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 free museum with a stuffed polar bear, free botanical gardens and more green space per person than most British cities.
Read the guideThe beach starts about two minutes from the station, which is the shortest walk from platform to sand on the network.
Read the guideFelixstowe Beach sits at Felixstowe. 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: Winter Garden - Sheffield by Abarrajon, CC BY-SA 4.0; Cleethorpes Pier by Ratherbewalking, CC BY 2.0; Felixstowe Pier and seafront - geograph.org.uk - 7142680 by Nigel Thompson, CC BY-SA 2.0; 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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