Train travel: Easter holiday ideas

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According to VisitBritain.org, 20% of adults in Britain definitely plan to take a holiday in the UK at Easter time. This equates to around 11 million adults.

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00:00It's always really popular with daytrippers at Easter and people travelling for a few

00:06days away, so we're looking forward to taking our customers for some fun days out.

00:11At the moment we can see our most popular journeys over Easter look like from London

00:15Kings Cross to Leeds to York and to Edinburgh. You'll know that all of these are really great

00:20vibrant cities, loads to see and do, and of course we've got 54 destinations between Inverness

00:26and Aberdeen and London Kings Cross, so lots of opportunity and lots of places to visit

00:31this Easter.

00:32Liverpool is hosting Easter themed events at menus such as the World Museum, where families

00:38can enjoy special exhibitions and interactive workshops throughout the Easter weekend.

00:43For an alternative option, Birmingham's Botanical Gardens will feature guided nature walks and

00:49seasonal events suitable for visitors of all ages, ensuring an engaging and relaxing Easter

00:55break for all the family.

00:57Well I think one of the most popular things this Easter might be right here in York, which

01:00is where I'm talking to you from today, where there is an Easter chocolate festival. It's

01:06an annual festival in York and you can really get your Easter chocolate fix there if you

01:10haven't got enough Easter eggs already. There'll be market stalls with chocolate, there's a

01:14taste trail and it's a five day event, so plenty of time to get to York to enjoy the

01:19chocolate.

01:20If you're a bit chocolated out by Easter already though, there's plenty of other things. We've

01:24got kind of seaside resorts, you can go and take your bucket and spade and get some fish

01:29and chips in Edinburgh. You can go to Portobello, you can go to Tynemouth via Newcastle and

01:33then loads of other things you can do, you know kind of green spaces in Lincoln or Harrogate

01:38and there's the, of course if you like wildlife and the animal kingdom, in Doncaster and Hull

01:43we've got Yorkshire Wildlife Park and The Deep, both of which are very popular over Easter.

01:47Have you got any tips for people? I know sometimes it can be a little bit intimidating to just

01:54go on train travel websites.

01:56Keeping trips affordable is really important for people, I know, especially if you're travelling

01:59with a family. Book early is the number one thing. The earlier you book, the better prices

02:04you're going to get. So there are lots of different ways of making sure you get the

02:07real best value to enjoy that train trip.

02:10According to visitbritain.org, 20% of adults in Britain definitely plan to take a holiday

02:15in the UK at Easter time. This equates to around 11 million adults. Other tips for train

02:21travel include travelling at quieter times, like on weekdays, or by taking your own food

02:26and drink to help save money when at the train station.

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