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The Sun
3 hours ago
- The Sun
The UK's best seaside walks revealed including a secret celeb-loved island
IF you're looking for the UK's most beautiful beachfront walks, you're in luck. Conde Nast Traveller has revealed their top coastal strolls across the country. 4 4 One of the best named is Osea Island, a private island in Essex which has been visited by a number of A-Listers. Rihanna, Stormzy and Daniel Radcliffe have all been spotted there, although the public can stay by booking a night at one of the hotels or cottages. They said: "In the middle of the Blackwater Estuary, with faint echoes of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, sits 380-acre Osea, reachable only around low tide along an ancient Roman causeway." The island has been owned by Nigel Frieda for more than 20 years, a music producer behind The Rolling Stones and Sugababes. Earlier this year, the island went on the market for £25million which includes the entire island as well as all of the hotels on it. Also dubbed the English Necker Island, it is great for nature lovers due to the abundance of wildlife and fauna. Prices for the hotels start from £300, or you can splash out £35,000 to rent the whole island. Osea Island is not the only beautiful walking route that was praised by the experts. In regard to Lythe, Sandsend, they wrote: "There's something a bit magical about the place. "In these parts, it's possible to beach hang, fossil hunt, forage, rock pool, and explore more of the North York Moors." Scotland's West Highland Way: A Global Hiking Gem Ravenscar in Scarborough made the cut, for it's "huge, breathtaking views" and "prosperous wildlife". Studland Bay, in Dorset also made the list, with walks alongside the Jurassic Coast cliffs. They also listed Ynys Gifftan in Wales, praising the "lush uninhabited isle". You can only visit for a few hours a day, due to the ide, but the walk has views of the huge Snowdonia. 4 And in Scotland, St Ninian's Isle was listed for its "fine sand that slowly disappears as the tide rises," along with the "romantic" Erraid, also in Scotland. Last year, a 2,700-mile walking route was finally complete, making it the longest coastal path in the world. The King Charles III England Coast Path stretches from the Scottish border to the Cornish coast. There is even a walk that in the UK that people say looks more like Canada. Here are some other UK walks that all have a pub along the way. And we spoke to a man who has walked thousands of miles across the UK - here is his favourite. 4
BBC News
5 days ago
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
Yorkshire cycling fans celebrate Women's Tour of Britain start
Cycling fans in Yorkshire have spoken of their excitement as the Women's Tour of Britain got under way in the one of the four-day event began on Thursday at Dalby Forest in the North York Moors National Park, with the race then set to continue into the north-east of England and into Scotland. The start of the Women's Tour has come just over six years after the final edition of the Tour de Yorkshire was held - an event founded in the wake of the 2014 Tour de France, which famously held its opening stages in the county. Attending the opening day, spectator Lynne Gay said she wanted to see "a lot more" races come to Yorkshire in the future. Ms Gay said: "I was born into a cycling family. I've raced myself and I've followed cycling all my life, so we love being here and enjoying the atmosphere."I just wish it had stayed in the area a bit more and maybe gone to Scarborough. "We don't get much cycling in Yorkshire now the Tour de Yorkshire is gone, but I suppose we've got to be grateful we've got this."Meanwhile, Mark, a cyclist from Pickering, North Yorkshire, said: "I think it's so exciting seeing the scale of it."I think it just gets people into cycling. They think, 'I could get out and do that'."It brings excitement to the area." The picturesque North York Moors backdrop to the first stage of the race also proved to be a source of pride for the Maddie Leach said: "It's great. Just to get the exposure out to the young girls and children watching is exciting. "To show the World Tour the roads we train and race on, too. They may not enjoy it, but it's Yorkshire and it's beautiful." Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
BBC News
6 days ago
- Lifestyle
- BBC News
New gravel cycle routes open in North York Moors National Park
Three "exciting" new gravel cycling routes have been opened in the North York Moors National routes, which all start at Sutton Bank, reach into less frequented areas of the park's western edge, including Rievaulx Abbey, the Cleveland Hills and the Vale of circular routes, the longest of which runs for 30 miles (25km), follow existing bridleways and gravel tracks as well as an ancient drover's road, according to a spokesperson for the writer Guy Kesteven, who helped design the routes, said: "They are easily accessible off-road routes for gravel bikes, hybrid bikes or mountain bikes." The North York Moors National Park covers an area of more than 500 sq miles (1,300 sq km) and attracts an estimated 8.4 million visitors a year. Mr Kesteven said: "The North York Moors is such an incredibly diverse landscape, and being on a bike just means you can travel through it that bit quicker than you can on foot and also access areas you just wouldn't find in a car."I've been lucky enough to ride the North York Moors my entire life. These three routes provide a true taste of the rich off-road cycling available in a really accessible way and with options for all appetites."They're all carefully curated to showcase the incredible views, fascinating history, local hospitality and amazing diversity of landscape, from wild moorland to stunning secret valleys, that make the North York Moors such a special place to explore on a bike." With the introduction of the new gravel routes, which vary in distance and difficulty, the North York Moors National Park is now home to seven different circular September, Dalby Forest, which lies within the park, will host the British Gravel Championships cycling competition. Listen to highlights from North Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Telegraph
29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
William Sitwell reviews Roots, York: ‘So heavenly it could calm the wildest loon'
Tommy Banks's empire includes a Michelin-starred restaurant-with-rooms on the North York Moors, an old inn by Byland Abbey, a food delivery service, a posh spot in York called Roots (also starred), a recently launched pub group, and a canned wine business. The tinnies are on the wine list at Roots, naturally, but the staff (or indeed anyone in the world, as far as I know) are yet to figure out a way to open them with flair. Sommeliers can yank out corks with majestic creativity and attempt theatrics with screw caps (turning the bottle with a flourish, rather than the cap), but when they bring you a can of wine there is no such drama. Our server settled, understandably, on bringing the tins for show then returning them empty with a filled decanter. I enjoyed the novelty of a fine-dining establishment offering canned wine. And I enjoyed the wine, too. The Banks Brothers gamay/pinot noir blend is fabulous, all the more so if, like me, you've a train south to catch and can grab some more tins for the journey. It was one of the things that tempered my dread of the compulsory tasting menu at this converted old inn by the River Ouse. It's a bright room – lots of pale wood, beige walls, panelling. What you might call civic-chic. In fact, the whole place feels like a modern-courthouse-cum-registry-office. With Banks's entrepreneurial mind I'm surprised he doesn't rent the space out in the morning for sentencing and marriages before turning out his food and wine in the afternoon. Seven courses came our way (you can also opt for a pricier nine-course menu), but were far less painful than feared. First up, salami and hams – meltingly tender, salty palate galvanisers (especially for a wonderful South African wine, The Foundry Roussanne, in glass this time) – followed by bread, a whole, decent loaf of sourdough. Then the main thematic thrust of the menu: fluffy, creamy froths framing the cured, the pickled and the fermented. A rustic bowl of cloud-like yellowy froth (what they call a 'soup' of Jerusalem artichoke with aged Killeen goat's milk cheese) is a dish that draws folk to Roots from far and wide, a siren call you can succumb to without repercussion, bar obesity. Underneath the froth are mushrooms and fermented grains. It was a complex and delectable dish. The next frothy offering was bitter, topped by a scallop, caramelised and sliced like a fat hasselback potato. The over-sugary scallop couldn't quite match up to the harsh-tasting foam, though; I'd have preferred the simplicity of a naked scallop. Then in washed another spumy yellowy sauce, with hints of leek and herbs. This time the bubbles bobbed with pink fir apple potatoes – a lovely celebration of these wonderful tatties, but a dish that left me craving a change of scene. It came, finally, with the main course dish of venison. This was a plate, all dry dabs of protein, fermented cherry and beetroot, that cried out to be drenched with sauce. Thankfully a spoonful of jus dispatched at the table went some way to avert the sparse look. More thrilling, though, was the accompanying little pastry, delivering croissant flakiness with warm, oozing venison within. So good, so soporific, so rich and heavenly, it could calm the wildest loon. Hand them round to the world's troublemakers and they'd be suing for peace before midnight. Down went the deer, then a pud of pears with hazelnuts (I searched in vain for the advertised chocolate), and I took myself and my tinnies merrily south.
The Guardian
16-05-2025
- Lifestyle
- The Guardian
Homes for sale with stylish interiors in England
Close to the village is a grand late-Georgian house, which is believed to have been a brewery and then a pub. From the front it screams classic country pile with its pillared portico entrance, but in 2022 it was remodelled internally. A geometric extension was added at the back and the basement was deepened to house a home cinema. There is a swimming pool too. The stepped-timber ceiling in the extension surrounding a roof lantern is the most striking design feature. It's set over a sunken sitting area next to the marble-topped kitchen. £2.75m, Savills, 01444 446 008 Photograph: Savills Just off Blackheath Hill, before it reaches the green spaces of Greenwich Park and Blackheath, is a new development. The building of 43 apartments has brick archways on the top, framing the views from the communal roof garden. There is a two-bedroom apartment for sale on the third floor with a private balcony. The palette is soft and earthy; there are plaster-coloured cupboards in the kitchen and a matt terracotta splashback against Italian quartz worktops. Greenwich and Deptford DLR stations are a 10-minute walk away. £545,000, Vabel, 0207 183 6405 Photograph: Billy Bolton/Vabel The village sits on the north-western fringes of the North York Moors national park and 10 miles south of Middlesbrough. There is a neat brick house on the outskirts of Great Broughton in an American modernist style. The interiors give mid-century Mad Men vibes with a materials palette of sapele-clad walls, flush plywood doors and internal glazing. The sitting room is triple aspect with a wide fireplace in Danish brick. Upstairs are four bedrooms and a family-sized bathroom. There are two pubs in the village. £625,000, The Modern House, 0203 795 5920 Photograph: The Modern House On top of a sloping road – as urban becomes greenbelt, and close to Smithills country park – is a contemporary detached house clad in timber. The cantilevered design means the upper floor overhangs an entrance set at the centre of floor-to-ceiling glass panels. The open-plan kitchen-dining and living areas wrap around a central wooden unit, which cleverly houses the staircase, s downstairs bathroom, a wine cooler and the TV and sound system. There is a sun deck to the front and an alfresco dining area that mirrors the internal one. £900,000, Savills, 0161 711 0990 Photograph: Savills A seven-minute walk from Forest Gate station, and the Elizabeth line, is an orange-hued brick block of townhouses built in 2021. Within the building is a three-storey property with a roof terrace. Despite its muted exterior, the inside is a carnival of colour: different themes for different rooms; and hand-painted murals. The entrance hall is painted in an electric blue. The reception room has pink walls and sky effect wallpaper on the ceiling, and opens out on to a courtyard. The EPC rating is B. £920,000, The Modern House, 0203 795 5920 Photograph: Neil Perry/The Modern House
