With the school holidays upon us, CHARLOTTE CIVIL picks her favourite things to do with the young ones this summer

In the latest of our series on the UK's best ferry routes, NORMAN MILLER takes in the historic naval town of Portsmouth and the beautiful beaches of Spain's Santander

With exactly two years until the start of London's Games, LEE MANNION discovers some gold medal venues

Following last year's deluge in the Lake District, Cockermouth is now firmly back in business, finds BRIAN PEDLEY

As every parent knows when you have young children holidays cease to become, well, holidays really says LUCY ELKINS

In the latest in our series, ANNA MELVILLE-JAMES explores Northumberland's windswept Holy Island

With the opening of the Turner Contemporary gallery due next year, Margate is experiencing a boom in the arts. CLARE HEAL heads to t his revitalised resort

In the latest in our series on the UK's best ferry routes, NORMAN MILLER takes in the diverse attractions of Rosyth and the pretty port of Zeebrugge

REBECCA FORD lets off steam on a specialist rail break exploring the town of Shakespeare's birth

HOLLY THOMAS returns to her old holiday seaside haunt of Newport, Wales