Driving Trips and Routes
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Driving Routes & Road Trip Planner

Driving trips can be a great and cost-effective way to explore or get away from the usual hustle and bustle of life, each trip can be fully customised based on your own individual circumstances and preferences.

We’ve tried to create guides to help families, couples and friends who are planning a road trip and looking for some inspiration, help with planning the route or need help preparing for a road trip.

Driving Routes

Need some inspiration? Here’s a few ideas of driving routes

All Driving Routes

Royal Pavilion Ice Rink Road Trip

Brighton Pavilion
130km/80 Miles
3-4 Days

Enjoy ice skating in Brighton at the historic Royal Pavilion Ice Rink, then begin a beautiful south coast road trip...

Brighton Museum North Laine shopping Royal Pavilion Ice Rink

North West France Coastal Trip

Rouen street view with older houses of several stories on each side
400km/250 Miles
3-4 Days

Picturesque coastal towns, Joan of Arc, WWII history and a UNESCO World Heritage Site offer plenty of variety on this...

Mont Saint-Michel Deauville Normandy Beach

Blackpool Illuminations Extended Trip

inland view of blackpool beach and tower
96km/60miles
3-4 Days

From the bright lights of Blackpool, begin a relaxed journey around Lancastrian history with mills, manors and market towns. Starting...

Blackpool Illuminations The Singing Ringing Tree Hardcastle Crags

Scottish Fire & Fireworks Festivals

view near the water of leith walkway with buildings on each side
64km/40miles
3-4 Days

Explore around Edinburgh at country parks and palaces, with evenings taking in electrifying fire and fireworks festivals. After starting with...

Samhuinn Fire Festival Linlithgow Palace Muiravonside Country Park

The Atlantic Highway Road Trip

View of Bude houses from the quiet beach with the countryside stretching into the background
145km/90miles
4-5 days

Hug the north coast from Devon into Cornwall to experience amazing views, historic castles, seafood restaurants, idyllic villages and famous...

The Museum of Witchcraft and Magic Tintagel Brewery Cafe Bistro & Bar Port Isaac

Baltic Coast Route

Holsten Gate at the entrance to Lübeck
327km/203miles
4-5 days

Germany’s northern coastline offers charming towns, seaside trips and maritime history. The route starts in Kiel and travels to Lübeck,...

Lübeck Stralsund Binz

Bavarian Alps Route

Bavarian alps with snowy mountain tops and pine tree in the foreground
470km/292miles
5-7 days

Superb scenery, a fairy tale castle and winter sports make this a fantastic trip any time of year. The route...

Füssen Garmisch-Partenkirchen Königssee

Cumbrian Coastal Route 200

View from Glenamara Park over the autumnal woodlands of Patterdale to Ullswater
200km/125miles
7-10 days

Cumbria boasts miles upon miles of stunning coastline where you can explore beaches, mountains, medieval manors and lakes. Starting at...

Laurel and Hardy Museum Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Muncaster Castle Hawk & Owl Centre

North Coast 500

Kylesku Bridge, a curved concrete box girder bridge that crosses the Loch a' Chàirn Bhàin in Sutherland
516km/321miles
7-10 days

Scotland’s NC500 goes beyond John O’Groats and covers castles, caves, natures reserves and so much more at mainland Britain’s most...

Beinn Eighe Nature Reserve Achmelvich Beach Leakey's Bookshop
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Road Trip Planner

In most groups and families, there’s a planner: someone who wants a plan b for their plan b. For anyone planning a driving trip we’ve created guides that cover everything you need to consider when planning the perfect, smooth-running trip.