Destinations starting with "S"

Saleby

A sliver of Wolds quiet two miles from Alford

Salisbury

Cathedral spires, chalk streams and the road to Stonehenge

Saltersgate

Wild moorland skies above the Hole of Horcum

Sampford Brett

A single quiet street beneath the Quantock Hills

Sandford

Cider country beneath the Mendip Hills

Sandhurst

A quiet corner of the Kent and Sussex border

Sandiway

Cheshire's forest doorstep

Sandwich

Kent's best-preserved medieval Cinque Port on the River Stour

Sandyhills

Golden Solway sands beneath the Colvend hills

Saundersfoot

A blue flag beach and a working harbour on Carmarthen Bay

Scarborough

Two bays, one castle, a lot of chips

Scottish Highlands

Mountains, sea lochs and single-track roads

Scunthorpe

Steel town roots, wide Lincolnshire skies

Seascale

Where the Lake District fells meet the wild Cumbrian coast

Sedbergh

England's Book Town, at the foot of the Howgills

Selsey

Where England's south coast comes to a point

Semington

Where the canal crosses its own brook, quietly

Sessay

A quiet corner of the Vale of Mowbray, near Thirsk

Settle

Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, where the railway meets the fells

Shawbank

Quiet Shropshire hills, close to the Corvedale and the Long Mynd

Sheffield

Steel city hills, wild moorland edges on the doorstep

Shepherdswell

Steam trains, chalk downs and the White Cliffs, all a short walk apart

Sherburn

Ancient Elmet ground between Leeds, York and the Ouse

Sherfield English

A hidden Hampshire hamlet between the Test Valley and the New Forest

Shetland

Wild islands where Norse history meets the North Atlantic

Shifnal

Timber-framed streets, an ancient church, and Shropshire countryside all round

Shildon

Where the age of the train began

Shrewsbury

Tudor streets wrapped in a loop of the Severn

Sibbertoft

History in the hedgerows, on Leicestershire's Northamptonshire border

Sidlesham

Salt marsh, birdlife and a harbourside inn on the Sussex coast

Sidmouth

Regency elegance on the Jurassic Coast

Silverdale

Limestone, reedbeds and Morecambe Bay on Lancashire's wild edge

Skegness

Big skies, golden sands and Britain's original holiday-camp seaside

Skipsea

A crumbling castle, an empty beach and a coastline on the move

Skipton

The Gateway to the Yorkshire Dales, where a Norman castle meets a working canal

Slindon

Downland village life among ancient parkland and Roman roads

Snainton

Moorland edge, forest trails, and Yorkshire quiet

Snitterfield

Where the Shakespeares first put down roots

Snowdonia

Wales at its wildest, from summit ridge to slate town

South Cave

Market town charm on the edge of the Yorkshire Wolds

South Reston

A quiet Wolds village on the road between Louth and the coast

Southampton

Where the Titanic sailed and the Solent begins

Southwell

Minster towers, market squares and the home of the Bramley apple

Southwold

Beach huts, a working lighthouse and Suffolk's best-loved seaside town

Spalding

Tulip fields, timbered gardens and a river running through the Fens

Sparkford

Classic cars and Somerset countryside on the old A303

Speyside

Scotland's whisky heartland along the River Spey

Sproatley

Holderness village life, minutes from a 700-year-old hall

St Albans

Roman ruins, a great abbey and timbered market streets

St Andrews

Grey stone, green fairways and a long North Sea beach

St Asaph

Britain's smallest city, in the heart of the Vale of Clwyd

St Briavels

A Norman castle, an ancient forest and a very old slice of bread and cheese

St Ives

Cornish light, golden sand, harbourside charm

St Michaels

Quiet orchards and hop yards on the edge of Tenbury Wells

St Osyth

History, priory ruins, and unspoilt Essex coast

Stafford

History, heathland and canals at Staffordshire's quiet county town

Stamford

Georgian stone streets on the River Welland

Stamford Bridge

Where Vikings fell and the Derwent still flows quietly on

Stansted

A hilltop Kent village on the Pilgrims' Way

Stanton By Dale

A hidden corner of the Erewash Valley

Staplefield

A cricket green, two pubs, and the quiet heart of the High Weald

Staunton

Ancient stones on the edge of the Forest of Dean

Staveley

Gateway to Kentmere, powered by good coffee and bike wheels

Staxton

A quiet Wolds village on the old road to the Yorkshire coast

Stelling Minnis

Ancient common, working windmill, quiet Kent Downs

Stevenage

The new town with an old town heart

Stickney

Big Fenland skies and quiet village life near Boston

Stillingfleet

A Norman doorway and a quiet bend of the Ouse

Stirling

Where Scotland's crown and its battles were won

Stoford

Bronze Age roots, railway heritage, South Somerset calm

Stokesley

A Georgian market town on the edge of the North York Moors

Stonegate

A quiet Wealden hilltop between Ticehurst and Kipling's Burwash

Stoney Stanton

Granite village, flooded quarry, national diving centre

Stourport-on-Severn

Where canal meets river, and the fair never stops

Stranraer

Loch Ryan, wild gardens and Scotland's far south-west

Stratford-upon-Avon

Shakespeare's town, the RSC and the slow-moving Avon

Stretton

Quiet Rutland village life, minutes from Rutland Water

Suffield

Moorland edge, cider orchards and the coast close by

Suffolk

Shingle beaches, wool towns and Anglo-Saxon treasure

Sutton Valence

Norman ruins, Weald views, one steep Kentish high street

Sutton-on-Sea

Lincolnshire's quiet corner of Blue Flag sand

Swadlincote

Where the National Forest grew from coal and clay

Swansea

Wales' waterfront city, gateway to the Gower coast

Swinford

Riverside village life on the Leicestershire border

Sykehouse

Flatland canals and quiet villages between Doncaster and Goole

Symonds Yat

Cliffs, river bends and falcons over the Wye