Where is your favourite place in the UK?

Simple really, Where is your favourite place(s) in the UK and for what reason?

I love the North Yorkshire Moors, mainly as it is my original home so lots of amazing memory's. I also love North Devon, have had some amazing times in the small villages like Croyde, surfing, walking and beers in some awesome thatched cottage pubs!

That's a difficult call. Until a few years ago I'd have said certain sections of the north Cornwal SWCP but more recently it would be the Cumbrian Mountains (and particularly the Langdale and Wasdale areas).

Then I visited the Cuillins ....

My favourite place would have to be Wasdale just because it is so beautiful and is hard enough to reach to avoid becoming totally overrun. My favourite area is probably Assynt which would be my favourite place if summer lasted a bit longer. My favourite path, however, is the 7 mile stretch of the Cleveland Way between my home in Scarborough and the Pub at Hayburn Wyke.

Low land Wiltshire, and the Avebury area particularly, Lots of nice easy walking around the ancient history that's so concentrated there. Bliss.

Include a little history in your walks. Pecsaetan - Ancient Derbyshire, Staffordshire and South Yorkshire - http://pecsaetan.weebly.com/

My sleigh bed, with huge feather duvet, reading reports of peoples walks.

I seem to find a new one every trip! There's a ghyll in Norhumberland I want to take everyone I know to. It's entrancing and I was only taken there last week. PM for details - I couldn't let everyone know where it is. And StonedHuggingHippy - surely these natural stone wonders would have been revered - why do you think Druids (generic term) felt the need to build henges? Or perhaps they didn't where these wonders exist. Needs further discussion.

No idea why they built them Grumps, plenty of theories out there but nothing solid. Certainly wasn't the work of the druids though, much earlier than that.

The documentary on my youtube channel is worth a watch if you've the time, i've a lot of time for Lionel Simms opinions, thoroughly nice bloke too.

Include a little history in your walks. Pecsaetan - Ancient Derbyshire, Staffordshire and South Yorkshire - http://pecsaetan.weebly.com/

Difficult one...

Lots of places up here in Scotland, especially the far north west, are fantastic but I still have a soft spot for the North York Moors having done a lot of wandering there in my teens including being snowed in on an A level Geography trip in Newtondale.  Really can't beat the view from Skelton Tower looking down on the North York Moors Steam Railway.

Funny that Andybr should mention Hayburn Wyke as we went there for the first time last month, walked down to a great little bay with a double waterfally then south along the Cleveland Way and back along the old railway line to the lovely pub.  Realy is a hidden gem.

i like to hide behind mr tony bond or mr jon doran, other than that  great lake swim winderemere walking is fun but why get s o serious over it . I gert serious over Knoydart but not much else.  even putting tents up in garden is a chore. Knoydart or nowt.

grew up in perranporth so croyde was alwasys one we nipped to if waves not big our end. not sure if om surf is still active but used to be good/ Hells mouth ok when not busy in summer bit cold in winter now im ageing. im giving up short board this year and going back to long boarding. thrirfty 50 time to hang up that short board. x

Loads of places but the stand out for me is the Elan Valley and Mid Wales. It may have changed now but it was in that area I did my first few days wild camping with friends and didn't meet a soul. No route planned, parked the car in a layby climbed the hill and headed to where looked interesting (we did have maps and compasses). One day we stopped at 2pm as we came across an excellent place to wild camp. Another day we arrived at the crest of a hill coming face to face with 2 low flying military helicopters heading straight towards us which was like something out of an action film. There were no footpaths, cross country all the way, and for a lad who grew up in a shithole in Brum it was bliss.

It hasn't changed that much, Philip; we did a 3 dayer in the Elan Valley over the Jubilee weekend and met only squaddies, at the far end of Claerwen Res! It is a superb place to backpack.

Like many people, I have particular ties with places familiar from childhood - mid Dorset, Dartmoor where I did my first proper outdoors activities, and the South West Coast Path around Salcombe. Favourite adult places - got to be the western Beacons - Mynydd Du - and the Mamores (that's the fault of AT & TBW, where the took me for my first Munros).

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 and the Mamores (that's the fault of AT & TBW, where the took me for my first Munros).

Oh yes, the Mamores   Some tales to tell there eh Kate!

No place like home

Used to be the Lakes and Snowdonia. However the Black Mountains and the Beacons are now closer to me and cheaper, less packed and have caves too. 

However as soon as a job arrives on the M62 corridor that suits me I'll be back north.

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Simple really, Where is your favourite place(s) in the UK and for what reason?

I love the North Yorkshire Moors, mainly as it is my original home so lots of amazing memory's. I also love North Devon, have had some amazing times in the small villages like Croyde, surfing, walking and beers in some awesome thatched cottage pubs!

 

Croyde is one of my favourite places aswell, such a beautiful village and the surfing is decent! Abersoch in north wales is one of my favourites too. Spend a lot of time down that way!

 

Realise this is a bit of an old post but I thought I'd add to it as it seems a good thread. I guess one of my favourite places is the New Forest because it's close to home. I drove past it early yesterday morning on the way to Portland. There was mist and the trees were going autumnal, so it was very beautiful.

It's wherever I'm in the hills with good friends or family.

Of course It's also wherever I'm in the hills on my own except Glen Shiel area. Not impressed by there.

TBH one of my favourite places has to be Loch Enoch. Takes a bit of effort to get to. Is a boggy and very wet area but always worth the effort to see. I've yet to see the fine white sand beaches lit up by sun but my imagination is good enough to make up for that minor deficiency.

I'd love to see more of N York Moors but only done the Topping and something near it during one nice walk earlier in the year or was it last year I can't remember. Cold, crisp and clear air.

For me from my childhood it has to be Beer and Sidmouth area. There was a road we used to go down with a nice ford. Used to like it when my Dad used to drive through it to get somewhere. Does anyone else remember Beer? The place that is. There was a nice pub there higher up the hill lookoing out to see from the garden if my memory is good that is. I remember loads of bats came out one evening atr dusk there and we had to leave. Sis was scared the bats would get stuck oin her long hair!! happy days that leave you with rose tinted glasses about the places you went to as a kid. I really don't want to go back in case it isn't as nice as it was back then. Some places are best left to your memory I think.