Destination: Norfolk

Norfolk and the Norfolk Broads are a major holiday destination and prove popular with sailing enthusiasts and holidaymakers, keen to experience the waterways and rivers that criss-cross the region. Tourism is the major industry in these parts but you wouldn’t think it. Most of the Broads are protected areas and have remained untouched and unspoilt for hundreds of years. There are 40 Broads in all, linked together by around 200km of lock-free waterways. Originally peat diggings, they became flooded during the 14th Century as water-levels rose. Bicycles also provide a pleasant way of experiencing Norfolk, and can be hired from nine points located close to the moorings.

Destination: Wales

750 miles of exceptional coastline are one of the many reasons that Wales is a top holiday destination. The National Parks of Snowdonia, Pembrokeshire and the Brecon Beacons are also chief attractions and provide the visitor with some of the most impressive landscapes in all of the UK. Short break holidays are particularly popular in the country’s Southerly reaches with Pembrokeshire, the United Kingdom’s only coastal National Park. Wales’ relative proximity to England’s major cities and its accessibility mean that it is often the first choice amongst people searching for short break holidays and weekend cottage breaks.

Destination: Yorkshire

 

The desolate splendour of the Yorkshire Dales and its National Park, which covers around 700 square miles, attract visitors from far and wide. Holiday cottages are a popular choice of accommodation and allow occupants the opportunity of being up close and personal with this dramatic region. Despite its popularity The Dales’ remoteness is still evident in places such as Grassington and Kettlewell which maintain an untouched charm. Yorkshire also possesses a rich industrial heritage – West Yorkshire was once a centre for the British Wool Market producing dress cloths, heavy woollen cloths and ready-made clothing. In fact this region became a world centre of the wool trade with products being exported all over the globe. The remains of this industry can still be seen through the mill chimneys that rise up from the Pennine valleys of the Pennines and contribute to the unique and charming character belonging to Yorkshire.