Favourite place/site in the UK

ESBlonde

@Sweepy gets a wis. There are many lovely places in the UK and a number make me smile whenever I visit.

Colvelly, a bit touristy, but stay at the red lion hotel and about 6:30pm it goes quite, all you can hear is the waves on the harbour walls and beach. Doesn't hurt that the food is pretty decent too.

Pembrokeshire coast as mentioned above.

Stayed at the Netherwood hotel in Grange-over-sands. the views out accross the bay are wonderful, you can see blackpool tower on a clear day/night and access to the lakes and the Moors is just a short drive.

I have a soft spot for Leicestershire and Lincolnshire, it feels like England/home in many respects.

Large parts of Norfolk and not just the coast. Towns like Attleborough that still have unmade roads leading off the high street, and that olde worlde feel.

Essex, the villages south and east of Hatfield peverel are delightful to ride through. Prohibitively expensive timber framed buildings in the commuter belt.

portobear_65

Whitby

The Cavern Club

RobDavies

Bourton On The Water - in the winter, when there aren't coachloads of grannies and tourists around.

I spent some wonderful holidays in the area when I was a kid... and have returned with the wife, and subsequent kids on several occasions.   But it's so much nicer in November or February when there aren't hordes of punters about.

celentium

I'm in love with this place. It's a church and graveyard  on a hill surrounded by countryside.

It's lovely



That's my footage too  

LoFi

Deadman said:

Catbells, in fact all the way around Derwentwater.

Clicked on this thread to say this - the view of the lake from the top, Skiddaw on the left and Grange on the right at the bottom of the lake.

Taught my then-girlfriend to play chess in a pub in Keswick - was so busy teaching her I didn't notice she when she won...

gusman2x

I'm from the Scottish Highlands, I live in the Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. But I'm going to say London!

Snap

Whalley Range, Blackburn. Outside the Taj Chippy. Unbelievably nostalgic. Chips and curry sauce for 50p, at all hours. Aaah, that was the life

CHRISB50

Another vote for Dorset in general. Favourite county I’ve visited so far.

Tower of London holds some special memories and I love the place.

I used to visit the California area of Norfolk loads with my grandparents as a kid. I have great memories of the area but haven’t been back for 30 years. 

Stevepage

Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor

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Any where in Dartmoor really. It's the only place where I'm perfectly happy. Clear headed and peacefull.

CountryDave

Lake District, especially around Hawkshead

North East coast - particularly Holy Island

Pembrokeshire - coastal path on a bike was great

Giants Causeway

Coastal pathway around the north of Jersey

AndyJP

Edinburgh is a nice place to live. Lot's to see and do .I moved here 13 years so guess it can't be that bad.

robgilmo

Dover, because that usually means Im heading off somewhere else.

Kebabkid

NW Highlands of Scotland, specifically, Ullapool

fields5069

Newport is fine for me. At the right spot, you get gorgeous views from the Bristol Channel to the mountains of the Ebbw River valley (never River Ebbw), and across the Gwent Ridge going North towards Usk & Abergavenny.

I think I only miss being near the proper sea - a move out towards Swansea would suit me down to the ground.

Cirrus

There's a lot of beauty in the UK and different reasons to find places special, so there's no absolute fave for me.

But this summer during lockdown I was furloughed, had no need to drive anywhere, and was working on music a lot. The weather was great so I did a lot of walking as a way to clear my head & give musical ideas a chance to sort themselves out if I hit a wall.

There's a place on the Waseley Hills from which you can see the whole of Birmingham on one side (and it's actually a very green city), and on the other you can see the Maverns to the south and right across to the Shropshire hills and the Welsh border to the West. I love it, especially at sunset because the light gives the whole landscape this incredible sense of majesty and scale. I've sat up there just watching the way the light changes the landscape.

It'll change in time, but right now that's my place.

Stratavarious

Jimbro66 said:

The Cornish coast road between St Ives and St Just. Outside of the silly season it's a fabulous road to travel whether by car or bike. A winding road with absolutely stunning coastal views.

Another favourite place in that part of the world is Porthleven with its picturesque harbour and whitewashed stone cottages. There is a pretty off-road walk to there from my former home in Helston

Shhh.. The Poldark TV series did enough damage to that area . Got to pay for car parks now and share the places with other people.  There is a beach near Pendeen lighthouse which few visit as its a long walk. We would often have it to ourselves but there can be half a dozen other people there now! 

The Lands End to Treen / Lamorna stretch of cliff walking is very nice too.

There are some beaches off the beaten track in Northumberland that are stunning. 

EricTheWeary

Cirrus said:

There's a lot of beauty in the UK and different reasons to find places special, so there's no absolute fave for me.

But this summer during lockdown I was furloughed, had no need to drive anywhere, and was working on music a lot. The weather was great so I did a lot of walking as a way to clear my head & give musical ideas a chance to sort themselves out if I hit a wall.

There's a place on the Waseley Hills from which you can see the whole of Birmingham on one side (and it's actually a very green city), and on the other you can see the Maverns to the south and right across to the Shropshire hills and the Welsh border to the West. I love it, especially at sunset because the light gives the whole landscape this incredible sense of majesty and scale. I've sat up there just watching the way the light changes the landscape.

It'll change in time, but right now that's my place.

Nice to see Waseley Hills mentioned, they are about three or four miles from my house although years since I've been. I think you could see the Rover factory in the distance once upon a time? That's houses and a shopping mall now. Just up the road the Clent Hills where I used to go a lot although they became packed on high days and holidays. 

The Malverns are part of my patch at work so, pre covid, I was driving through maybe once a month. They do have that sense of otherness, like you've arrived in a different country or at least seem a long way away from life in the West Midlands. I've got a visit there next week, the family live down a tiny road in a house almost at the top of one of the hills overlooking miles and miles and miles of Worcestershire.       

rogd

artiebear said:

Living in North Cumbria, it's a great choice in half an hour to an hour from my house.
 Lake District, either Borrowdale (can still get to places on the fells away from the tourists) or the Northern Fells (about half an hour away ) always quiet on the hills with a couple of good locals type pubs at the end of a walk. 

North Pennines, brilliant in summer for wildlife (even Ospreys ) on the moorland and remote tarn. Again really quiet and off the beaten track.

Solway coast, especially on the Dumfries and Galloway side for fantastic coves and beaches, again it can  be relatively quiet if you know where to go. Also love to get out to the Solway Firth on the Cumbrian side, especially in winter ( can walk out there from my place. It's quite something to hit in when thousands of geese are on the move along with other wading birds.

Further afield, Northumbria, especially the Northern coastal areas.

Plus, I can't leave out the place I spend a lot of time either writing, recording ( take up a stripped down mobile set up ) or just getting out on the hills and beaches, or to the pub ( the latter usually wins), the place being Arisaig in the the Western Highlands. I've spent as many weeks as I can up there for the last 30 plus years. Still love it, but it's getting overrun in the summer months to the point that the infrastructure is breaking and the locals can't take much more. Sad really, tourists are the lifeblood of the economy in some ways but too many dirty sods calling themselves wild campers literally dumping by the road side (even in the centre of the village last summer )and dunes and blocking roads with bad parking in hired mobile homes. I know not everybody is like that but, bloody hell it's become a magnet for the worst of them. I really hope it gets sorted soon for the sake of the great folk who live there.  

I live between Carlisle and Penrith and I agree 110%!

JohnS37

 Nobody seems to have mentioned the Cotswolds - heaven on earth.  Moved here from leafy Cheshire fifteen years ago, never looked back.

Jalapeno

View over the Chilterns from my house ......