Fabulous Bingo has discovered and ranked 44 of the most popular romantic honeymoon hotspots, and Tenby comes joint third.
With approximately 74,000 monthly searches in the UK per month, Tenby, Pembrokeshire in Wales and Beer, Devon in England rank jointly as the UK’s third most popular honeymoon destination.
Tenby in Wales offers a beautiful combination of stunning scenery, a charming seaside town with a picturesque harbour, and a variety of shops and restaurants. Whilst the picture perfect fishing village of Beer offers stunning views of the sea and its beaches which are perfect for romantic walks and picnics.
The Isles of Scilly, off the Cornish coast in England has been ranked the second most popular destination to honeymoon in the UK, with on average 90,500 monthly searches nationwide! The Isles of Scilly oozes romance as it’s renowned for its crystal-clear waters, white sandy beaches and wildflower covered hillsides.
However, the UK’s most popular destination for newlyweds is back in Wales. It’s Portmeirion in Gwynedd, with 110,000 average monthly Google searches, due to its beautiful, romantic setting surrounded by stunning coastal scenery. The village is home to a number of unique attractions including a beautiful beach, secluded gardens and wooded trails and castle-like Italianate village.
Fabulous Bingo sought to uncover the most popular honeymoon destinations in the UK. To do this, an analysis was conducted, having referred to articles displaying the ‘prettiest’ locations mapped nationwide including FBM Holidays, Condé Nast Traveller and Which to form a combined seed list of the most romantic honeymoon destinations in the UK. A total of 44 locations were identified and investigated. To determine which honeymoon destination is most popular, Fabulous Bingo utilised Google search volume which is an average per month, having searched for the name of the location only. Research was collected August 2023 and accurate as of then, and therefore subject to change.
UK’s most romantic honeymoon destinations revealed
- Portmeirion Gwynedd Wales Village Monthly Search Average: 110,000 Rank: 1
- Isles of Scilly Cornwall England Archipelago 90,500 2
- Beer Devon England Village 74,000 3
- Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales Town 74,000 3
- Keswick Lake District England Town 49,500 5
- Castle Combe Cotswolds England Village 49,500 5
- Robin Hood’s Bay North Yorkshire England Village 49,500 5
- Polperro Cornwall England Village 27,100 8
- Bibury Gloucestershire England Village 27,100 8
- Staithes North Yorkshire England Village 27,100 8
- Castleton Derbyshire England Village 22,200 11
- Beaulieu Hampshire England Village 22,200 11
- Grasmere Cumbria England Village 18,100 13
- Shaftesbury Dorset England Town 18,100 13
- Avebury Wiltshire England Village 18,100 13
- Malton Yorkshire England Town 18,100 13
- Bowness-on-Windermere Cumbria England Town 14,800 17
- Llanberis Gwynedd Wales Village 14,800 17
- Mousehole Cornwall England Village 14,800 17
- Tobermory Isle of Mull Scotland Burgh 14,800 17
- Portree Isle Of Skye Scotland Town 14,800 17
- Lavenham Suffolk England Village 14,800 17
- Hawes Yorkshire England Town 12,100 23
- Alnmouth Northumberland England Village 12,100 23
- Hawkshead Cumbria England Village 9,900 25
- Cartmel Cumbria England Village 9,900 25
- Plockton Highlands Scotland Village 9,900 25
- Burnham Market Norfolk England Village 9,900 25
- Lacock Wiltshire England Village 9,900 25
- Painswick Gloucestershire England Town 8,100 30
- Crail Fife Scotland Burgh 6,600 31
- Solva Pembrokeshire Wales Village 5,400 32
- Orford Suffolk England Village 5,400 32
- Hutton le Hole North Yorkshire England Village 4,400 34
- Hambleton Rutland England Village 3,600 35
- Helford Cornwall England Village 3,600 35
- Portloe Cornwall England Village 2,900 37
- Cushendun County Antrim Northern Ireland Village 1,900 38
- Mells Somerset England Village 1,300 39
- Lurgashall Sussex England Village 1,000 40
- Groomsport County Down Northern Ireland Village 1,000 40
- Southrop Gloucestershire England Village 720 42
- Powerstock Dorset England Village 480 43
- South Pool Devon England Village 320 44