UK holidays
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Activities, both adventurous and relaxing, abound in the Highlands and with these hotel suggestions from a new book, Scotland the Best, great food, hospitality and a good rest are also easy to find
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This very British institution is thriving despite the rise of trendy coffee shops. At these favourites you’ll find excellent tea and cakes – plus Victorian costumes, edible chocolate compost and even a supper club
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Richard Nelsson takes a unique opportunity to lose himself in England’s stunning watery wilderness on a swimming-and-hiking journey
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Our reviewer puts aside his political prejudices and laps up the Downton Abbey-dreamscape, top food and idyllic setting of this swanky country pub on a posh estate
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Time has stood still in this corner of Wales, as our writer discovers when he retraces a 19th-century walk across green hills and pristine moorland
accommodation
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Where nuns once lived a simple life, music lovers can now eat, catch an intimate gig and stay the night. But has the new multi-tasking hotel fully found its groove?
top 10s
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Belfast’s growing craft beer scene puts the spotlight on small, local breweries and enthusiastic staff. We pick 10 pubs and bars where you can get a modern taste of the city
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You don’t need to go on an African safari to take great wildlife photographs. Photographer Andrew Marshall, whose new photo-location guidebook gives advice on how to capture UK wildlife, selects 10 picture perfect spots
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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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People have been turning their nose up at Butlins holidays for decades, but I – like my mum – have nothing but fond memories of them
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An enchanted, mystical wood makes for contented kids and adults on a day out where smart technology meets traditional fun
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Farm fun is on the agenda here, so expect tractors, animals and crop-picking at an attraction that’s great for younger kids, though not so hot on the hot food front
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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When the England Coast Path opens four years from now, it will cover the country’s entire seashore and be one of the world’s longest walking routes. Alan Franks walks a 25-mile stretch in Norfolk
restaurants
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Dodge the tartan and tour groups with Vonny Moyes’s guide to Edinburgh’s contemporary culture, bars brimming with personality, and great-value places to eat and stay
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Sister pubs with rooms in two idyllic Cotswolds villages offer a warm welcome (even to non-Tories) and excellent food
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