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
The town where the passenger railway began, with a big Victorian park and cheap entry to a museum built around Locomotion No. 1.
Read the guideThe Royal Armouries alone justifies the trip, and it costs nothing to get in. Leeds has a surprising amount of free family stuff.
Read the guideNew Beach sits at Dymchurch, Romney Marsh. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
Read the guideLossiemouth sits at Lossiemouth, Moray. 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: Head of Steam Railway Museum, Darlington - geograph.org.uk - 2479495 by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0; Clarence Dock , Leeds by Paul Stevenson, CC BY 2.0; Dymchurch Beach - 1984 - geograph.org.uk - 2369497 by Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Foam on Lossiemouth east beach (is54) by Ted and Jen, 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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