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Want to make your Easter bucket list a bit more egg-citing?Then hop along to one of the spots here,
Want to make your Easter bucket list a bit more egg-citing?
Then hop along to one of the spots here, listed in a ranking of Britain's top 15 off-the-beaten-track destinations.
This hotlist was identified by Jeep and a team of experts from Ordnance Survey. They are all pinpointed on an interactive 'Get Lost with Jeep Compass' digital map and help form a list of 100 hidden gems.
The top 15 list includes Britain's only desert, a magical wood, a bay with black sand, the home of England's largest grey seal colony and an island that feels like it belongs in a bygone era.
The list follows research by Jeep detailing how nearly a third of UK adults (30 per cent) have explored little of Britain to date – the equivalent of 16million people – yet 80 per cent want to see more of the country. The study found that 24 per cent of Brits have never visited Scotland (13million) and 17 per cent (nine million) have never been to Wales.
Scroll down to see pictures of the top 15 and have your say on the best of the best in MailOnline Travel's poll at the bottom.
Hike up Schiehallion mountain in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and you'll be rewarded with 'breathtaking views of the Scottish Highlands', says Ordnance Survey. OS grid reference: NN 71382 54788
Pictured here is Old Winchester Hill in England's South Downs National Park. The spot is both a nature reserve and an Iron Age hillfort, notes Ordnance Survey, which adds that the area has its own herd of Herdwick sheep, a breed usually only found in the Lake District. OS grid reference: SU 64077 20578
Behold Abereiddy Blue Lagoon near the hamlet of Porthgain in Pembrokeshire, Wales, which is accessible by foot or by sea. Ordnance Survey recommends taking a walk across the nearby cliffs for 'breathtaking views'. OS grid reference: SM 79483 31496
Above is the island of Eilean na Moine, a 'must-visit' for Harry Potter fans, as it provided the location for Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore's grave in the Deathly Hallows Part 2 movie. It's located on Loch Eilt, which Ordnance Survey describes as 'stunning'. OS grid reference: NM 79000 82647
Above is 'pristine' Three Cliffs Bay in Swansea, which is framed by limestone cliffs and boasts a beach with dunes and a salt marsh that OS notes can be explored at low tide. OS grid reference: SS 53498 87797
Tranquil Talisker Bay on the Isle of Skye mesmerises with its black volcanic sands. OS grid reference: NG 30755 30447
LEFT: This is Gaping Gill in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, which yorkshiredales.org.uk points out is one of the largest underground chambers in Britain. The main chamber, it explains, is 129m (423ft) long and 31m (101ft) high. OS Grid Reference: SD 75130 72733. RIGHT: Reelig Glen near Inverness is now Britain's tallest tree with a height of 217.10ft (66.4m). OS grid reference: NH 55727 42941
Ordnance Survey claims that being on the north-west coast of Iona, above, an island in the Inner Hebrides with a population of just 170, 'feels like stepping back in time'. OS grid reference: NM 26307 24671
Chartists Cave in Powys, Wales, is reached via 'a challenging walk from the village of Llangynidr', but there's a reward - 'the best of the Welsh countryside'. OS grid reference: SO 127152
Behold spellbinding Wistman's Wood, a temperate rainforest in Devon's breathtaking Dartmoor National Park. OS grid reference: SX 61447 77874
Blakeney Point in Norfolk is a 'magical place' that's home to England's largest grey seal colony, with over 4,000 pups born each winter. OS grid reference: TG 01075 45966
Above is Watkins Path Pools in Snowdonia - a superb spot for wild swimming, notes OS. OS grid reference: SH 62645 51654
Montgomery Castle, perched on a crag above the Georgian town of Montgomery in Wales, dates back to the 13th century. However, it was demolished in 1649 and has been an eye-catching cluster of ruins ever since. OS grid reference: SO 21883 96830
Dungeness in Kent is sometimes referred to as Britain's only desert. It's a tiny fishing town with a 'surreal' landscape peppered with abandoned boats and fishing huts. There's a disused railway, too. OS grid reference: TR 08901 16953
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