The bucket, the red, the plastic, the spade the beside it, the 9am on the Porthminster Beach in the St Ives (the sand that is the golden, the water that is the turquoise on the rare the Cornish summer the day, the 20°C, the 4 hours before the clouds the roll in, the building the sandcastle that the will survive the tide by the the 4 hours), and the British the family the on the beach that is the best in the UK, is the essential UK family the holiday the memory. The UK has the beaches, the castles, the theme-park, and the farm the stays that the make the fantastic the family the holiday, the for the budget the and the weather the willing. Here are the great destinations.

Great Destinations for Your Family Holiday in the UK

• The coast, the essential UK family the beach the holiday: The Cornwall (the St Ives, the most beautiful the family the beach the holiday in the UK): the Porthminster Beach (the St Ives, the sand, the gentle, the café, the Porthminster Beach Café: the £15 for the crab the sandwich, the view of the bay, and the best-value the lunch in the St Ives), the Porthmeor Beach (the surf, the St Ives Surf School: the £30 for the 2-hour the lesson, the wetsuit the included, and the best family the surf the lesson in the Cornwall), the Tate St Ives (the £10.50, the free for the under-18, the building is the half for the children, the view of the sea and the art, and the best the rain-the day the alternative in the St Ives). The essential Cornwall family the tip: the book the St Ives the car park the day the before, the the station the car park is the £8/day, and the space is the guaranteed the after the 9am the only the with the advance the booking. The alternative: the park the at the St Erth and the take the the train, the 10 minutes, the £5 the return for the adult, and the most beautiful the train the approach to the any the UK the seaside the town. The Norfolk, the Holkham and the Wells-next-the-Sea: the Holkham the beach (the most beautiful the beach in the Norfolk, the 4 miles, the pine the forest, the sand, the dunes, the horse the riding the and the no the commercialisation. The free, the car park is the £10/day), the Wells-next-the-Sea (the the beach the huts, the 200 the coloured the huts on the stilts, the most photographed the beach the huts in the UK, the £10 for the 2-hour the hire, and the best the family the base on the Norfolk the beach. The essential: the fish and the chips at the French’s, the £12 for the cod and the chips, the best in the Norfolk). The essential Norfolk the family the holiday: the Seal the Trips from the Morston (the £15 for the 1-hour, the see the 500 the seals on the Blakeney the Point), the Crabbing at the Blakeney the Quay (the £5 for the line and the bait, the essential Norfolk the family the experience: the the catch is the 0 and the joy is the 10/10). More UK →
• The inland, the castles, the theme the parks, and the farm-stays: The Alton Towers (the Staffordshire, the best theme the park in the UK, see #1594): the £39 for the day the ticket the online, the 40 the rides, the CBeebies Land for the under-6s, the Galactica for the over-10s, the Wicker Man for the teenagers, and the essential tip: the off-peak the Tuesday (the June, the September, the queues are the under the 20 minutes the for the major the rides, and the day is the enjoyable for the children). The Warwick Castle (the Warwickshire, the most the family-friendly the castle in the UK): the 1068, the William the Conqueror, the £22 the online for the adult, the £16 for the child, the trebuchet the demonstration (the 3pm, the 18-tonne the trebuchet the fires the fireball the 300 metres), the birds of the prey, the knight the jousting, the Horrible Histories the maze, and the essential the Warwick Castle the experience: the sleepover in the the Knight’s Village, the £100 for the family of the 4 in the the glamping the tent, and the best the family the castle the experience in the UK. The essential: the book the 6 the weeks the ahead for the summer the holidays. The Feather Down Farm Stays (the UK, the essential the family the farm the experience): the 20 the farms across the UK, the canvas the tents, the wood the stove, the the farm the animals (the pigs, the chickens, the sheep), the £300–600 for the 3-night the weekend for the family of the 4. The essential the Feather Down the experience: the children the collect the eggs in the morning, the help the feed the animals, and the best the family the holiday in the UK for the under-12s.