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Slow Travel Family Breaks Britain

Slow Travel Family Breaks Britain is a guide to making the most of precious family holiday time, with trips for all ages focusing on the local, the authentic, the sustainable, the educational and the damn good fun, from the West Country to the south coast, East Anglia, Wales, the Lake District, Northumberland and Scotland.

Seasoned family travellers and travel writers Jane Anderson and Holly Tuppen present their hand-picked selection of places to go, things to see and activities to do across the country, including:

• wildlife and star-gazing on The Scilly Isles, Guernsey and Sark
• foraging and wild swimming in the Cairngorms
• stomps and bike rides in the New Forest,
• organic farming in Somerset
• ranger-led tours in Kent
• kayaking and stand-up paddleboarding in Devon
• eco-activities in Bristol
• baking in Wales
• city regeneration in Liverpool
• Swallows and Amazons in the Lake District
• Dracula in Yorkshire
• wildlife photography in Northumberland

In Scotland, experiences cover Dumfries and Galloway, Edinburgh, the Cairngorms and the Isle of Lewis and the Outer Hebrides, with everything from forest adventure activities to dolphins, whales and basking sharks on offer.

This guide will help you plan a family holiday that will nourish the soul and help you slow down and appreciate nature, culture, arts, history, food and fellow human beings. This may be a ‘slow’ guide but it lacks nothing in excitement!