Jet2 serves up kids’ treats
stunning views down over the Severn valley and the rolling wolds.
Footpaths stitch the open grasslands on top of the hill, including the Cotswold Way, which curves around to pass down Winchcomb’s high street of honey coloured stone.
Among the cottages here is the Feathered Nest, with a wood-burning stove and a garden terrace outside. It sleeps two and costs from £260 for four nights. See furtherafield.com.
Downs way Hastingleigh, Kent
The Kent town of Ashford has been reborn since the opening of the Channel Tunnel and the addition of its big out-of-town designer shopping mall.
What a contrast, then, to the Kentish Downs, which lie just east.
This is quintessentially English countryside, with
KIDS travelling on Jet2 flights have a treat in store from February with a new children’s meal box.
Choices include an all-day breakfast, crispy chicken strips, macaroni cheese or sausage and mash, presented in a 100 per red slate roofs and timber framed houses, National Trust properties and gastro pubs.
The North Downs Way rambles across it, at times following the ancient route that pilgrims took to get to Canterbury.
En route it passes by Cold Blow Cottage, located on a working farm that is home to cows and sheep, plus llamas and rheas. The property features an open plan living space with a modern kitchen area and a wood-burner, perfect for cold wintry nights. Sleeps three, four nights from £400, see mulberrycottages.com.
Plain sight Edington, Wiltshire
The standing stones of Stonehenge, the silhouette of the White Horse carved into the hillside at Westbury, the cent recyclable box. The meal will also feature a new snacks and drinks selection, including favourites, such as chocolate buttons, mini cheese crackers, Strawberry Peelers and Pip organic fruit drinks.
Elizabethan house at Longleat, and all the rambling miles of Salisbury Plain are accessible from the modest and unassuming village of Edington.
To the north is Lacock, a medieval village much used as a location for film and television, and northwest is the Avebury stone circle, more compelling than Stonehenge because here you are allowed to walk among the mystic stones and even touch them.
Edington is home to pretty Tilly’s Cottage, which dates back to the 1800s.
Its period features include the original red-brick fireplace where your wood-burning stove will warm you after a day’s exploration.
You are within walking distance of a fantastic farm shop and award-winning pub The Three Daggers.
It sleeps four, from £310 for three nights. See helpfulholidays.co.uk.