The South West

Bath

The Georgian spa city: Roman water, honey-stone crescents, and a green skyline you can walk in an afternoon

Bristol

Harbourside, the gorge and Banksy's home ground: a working port city reinvented in colour

Dartmouth

Three ferries to Kingswear, a castle at the river mouth, and crab sandwiches on the Embankment

Padstow

Two hobby horses on May Day, a railway line you can now cycle, and a ferry across the Camel estuary

St Ives

The Cornish harbour town that turned its light into an art movement, turquoise beaches and all