Hertford and Ware

Two scenic market towns beside the pretty River Lea: stroll along the water or take a bus to the Henry Moore gardens at Perry Green.

Chatsworth

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

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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.

Bluebells by bus and train

Exploring the UK in April and May means carpets of woodland bluebells - here are five car-free places for a springtime stroll.

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.

Holkham

Holkham Hall lies at the heart of a 25,000 acre estate, which includes Holkham National Nature Reserve and beach

Car-free offer: £3 off combined 'House, Garden and Holkham Stories’ ticket, with promotion code

Coastliner buses

From York to the Yorkshire coast across miles of purple heather. No wonder the Coastliner was recently voted Britain’s most scenic bus ride.

Thetford

East Anglia’s ancient capital has a ruined priory and film locations for Dad’s Army. Explore Thetford Forest and wild Knettishall Heath, with its Exmoor ponies.

Sudbury

This pretty market town, where Thomas Gainsborough was born, is on a charming branch line; it passes the East Anglian Railway Museum and a monumental viaduct.

Enfield

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

Scampston Hall & Gardens

A stunning contemporary walled garden, nestled within the grounds of regency-style Scampston Hall

Car-free offer: 30% off entry with valid train or bus ticket, or bike

Stirling

Time-travel through historic Stirling and Falkirk, from a medieval castle to an 18th-century chateau, from a traditional whisky distillery to a 1960s university.

Stanstead Bury

Stanstead Bury is an intriguing house dating back to Tudor times - tours, nature gardening sessions and pop-up restaurant, by appointment only

Car-free offer: gift of home grown vegetables or beef

Christmas Magic

Brighten up the gloomy winter months with these fabulous displays of festive wonder. Flowers, animals, incandescent waterfalls... you're sure to be enchanted.

Haunted journeys

Travel by bus, boat, train and foot to discover the UK's creepiest corners...

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.