{"id":30603,"date":"2023-09-20T23:41:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/?post_type=purple_issue&#038;p=30603"},"modified":"2023-09-20T23:41:10","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T21:41:10","slug":"top-10-beauty-spots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/2023\/09\/20\/top-10-beauty-spots\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 beauty spots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-standfirst has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\">PLACES<\/h5>\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Top <span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">10<\/span> beauty spots<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif intro\">Create your own portfolio of stunning Instagrammable images at these picture-perfect UK locations <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif author\">By <strong>Dixe Wills<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_492278550_preview-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_540532670_preview-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_540532670_preview-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_540532670_preview-edited-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_540532670_preview-edited-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2549px) 100vw, 2549px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K0Y4_preview-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K0Y4_preview-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, 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class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2555\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-1024x1022.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-768x767.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/GettyImages_1290384139_preview-edited-1536x1533.jpg 1536w, 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sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>1 Kynance Cove, Cornwall <\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Spectacular sea stacks <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1470\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30590\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87-1024x735.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87-768x551.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/d5d5563d-1884-4ac8-aa94-60f571028f87-1536x1103.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><span style=\"\">If you haven\u2019t been to Kynance Cove but think you recognise it, it could be that you\u2019re a fan of classic television drama. The bay on the western side of the Lizard Peninsula has served as Nampara in the more recent <\/span><em>Poldark <\/em><span style=\"\">series, and appeared in popular televised productions of <\/span><em>The Return of Sherlock Holmes <\/em><span style=\"\">and Agatha Christie\u2019s <\/span><em>And Then There Were None.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">It\u2019s no surprise that directors have been lured here. Kynance Cove\u2019s dramatic jumble of stacks and miniature islands \u2013 some topped with emeraldgreen grass \u2013 look as though an angry giant has run amok on the coastline. Add in a cloth of stunning white sand and a rolling sea and you\u2019ve got yourself a scene that will look spectacular no matter what angle you frame it. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">At low tide, you can clamber around the stacks and explore mysterious caves with quaint names, such as The Drawing Room and The Ladies Bathing Pool. Just remember, if you venture around the cove, don\u2019t get caught out by the swiftness of the incoming tide (there are no lifeguards). <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">A few miles along the coast is Britain\u2019s most southerly tip. A dramatic finger of land poking out from Lizard Point with a cluster of buildings clinging to its slender ridge, it has made many a photographer happy. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby:<\/strong> Lizard Point Lighthouse (<a href=\"http:\/\/trinityhouse.co.uk\">trinityhouse.co.uk<\/a>) is crammed with interactive displays and interesting historical knick-knacks.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Opening hours: dawn to dusk. <br>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/nationaltrust.org.uk\">nationaltrust.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong> 2 Puzzlewood, Gloucestershire<\/strong><br><span style=\"\"><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Go off-world<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/B5J98A_preview-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Over millions of years, in a process that is possibly unique to the Forest of Dean, limestone and sandstone caverns rich with iron ore were pushed to the Earth\u2019s surface and exposed to the rain and wind. The Romans then came along and confused the landscape further by digging out the iron ore. The result is Puzzlewood, 5.6 hectares of curious rock formations and caves under a blanket of ancient woodland and copious carpets of moss. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">It\u2019s a wonderfully ethereal and atmospheric place inhabited by badgers, deer, foxes, owls and buzzards. It has also provided an otherworldly backdrop to scenes in <em>Doctor Who, Star Wars, Merlin <\/em>and numerous other films and TV dramas. You can explore it on a mile-and-ahalf of narrow labyrinthine paths created in the 19th century. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">There are more than 200 steps that can become slippery in the rain so come appropriately shod. Also, the use of drones and tripods is not allowed. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>Clearwell Caves (<a href=\"http:\/\/clearwellcaves.com\">clearwellcaves.com<\/a>) are nine artistically lit caverns.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Opening hours: 10\u20135 daily in Sept and Oct.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/puzzlewood.net\">puzzlewood.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>3 Glenfinnan Viaduct, Inverness-shire<\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Film fame <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1515\" height=\"1650\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176-768x836.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/5e885445-1c41-46ca-8854-eb082fe0f176-1410x1536.jpg 1410w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">There was once a time when the Glenfinnan Viaduct was simply a scenic adjunct to some glorious Highland countryside \u2013 a place from which, on the train up to Mallaig, you could gaze contentedly down at the tall column of the Glenfinnan Monument and the end of Loch Shiel beyond. A certain boy wizard changed all that. It\u2019s likely to be some time before the viaduct shrugs off the mantle of being \u2018That one from the Harry Potter films\u2019. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Completed in 1901 among a tight clutch of mountains, the viaduct took four years to build and passes 30m over the River Finnan. Its 381mlong curve encompasses 21 statuesque arches and is a masterclass in elegance. The achievement is all the greater because the viaduct is constructed from that often hard-to-love material, concrete (technically, it\u2019s called mass concrete). <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The favoured spot for taking photos of this gem is a little hummock on the lower slopes of Tom na h-Aire, just to the west of the viaduct. This is easily reached from Glenfinnan Station by following a path parallel to the railway line. If starting from the viaduct car park, head along a path beside the River Finnan, pass underneath one of the towering arches and along the Glenfinnan Trail. Then all you have to do is wait for a train.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong> Also nearby:<\/strong> The 360\u00b0 view from Glenfinnan Monument takes in the viaduct and an expanse of Loch Shiel. The column commemorates the raising of the royal standard in Glenfinnan in 1745, when 1,200 Highlanders pledged ill-fated allegiance to Bonnie Prince Charlie.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/nts.org.uk\/visit\/places\/glenfinnan-monument\">nts.org.uk\/visit\/places\/glenfinnan-monument<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>4 Stonehenge, Wiltshire<\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">A world-class heritage site <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1548\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/2c83fc65-875d-40ed-a672-cf934f3e4dde-1161x1536.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Among the world\u2019s most instantly recognisable sites, Stonehenge is one of those rare places that truly merits being described as \u2018iconic\u2019. Beneath the wide-open skies of Salisbury Plain, the outer ring of sarsen stones \u2013 some joined by immense lintels \u2013 is an extraordinary site. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Throw into that the element of mystery \u2013 famously, no one knows who the builders were or how they managed to transport the gargantuan stones from the Preseli Mountains in south-west Wales \u2013 and you\u2019re on to photographic gold. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The UNESCO World Heritage Site receives 1.6m visitors annually, so expect company. However, one night a year you can get a close-up view of the monoliths: at the Summer Solstice, visitors (for many of whom the site has a religious significance) are allowed inside the sacred stone circle. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The environmentally disastrous A303 tunnel under the site has just been approved by the Transport Secretary in the teeth of much opposition, so visit now before the diggers ruin the background. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">While you\u2019ve got your camera out, the stone circle at Avebury, which is also part of the World Heritage Site, can make for some amazingly atmospheric shots, particularly at sunrise or when swathed in a cloak of mist. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>The area covers 10 square miles and includes many different monuments including Woodhenge (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/woodhenge\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.english-heritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/woodhenge\/\">englishheritage.org.uk\/visit\/places\/woodhenge<\/a>). The site was discovered from aerial photographs taken in 1925.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <strong>Opening hours: <\/strong>9.30\u20135 daily. <br>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/english-heritage.org.uk\">english-heritage.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>5 Dark Hedges, County Antrim<\/strong><br><span><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Eerie awning <\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"505\" height=\"656\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/79fa0fa9-cfff-43c9-957c-976e99049b9a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30594\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/79fa0fa9-cfff-43c9-957c-976e99049b9a.jpg 505w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/79fa0fa9-cfff-43c9-957c-976e99049b9a-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 505px) 100vw, 505px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Head along the Bregagh Road, deep in the Antrim countryside to the south-east of Mosside village, and you\u2019re in for a spooky surprise. The Dark Hedges is a long tunnel of beech trees that are so weirdly shaped you can imagine them reaching out and grabbing travellers who dare to venture here. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The trees \u2013 more than 150 of them \u2013 were planted by one James Stuart around 1775 as a grand avenue into the estate of his newly built house. A century and a half later, around 90 of the beeches remain standing, their branches gnarled and twisted with age into fantastic forms. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">You may have company there too, in the form of the Grey Lady. Several theories circulate as to the identity of this spectral figure, but by all accounts she scurries about beneath the Dark Hedges. To preserve the trees, cars are not permitted to drive beneath them, so you\u2019ll have to go on foot or bicycle. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>Perched on a basalt outcrop, the extensive ruins of medieval Dunluce Castle make a dramatic addition to the wild coastline.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/discovernorthernireland.com\">discovernorthernireland.com<\/a> <br>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/DunluceNI\">tinyurl.com\/DunluceNI<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>6 T\u0175r Mawr, Ynys M\u00f4n\/Anglesey<\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Coastal beauty <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1422\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/f2a176b6-9d33-4dfa-89c1-f0ad6da2ba92-1536x1067.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">At the far end of an uninhabited tidal island, on a modest hump that could have been created for the purpose, sits a little lighthouse, T\u0175r Mawr (Big Tower). Designed to resemble the windmills that were once <span>common on Ynys M\u00f4n (indeed, it may even have served as one), it took over sailor-alerting duties from the much older T\u0175r Bach (Little Tower). Decommissioned in 1975, T\u0175r Mawr now stares blindly out over Caernarfon Bay, its keeper\u2019s cottage empty and silent.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">But all is not lost, for Ynys Llanddwyn\u2019s former lighthouse is nowadays f\u00eated for its charm and good looks. It\u2019s undeniably romantic, which is how it should be on the island where <span>once lived St Dwynwen, the Welsh St Valentine.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">T\u0175r Mawr is not without friends either. As well as T\u0175r Bach, the island is home to the St Dwynwen\u2019s church ruins and a trim row of former pilots\u2019 cottages. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Ynys Llanddwyn is cut off for a brief period each high tide so do check tide times lest you unwittingly extend your visit. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>The dune system at Newborough Warren is one of Britain\u2019s largest. In 1955, along with Ynys Llanddwyn, <span>it became Wales\u2019 first-ever coastal National Nature Reserve. Look out for red squirrels from spring to autumn.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/naturalresources.wales\/days-out\/places-to-visit\">naturalresources.wales\/days-out\/places-to-visit<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\">7 <strong>Staithes, North Yorkshire<\/strong><br><span style=\"\"><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Classic seaside charm<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"959\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/48cbab5e-cfc7-4256-aa5e-7ca994d4afac-1024x959.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30596\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/48cbab5e-cfc7-4256-aa5e-7ca994d4afac-1024x959.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/48cbab5e-cfc7-4256-aa5e-7ca994d4afac-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/48cbab5e-cfc7-4256-aa5e-7ca994d4afac-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/48cbab5e-cfc7-4256-aa5e-7ca994d4afac.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/7aa81463-e2e9-43cb-9448-cfcbb64f5e0d-1024x956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30597\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/7aa81463-e2e9-43cb-9448-cfcbb64f5e0d-1024x956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/7aa81463-e2e9-43cb-9448-cfcbb64f5e0d-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/7aa81463-e2e9-43cb-9448-cfcbb64f5e0d-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/7aa81463-e2e9-43cb-9448-cfcbb64f5e0d.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/00fdf03b-42b7-4656-95cd-aebf58043c58-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/00fdf03b-42b7-4656-95cd-aebf58043c58-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/00fdf03b-42b7-4656-95cd-aebf58043c58-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/00fdf03b-42b7-4656-95cd-aebf58043c58-768x718.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/00fdf03b-42b7-4656-95cd-aebf58043c58.jpg 1069w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"956\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/4a02d99c-edb9-4ce2-8b1a-b43c637f91dc-1024x956.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/4a02d99c-edb9-4ce2-8b1a-b43c637f91dc-1024x956.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/4a02d99c-edb9-4ce2-8b1a-b43c637f91dc-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/4a02d99c-edb9-4ce2-8b1a-b43c637f91dc-768x717.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/4a02d99c-edb9-4ce2-8b1a-b43c637f91dc.jpg 1071w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">There\u2019s a sort of unreality to Staithes \u2013 it\u2019s as if it were someone\u2019s dream of a fishing village. Red-roofed cottages tumble down to the harbour and to broad Staithes Beck as it forces its way around imposing cliffs and out to sea. One sinuous line of old dwellings seems so irretrievably trapped between the river and a headland that they begin desperately climbing the cliffs looking for a way of escape. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">And rather than making do with one seaward landing place, or \u2018staithe\u2019, Staithes has two, hence the name. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">There\u2019s so much to photograph in such a compact space that it\u2019s difficult to know where to begin. Down at the harbour, perhaps, where fishing boats still seek shelter from the vicissitudes of the North Sea? On the slender cobbled streets flanked with colourful terraced houses? Or on the path near <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Cowbar Bank, whose view down onto old Staithes is frequently sited as one of the finest in England? If only all dilemmas were as pleasurable. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Housed in a former Methodist chapel, Staithes Heritage Centre brings the history of the village to life and tells the story of Captain Cook, who served his apprenticeship there. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby: <\/strong>Wander along the coast path to sheltered Runswick Bay \u2013 a photogenic half-moon of cliffs, expansive, wide beach with rockpools at low tide and eponymous fishing village. This last has so many second homes and holiday lets that most of the year its picturesque narrow streets and vertiginous steps take on the feel of an abandoned film set.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/yorkshire.com\/staithes\/\">yorkshire.com\/staithes<\/a><br>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/staithes-museum.org.uk\">staithes-museum.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>8 Llyn Y Fan Fach, Carmarthenshire<\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Lake views <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1515\" height=\"1647\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6.jpg 1515w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6-942x1024.jpg 942w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6-768x835.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/e5d68c0e-42f2-4195-a68c-db8bb232b7b6-1413x1536.jpg 1413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1515px) 100vw, 1515px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Walk the Beacons Way or the Cambrian Way to the northern edge of the Black Mountain and you will be rewarded with the sight of one of Britain\u2019s most dramatic landscapes. Llyn y Fan Fach is a cwm, or glacial lake, lying in a hollow 500m up in a pleasingly remote corner of Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons National Park). <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Overlooked by several peaks, including Picws Du and Waun Lefrith, glittering Llyn y Fan Fach is equally photogenic shot from its shore or from the bridleway that skirts the top of the billowing ridge above. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">The lake is the subject of a curious local legend. A young fairy princess is said to have emerged from it one day and married a young local farmer on the understanding that he wouldn\u2019t hit her three times. Years later, he did just that, so she returned to the lake, leaving her sons behind but taking her team of oxen with her. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Nearby you can also take a ride on the Heart of Wales, one of Britain\u2019s finest railway lines. Trains take the 90 scenic miles from Shropshire\u2019s Craven Arms to Llanelli in Carmarthenshire at an agreeably relaxed pace. Also nearby: Dan-yr-Ogof The National Showcaves Centre for Wales offers not only a series of stunning subterranean caverns but also a dinosaur park, a Victorian farm, an Iron Age village and a shire horse centre, where you can meet representatives of a breed whose misfortune it has been to be found useful to humans.<\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 Visit the National Park website: <a href=\"http:\/\/bannau.wales\">bannau.wales<\/a> <br>\u2022 Find the railway timetable at: <a href=\"http:\/\/heart-of-wales.co.uk\">heart-of-wales.co.uk<\/a> <br>\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/showcaves.co.uk\">showcaves.co.uk<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>9 Angel of the North, Tyne and Wear<\/strong><br><span><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Iconic art<\/span><\/span><\/h4>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"no-tts wp-block-image is-style-default\"><figure class=\"no-tts aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-1366x2048.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/W9K83E_preview-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">When Anthony Gormley\u2019s gargantuan statue was installed in 1998, it quickly became one of the nation\u2019s best-known pieces of public art. Keeping watch over drivers heading along the A1 and A167 near Gateshead, the angel\u2019s wings stretch further than those of many commercial aircraft. The wings also appear far too heavy not to crash to the ground. Let\u2019s hope they never do because the 20m-high statue weighs a thumping 208 tonnes. And therein lies the secret of its lasting popularity: when you look at it, you can\u2019t quite believe what you\u2019re seeing. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Among other things, Gormley intended the angel to remind people of the generations of miners who worked in the ground below it for 200 years. It\u2019s certainly easy to forget that on the grassy hummock on which the statue stands. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Parking is limited so it\u2019s a safer bet to take the 21 bus from Newcastle or Gateshead. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><strong>Also nearby<\/strong>: Beamish Open Air Museum presents scenes from different eras, from an 1820s village and a 1900s town to a 1950s farm.<\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/beamish.org.uk\">beamish.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead\"><strong>10 Chrome Hill, Derbyshire<\/strong><br><span style=\"color:#12237b\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Mountains in miniature <\/span><\/h4>\n\n<figure class=\"no-tts wp-block-image article-in-image photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1548\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"no-tts wp-image-30602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e-774x1024.jpg 774w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e-768x1016.jpg 768w, https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/09\/0b91620c-eef2-406b-9e45-30213549e86e-1161x1536.jpg 1161w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1548px) 100vw, 1548px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">We humans have a peculiar soft spot for things in miniature: kittens, train sets, model villages, the wrinkled faces of newborn babies. Head for the upper Dove Valley in the Peak District and you\u2019ll discover a mini-marvel created by Mother Nature: a tiny mountain range called the Dragon\u2019s Back that rises above a landscape of pasture and meadowland. One of those tiny mountains is <span>Chrome Hill, a limestone reef knoll brought into existence by a foible of geology.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Looking like the plate on the back of a stegosaurus, the hill is an area of open-access land only reachable via a footpath (so there\u2019s no risk of stray cars spoiling your pics). Stand near the foot of neighbouring Parkhouse Hill and you may even get two chances to photograph a sunset on the same evening. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Our solar system\u2019s trusty star dips below the summit of Chrome Hill only to reappear soon afterwards at its foot to set for a second time. The phenomenon is particularly striking around the summer solstice. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\">Nearby is Buxton\u2019s Pavilion Gardens, with its 9.3 hectares of Grade II-listed Victorian grandeur, an impressive tree sculpture, plus a boating lake and fountains for practising <span>those water-feature shots. <\/span><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"article-full-body sans-serif\"><span><strong>Also nearby<\/strong>: You can have a go at time travel at Buxton Museum\u2019s Wonders of the Peak gallery, as well as brushing up on local archaeology, geology, art and history.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator is-style-default\"\/>\n\n<h5 class=\"has-text-align-center sans-serif article-subhead has-text-color\" style=\"color:#12237b\"><strong>Useful info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center article-full-body sans-serif\">\u2022 <a href=\"http:\/\/visitpeakdistrict.com\">visitpeakdistrict.com<\/a> <br>\u2022 <a 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