Great British Journeys

The trips of a lifetime


A bucket list of the most beautiful trips through Britain - walks, road trips, railway journeys and boat rides.
Most can be completed in a day, so they're practical, not just pipe dreams.
Sequel to 'The Great British Bucket List' (50k copies).
Author is a travel journalist who specialises in adventures at home and abroad.


Whether you're taking an open top bus along the coast, riding a steam train up a mountain, floating along an idyllic river, driving through spectacular hills or strolling through a deep valley, this is a bucket list of the most jawdroppingly beautiful trips through Britain's landscape. These are the kind of routes where the views just get better and better every time you turn a corner. Most of them are doable in a day, so you don't have to wait forever to have the trips of a lifetime.