Luxurious Audi dealership Vindis has all the information you need to drive along some of the UK’s standout countryside driving routes and discover many of the most picturesque sights in the process…
Buttertubs Pass
Location:
Yorkshire Dales
Start:
Cloggerby Rigg, Richmond
Finish:
Penn Lane, Hawes
Distance:
6.9 miles
Key sights to see:
- Cliff Gate Road; a route which starts with a steep climb before opening up to a series of fast descents and tight corners
- The deep limestone potholes or Buttertubs
Journey Under the Ribblehead Viaduct
Location:
Yorkshire Dales
Start:
Hornby
Finish:
Ribblehead Viaduct
Distance:
15.5 miles
Key sights to see:
- Views of the Yorkshire Dales for miles and miles
- The 400-metre-high Ribblehead Viaduct; a listed Scheduled Ancient Monument that was constructed in 1870 and has featured on the big screen with a cameo appearance during the Harry Potter film series
Drive into Cheddar Gorge
Location:
Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Start:
Bridgwater
Finish:
Cheddar Gorge
Distance:
19.2 miles
Key sights to see:
- Cheddar Gorge; the deepest gorge in the UK
- 27 magnificent limescale cliffs
- The tourist village of Cheddar
Castle to Castle
Location:
Northumberland
Start:
Alnwick
Finish:
Lindisfarne
Distance:
26.4 miles
Key sights to see:
- Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle and Lindisfarne Castle
- Lindisfarne Nature Reserve
- A collection of fishing villages, picturesque market towns, rolling hills, rugged moorland and sandy beaches
- Lindisfarne Priory
Slate Country Under Snowdon
Location:
Snowdon National Park, in Wales
Start:
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Finish:
Llanberis
Distance:
27.5 miles
Key sights to see:
- A landscape of slate slag
- Llechwedd Slate Caverns
- Swallow Falls
- The towering Pen-y-Pass — otherwise known as Llanberis Pass
- Mount Snowdon
Winding Roads of the Cotswolds
Location:
The Cotswolds
Start:
Cheltenham
Finish:
Stratford-upon-Avon
Distance:
32.7 miles
Key sights to see:
- Stratford-upon-Avon; birthplace of William Shakespeare
- The tranquil green hills of Cotswolds
- Views of meadows filled with wildflowers, sheep pastures and woodland for as far as the eye can see
- A collection of traditional English villages
- The historic town of Chipping Campden
Views of the Lake District
Location:
Lake District
Start:
Kendal
Finish:
Keswick
Distance:
38.6 miles
Key sights to see:
- The Lakeland fells
- Lake Thirlmere and Lake Windermere
- Countryside which helped inspire both William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- The village of Grasmere, home to two of Wordsworth’s former houses
The Atlantic Highway
Location:
North Cornwall coast
Start:
Barnstaple
Finish:
Newquay
Distance:
76.2 miles
Key sights to see:
- Some of the UK’s most breath-taking coastlines
- Constantine Bay
- Bedruthan Steps
- The picture-perfect lighthouse located at Trevose Head
Gateway to the Highlands
Location:
The Scottish Highlands
Start:
Glasgow
Finish:
Fort William
Distance:
108 miles
Key sights to see:
- Loch Leven, Loch Linnhe and Loch Lomond
- The Trossachs National Park
- The Black Mountains
- Rannoch Moor
- Glen Coe and its surrounding volcanic mountain scenery
- The Three Sisters
- Ben Nevis
Causeway Coastal Route
Location:
Northern coast of Northern Ireland
Start:
Londonderry
Finish:
Belfast
Distance:
130 miles
Key sights to see:
- Northern Ireland’s famous and magnificent coastal scenery
- No less than three Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; the Glens of Antrim, the Causeway Coast and the cliffs of Binevenagh
- A series of tiny and peaceful villages
