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 guideA free museum, gallery and library in one modern building, plus lakes and parks within walking distance of the station.
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 guideCoghurst Hall sits at near Hastings, East Sussex. Here is what the park is near, and the local attraction worth building a day around.
Read the guideThe Glacier Express, the Orient Express, the Shinkansen, the Arctic Circle, India and the Canadian Rockies - which one to pick and why.
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 guidePhotos: Head of Steam Railway Museum, Darlington - geograph.org.uk - 2479495 by David Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0; Doncaster new Central Library and Museum by Rcsprinter123, CC BY 3.0; Dymchurch Beach - 1984 - geograph.org.uk - 2369497 by Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0; Hastings Netting Sheds by SLR Jester, CC BY 2.0; Jacobite on Glenfinnan Viaduct 2 20211024 by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0; Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy (51180622244) by . Ray in Manila, CC BY 2.0
Every Park Holidays UK park, each with a day out nearby already planned.
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