This article contains affiliate links. We may earn a small commission on items purchased through this article, but that does not affect our editorial judgement. Seeing the Northern Lights from the Isle of Skye has been named the top must-do UK staycation experience, according to research.
The spectacle, also known as the aurora borealis, is more frequently visible from Scotland when conditions are right - including limited light pollution and strong solar activity. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Lancashire Evening Post, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. A study, of 2,000 adults, also saw the Eden Project in Cornwall, the Titanic Museum in Belfast, and Stonehenge in Wiltshire, among the top 30 things to see and do within the UK.
Also on the list was a trip to the home of spectacular caves, cliffs, and Cheddar cheese - Cheddar Gorge, in Somerset. The 84-mile round-trip on the Jacobsite Steam Train from Fort William to Mallaig in Scotland, which takes you across the Glenfinnan viaduct as seen in Harry Potter, similarly ranked within the top 10. The must-do activities that should be on the nation’s bucket list was compiled by UK travel expert, Richard Madden, and Sykes Holiday Cottages, which commissioned the research.
Advertisement Advertisement It found more than eight in 10 (81 per cent) feel you don’t have to travel to far-.
