UK holidays
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There is a distinct nautical feel to the decor of this attractive hotel. Unfortunately the cooking is also all at sea
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Ahead of Disabled Access Day, Srin Madipalli, founder of accomable.com, an online collection of accessible properties, picks 10 of his favourites places to stay
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No longer just the preserve of TV contestants, the Crystal Maze is returning as an interactive game, in London, for everyone to play. Though as Team Guardian discovered, a quick refresher of the rules would be useful
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Science, fun and Butlins collide at this enlightening three-night family resort break that gets the balance between learning and laughter spot on
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Dolly the Sheep and Britain’s oldest plane are stars of the National Museum of Scotland’s 150th birthday facelift. Peter Ross goes behind the scenes
accommodation
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This posh new Liverpool hotel is aimed squarely at fans of the Reds and their legendary former manager, but even a Blue concedes it’s a welcome addition to the city’s accommodation options
top 10s
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As Butlins, of all places, prepares to stage a festival of alternative club nights, we round up some of the best parties, from Hip Hop Karaoke to Rebel Bingo
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With London Beer Week about to kick off, it’s an ideal time for a crawl south of the river to savour the burgeoning craft brew scene around Bermondsey, Brixton, Penge and Peckham
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Oxford’s emerging craft beer scene offers a good mix of cosy, cool and chilled-out city centre pubs and bars
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Leave it up to the kids and they’d probably choose to spend every day at a waterpark. We select 10 of the wettest and wildest in the UK and Europe
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This fun, hands-on science centre’s 4D motion ride, planetarium and theatre shows make for a jam-packed family day out. Just don’t call it a museum!
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This museum is in thrall to the wonder of words with its Narnia and other themed rooms, and a new ‘Animal’ exhibition should boost its magical appeal
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It may be small, but this Warwickshire museum celebrates the weird and wacky world of design and invention, where the only limit is your imagination
budget holidays
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In more than 100 wild corners of the UK are free shelters – bothies – for use by walkers. As the charity that runs them turns 50, Phoebe Smith, author of Book of Bothy, picks eight favourites
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Our reviewer usually shuns youth hostels, but he finds this new Nottingham pad a much better budget option than many big hotel chains
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A trip to the Lakes to join the celebrations for Beatrix Potter’s 150th birthday will make for family fun – and provide a chance to tuck in to some fine food and drink
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Music lovers are in for a fine time with an eclectic array of concerts on offer in the Derbyshire spa town – and you’ll find plenty of great ales and cocktails for pre- or post-show drinks
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Few places are as ghostly and ghoulish as the Lancashire beauty spot where the notorious coven was rounded up 400 years ago for the Pendle witch trials
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The ‘Gateway to the Fens’ is hosting spooky tours in its newly opened 500-year-old vaults, but with heritage trails, classic pubs and food, it’s a fine place to visit year-round
sport holidays
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The Meek family swapped mortgage, work and school for a year of adventures around the UK – their home: a caravan, their classroom: the great outdoors
restaurants
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Cardiff offers great places to refuel on the cheap. Updating his 2010 guide, Tony Naylor picks 10 spots where you can eat for under £10
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From the bedroom with wood-burning stove to helpful staff and a Segway tour, everything was going swimmingly at this revamped hotel. Until the ‘gastro-buffet’ at dinnertime …
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Starry Skies festival: go wild in the country