Really truly beautiful places in the UK?

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The more specific the better, ideally.

But I am going to nominate the whole West Coast of Scotland (excluding Fort William and Mallaig).

snowdonia.
swallow falls(betws y coed)
criccieth.
loch lomand
peak district.
bowness upon windermere.
birdlip in cheltenham, gives views over to the sugar mountain in south wales.
avebury.
bath
bourton on the water
westenbirt arboretum
dartmoor.

Hey Roosmum - I grew up in Llanelli too! No suggestions for llanllelli beauty spots from you? How about lookng out at Carmarthen aby power station from the beach? Is the power station still there?

West of Crieff

Maggie the moo, my aunt used to live in Comrie. It's beautiful round there!

Notice a few of you have mentioned Holkham beach, it's a nudist beach... always find the beauty marred by the volleyball-playing naturists!

Anyway...

I vote for Scotland, in its entirety but with a special mention for Skye. Can't beat it.

Spacecadet you seem to know N Wales well - have you been to Aber Falls?

We just love it there, and it's a short enough walk for little legs.....
Just love Abersoch aswell, fantastic sandy beach with great rock pooling at either end.:)

We usually go down South but next week we are going to Wales - Haven, Greenacres. Apparently it is close to Portmerion - has anyone been to either Greenacres or Portmerion. Is Portmerio a good day out with a 5yo?

\link{http://www.portmeirion-village.com/en/index.php\Portmeirion website}

We went with DD1 when she was just 2 - it's not child-unfriendly, but IIRC there's not a lot to do there. Lovely buildings and gardens to look at and a fabulous beach though. (Would advise not going in pouring rain as we did )

Thanks for that link JanH. do you know the area - is there anywhere else you would recommend.

It's over 20 years since we went there, ka, and I don't remember anything else we did - Portmeirion sticks in my mind because of the foul weather!

We were in a caravan at Morfa Nefyn on the \link{http://www.llyn-wales.co.uk/llyn-where-to-visit.html\Lleyn Peninsula} - easy to visit Caernarvon, Conway and Anglesey from there, Llandudno a bit further.

HTH

cant beleive i forgot portmeirion!
slapheadsrock, i was bred and born in north wales, bangor in fact and spent many a happy summer at aber falls.

the beach at portmeirion is lovely, porthmadog is nice with the welsh highland railway extending to there now, get on the narrow gauge train there which takes you to caernarfon, then up into snowdonia to waenfaur, get off at waenfaur and visit antur waenfaur, a lovely little nature reserve with gift shop, tea room.

Thanks SC, good tips. We were thinking of trying the narrow gauge railway - good to know it will be worth it. Looking forward to seeing snowdonia.

its a nice little railway, better on a sunny day though!

Standing on the bridge at Waterloo facing north and looking down the thames east and west. Inspirational.

Second Merryberry's post - have always loved that view. And agree with people who have mentioned the Peak District. The moors around Hathersage are wonderful - just places you can breathe and clear everything out of your head. Also Winnats Pass near Castleton. Very strange place but eerily beaiful.

Love the Pennines outside the Peak District too - Woodhead pass and Emley Moor.

And the area between Snowdonia and the sea, around Porthmadog and Penrhyndeaudreth (sp?). Just looking at those mountains in one direction and the sea in the other is very, very special. Blaenau Ffestiniog is beautiful in a very strange way as well - the heaps of slate spoil give it an almost lunar landscape.

Bath - standing overlooking the weir and Pultney Bridge

Oh, didn't see Portmeirion post. There's a stone ship down by the hotel that we loved playing on when we were little. Used to be a sort of fort-style wooden adventure playground in the woods - don't know if it is still there. Tbh when we were that little, anywhere we could race around with lots of little paths kept us entertained so Portmeirion was fab. Also take them on the Ffestiniog steam railway. NIce views for you and entertaining for them (especially seeing the double engines which face forwards and backwards).

Just come back from a weeks holiday in West Wales - the beach at Pembrey (Cefn Sidan) is lovely as is Tenby. Beautiful day last Wednesday - no clouds and very few people - fantastic!

Really impressed by how many of you rate Wales so highly.
(And Scotland but I'm v biased.)

Pembbrokshire

here (caerleon) just by the Amphitheatre on a sunny or snowy day

going into Cwmbran to Asda, when above the houses you can see the mountain towering above you, reminding you how transient the houses, cars and people are in comparison

The Quantock Hills in Somerset, overlooking the sea

Isle of Wight, Nodes Point beach, on a sunny evening when the sun is going down watching the sailing on the Solent

haven't been to Scotland despite a scottish soinding second son's name, but have told DH I'd comsider relocatingt here after qualifying. I find I have a desire to get more and more isolated.

Almost forgot- the Burren in County Clare- not in th UK but near enough to get to and so beautiful. Dh and kids never beeen there can't wait to take them

Very lucky as I live in Swansea, so am only a a drive away from Gower, Tenby and Llangenith.

Saundersfoot town is my personal favourite

The Calf of Man (Isle of Man)