Uk Autumn Break.

[Letsbekindplease]

Hi everyone.

im looking for some ideas on a break for my partner and i in October.

im Scottish, so want to try venture down the way.

I’ve already been to York (last year - loved it), London.

any recommendations for somewhere we can go that’s lovely in Aitumn. Good food. Good wee shops. (A little like York).

Thanks

I did 3 lovely days away in Hereford, I love reading so we visited the chained library and had some time in Hay on Wye looking in all the bookshops. Really pretty (even in the drizzle!)

Matlock Bath in the Peak District

Bristol
Bath
Chester
Portsmouth
Exeter
Cardiff
Canterbury

(I'm from Bristol and I have worked in Bath so ask away).

Do not go to Matlock Bath in the Peak District unless you are attracted to small places that have morphed into the most down market, grotty version of the seaside. It is full of stinky fish and chip shops, arcades etc. No proper shops and grim pubs. You could spend 20 minutes looking at all the motorbikes and that’s it.
However, the Peak District is lovely-based around Castletown or Bakewell, very outdoorsy but close enough to Sheffield for shopping etc.

Portsmouth/Southsea are nice for a break

We would always stay in Southsea and drive into Portsmouth when we fancied it

Oh thanks for all these recommendations (good and bad lol).

I absolutely love those little quaint shops and cafes. I have also been to Worcester and really liked walking around there although Bournemouth and the wee town of Burley was lovely. Loved it.

Salcombe, Padstow, anywhere in the Cotswolds.

Helmsley, Whitby

Durham?

Oxford is nice and plenty to see and do - there is a Malmaison Hotel which is a converted prison which is fun!

Bath is good and the thermal Spa is a nice experience.

Alnwick - Barter Books is amazing!