Inspiring travel tips from the Cool Places team

The Best of UK Travel: Cracking Deals to Kick Off 2025

Keep the January blues at bay with this hand-picked collection of great winter deals including a family-friendly hotel on the Cornish coast, a luxury Peak District manor house for groups with swimming pool, a lakeside wooden cabin near London, and romantic luxury treehouse with hot tub in Mid Wales.

Win a 3-Night Stay at Foxtail Lodge in Norfolk

Enter our latest competition with Foxtail Lodge in Norfolk, and be in with a chance of winning a three-night break for two people, plus a bottle of fizz.

The Cool Places Year – Plan your UK Trips in 2025

The Best UK Places to Stay in 2025

The Coolest Places of 2024

The Most Popular UK Places to Stay in 2024

The Best of UK Travel – Festive Treats for December

Six of the Best UK Travel Experiences for December – from Cool Places founder Martin Dunford

Best UK Christmas Markets to Visit This Festive Season

A top selection of UK Christmas Markets | Cool Places

UK Ice Rinks for Christmas & New Year

Festive ice rinks across the UK, plus places to stay close by | Cool Places

Christmas Ice Skating Rinks in London

The best festive spots to lace up in the capital | Cool Places

Martin's Six of the Best – November

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: Review of the The Cavendish Hotel Baslow • Christmas at Chatsworth House • Dannah Farm luxury B&B Derbyshire • Losehill House Hotel & Spa Peak District National Park • The Lord Crewe Arms Northumberland • Blackbird in Devon

COOL FACES – Eric Snaith from Titchwell Manor in North Norfolk

Meet Eric Snaith from Titchwell Manor, a boutique hotel in North Norfolk

COOL FACES: Rob and Louise Kalisiak from Wolds Wine Estate, Nottinghamshire

Meet the owners of Wolds Wine Estate, a fabulous Nottinghamshire glamping site and vineyard

Martin's Six of the Best for October – Tips and Travels from around the UK

Great Places to Stay in Nottinghamshire, Sussex, Norfolk, Cumbria and Devon

COOL FACES – Meet Alison and Mark Thompson from The White House

Meet Alison Thompson from The White House boutique hotel, North Norfolk

Britain's 20 Best Beach Cafés

Our favourite UK beach cafés | Cool Places

Martin's Six of the Best - August

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: Wild Swimming • Canoeing • Biking • Seal Spotting • Norfolk Broads• Rowden Mill Station • Herefordshire • SeaSpace • Cornwall

The 12 Best Beaches in Norfolk and Suffolk

12 great beaches on the Norfolk and Suffolk Coasts

Cool Faces: John Tarrow

Welcome to the world of John Tarrow, who spent 25 years creating the extraordinary environment of Talliston House & Gardens in Great Dunmow, Essex

Top UK Places for a Picnic

Our favourite picnicking spots | Cool Places

Martin's Six of the Best - July

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: 2 Cotswolds Pubs • Hay on Wye • A Herefordshire Pub & Cabins • Magical Treehouses • Norfolk Cabins

Pub Rescue: Britain's Best Updated Pubs with Rooms

25 UK pubs you can stay in that have been rescued and updated

Martin's Six of the Best – June

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: Downland Walks • Affordable London hotels • English Wine • Rescued Pubs • A Kent Nature Reserve and a Devon resort

Where to Stay for a Bath With a View

Our top pick of properties that have baths and outdoor baths with a glorious vista | Cool Places

10 Top Stops on the Wolf Way, Suffolk

Where to Stay on the Wolf Way Suffolk Cycling Route

10 Cool London Hotels outside the West End

10 Places to Stay in London neighbourhoods outside the West End, including pubs with rooms, boutique hotels and a historic City club.

Martin's 6 of the Best for May

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: Glamping in Kent, Family Travel in the Cotswolds, Norfolk & Suffolk Pubs & Inns

10 Top Stops on the Rebellion Way

A guide to the best places to stay on Norfolk's Rebellion Way Cycle Route.

Martin’s 6 of the Best

Travel Tips and Experiences from around the UK: a Cambridgeshire Nature Reserve, a quirky Kent pub, Lancashire food heaven... and a Northumberland boutique hotel

Living it up at the Brighton Festival

A Guide to the Highlights of the Brighton Festival 2024

Top Stargazing Getaways

Places to stay and see the night sky | Cool Places

15 Fabulous Eco-Friendly Places to Stay

15 Unique Eco-Friendly Places to Stay in the UK I Cool Places