Best budget weekend breaks in the UK

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

Mountain ridges, waterfalls and some of the darkest skies in Wales

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

A compact Welsh capital with a castle in the city centre

Roman walls, medieval Rows and a riverside setting

A cathedral and castle on a wooded river bend

Moorland, dramatic sea cliffs and a famous dark sky

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 revived seaside town of art, vintage shops and sandy beaches

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 medieval city of cobbled lanes, a castle and a cathedral

A rugged coast of golden beaches, seabirds and a famous coast path

A medieval market town in a loop of the River Severn

Wales's mountain heartland, with Snowdon at its centre

A colourful walled harbour town with sandy beaches

A dramatic harbour town with a clifftop abbey

Green valleys, limestone scars and drystone walls