UK Breaks

Rural

Stay Here: Bethnal & Bec rural retreat, Hertfordshire

These luxury studios, less than an hour’s drive from London, have hot tubs, private gardens and logburners

Family

Epping Forest: a highwayman’s trail from Theydon Bois

We take a walk through the forest to Epping’s cosy pubs and coffee shops

Beaches

48 Hours in Newquay, Cornwall

Want to swerve the crowds completely at the wildly popular resort? Try an out-of-season visit

Beaches

48 Hours in Falmouth, Cornwall

It’s so much better in the autumn, said every local we met. They weren’t kidding

Experiences

A Beginner’s guide to…Glamping

Take the tube to Home Farm in Herts and still be back in London in time for work the next day

Cities

Stay Here: The Park, Teddington

A lavishly restored Victorian pile has reopened near a beautiful part of the River Thames

Beaches

What’s it like foraging on the Kent Coast?

Photographer Julia Riddiough spends a day at St Margaret’s Bay with The Wild Kitchen

Cities

48 Hours in Birmingham

It’s hard to do Britain’s other great metropolis justice in a single weekend. But we tried

Beaches

24 Hours in Southampton

We stay at stylish new ‘hometel’ concept Room2 in a fascinating coastal city that genuinely surprises

Cities

Stay Here: Bingham Riverhouse, Richmond

The waterside hotel has had an arty overhaul, says Stephen Emms