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Easter escapes: day trips and short break ideas in the UK

A beach hut selling ice cream, Weymouth Dorset, UK
Hot or cold … a beach hut selling ice-cream and teas in Weymouth, Dorset. Photograph: Alamy

If you’re feeling short of inspiration or drawing a blank when asked, “What are you up to for Easter?”, these ideas will help make an answer easier to come by. From family-friendly trips – including high-octane adventure and more relaxed fun – to energising strolls or just a great night out, you should find eggsactly what you’re after on our list

Family

• New family attractions for the Easter holidays

• UK days out with myths and legends

• It’s play time at Nottingham’s National Videogame Arcade

• Mountain biking in Wales

• Historical UK day trips: readers’ travel tips

Walks

Hadrians Wall at Housesteads, Northumberland.
Hadrians Wall at Housesteads, Northumberland. Photograph: David Noton Photography/Alamy

• 20 great country walks

• 20 great city walks

• Walking guides: the UK’s long-distance footpaths in easy stages

• Five great UK coastal walks

• Top 10 hotels, B&Bs and hostels for walkers – in Scotland | in England | in Wales

Adventure and the great outdoors

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Cycling in the New Forest Photograph: Will Gray/JAI/Corbis

• UK nature adventures: readers’ travel tips

• Free-wheeling fun in the National Forest

• York, a city built for cycling adventures

• Snowdonia’s – the mega zip wire trip beneath north Wales

• Microadventure breaks in the UK: travel thrills without the holiday hassle

UK city trips

Liverpool Docks Waterfront
The waterfront at Liverpool docks. Photograph: Chris Hepburn/Getty Images

Highlights from our Let’s go to… series

• Hit the north: Liverpool

• Looking east: Norwich

• History in Leicester

• Scot free: Glasgow

• Culture in Cardiff

The best of food and drink

Black Swan, Leeds
The Black Swan, Leeds. Photograph: Devin Ainslie Photography.co.uk

• Top 10 craft beer pubs in Leeds

• Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Birmingham

• Top 10 craft beer pubs in Edinburgh

• Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Oxford

• Top 10 craft beer pubs in Brighton

• Top 10 budget restaurants, cafes and pubs in York

• Top 10 craft beer pubs in Bristol

• Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in central London

• Top 10 craft beer pubs in Newcastle

• Top 10 budget restaurants and cafes in Aberystwyth

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