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I am an oddity, in that I shoot Pentax with is less and less common sadly but their bodies offer huge bang for your buck and they have massive amount of legacy glass available. Their main weakness is for wildlife or sport they have far less telephoto options than say Nikon or Canon, the ones they do have are great but more expensive than rivals. This would keep you busy for a good while until you decide what it is you really enjoy and you wouldn't lost much if you went to sell it in a year:
Pentax KP - £539
https://www.harpersphoto.co.uk/digital-slr-mirrorless-cameras/used-pentax-kp-body.html
Pentax 16-85mm - £264
https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-lenses/pentax-hd-pentax-da-16-85mm-f-3-5-5-6-ed-dc-wr/sku-1179101/
Pentax 35mm f2.4 - £89
https://www.srsmicrosystems.co.uk/dpt/used-equipment/used-pentax-da-35mm-f24-al-lens--1-year-gtee__5150
Pentax 55-300 PLM WR - £280
Can't see one to link at the moment but I paid around that and have seen them going for that in the last week or so
that comes to £1172 so slightly over budget but two of those lenses are weather sealed as well along with the camera which you won't be getting at other price points. Being a DSLR rather mirrorless it will be a little larger though
If you wanted to stick tot he £1k, you could get a K70 which is almost as good as the KP, main difference being the KP has better high ISO capability
K70 -£414
https://www.mpb.com/en-uk/used-equipment/used-photo-and-video/used-digital-slr-cameras/pentax-k-70/sku-1237134/