Best weekend breaks in Yorkshire and the North East

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

The UK's largest national park, with arctic mountains and ancient pine forests

A cathedral and castle on a wooded river bend

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

A hilltop cathedral city with a medieval castle

A waterfront city of music, museums and football

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

A friendly quayside city of bridges and big nights out

Heather moorland, steam trains and a dramatic coast

Castles, empty beaches, dark skies and Hadrian's Wall

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

A dramatic castle city of cobbled lanes, festivals and whisky