Help me choose a place in the UK...

In a nutshell folks I need to take the other half away for our anniversary,

We're a bit cash strapped after moving into our new place, but we fancy three days away somewhere with decent food, wine and things to see.
I'm happy with UK and i'd be keen to hear suggestions on nice places to head to in August,

so does anyone have any recommendations?

The New Forest is nice, there's loads of places to camp and keep costs down, the area around Lymington and the surrounding coastal towns is nice to walk around and have cream teas and go for a drink/meal in one of the many pubs. Plus little horses running around! You can hire bikes and bosh about on trails in the forest.

Cornwall is a good shout, Falmouth is ace, lots of independent shops, ace pubs, third largest natural harbour in the world and PASTIES!!

Skeggy

With or without bikes. How you travelling.

Been looking into the caladonian overnight train.
Euston to Fort William overnight, travel lodge/premier in there and they do multi night deals, or hotels, expect £80+ for hotels, B&B's around £50-70 a night, enough places to eat out.
Central hub for transport so buses around the area are good and train links.

If your lucky you see Eagles and sea otters which is more exciting than the wildlife in the west country.

We swear by Under the Thatch, if you want a remote cottage kinda thing.

Great for walking, cycling, swimming in rivers, finding farm shops and spending all day/evening cooking up a storm... etc.
But by virtue of the remotenesses, not so good for museums and 'activities'. Kinda need a car too.

newquay/torquay !! nice beaches, treks, caves and see the stars at night! nice wine and dine resturants around too!

Thanks for the thoughts folks,

We spent a week just outside Newqauy in early May, We love the place and i'm thinking of finding a cheap b&b for a few days in St Ives or Padstow, so agreed with @AE86 and @Cazakstan the whole area is awesome and I even found Gluten free Pastys last time!

We're going sans bikes as her Pashley is too big to fit in my little car, She's been looking at Somerset but i'm keen to spend a few days near the sea if possible, It's good for ones health i believe!

Cheddar Gorge is nice if you decide on Somerset there's plenty to do with the caves , nice cheese and ice cream and a big reservoir that's great for a decent walk around . We were there recently and thoroughly enjoyed it .

Hadn't thought about Cheddar Gorge! Good shout, I bloody love caves and the roads are meant to be ace for a little bit of "spirited" driving

Hire a canal boat - everwhere looks good, even Milton Keynes.

st ives and padstow in august are pretty full on, personally i would steer well clear. you cant even park in st ives during august let alone get a table for dinner (or book now). if you are taking a car maybe check out places just outside of the big towns, St Just or Zennor, i bet you could get a much nicer place with amazing views for cheaper.

Or check out places on the Lizard, it's particularly beautiful there. Coverack and Helford are really lovely.

this place is amazing - you have to cook though! http://www.dyffrynfernant.co.uk/cottage/

or this place - walk straight out onto the Coastal Path - amazing beaches.
http://www.nationaltrustholidays.org.uk/holiday-cottage/byre-1-pembroke-pembrokeshire/

I'd +1 for Cornwall but stay clear of St.Ives/Padstow/Newquay and generally all the busy places in July and August as they'll be rammed and it can be frustrating trying to do the simplest things.

We tend to go down there a few times a year and go to Mawgan Porth, Polzeath and Gwithian in our campervan. You could get a self catered place on the North Coast (possibly Air BnB entire place kind of thing) or even camp! You can go walking and surfing and cook some nice food on the beach with a barbecue in the evening. Much prefer the North Coast, more rugged and can be less touristy as opposed to the quintessential harbour towns like St Ives, Falmouth and Mousehole.

Pembrokeshire is awesome as well. Can recommend the Druidstone Hotel near Little Haven (they have cottages as well) as we got married there. Plenty of walking and a great place to relax, its proper quirky but amazing at the same time.

This is so true, such a nice way to spend a few days.

+1 for Pembrokeshire,
I spent the weekend in Tenby last year with work on a triathlon thing, Stunning place even when filled with triathletes!

She's started eyeing up a hotel spa thing in Portsmouth - so if that's a go i'll need to look up decent food places for the weekend.

As you can probably tell I'm happy to take her wherever she tells me wants to go.

If you are thinking of Somerset - I would recommend the Pig near Bath: http://www.thepighotel.com/near-bath/explore/

Or for the New Forest - the original Pig in Brockenhurst

Or, if you are thinking of Spa places. You couldn't do much better than The Scarlet in Cornwall in my opinion.

Could even do Bath, stay in a nice hotel in the city then go to the Thermae Spa. You can do a sunset thingy in their rooftop pool which is supposed to be nice. And, Bath and a lovely city.

the gower peninsular

the north norfolk coast

the isle of skye

anglesey

alderney

scilly isles

+1 Gower or pembrokeshire

the black isle