March 2026

• Why are plans for a huge new national park in Wales so controversial?
• It’s official: four UK destinations are in the top 50 most beautiful places in the world
• Full list of UK high street closures confirmed in 2026, including Lloyds Bank, Poundland, River Island and Revolution bars
• The ‘Hawaii of Europe’ is getting more flights from the UK
• Iconic British restaurant brand The Ivy is opening a new location in Glasgow
• Inside plans for a new ‘Garden Village’ near one of England’s greatest cities
• One of England’s greatest seaside lidos is set for a huge £4.5 million restoration to stop it falling into the sea
• The best bookshop in every UK region has been crowned for 2026
• A new £3 million museum will create a visitor attraction in this waterside town near London
• HBO Max has launched in the UK: here’s everything you need to know about the newest streamer
• One of Britain’s most famous homes will reopen to the public next week after a major refurb
• The UK’s second-biggest shopping centre is getting a slick £6 million makeover with more independent brands
• The 50 best music festivals in the UK to book for 2026
• The UK’s first multiplex cinema is set to be demolished
• This English seaside city that is the birthplace of the Spitfire will host a year-long celebration of the World War II plane
• Flixbus has launched eight new routes across the UK: full list of new services
• England’s most famous hike finally becomes an official National Trail this week
• Dobbies is relaunching its UK garden centres with food halls
• Hyped steak restaurant brand Flat Iron is opening its first ever location in Scotland
• UK City of Culture 2029: The 9 finalists and why they could win
• Four Henry Moore sculptures are going on display in a park just outside London
• 5 things we learnt from Russell T Davies’s BFI Flare screen talk
• England is set to get seven huge new towns: full list of areas shortlisted for up to 40,000 new homes
• Warning for Brits: UK passport prices are about to go up
• The beautiful, history-filled city that has been named the best place to live in Britain in 2026
• This historic Celtic city is officially one of the most underrated places to visit in Europe
• This coastal landscape just two hours from London has officially become a National Nature Reserve
• A £25 million waterfront project will transform this underrated northern town
• This beautiful animal is officially no longer extinct in the UK
• This countryside afternoon tea has been named one of the world’s greatest things to do in 2026 by TIME magazine
• Where was ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man’ filmed? The real-life filming locations behind the Netflix crime epic
• Dream job alert: live and work on the UK’s most remote inhabited island
• This trendy English seaside town will get even cooler thanks to a new £1.1 million attraction
• Pret is opening its first ever drive-thru location in the UK this spring
• First look: Birmingham is getting a flashy new train station for HS2
• The Queen’s private rooms at this Scottish castle are opening to the public for the first time
• A shiny new £65 million seaside leisure centre is set to be built in Brighton
• The UK’s biggest indoor waterpark is getting a swish refurb
• When do the clocks go forward in 2026? Here’s when British Summer Time officially starts next week
• A huge new £1.5 billion public transport network has been announced for northern England
• It’s official: the world’s 6th most beautiful place is in the UK
• A stunning new £3 million coastal spa break destination has opened in Scotland
• China’s biggest megastore brand is launching in the UK – here’s everything you need to know about the Amazon competitor
• A Claude Monet masterpiece is going on display in this underrated northern art gallery
• Tate has announced its 2027 UK exhibitions – here’s what is coming to art galleries outside London, from the Turner Prize to the grand reopening of Tate Liverpool
• £30 tickets are now on sale for a new affordable train service connecting London and Scotland – here’s the full list of stops
• When is Easter 2026? UK bank holiday dates in April
• The world’s longest coastal path is nearly open: why this 2,700-mile trek in England is 2026’s must-see UK attraction
• The surprise UK city that just beat Berlin and Amsterdam in Time Out’s 2026 ranking of the best cities in the world
• Korn are going on a huge UK arena tour in 2026: dates, presale, ticket prices and everything you need to know
• The 10 brilliant independent music venues competing to be named the best in Britain for 2026
• How to watch the Oscars 2026 in the UK – including start time
• A vast new M&S flagship store is being built near London
• This countryside county has been crowned the best region of the UK for pubs
• This extremely pretty Yorkshire village has had a visitor boom thanks to ‘Wuthering Heights’
• Billy Connolly is now a tour guide at a legendary Glasgow art gallery
• The British zoo that just became home to a rare Sumatran tiger
• Electronic music festival No Art Open Air is returning to Manchester after four years
• Plans have been revealed for the tallest skyscraper in Liverpool – here’s where it will rank among the UK’s biggest buildings
• Cornwall’s famous ‘Doc Martin’ pub is due to reopen
• One of Scotland’s most beloved fish and chip shops is opening its first restaurant in England
• The Pussycat Dolls are going on a massive UK arena tour in 2026: dates, presale, ticket prices and everything you need to know
• This legendary Swiss bakery is opening its first British location this month
• A long-lost Rossetti painting has gone on display in an underrated Midlands museum
• Hugely popular Christmas event Lapland UK has revealed when tickets go on sale for 2026 – here’s what you need to know, including dates and ticket prices
• Where will it snow in the UK this week? Full list of areas set for a blizzard in March
• This new rail station on one of the UK’s busiest train lines is being built next to an old nuclear bunker
• Radio 1’s Big Weekend has revealed its huge headliners for 2026 – here’s everything you need to know, including how to get tickets
• It’s official: the world’s third best city is in the UK
• A brand-new £169 million shopping village is opening in the UK
• Gordon Ramsay is opening a major new countryside restaurant in northwest England
• A new walking trail has launched around one of Cambridge’s most underrated museums
• This budget airline is launching cheap flights from the UK to America this summer
• Famous London strip club Stringfellows is set to open a second venue in the city
• Europe’s first standalone indoor slide park will open in the UK this week
• This underrated city has been slammed as the ‘worst’ in the UK – here’s why it’s actually great
• Popular American restaurant chain Chili’s is set to launch in the UK
• 12 Best Airbnbs on the Isle of Skye for a Rugged Scottish Escape
• In pictures: the fanciest and best-looking dogs at Crufts 2026 in Birmingham’s NEC
• This cherished UK family theme park is getting four new rides
• One of the UK’s most remote and beautiful islands could get a bridge to the mainland
• The best pie in the UK has been crowned at the 2026 British Pie Awards
• The 10 best places to retire in England in 2026
• The Grand Brighton Hotel
• This new British forest just opened its first walking trail
• 2026 is your best chance to see the northern lights in the UK for 10 years – here is Britain’s greatest place to spot aurora borealis (and why you should visit this year)
• First look: Manchester is getting a spectacular new entertainment venue with music, sport, food, drink and more
• A first-of-its-kind floating sauna is launching in this pretty seaside town
• Why the UK sky could turn orange this week as ‘blood rain’ arrives
• 23 British cinemas have been crowned the best places in the world to watch a movie
• How a Co-op supermarket freezer in Sheffield became an unlikely ambient hit
• A new 16,000-capacity football stadium will transform one of England’s greatest cities
• Green Man, one of the UK’s best music festivals, has revealed its huge line-up for 2026 with Wolf Alice, Four Tet and more
• Brewdog is closing 38 bars across the UK: full list of locations shutting (and the ones staying open)
• The greatest Cornish pasty in Britain has been crowned for 2026
• A new bookshop paying tribute to ‘Trainspotting’ has opened in Edinburgh
• This ‘architectural masterpiece’ in Glasgow is set to be rescued and turned into a hotel
• Review: Channel 4’s extraordinary pollution drama ‘Dirty Business’ will leave you steaming
• This major UK airport could get a new public transport link
• The very best gastropubs in the UK for eating and drinking
• Quiz has launched massive clearance sales in shops across the UK: full list of potential store closures
• One of the UK’s greatest stadiums is getting renamed for the first time ever
• Asda is opening 10 standalone George shops across the UK – confirmed locations so far