Remote UK suggestions

janestheone Lucky you! I always wanted to go & just loved Orkney. DH was also overwhelmed by the loveliness & the archaeology.

I can highly recommend New Quay in westerly mid- Wales. It's like going back in time. Wonderful, evergreen memories,
un-spoilt, green & timeless.😎

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Radnor in mid Wales is very remote, hardly any tourists and a beautiful area for walking. It borders Shropshire, which also has many lovely remote areas.

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Orkney! I’ve just been there, and it is magical. You can take your car across on the ferry from Scrabster or Aberdeen if you really want to

Other remote places for me include Northumbria - I fondly remember a place called - 'Happy Valley'. There are some Military Training Areas nearby - so never forget you might meet a gigantic army Tank sometime!
Further South, there's the Highest Market Town in England at Alston in Cumbria. A former Lead-Mining district in the North Pennines. I wouldn't go so far as to say it's a beautiful area - rather open, crisp, clear - and not many tourists. On the walker's 'Pennine Way' .
Further South still is Appleby -so long as you don't go there the pair of the fortnights either side of The First Week of June - when the Town is the "Mecca" for the nations gypsies ( those 14-day periods would still see them either departing of arriving the Town with their caravans ) - but the Teesdale, Lune Forest & Moorland areas have an empty beauty of their own. Again, "The Army's here" over at Warcop. Be prepared for Tanks & Marching Troops around there😮.

Skye is marvellous.
If you don't want to drive all the way up - you could catch a Train to Mallaig- or Fort William & rent a little runabout car from there ?
The most remote place I've stayed - was a small caravan/campsite at Applecross. This hamlet is on the mainland of Scotland, due East from the Isle Of Raasay. The "C' road to get there goes up-and-over "The Pass of the Cattle" - a
very steep, very twisty - so go V. slowly and carefully-controlled, and never when there might be a hint of frost in Autumn/Springtime.
If you really wished to get there- you can buy it's another 30miles/one hour's drive as well .
Just across from the Sleat region of the Isle of Skye, there's the Knoydart peninsula - a Wildlife haven with no roads - getting there means a short sea crossing from Mallaig or Tarbet- with one's tent & food. You will have to inform some folk what your general intentions would be- I don't know about Mobile Phone signals just there !

This is about remote as you can get, car is not a option www.corrour.co.uk/station-house/

Kintyre Peninsula. Take a ferry to the Island of Gigha. Beautiful.

Shetland. The most beautiful of places. Lots to see and do. Fabulous people, incredible wildlife, you might even see otters or Orcas. Start in Lerwick as you get off the overnight boat from Aberdeen, head on up to Yell, via ro-ro ferry, then on to Unst, The Island Above All Others, again by ro-ro. Visit the gin distillery and the Valhalla Brewery, iron age village at Sumburgh, see the puffins, watch the seals, have lunch at Victoria's Vintage Tearoom, over looking Haroldswick Bay.

Dumfries and Galloway is beautiful - I know, I live there! Even at the height of summer when us locals are having a wee moan about it being busy it is absolutely nothing like other tourist hotshots! Glorious beaches, gorgeous forest, amazing countryside, etc. Be warned - some places do shut for half days, cafes may well still close before 4.30pm and be prepared to ger stuck behind tractors farmers moving beasts!

I second Northumberland . When I was a child my parents rented a cottage in the Cheviot hills for several holidays . It was beautiful, even as a 10yo I appreciated it. Wooler was the nearest big town . We visited Alnwick obviously pre Harry Potter. The Farne islands . And Berwick upon Tweed amongst others . The coastline is stunning albeit cold but as kids we didn’t care about the cold.

DS and DiL had a week on the Solway Firthin Cumbria last year. They both said it was absolutely glorious (photos bore that out) but DiL said it was a bit too remote for her. Kielder is enormous and (sp) is indeed very remote. Anywhere around Otterburn is too. A good place for dark sky experiences.

I was going to suggest Northumberland too. Keilder has a dark skies observatory.
Ford and Etal are beautiful.
There are some lovely areas in Co Durham, Weardale is very picturesque.

I love Skye but can be very midge infested in the Summer. We loved it at Eastertime.
Northumberland has some fabulous coastal scenery.

Northumberland is beautiful. Wooler has good facilities and restaurants. Ford B&B plus shop & cafe is excellent.

You will sruggle to find anywhere remotely nowadays, the public gets everywhere. If they aren't motoring, mobile homing, they are cycling or traipsing over on foot. Even the islands that need ferries, boats are not excluded. Top of a luxury towerblock pethaps!

I love Northumberland but am going to suggest mid Argyll and Kintyre as well. Islay and Campbeltown are accessible by road, bus and plane, Islay also by ferry. Long drive though to get to both.

IoMan. Go by Seacat from Liverpool , runs Easter to autumn. A recent discovery when family moved there. Somewhat quaint and steeped in tradition , with beautiful scenery and good transport including trams .

Skye and
Mull. Also a visit to Iona is imperative.

Isle of Wight.

Ditto - walked Offa’s Dyke last year and couldn’t believe how gorgeous the Shropshire Hills were. Barely saw anyone and couldn’t even hear cars. Only sheep and birds.
For remote accommodation, try some of the Landmark Trust properties.

Northumberland… not been but would really like to go and accessible using public transport…

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The Trough of Bowland is beautiful - and not crowded.

Wales the Llanidloes area, Llanbrynmair, Penffordlas (can't get more remote than here).