Britain’s top 100 breathtaking ‘off the beaten track’ locations have been revealed – so how many have YOU visited?
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Some Brits may not have heard of Berrow Beach in Somerset or the Talybont Reservoir in Wales, but experts consider them to be among the most beautiful places in the British Isles.
Other beautiful but little-known locations include Wistman’s Wood in Devon, Finnich Gorge in Stirlingshire and Symonds Yat Rock in Gloucestershire.
These places were identified by Jeep and a team of Ordnance Survey experts as places worthy of inclusion in a list of the top 100 breathtaking off-the-beaten-track locations in Britain.
They are all displayed on an interactive screen ‘Get lost with Jeep Compass’ digital map. When users click on their markers, they can discover activities to do or things to see, and find details of nearby walking or cycling routes accessible via the OS Maps app.
It follows a survey of 2,000 adults which found that 31 per cent have seen little of Britain. Nearly a quarter (24 percent) have never visited Scotland, 17 percent have never been to Wales and 20 percent haven’t even been there. London. The research also shows that 80 percent would like to see more of Britain, while 57 percent would mainly like to visit ‘unexpected places’.
Nick Giles OBE, managing director of Ordnance Survey Leisure, said: ‘We are delighted to be working with Jeep to map the 100 ‘Off the Beaten Track’ locations and hope this will inspire people up and down the country to to get outside and create new mini-adventures away from the more obvious hotspots.’ Scroll down for beautiful photos of some of the places on the list…
Pictured here is Talisker Bay on the Isle of Skye, which ranks in the top 100 breathtaking ‘off the beaten track’ locations
Shropshire’s landmark Stiperstones Hill is a great place to take a walk and offers stunning 360-degree views. According to www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.ukthe ‘craggy bare stone spiers of the hill… are where Shropshire witches meet to dine with the devil’
Above is the Devil’s Pulpit in Finnich Glen, Stirlingshire. Ordnance Survey describes it as ‘a stunning gorge’
The Wimbleball Lake Activity Center is nestled among the striking hills of Exmoor, with www.visitomerset.co.uk describes it as ‘a must-visit attraction’
Symonds Yat Rock in Gloucestershire offers fantastic views of the Wye Valley, as this image shows
Lindisfarne Castle on Holy Island in Northumberland is reached via a tidal causeway and summarized by the National Trust as a ‘castle that is not a castle, on an island that is not an island’. The organization explains that the 16th century structure was converted into a holiday home in 1901 by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens for Edward Hudson, founder of Country Life magazine, adding: ‘Hudson’s successors never made any major changes and it is therefore largely the work of Lutyens. who greets visitors today’
See the enchanting Wistman’s Wood, a temperate rainforest in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park, known for its mosses and lichens
Pictured here is Roche Rock, near St Austell in Cornwall, home to a ruined 15th-century chapel
Berrow Beach in Somerset tops the list, described as ‘amazing’ by a Tripadvisor user
This breathtaking shot shows the 318 hectare Talybont Reservoir in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Visit midwales.co.uk points out that there is a ten kilometer cycle route around it