The best driving routes in Britain
Written by the team who prepare the cars and drive these roads year round — stage by stage, with the stops worth making and the car we would take.
Scottish Highlands
The North Coast 500
Britain's great coastal loop: Inverness out to Applecross, up to Durness and back along the Caithness cliffs.
516 miles 7–10 daysINEOS Grenadier
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Cornwall
Bodmin Moor & the Cornish Coast
Granite tors, smuggler inns and a run down to Tintagel, Port Isaac and the Camel Estuary.
140 miles 3–4 daysMG MGF
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Greater London
London Sightseeing by Car
A compact loop of the landmarks, planned around the Congestion Charge, ULEZ and where you can actually park.
25 miles 1–2 daysMINI Electric Cooper SE
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North Yorkshire
The Yorkshire Dales Loop
Dry stone walls, market towns and the Buttertubs Pass between Wensleydale and Swaledale.
110 miles 2–3 daysINEOS Grenadier
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Leicestershire
Melton Mowbray & Belvoir Castle
Our local run: the rural capital of food, a ducal castle and the lanes of the Vale of Belvoir.
45 miles 1 dayMG MGF
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West Wales
The Pembrokeshire Coast
Tenby to St Davids along Britain's only coastal national park, with harbours, castles and cliff-top lanes.
180 miles 3–5 daysMG MGF
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