The places people don't tell you about.

Swinn Wood

Aby, near Alford

Ancient woodland · 1–2 hours

Forest Holidays Beddgelert

A4085, Beddgelert, Caernarfon, LL55 4UU, Wales

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Scale Force

Above the south-western shore of Crummock Water, near Buttermere, Cumbria

Gorge waterfall · AllTrails estimates 1.5–2 hours for its 4.4-mile out-and-back route. Britain Express describes a shorter 2.5-mile return

Forest Holidays Ardgartan Argyll

Ardgartan, Arrochar, Argyll, Scotland G83 7AR

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Nature's Nest

Ballingham Court, Ballingham, near Hereford, Herefordshire HR2 6NH

Safari tent · Weekend

St Cuthbert’s Cave

Near Holburn and Belford, Northumberland

Sandstone overhang with monastic associations · About half an hour for the approach from Holburn, according to the source row

Florence Springs Luxury Lakeside Lodges

St Florence, near Tenby, Pembrokeshire SA70 8RJ

Lakeside lodge · Weekend

Forest Holidays Cropton

Moor Lane, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 8ES

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Forest Holidays Deerpark

Deerpark, Liskeard, Cornwall PL14 4QY

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Forest Holidays Sherwood Forest

Sherwood Pines Forest Park, Edwinstowe, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire NG21 9JH

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Forest Lodge Holidays

Little Lodge Farm, Santon Downham, Brandon, IP27 0TX

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Silver Trees Holiday Park

Stafford Brook Road, Rugeley, Staffordshire WS15 2TX, on Cannock Chase

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Woolsthorpe Manor

Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

Birthplace / science history · 2–3 hours

Gait Barrows National Nature Reserve

Between Silverdale and the Yealands, Lancashire

Mixed-habitat reserve · Half day

Gunby Hall & Gardens

Gunby, near Spilsby

Hall / gardens · Half day

Forest Holidays Strathyre

Strathyre, near Callander, Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland FK17 8HF

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Forest View Retreat

Chapel Lane, Callow Hill, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY14 9XF

Nature lodge · Weekend

Forest Holidays Garwnant, Bannau Brycheiniog

Garwnant, Cymtaf, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2HU, Wales

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Forest Holidays Keldy

Keldy Castle, Cawthorn, near Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 8HW

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Luxury Lodges Wales

Grandstand, Trefeglwys, near Caersws, Powys SY17 5PU

Nature lodge · Weekend

Studford Luxury Lodges

High Street, near Ampleforth, North Yorkshire YO62 4BH

Nature lodge · Weekend

Tamanzi Taggs

Taggs Island, Hampton, TW12 2HA

Boathouse · Weekend

Aspen Lodge Escape

Fornham St Genevieve, near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Bassenthwaite Lakeside Lodges

Bassenthwaite, near Keswick, Cumbria CA12 4QZ

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Black Hall Lodges

Llanfair Waterdine, near Knighton, LD7 1TU

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Dovestone Holiday Park

Off Chew Valley Road, Bank Lane, Greenfield, Oldham OL3 7NF

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Glen Tanar National Nature Reserve

Near Aboyne, Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire

Forest · Half day

Heronstone Lodges Retreat

Ystrad Isaf Farm, Station Road, Ystradgynlais, Swansea SA9 1PJ

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Landal Rockingham Forest

Wansford, Northamptonshire

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

South Lodge

Brighton Road, Lower Beeding, Crabtree, Horsham RH13 6PS

Country house hotel · Weekend

Ullswater

Lake District, Cumbria

Lake · Half day

Winston Farm Lodges

Winston Farm, Tetchill, Ellesmere, Shropshire SY12 9BA

Nature lodge · Weekend

Woodside Bay Lodge Retreat

Lower Woodside Road, Wootton Bridge, Ryde, Isle of Wight PO33 4JT

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Richmond Park

Richmond, London

Parkland · 1–2 hours to a full day, depending on how much of the park you explore

Aberlady Bay Local Nature Reserve

Aberlady, East Lothian, on the south shore of the Firth of Forth

Mixed-habitat reserve · 1–2 hours

Flanders Moss National Nature Reserve

Carse of Stirling, near Thornhill, Stirlingshire

Bog · 1–2 hours

Forest Holidays Thorpe Forest

Shadwell, near Thetford, Norfolk IP24 2RX

Woodland cabin · Weekend

Lochside Cottages

Lochearnhead, Loch Earn, Perthshire

Country cottage · Weekend

Swanborough Lakes Luxury Holiday Lodges

Swanborough Lakes, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 3NF

Lakeside lodge · Weekend

Warren Wood Country Park

Hailsham Road, Stone Cross, Pevensey, East Sussex BN24 5BS

Nature-led holiday park · Weekend

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

Mixed-habitat reserve · Half day

Ousdale Broch

Ousdale, between Helmsdale and Berriedale, Caithness, Scotland

Prehistoric · 1–2 hours

Ashridge Estate

Moneybury Hill, Ringshall, near Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire HP4 1LT

Historic estate · Half day

Hatfield Forest

Bush End Road, Takeley, near Bishop’s Stortford, Essex CM22 6NE

Mixed-habitat reserve · 1–2 hours to half day

RSPB Minsmere

Minsmere, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 3BY

Mixed-habitat reserve · Half day

Rutland Water Nature Reserve

Egleton, Oakham, Rutland LE15 8BT

Mixed-habitat reserve · Half day

Trowbarrow Quarry

Silverdale, Lancashire

Mixed-habitat reserve · 1–2 hours

Findhorn Bay Local Nature Reserve

Findhorn, Moray, Scotland

Coastal reserve · 1–2 hours