Chatsworth

Home to the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, Chatsworth is a family home, a working farm and a living landscape.

Car-free offer: £4 off entry with train/bus ticket or bike for: 'House, garden and farmyard ticket', 'House and garden ticket' or 'Christmas ticket'**

Churches

Centuries of glorious art and architecture are packed into Britain’s brilliant churches and cathedrals. These examples, all reachable by rail, showcase a variety of treasures.

Harlow “Sculpture Town”

Between the River Stort and Epping Forest, Harlow is great for walking. And it’s full of public works of art, gaining the title “Sculpture Town”.

York

A cruise on the Ouse or a bus trip into the Howardian Hills, a walk on the city walls or a ride on a steam train: Roman York has lots of car-free experiences to enjoy.

Aylesbury

Waddesdon Manor, a Victorian chateau hung with 18th-century art, is just outside Aylesbury. The town has galleries celebrating Roald Dahl’s stories, a monument to David Bowie, and lots of woodland walks.

High Wycombe

High Wycombe is an excellent hub for car-free adventures: Disraeli’s manor house and the Hellfire caves and are each just ten minutes away by bus.

Bath

Enjoy boat trips, waterside walks, museums, gardens, parks, panoramas and – yes - baths in Bath. And reach them all without a car.

Bodmin

The countryside around Cornwall’s historic heart is stuffed with beautiful destinations from the stately home at Lanhydrock to the Camel Valley vineyard.

St Laurence Church Northfield

St Laurence is one of just four remaining medieval churches in Birmingham.

Car-free offer: free entry

Woolwich, Docklands and Greenwich

From post-industrial Woolwich to glorious Greenwich, this unapologetically urban odyssey by boat, rail, bus, foot and cable car, lets you see the city from new angles.

Centre for Alternative Technology

Seven acres of hands-on displays, green buildings, renewable energy and beautiful organic gardens

Car-free offer: 20% off with train/bus ticket or bike

Hastings

Explore a cutting-edge art gallery, ride the UK’s steepest cliff railway… The seaside town of Hastings is just 80 minutes from London (with advance tickets from £5).

King’s Lynn

From stately mansions to saltmarshes, this impressive town makes a great base for exploring the wild Norfolk heath and coast without a car.