Last updated on February 7th, 2021 at 09:59 PM

With international travel something of a lottery it’s no great surprise that 2020 has become the year of the staycation – and what better way to spend your UK staycation than to strap on those hiking boots and take to the rolling hills…

With this in mind, research released by Daffodil Hotel reveals the UK’s most beautiful escapes, which also shows the best locations to go on a hiking holiday… https://www.daffodilhotel.co.uk/most-beautiful-escapes

The UK’s top 10 spots for hiking are:

Rank	Town	County	Country	Mountains & Hills in County
1	Beddgelert	Gwynedd	Wales	183
2	Portmeirion	Gwynedd	Wales	183
3	Crickhowell	Powys	Wales	93
4	Oban	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	80
5	Llanrwst	Conwy	Wales	67
6	Braemar	Aberdeenshire	Scotland	58
7	Killin	Stirling	Scotland	49
8	Castle Combe	Wiltshire	England	45
9	Lacock	Wiltshire	England	45
10	Bakewell	Derbyshire	England	44

The UK’s top 10 most beautiful escapes (overall) are:

Rank	Town	County	Overall score
1	Keswick	Cumbria	70.59
2	Whitby	North Yorkshire	63.97
3	Ambleside	Cumbria	54.94
4	Beddgelert	Gwynedd	42.59
5	Salcombe	Devon	41.75
6	Oban	Argyll and Bute	41.19
7	Bakewell	Derbyshire	39.15
8	Cirencester	Gloucestershire	36.68
9	Alnwick	Northumberland	36.45
10	Portmeirion	Gwynedd	35.14

The UK’s top 10 green getaways:

Rank	Town	County	Country	Green Spaces
1	Keswick	Cumbria	England	20
2	Ambleside	Cumbria	England	16
3	Alnwick	Northumberland	England	10
4	Whitby	North Yorkshire	England	9
5	Cirencester	Gloucestershire	England	9
6	Beddgelert	Gwynedd	Wales	8
7	Salcombe	Devon	England	6
8	Oban	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	6
9	Bakewell	Derbyshire	England	6
10	Looe	Cornwall	England	6