UK family adventure guides

Where should your family's next adventure be? These guides cover the best regions in the UK for family days out, holidays and micro-adventures — what to do, when to go, and how to make the memories stick. Each guide is written for real families: short legs, snack schedules and all.

Choose your region

• Cornwall — rockpools, surf beaches and smugglers' coves — the classic British family adventure county.
• The Lake District — england's adventure playground — fells small enough for little legs and lakes big enough for pirates.
• The Peak District — caves, stepping stones and gritstone edges — big adventure within an hour of five major cities.
• Scotland — lochs, castles, islands and Munros — family adventure on the grandest scale in Britain.
• Wales — zip lines, castles and coasteering — the UK's most underrated family adventure destination.
• The New Forest — wild ponies, ancient woodland and easy cycling — the gentlest big adventure in the south.
• Yorkshire — waterfalls, caves and abbey ruins — God's Own County does family adventure properly.
• Devon — two coastlines, one wild moor — Devon is three family holidays wearing one county's coat.

Not sure where to start?

Our 40 family adventure ideas for the UK covers the whole country season by season. And whichever region you pick, log every adventure with PocketTreasures — the private family memory app — and print the year's best into a family photo book.