FAMILY HOLIDAYS UK STAYCATION DESTINATIONS


LEFT: Winnats Pass, Peak District


FAR LEFT: Lee’s family at Peveril Castle


w COASTING ALONG The next day it was on to the coastal half of our staycation, and our accommodation at Haven’s Thornwick Bay Holiday Village. Thornwick Bay is about


Back at the cavern’s visitor


centre, we were shown how a ‘raw’ piece of Blue John is fashioned into jewellery, and my youngest son had a go at polishing a small piece we bought in the gift shop. Before leaving Castleton, we drove the circuitous route


behind Mam Tor and through Edale, cutting through the limestone cliffs at Winnats Pass. Although not on the scale of Cheddar Gorge or some of the famous mountain passes in the Lake District, it is one of England’s great drives – so good, in fact, we did it twice!


halfway between Bridlington and Filey on a windswept stretch of coastline famed for its white limestone cliffs. The nearest village is Flamborough, which sits on a peninsula jutting out into the North Sea and is a haven for wildlife. Nearby, the RSPB- managed Bempton Cliffs nature reserve offers keen birdwatchers an array of trails and lookouts for spotting all manner of seabirds, including puffins between April and July. Sadly, the puffins had already


departed by the time we arrived, but that did not detract from the enjoyment of spending time discovering the coves and beaches along the coast.


Best of all was North Landing, a sandy beach tucked between two headlands, and a short walk from the caravan park. We arrived at low tide and the kids had great fun rock-pooling and investigating the cliff caves, including one that opened out into an enormous chamber and cut right through the headland. Visitors with good sea legs can go out on fishing expeditions in one of two traditional wooden vessels kept at the top of the beach and dragged to the water by a rickety old tractor. Alternatively, the two-mile walk


to the nearby New Flamborough Lighthouse goes past a succession of inlets in the sheer cliff face where seagulls and kittiwakes perch precariously. And if you look carefully at the beaches below, you might just be able to spot a seal or two bobbing around in the water. Take some binoculars.


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