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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Mike MacEacheran

The UK’s best road trips, from the North Coast 500 to the Atlantic Highway

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Going on a road trip these days isn’t all about opening yourself up to the freedom of the highway. It’s equally about doing things differently: from choosing flexibility to minimising your holiday carbon footprint and reducing emissions by opting not to fly. Especially if you’re going electric.

And make no mistake: the UK might not have the checklist desert-scapes and nostalgia-adorned highways of the US, or the wide open spaces and wonders of Australia, but it’s uniformly thrilling for road trip itineraries. The Highlands instils a sense of adventure, while Yorkshire is terrific at any time of year – and nobody bats an eyelid in Devon or Cornwall when a top-down coupe rolls into town.

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