arctic Norway - no flights, no light pollution, and a…
Read the guideGuided holidays built entirely around solo travellers - your own room guaranteed, no single supplement games, and everyone on the tour is travelling solo…
Read the guidePhotos: Clarence Dock , Leeds by Paul Stevenson, CC BY 2.0; The Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library by Michael D Beckwith, CC0; Ruins of Pevensey Castle, East Sussex by barry.marsh1944, Public Domain Mark 1.0; Oilseed Rape Field by wwarby, CC BY 2.0; <div class='fn'> Aurora Borealis Norway</div> by Christer Gundersen, CC BY 3.0; Machu Picchu, Perú, 2015-07-30, DD 47 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0
Every Park Holidays UK park, each with a day out nearby already planned.
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