October weekend (half term), UK break - ideas please

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We have a 3 night / 4 day break pencilled in for the start of half term. Kids are 13 and 10. We live between Manchester and Sheffield. We have already done a lot of the Lakes (but we do like it), Peak District, Cotswolds, York, Bath, Oxford, Northumberland, London. I feel like we have exhausted options but that cannot be possible!

Are there any other locations that would work for 3 nights travelling from the North? We don't mind if it's a town (kids don't like 'big' cities so much) but town or countryside would be good. Ideally somewhere with outdoor stuff/sites/walks, nice shops, nice places to eat and maybe a theatre or museum of some sort (not essential). Happy to return to somewhere we have been before IF someone recommends a good hotel/place to stay.

Ideally will stay either in a cottage or a hotel with a pool...

All suggestions welcome. Budget is approx £1000 for 3 night stay for the accommodation. Have looked at Centre Parcs but not sure it's worth the price!

Have you done much of N Yorkshire? Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay are nice, then there's the steam train to Pickering, Dalby Forest...

North Snowdonia also has a lot to do including Zip World, which your dc would love.

Chester and the zoo?
Tenby

Northumberland. Bamber, Newcastle museums, etc. ?

Bamburgh (predictive text)

We’ve just booked the south Wales “ resort” for October half term after seeing someone recommend the company on one of these threads somewhere. They’ve got lots of different locations in the uk though, might be worth a look?

www.landal.co.uk/destinations

Herefordshire/Powys sounds like it would tick a lot of your boxes. We often stay not far from Hay-on-Wye which has the castle, bookshops, lovely places to eat. There are loads of amazing walks around to at part of the world and Hereford itself is also great - the cathedral in particular is brilliant with the Mappa Mundi and the chain library.

”…., Hereford itself is also great - the cathedral in particular is brilliant with the Mappa Mundi and the chain library.”

Second @JassyRadlett . Hereford cathedral is fabulous, nipped in for a quick look, hour and a half later still engrossed. Could have stayed longer but had to get off.

Herefordshire is beautiful.

Edinburgh - small city, loads of child friendly museums and activities, plenty of green space and outdoor options too.

I suggest Tweed Valley. Peebles would be fabulous - day trip to Edinburgh and a couple of days walking and exploring, perhaps taking a bike ride around the trails at Glentress, lots to do in wetter weather, but really good outdoor activities too.

Liverpool or North Wales, loads to see and do for all budgets
https://www.donthibernate.co.uk/liverpool/

https://www.donthibernate.co.uk/conwy/

https://www.donthibernate.co.uk/waterfalls-of-north-wales/