Britain on the Cheap

Cool, man, cool! London’s famous hip Carnaby Street turns 50 this year, without a wrinkle showing. During the Swinging ‘60s, you could find the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Kinks and Jimi Hendrix shopping its boutiques. Click for a free Carnaby Essential Guide for all fashionistas. The street-by-street guide pinpoints the flagship stores, as well [...]

In a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle, an incendiary team will light up the 84-mile route of Hadrian’s Wall on March 13. This year marks the 1600th anniversary of the end of Roman Britain in 410 AD, a huge turning point in British history.
The fire braziers will blaze from coast to coast in the north of England, with [...]

Travel season is heating up, and a London Pass is a good way to pop into more than 55 attractions, such as the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Windsor Castle and HMS Belfast. The pass also lets you skip to the head of the line at some of the most popular spots, such [...]

Save 30% when you book the Best Western Kilima Hotel, York, before March 31. The rate is $117/£78, including breakfast. The Kilima, a former Victorian rectory, has a Turkish steam room, an indoor swimming pool and fitness center.

An Easter bunny, chocolate eggs, spring flowers and a welcome glass of champagne await guests booking an Easter break at Combe House, a Grade I Elizabethan manor near Exeter. Two-night breaks taking in Easter Friday, Saturday or Sunday, April 2-4, start at $952/£590 for two people sharing a room, including a three-course, candlelit dinner with [...]

Save half when you book at The White Swan hotel in the center of the historic market town of Alnwick, Northumberland, now throughout March. The Winter Warmer package at the 300-year-old coaching inn is $75/£49.50 per person sharing for an overnight stay with dinner and breakfast, a bottle of sparkling prosecco per couple and entrance [...]

Save 20% on a cottage for two converted from listed farm buildings near the South Devon sailing center of Noss Mayo. It’s now $378/£252 for a week’s stay from March 13 and 27. The cottage is half a mile from the sea, and guests have shared use of a games room and hard tennis court.

For Mother’s Day at Lowry Outlet Mall, Manchester, manicures at J Crystal start at just $18/£12. A wash house treatment with Paul Mitchell products starts at $21/£13.50 at Fibre Hairdressing.

Two Cornwall cottages near the National Trust’s Cotehele estate have been discounted for one-week stays throughout March. Kingslea, a one-bedroom home with countryside views two miles from Cotehele, is reduced by a third to $216/£144 per week. Or only a woodland walk away from Cotehele is Comfort Wood Cottage, a renovated former barn on a [...]

Are you infatuated with Emma, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility? Then the new Wayfarers’ Jane Austen walk through Hampshire may be for you. The walk, rated easy at six to 10 miles a day, will stop at Steventon, home to Jane’s father’s rectory; the village of Chawton, later home of Jane [...]