3. Peak District, England
The UK’s first national park is worth your time at the wheel for any number of reasons. Think about limestone plateaux, deep caverns, fully coloured-in heather moorlands and cosy pubs connected by screw-shaped roads that offer every sort of car rally thrill. Buxton, with its spa history and graceful heritage buildings, is the ideal starter, before you head east to Bakewell, for puddings and tarts. Once full to the brim, push north to ogle the underground jewels at Peak Cavern and Blue John Cavern. Bring a daypack for a hike – try Mam Tor for lung-emptying views – then tighten your seatbelt for the heartstring-plucking ride over thrilling Snake Pass to Glossop.
Crews have been filming in Alresford for the Victorian melodrama. But Essex is a popular hunting ground for film crews. Here are some of the programmes which have been filmed in the county.
1.Hi-de-Hi! Hi di Hi Spike and Ted with fellow Yellowcoats filming in Essex The popular BBC sitcom, which aired from 1980 to 1988, was set at a holiday camp in the fictional seaside town of Crimpton-on-Sea but was actually filmed in Dovercourt. The show was based on writer Jimmy Perry’s experience as a Redcoat at Butlins in the 1950s. It ran for nine series with 60 episodes and won a Bafta in 1984 for Best Comedy Series.