Eight great trips for the long bank holiday weekends

With four public holidays over the next two months, we pick exciting breaks in town and country in the UK, France and the Netherlands

Culture in Hull
For a last-minute Easter getaway, a city break offers more choice and less chance of places being booked up. The UK’s 2017 City of Culture, Hull is an interesting, multifaceted destination. There are leaflets of trails at the tourist kiosk at the railway station for exploring Hull’s Old Town, which has become a popular film location: it stood in for wartime London in TV shows such as The Crown.