Cheap weekend break outside London - Where to go?

southernrailway.com are offering discount fares, bookable up until Sunday. They operate a few routes out of London, Brighton included, so you might bag yourself a bargain. Please bear in mind that the website is a little overloaded at the moment due to increased volume of users, it make take a couple of attempts to find tickets.

For hotels try Octopus travel who have loads of good deals. For trains you'll need to pick your destination first and then find the cheapest deal from whichever train company goes there.