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See, do, stay, love the UK. This month: Lottie Storey heads to The Culpeper, London - much more than a pub with rooms

Our regular travel series comes from online UK travel guide This is Your Kingdom, whose handpicked contributors explore favourite places, special finds and great goings on.

You can read about one we love each month in The Simple Things – turn to page 62 of the September issue for more of this urban adventure – and plenty of others at thisisyourkingdom.co.uk.

Lottie Storey is The Simple Things’ digital editor and a contributor to thisisyourkingdom.co.uk. Find her on Instagram @lottie_storey and her Bristol-based travel and lifestyle blog, oysterandpearl.co.uk. 

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Winter beaches: Pubs to watch the waves from

Every blustery winter walk should end hunkered down in a cosy pub with a pie and a pint. Even better, the pub should be by the sea to watch storms roll in and winds whip up the waves as a fire crackles comfortingly beside you.

Try these:

l The Butt and Oyster, Pin Mill, Suffolk

At high tide, the River Orwell reaches the walls of the pub and pints have been known to be handed to sailors through the windows. debeninns.co.uk/buttandoyster

l Pandora Inn, Mylor, Falmouth, Cornwall

Sitting above the Restronquet Creek, this 13th-century pub is the place to perch with a bowl of mussels and watch the tide creep in. Alternatively, wrap up warm and eat outside on the pontoon. pandorainn.com

l The Little Gloster, Gurnard, Isle of Wight

The generous deck looks over the Solent – sit here and watch the yachts drift past or eat in the restaurant and watch the sun set over the horizon. thelittlegloster.com

l The Pilot Inn, Dungeness, Kent 

Head here after a tramp along the UK’s biggest (and most atmospheric) shingle spit for fish, chips and mushy peas. thepilotdungeness.co.uk

l The Harbour Inn, Solva, Pembrokeshire

Sitting above the harbour in Solva National Park, this pub is rambler (and dog) friendly providing a comfortable stop-off along the coastal path. harbourinnsolva.com

Turn to page 64 of February's The Simple Things to read Clare Gogerty's piece on the invigorating yet melancholy pleasures of winter beaches.

Read more: 

From the February issue

The essential winter beach kit

Islands of adventure: Britain's coastline

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