The incredible sky-blue lake less than an hour's journey from London

St Andrews Lakes is breathtakingly blue and less than an hour from London. (Image: St Andrews Lakes) As the UK experiences heatwaves of up to 30C in the capital, Londoners are scrambling to find ways to enjoy the outdoors. Instead of searching for cheap flights out of the country, there's a pristine lake just down the road.

St Andrews Lakes offers all the holiday feels without straying too far from London. function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.createElement('script');el.

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(Image: Getty) This stunning blue lake is just a motorway trip away from London. Form.