Can anyone find me the perfect UK spot to have a solo holiday after horrible divorce?

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My divorce is in the final stages and I am desperate to have a break away once it is through.

I fancy seaside walks ideally from a little cottage with nice places to eat. Can anyone recommend somewhere just for me? I'm hoping to go when the DC are with STBEXH but he is so unreliable they might end up with me, although I'm hoping to go during term time.

I've got Scotland in my head as a possibility - it feels scenic and like a proper escape.

Have you been the Isle of Mull?

Go there, hire or bring your bike. Pootle about. The food is absolutely fantastic there. We went to four restaurants and loved them all.

Places to visit. Peaceful and picturesque.

Norfolk? How far are you prepared to travel?

Fife is lovely and easy to get to on the train. South Queensferry is picturesque, as is Crail and several other towns along that bit of coast. The Fife Coastal Path is a lovely walk along the water too fifecoastandcountrysidetrust.co.uk/walks/fife-coastal-path/

Have you been the Isle of Mull?
Go there, hire or bring your bike. Pootle about. The food is absolutely fantastic there. We went to four restaurants and loved them all.
Places to visit. Peaceful and picturesque

True. There's a very strong restaurant scene on Mull. You'll need a car though, and be OK about driving on single-track roads. Sometimes the weather can be glorious .... but quite often it can be diabolical. Entire weeks of driving, non-stop rain - so beware.

My suggestions:

Whitby
Lyme Regis
St Ives
Padstow
Tenby

We have spent alot of time in Northumberland and there are some lovely looking cottages near Bamburgh Castle.

Northumberland - up around Bamburgh, Seahouses, Holy Island, Alnmouth, Warkworth. Those villages

Scotland is amazing.

There's a small place called Largs that is fairly easy to get too, has great links to lots of places, is on the coast etc.

I love it there. And few people know of it so it doesn't get brutally busy.

Moray in Scotland, north east coast. The coastal path around Cullen, Portknockie etc. lovely and fairly quiet even in high season! Lots of fisherman’s cottages on Airbnb

Hmm … You just have time to arrange to attend the St Magnus Festival in Orkney. It’s in June - and I admit you may be a bit late for the best choice of accommodation - but would offer the very best combination of contemplative coastal holiday, lively society and really stellar entertainment should you want it.

Otherwise, how about somewhere on the Scottish Borders, like Berwick on Tweed. Quick run to Edinburgh whenever you’re bored with your own company.

Or, actually - Edinburgh itself. I know it’s not the seaside but there’s just so much absorbing pottering to be done. And Holyrood Park / Arthur’s Seat. With Portobello beach 3 and a half miles away.

(In a similar situation several years ago I took myself off to the south west coast of Ireland. You may find you want to spend less time in your solitary cottage than you think - I was constantly jumping into the car for long trips to Cork or wherever.)

Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. Beautiful and you’re near beaches (could be on one!) and lovely scenery. Gatehouse of Fleet is a nice little place. Carrick right in the shore, and there is another lovely looking place on the shore at Ross Bay

Isle of Bute - rolling hills, country walks and lots of wildlife, but one of the most accessible islands and easy to get to with or without a car.

North Norfolk between Hunstanton and Wells-Next-the-Sea. There’s a good walkers bus to get between villages and nice sea food.

St Andrews or Pittenweem - Fife
One of the wee villages in Northumberland, eg Bamburgh or Craster
How about the Welsh coast? Porthmadog or Criccieth
Dumfries & Galloway - Wigtown or Kirkcudbright?
Cornwall - Bedruthan, fowey?

Echoing @WouldBeGood, we had a week in a cabin on Carrick Shore near Gatehouse of Fleet before Easter, it was amazing. Not sure it's easy to get long seaside walks, but the peace and quiet, and bird life, were fantastic. The town of Kirkcudbright has more shops than Gatehouse and there's an excellent exhibition of the Galloway Hoard - Viking stuff - in the big gallery. If you go, read Dorothy L Sayers' Five Red Herrings too!

The isle of Wight is lovely.

Lots to explore. Large selection of holiday accommodation. Good foodie places too.

There's a small place called Largs that is fairly easy to get too, has great links to lots of places, is on the coast etc

I love Largs. There is a totally fabulous vintage ice-cream parlour called Nardini's ... but apart from that, I have no idea what the food is like in Largs.

If not too far to travel, I second the Isle of Wight.
Also Suffolk (Southwold or Aldeburgh) is lovely, but you would probably need a car.

I was going to say Mull (I might be biased as we have family there). . You can take trips to Iona and Fingals Cave (Staffa); climb up Ben More; swim at Calgary bay; go whale watching and visit the distillery.

When family have been unable to host us we have stayed at the Mull and Iona Spa Hotel. Its so lovely to sit in the hot tub looking at the mountains on the mainland.

Not an exact match for what you've said you might be looking for, but the Lake District is my place to relax and re-energise.

A little cottage with a beautiful view. Fresh air and the right combination of peaceful walks and villages to browse through.

I wish I was there right now.

Wherever you choose OP I hope you have a lovely break.

I went to Aldeburgh recently, admittedly with DP, not alone; but I would happily go alone. We didn't feel the lack of a car; we spent our time in the town itself or going on longer and shorter walks up and down the coast and into the marches. There's plenty of food shops and some decent cafes and restaurants, plus some lovely bookshops and an independent cinema.

Is there anywhere within commuting distance of school, so if you do end up with the DC, you can take them to school in the daytime but still have a holiday? I know its not what you have in mind but it makes it unsabotagable that way 😉

Echo Fife and the villages of the East Neuk - Crail, Anstruther (boat to see puffins), Pittenweem, St Monans and Elie. There's a coastal path and buses linking them. St Andrews also great - nice wee cinema, bookshop with lots of readings, concerts in churches etc.

East Devon would fit the bill, a little b&b might also be a good option as cottages are hard to come by this year

How about the Channel Islands? Would require a flight but no passport if that’s your reason for wanting to stay in the U.K.
Lovely climate and gorgeous beaches, good food.