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
A national museum with a roof terrace, an extinct volcano you can climb, and a free museum devoted entirely to childhood.
Read the guideEvery Hull museum is free, and the Maritime Museum has just reopened after a twenty million pound rebuild.
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 guideSt Osyth Beach sits at St Osyth, near Clacton-on-Sea. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day…
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 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 guidePhotos: Pentland Hills from the roof of the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Sept. 2011 by In Memoriam: PhillipC, CC BY 2.0; The Deep aquarium, Kingston upon Hull - geograph.org.uk - 8006034 by Bernard Sharp, CC BY-SA 2.0; Ruins of Pevensey Castle, East Sussex by barry.marsh1944, Public Domain Mark 1.0; St Osyth's Priory Gatehouse - geograph.org.uk - 8249196 by Marathon, CC BY-SA 2.0; Machu Picchu, Perú, 2015-07-30, DD 47 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0; <div class='fn'> Aurora Borealis Norway</div> by Christer Gundersen, CC BY 3.0
Every Park Holidays UK park, each with a day out nearby already planned.
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