Best weekend breaks from Manchester and the North West

A grand Victorian seaside resort beneath the Great Orme

Britain's oldest seaside resort, with two bays and a castle

A friendly city of Titanic history, murals and the Causeway Coast

Roman walls, medieval Rows and a riverside setting

A cathedral and castle on a wooded river bend

Scotland's biggest city, known for art, music and architecture

A waterfront city of music, museums and football

A big, creative city of music, football and industrial heritage

Heather moorland, steam trains and a dramatic coast

A medieval market town in a loop of the River Severn

Wales's mountain heartland, with Snowdon at its centre

A dramatic harbour town with a clifftop abbey

Green valleys, limestone scars and drystone walls

A genteel spa town of gardens, tea rooms and Turkish baths

England's biggest national park: lakes, fells and cosy villages

England's first national park, with moors, dales and stately homes

Medieval walls, a magnificent minster and cobbled streets