August 28 hails the great British getaway as people look to make the most of the looser restrictions and three day weekend. But you’ll have to travel far to escape the crowds this Bank Holiday. Follow our guide to the best, most far flung places.
North Norfolk
The white-gold beaches of North Norfolk feature regularly on lists of the UK’s most beautiful. Given the county’s relatively low road infrastructure, with no motorway to speak of, they are also blissfully crowd-free.
Holkham Beach – which provided the backdrop for the closing scene of Shakespeare in Love – is a particularly lovely spot. On the shore there is a semi-circular basin which fills up at high tide to form a bluey emerald lagoon. Holkham National Nature Reserve is England’s largest national nature reserve and free to access via dedicated footpaths. Its landscape of salt marshes, pine forests and dunes is home to interesting species such as pink-footed geese and antlions.
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