Our experts offer a guide to 10 of the best places and cities to visit in England for family holidays and couples, and the best hotels to stay when there, in locations including Yorkshire, Cornwall, Lake District, Bath, Cotswolds, London, Devon, Norfolk, Suffolk and Brighton
YORKSHIRE
Visitors flock to Yorkshire because there is no place on earth like God’s Own County. It considers its food and drink reputation as now the best in Britain. Yorkshire boasts more Michelin-starred restaurants than anywhere else in the country (apart from the clogged streets of London and who wants to go there?). The sheer beauty of the county, sometimes as unexpected as a dilapidated mill chimney stabbing up through a leaden sky, has inspired generations of painters: from John Atkinson Grimshaw’s moonscapes to the Victorian artists of the Staithes Group to David Hockney’s Yorkshire Wolds.
The only downside for visitors is the secret is out. Some 40 million visitors now travel here every year for heritage-related tourism alone. Good job its grand old cities and sweeping moors and Dales are large enough to soak them all up.
Where to stay
THE BEST HOTEL FOR FAMILIES
Swinton Park, Yorkshire
Swinton Park stands in 200 acres of lake filled grounds. Beyond that lies its 20,000-acre estate, embracing farmland and moorland. There is also a charming nine-hole golf course. First built in the late 17th century, Swinton Park has been much altered over the years; especially when wealthy mill owner Samuel Cunliffe-Lister bought the estate in 1888, much enlarging it and creating its present Victorian feel. Swinton Park is very family-friendly offering a charming trail and quiz through the grounds for kids, plus a Games Room, and Bird of Prey Centre.
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THE BEST HOTEL FOR COUPLES
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa, Yorkshire
Middlethorpe Hall & Spa is set in 20-acres of beautiful grounds, where early risers might glimpse roe deer in the mist-shrouded gardens. The style is smart but not pretentious; sophisticated but not showy. Yes, there are creaky floors and wonky door frames - and the spa is tiny, but it is a 300 year-old country house. Dinner is served by candlelight in the wood-panelled dining room, which dates from 1699, and dishes include locally sourced produce and vegetables straight from the garden outside.
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COTSWOLDS
The glorious, honey-coloured towns and villages of the Cotswoldslook as if they have strayed into the 21st century from another era. The area is characterised by gentle dynamism, with lively galleries, vibrant festivals and a liberal endowment of intriguing museums. Covering nearly 800 square miles across five counties (Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire), this region of “wolds”, or rolling hills, is the biggest of the 38 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in England and Wales.
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