Snowdrops without a car

They herald the end of winter, forming beautiful carpets in woods and gardens. Here are ten different places where seeing snowdrops doesn’t need to involve a car.

Oxford

Avoid the traffic and stroll through Oxford’s streets on foot; find flowering meadows, stride out along the Thames or ride a bus to Blenheim Palace.

Falmouth

Explore the subtropical South Cornish landscapes by train, bus, boat, or on foot from Falmouth, a busy port with the world’s third deepest natural harbour.

Derby

Discover Derby’s award-winning riverside pubs and brick textile mills, its light-filled cathedral and green parks. A birthplace of the industrial revolution, a centre for craft breweries, and a gateway to the beautiful landscape of the Peak District.

Go Cotswolds Tours

Small-group day tours of the Cotswolds starting from Stratford-upon-Avon and Moreton-in-Marsh railway stations

Car-free offer: Free hot/cold drink (Day Tour) or free Purity beer (Brewery Tour), when you quote 'Good Journey' and travel car-free

Enfield

London’s most northerly borough offers flowering gardens, riverside walks and rural adventures, from Jacobean Forty Hall to wild woods and fields.

Car-free Monmouth

Wander in the hills, canoe along the river, or enjoy ice creams, bakeries and an award-winning vineyard around this historic market town, birthplace of Henry V.

Nottingham guide

Nottingham is a great place to explore by bus, tram or on foot: caves and pubs, museums and galleries, flowering parks and pretty shopping streets.

Bedford

Discover codebreakers at Bletchley Park, pilgrimages with John Bunyan, pastries with sweet and savoury ends, and a lovely tea room in a Victorian station house.

Saffron Walden

Saffron Walden is full of character and there's more to discover nearby. Get a bus to neighbouring villages or hike the Saffron Trail deep into the rolling Essex countryside.

Edinburgh

Craggy castles, cobbled streets, sandy beaches, riverside walks, world-class museums and scenic train rides: a wealth of great car-free experiences in the Scottish capital

Malton

Yorkshire’s self-styled "food capital", has some idyllic trips to offer: take a bus into the wooded wolds for a picnic or a boat round Castle Howard’s Great Lake from a vine-fringed tearoom veranda.

Spring adventures

Head out of London to explore palaces and parkland, spring cities and blooming gardens. Travel by train or bus, on foot or even by boat.

Cambridge

Cycle downriver to Grantchester, catch a train to see Shepreth’s red pandas or hop on the bus to visit bird-haunted lakes at Fen Drayton.

Brighton

Between the South Downs and the sea, Brighton is perfectly located. Stroll through the characterful narrow shopping lanes or stride through the wooded hills.

Nottingham

Nottinghamshire is a great place to explore car-free. Visit the castle on foot, the arboretum by tram, Newark by train or Melton Mowbray by bus.