During the summer, we often jump in the car on the weekend and drive to find new places to explore. Now that Spring is starting to appear, I can’t wait to start these adventures again. We’ve found so many beautiful sights within the UK and I know that there are many more still to discovered.
We often tend towards find old castles or coastal areas to explore, since those appeal to the whole family and are always fun for the kids. But exploring a new city is always fun too!
Travelodge asked me to share some of our ideas for places to visit this summer, and are offering one reader the chance to win 1 night at a Travelodge of your choice, for you and your family. That would come in handy when you are exploring a little further from home and can’t make it back for bedtime!
(Make sure you read right down to the bottom if you want to enter the giveaway)
So here are is my UK travel wish list!
The 5 I’ve chosen for my wish list today are places with gorgeous scenery, that I think would be relaxing to visit and experience.
5 of the most beautiful must visit places in the UK
I hope we’re able to make our way around all of them!
Minack Theatre Cornwall
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The Giants Causeway, County Antrim. Northern Ireland
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Ben Nevis, Scotland
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The Eden Project, Cornwall
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Isles of Scilly
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- Littlehampton Seaside
- Chesil Beach
- Castle Acre Priory
February 17, 2015 @ 5:11 pm
Actually Isles of Scilly looks amazing, would love to visit there now I’ve seen your shot!
February 17, 2015 @ 5:17 pm
Would love to see The Giants Causeway, also love London as there is so much to see and do.
February 17, 2015 @ 5:30 pm
I’d love to visit London again soon, so much to see and do – and we always end up doing none of it and spend our time pub crawling in Soho instead 😀
February 17, 2015 @ 6:40 pm
i would like to go to windsor so we can visit legoland 🙂
February 17, 2015 @ 7:07 pm
London – I would love to take my kids!
February 17, 2015 @ 7:22 pm
Isles of Scilly and The Giants Causeway look stunning.
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February 17, 2015 @ 7:48 pm
I like to go to newcastle!
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February 17, 2015 @ 7:55 pm
Top of my list at the moment is York.
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February 17, 2015 @ 8:23 pm
a trip to newcastle
February 17, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
London or Warwickshire xx
February 17, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
Edinburgh is a great place to visit, especially during the fringe festival.
February 17, 2015 @ 8:58 pm
Edinburgh…Arthurs Seat is amazing
February 17, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
I really love Leigh-On-Sea, its a little seaside town near Southend but it’s really quiet and has some great seafront restaurants. I love going there in the summer 🙂
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February 17, 2015 @ 9:17 pm
We love the Lake District, we recently stayed at the Travelodge in Cockermouth.
February 17, 2015 @ 9:31 pm
London would love to be considered to stay in the City x
February 17, 2015 @ 9:41 pm
I love York, we went there once before the kids and we would like to go again
February 17, 2015 @ 9:44 pm
Would love to go to York.
February 17, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
Would love to visit Glasgow 🙂
February 17, 2015 @ 10:06 pm
Newcastle or Liverpool as its where my siblings are in Uni
February 17, 2015 @ 10:35 pm
Would like to visit York
February 17, 2015 @ 11:39 pm
I’ve always wanted to go to the Eden Project!
February 18, 2015 @ 12:29 am
Somewhere by the sea when the weather is a little warmer, maybe Wales 🙂 x
February 18, 2015 @ 8:20 am
I would love to go to Windsor or London
February 18, 2015 @ 9:19 am
I would love to visit London!
February 18, 2015 @ 9:45 am
Id like to experience Bath,Avon
February 18, 2015 @ 9:50 am
I’d like to visit Northumberland
February 18, 2015 @ 9:50 am
would love to go to Belfast, only capital city in UK not visited
February 18, 2015 @ 10:12 am
id love to take my kids to london x
February 18, 2015 @ 10:20 am
I would love to visit Bath and go to the Roman baths
February 18, 2015 @ 10:21 am
I do want to tour along the West Coast of Scotland
February 18, 2015 @ 11:05 am
I’d like to go to the lakes x
February 18, 2015 @ 11:55 am
Tenby would be great x
February 18, 2015 @ 12:02 pm
London Eye
February 18, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
The Harry Potter Studios in Watford 🙂
February 18, 2015 @ 1:25 pm
I would love to visit Edinburgh x
February 18, 2015 @ 1:35 pm
Lands End
February 18, 2015 @ 1:47 pm
I adore Devon 🙂
February 18, 2015 @ 2:50 pm
I’d love to visit Edinburgh. Durham is a great place for a short break
February 18, 2015 @ 3:42 pm
I’d love to visit the City of York.
February 18, 2015 @ 5:46 pm
Birmingham
February 18, 2015 @ 6:56 pm
I’d love to go to Windsor to take my little girl to Legoland
February 18, 2015 @ 6:59 pm
I love York but have never had the time to explore all the interesting attractions. This would be amazing:)
February 18, 2015 @ 7:41 pm
I would like to visit Cumbria
February 18, 2015 @ 8:46 pm
I’m hoping to head back to Cornwall soon and will book a Travelodge to break up the journey! I was talking about it this afternoon and all the amazing places we have explored thanks to staying at Travelodge! I was daydreaming about staying at a Travelodge in Wales again and walking up some mountains!
February 18, 2015 @ 9:01 pm
I would love to win a one night stay so I can take my daughter to Alton Towers.
February 18, 2015 @ 9:03 pm
London!
February 18, 2015 @ 9:12 pm
Birmingham to see the family
February 18, 2015 @ 11:43 pm
I’ve barely seen much of UK, although I am a fan of Durham if not just for the cathedral.
February 19, 2015 @ 8:18 am
I’ve never been to Ireland, so would love to visit there. I’d also like to visit Wales again as I went there a lot as a child and now my best friend lives there with her 5 children x
February 19, 2015 @ 12:20 pm
highlands
February 19, 2015 @ 3:03 pm
I’d like to visit Scarborough.
February 19, 2015 @ 3:31 pm
London, never get tired of it
February 19, 2015 @ 4:01 pm
I would love to go to the Lake District, thanks.
February 19, 2015 @ 11:16 pm
I would love to visit the Lake District
February 20, 2015 @ 5:03 pm
Top of my Wishlist are Margate and Brighton!
February 20, 2015 @ 5:54 pm
I’d love to see Ben Nevis. 🙂
February 20, 2015 @ 8:53 pm
I would love to go to Crewe
February 20, 2015 @ 10:37 pm
Edinburgh is a really nice place to visit. It’s easy to get around, and there’s something for everyone. I’d love to take my husband there.
February 20, 2015 @ 10:39 pm
Wales
February 20, 2015 @ 10:56 pm
London!
February 21, 2015 @ 8:45 am
I’d really love to visit Bath x
February 21, 2015 @ 6:26 pm
I would like to visit Bath.
February 21, 2015 @ 8:28 pm
Would love to go to see the Eden Project, it looks lovely
February 21, 2015 @ 8:29 pm
London or Manchester
February 21, 2015 @ 8:38 pm
London
February 21, 2015 @ 10:00 pm
Hoping to visit the Isle of Wight
February 22, 2015 @ 6:10 am
I’d love to visit York, so full of history.
February 22, 2015 @ 9:47 am
Brighton so much to do and see.
February 22, 2015 @ 11:11 am
We went to the Lake District last year & loved it so much going back this year.
February 22, 2015 @ 11:13 am
i love holidaying in our beautiful country but it is very expensive its cheaper to go to spain for a week all inclusive than it is to visit Scarborough for a week bed and breakfast and its such a shame as not enough of the people who live in England see just what it has to offer 🙁
February 22, 2015 @ 11:26 am
I would love to visit the Isle of Scilly X
February 22, 2015 @ 3:50 pm
I’d like to visit the West coast of Scotland 🙂
February 22, 2015 @ 4:24 pm
As a child we always went to Cornwall and visited the Isles of Scilly a few times, they really are the best places to go in the UK
February 22, 2015 @ 8:00 pm
I love Bath and York
February 22, 2015 @ 8:05 pm
I would love to visit Liverpol.
February 22, 2015 @ 9:11 pm
I would actually like to visit Scotland, especially Edinburgh but I won’t fly and it seems so far from where we are in the south. I will do it one day though!
February 23, 2015 @ 12:44 pm
Great prize!
February 23, 2015 @ 6:05 pm
Still haven’t managed to visit Edinburgh yet, so fingers crossed!
February 25, 2015 @ 10:57 am
London
February 25, 2015 @ 11:38 am
Id love to visit york
February 25, 2015 @ 2:44 pm
We like the Travelodge at Caernarfon, by the coast and it’s close to Anglesey where we love to go.
February 27, 2015 @ 9:40 am
love Edinburgh!
March 3, 2015 @ 7:03 pm
The Eden Project, Cornwall
March 4, 2015 @ 5:55 am
i love london so much!
March 4, 2015 @ 11:44 am
I love Northern Ireland, especially the Glens of Antrim. The Antrim Coast Road is easily the most beautiful place in the UK!
March 5, 2015 @ 5:18 pm
We would really like to visit Edinburgh right now
March 6, 2015 @ 1:42 pm
I would stay somewhere near the beach
March 7, 2015 @ 2:00 am
Northumberland
March 8, 2015 @ 4:49 pm
Edinburgh, it is somewhere I have never been
March 9, 2015 @ 9:21 am
I’ve always wanted to go to the Giantds Causeway – I’m sure I will at some point 🙂
March 9, 2015 @ 10:58 am
I really want to visit the Eden project 🙂
March 9, 2015 @ 1:07 pm
i love going to exeter i think the architecture is amazing 🙂
March 9, 2015 @ 4:21 pm
would love to visit Cornwall
March 9, 2015 @ 4:58 pm
Lincoln – my sister lives nearby and my children have never been to Lincoln Castle!
March 10, 2015 @ 7:00 am
I live near Whitby and highly recommend it as a place to visit!
March 10, 2015 @ 7:01 am
I live near Whitby and highly recommend it as a place to visit!
March 12, 2015 @ 10:12 pm
Edinburgh, lovely city
March 13, 2015 @ 1:15 pm
Cornwall is my favourite place on earth – I can’t wait to take the kids!
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March 13, 2015 @ 6:36 pm
I would love to visit Edinburgh, I have never been to Scotland as living down in the south west it is a fair trek but it looks like a stunning location and I would love to share the experience with my husband and little boys.
March 13, 2015 @ 7:49 pm
I must admit going to London recently for the first time as made me desperate to go back!
March 14, 2015 @ 12:15 pm
I would visit London
March 14, 2015 @ 8:21 pm
I would love to visit Weymouth again this year x
March 14, 2015 @ 10:39 pm
I’d really like to visit every city in the UK!
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March 14, 2015 @ 11:26 pm
York is a great place to visit. So much to do and see!
March 15, 2015 @ 5:05 pm
Liverpool for the docks
March 15, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
Fantastic Giveaway, good luck everyone and me xx
March 15, 2015 @ 7:46 pm
Southampton for a night before going on a cruise
March 16, 2015 @ 5:36 am
Blackpool as I have never been 🙂
March 16, 2015 @ 9:42 am
Skye 🙂
March 16, 2015 @ 10:25 am
would love to visit Bath
March 16, 2015 @ 10:29 am
I’d love to visit Scarborough. I used to go every year as a teen and loved it.
March 16, 2015 @ 10:31 am
i would love to go to the peak district
March 16, 2015 @ 11:03 am
Definately the Eden Project
March 16, 2015 @ 11:56 am
The Peak District, absolutely gorgeous place, would love to take my little ones 🙂 x
March 16, 2015 @ 1:05 pm
I would like one of your London based so we could see the sights
March 16, 2015 @ 1:45 pm
Ben Nevis in Scotland!!!!
March 16, 2015 @ 2:40 pm
i would love to visit London again and see a show
March 16, 2015 @ 3:01 pm
We love everywhere is North Yorkshire
March 16, 2015 @ 4:14 pm
Loved the coastline around Eastbourne
March 16, 2015 @ 4:42 pm
Plymouth as it is a great place for things to see and do such as the Marine Aquarium,Plymouth Hoe ,Plymouth museum,theatres and cinemas and an excellent shopping centre
March 16, 2015 @ 4:48 pm
london
March 16, 2015 @ 5:50 pm
Top of my wishlist is to go to Enniskillen where my grandad was born!
March 16, 2015 @ 6:18 pm
I would love to go to Edinburgh, so much to see there
March 16, 2015 @ 7:09 pm
Chichester, to see my brother x
March 16, 2015 @ 7:25 pm
I’d never considered the Isles of Scilly before but your photo makes it look gorgeous! I’d also love to visit the Isle of Man.
March 16, 2015 @ 7:27 pm
Anywhere near the coast, maybe Brighton
March 16, 2015 @ 7:52 pm
love lyme regis, beach and sand, rock pools, harbour, fab ice cream, great fun with kids
March 16, 2015 @ 8:05 pm
I’ve always fancied visiting York
March 16, 2015 @ 8:22 pm
I’ve never been to Devon or Cornwall so they are on my wishlist
March 16, 2015 @ 8:41 pm
I just spoke to my mum about this and we both agree Padstow.
March 16, 2015 @ 8:55 pm
Cornwall, with my family – so many potential trips out.
March 16, 2015 @ 9:13 pm
We are hoping to go to legoland in April and would live to stay overnight in London so we can make it a nice weekend getaway x
March 16, 2015 @ 9:22 pm
Hope to go to Liverpool
March 16, 2015 @ 9:22 pm
York is my favourite city ever. Full of so much history. I’d love to visit Liverpool 🙂
March 16, 2015 @ 9:26 pm
i would love to go lands end or somewere in cornwall its lush down there
March 16, 2015 @ 9:28 pm
Planning a trip to Edinburgh very soon.
March 16, 2015 @ 10:10 pm
I love London and its so expensive to get a decent hotel room there 🙂 but its worth it so muhc to see and do – we love the museums and camden market
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March 16, 2015 @ 10:14 pm
love to take son back to logleat
March 17, 2015 @ 3:14 am
York is fab 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 5:34 am
I’d love to visit the Lake District.
March 17, 2015 @ 7:34 am
I would love to visit Harrogate in Yorkshire next and I can highly recommend visiting Bristol – beautiful place with lots of things to do and lovely people! 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 7:45 am
Love to go back to the Malvern Hills- stunning
March 17, 2015 @ 9:28 am
I would love to go to Leeds
March 17, 2015 @ 9:32 am
Isles of Scilly are beautiful, loved St Martins and Tresco!
March 17, 2015 @ 10:12 am
London! 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 10:22 am
Cornwall – never been
March 17, 2015 @ 10:26 am
London to see a west end show
March 17, 2015 @ 10:44 am
I want to see Norfolk, i’ve never been to the coast that way
March 17, 2015 @ 11:40 am
lake district – i need some exercise!
March 17, 2015 @ 12:04 pm
I’d love to sail to the Isles of Scilly, dropping anchor wherever and exploring the islets!
One can dream!
March 17, 2015 @ 2:08 pm
I’d love to go to London #adream
March 17, 2015 @ 2:29 pm
london 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 3:26 pm
I would love to go back to York. I went 2 years ago and so much still left to see. I loved the Victorian Museum and the Jorvik Viking Centre
March 17, 2015 @ 4:06 pm
Bath
March 17, 2015 @ 5:16 pm
I really want to go to Northumberland and particularly Bamburgh and Holy Island – maybe this summer! 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 9:00 pm
I would recommend York, going back there again in June with my best friends. The Shambles and The Minster are amazing 🙂 x
March 17, 2015 @ 9:47 pm
Would love to visit Liverpool 🙂
March 17, 2015 @ 10:32 pm
Cornwall as I’d love to try an authentic cornish pasty!
March 17, 2015 @ 10:41 pm
I’d like to visit the Lake District as I live in the South West and however beautiful the places are I think it would be nice to explore other places
March 17, 2015 @ 11:51 pm
I would like to go anywhere up north really! I have not seen enough of the northern part of this country so Leeds/Newcastle/Sunderland area 🙂
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