National Geographic Reveals Top 10 Road Trips

There are seven English road trips featuring in the top 10 list, with Cheddar Gorge through the Mendip Hills, B3135, in Somerset, taking second place. This amazing route through the heart of the Gorge is part of the Mendips and North Somerset road trip, which also meanders through pretty villages and market towns as well as some stunning coast.

The Peak District bags two top spots, with Snake Pass in the Peak District National Park with its steep gradients and the twisting road gets twisty in places, in third place. Here, you might end up travelling with your foot on the break for long stretches, especially if you travel from east to west. The “Cat and Fiddle route” (A53 then A54, followed by the A537) in the Peak District has been named in ninth place. Both of these routes are found in the Peak District road trip.

Other winners from northern England, include A591 road from Kendal to Keswick, in the Lake District, in fourth place, and A169 and A170 as the “Best of the Moors” in Yorkshire in seventh place. The A591 can be taken in within the Literary Lake District road trip, whereas the “Best of the Moors” scenic route along the A169 and A170, can be incorporated into the York & North York Moors road trip.

Heading to southern England, the Cotswolds route from Cheltenham to Stratford hits the eighth spot. Narrowing down the Cotswolds’ favourite route must have been hard, as there are so many to choose from. The Uncover Britain “Classic Cotswolds road trip” has been broken down into mini-routes to cover as many beautiful routes as possible.

The remaining southern route, Cornwall – along the B3306 from St Ives to St Just, is voted the sixth favourite. This is another tricky route to narrow down to a favourite, given how spectacular the Cornwall coast is. You can follow the coast with this Cornwall Coast road trip.