find me Ye Olde Worlde!

[Tinkerisdead]

Ive been given the task of finding a long weekend away in UK prob 4 days.I have baby brain and cant think of anywhere.

Last year i went to Stratford and loved it, flowers, narrowboats, morris dancers, shakespeare...it was proper olde worlde!!

I'd love to find somewhere similar, im 18 weeks pregnant so whilst still nibble on my feet im not up to rambling!! would love somewhere with places to see etc... London is out as i spend half my life there and York im not sure as ive been already so fancy somewhere new...

any ideas....please please help! its my only chance of a holiday!

[tiredemma]

cotswolds!!

bourton-on the water
broadway

etc

all olde worlde

[Blandmum]

Rutland, as ye olde as the cotswolds without being hoaching with other people trying to see 'Ye olde worlde'

[PortBlacksandResident]

Shrewsbury

[tiredemma]

[Tinkerisdead]

wow responses already... ive opened another window to start looking, martianbishop...i come from peterborough and now live in leics so frequent rutland a lot as inbetween so not there, but that kind of feel. oh im excited now i can actually visualise places.

[Notyummy]

Shropshire/Ludlow area

[Tinkerisdead]

eek crossed posts...not excited at plane crash!!!

[Blandmum]

Thankfully the pilot got out OK.

Have you thought about Edinburgh? Easy to get to, easy to get around. the old town is Medievalin origin, and the new town in Georgian. Art, museums, nice shops,good food, two castles a mile apart. Fabbo place to mootch about

[Marina]

Rye

If you are Leics I guess Stamford is far too mundane

Ludlow has wonderful restaurants

Malverns, esp. Ledbury and thence into Herefordshire is gorgeous - see Elgar's birthplace at Broadheath, lovely Eastnor Castle and Hampton Court Gardens...

[Blandmum]

Bath is also rather nice.

[Tinkerisdead]

ha ha stamford is too mundane yes, absolutley beautiful but like popping into town for me!

just looking at bath MB..also looking at english riveria as spent childhood there, now is that olde worlde or too touristy now?

looking at malverns next..

[Blandmum]

are you with, or without kids?

[branflake81]

Yorkshire Dales?

[Tinkerisdead]

ooohhh without, me and DH last ditch attempt at some quiet time before PFB arrives in Nov.

[Blandmum]

Beer in Devon, is beautiful and quite unspoiled

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not masses to do if you are looking for 'culture' but the area is fantasic and there are lots of NT properties and ye olde tea shoppes in the area.

We had a fantastic holiday in his area last year

[Blandmum]

try again!

[Tinkerisdead]

ohh looks good! for a second i thought you were recommending the beer/lager in devon. my only forbidden craving!!

[Blandmum]

it isn't far from Lyme regis, which is also nice, but a little more 'touristified' IYSWIM

[stealthsquiggle]

Ludlow or Bath. The former has not much outside the town itself if you are not up for hill-walking, and the latter has too many Americans, but other than that...

Worcestershire somewhere? Could be quite similar to Stratford in some ways - the 3 Choirs festival see here is in Worcester this year if you want "culture"

[Tinkerisdead]

yeah want to avoid "touristified" loving that word. def looking between bath and devon now. thankyou for so much help :-)

[cmotdibbler]

Malverns are lovely - we live outside Worcester, and the area is fab. Not too many tourists, plenty of places to go, good local food. Loads of festivals and events through the summer - Upton jazz festival looks fun

[StripeyKnickersSpottySocks]

I'd have thought York would be really nice but full of tourists. My brother lives there and I love walking down The Shambles.