| The UK's cities and towns are as varied and diverse as the people who inhabit them. Packed with world class museums, galleries, theatres, cinemas, restaurants and hotels, you'll always find something to do when you're tired of strolling and soaking up the atmosphere, so why not check out our guides and discover urban Britain? |
King's Road, Brompton Cross, Victoria & Albert Museum, Natural History MuseumChelsea Attractions Photos
Fulham is a very well-to-do area, Earl's Court is known for its Exhibition CentreEarl's Court Attractions Photos
Battersea Park & Children's Zoo, Battersea Power Station, Clapham CommonBattersea & Clapham Attractions Photos
Winchmore Hill, Bounds Green, Grovelands Park, Palmers GreenBounds Green Attractions Photos
Visit the colourful Carribbean markets and hip bars of vibrant BrixtonBrixton Attractions Photos
Denmark Hill, Camberwell, Kennington, Elephant & CastleLambeth Attractions Photos
Catford, Lewisham, Brockley, Peckham, Rotherhithe, East BermondseyCatford Attractions Photos
Smithfields, Hatton Garden, Sadlers Wells and the Marx Memorial LibraryClerkenwell Attractions Photos
Trafalgar Square, the National Gallery, Covent Garden, the Strand, the Embankment & the AldwychCovent Garden Attractions Photos
Docklands, Isle of Dogs, Canary Wharf, WappingBow & Dockalnds Attractions Photos
Ealing, Shepherd's Bush, White City, Television Centre and Ealing StudiosEaling Attractions Photos
Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, St.Paul's Cathedral one of the most beautiful churches in Europe.Blackfriars Attractions Photos
Blackheath, Greenwich, Cutty Sark, National Maritime MuseumGreenwich Attractions Photos
Hammersmith, the London Ark, Brackenbury Village, Chiswick, Chiswick Mall, Hogarth HouseChiswick Attractions Photos
Hampstead Heath, Hampstead Bathing Ponds, Kendwood House, Dartmouth ParkBelsize Park Attractions Photos
Highbury Fields, Holloway, Tufnell Park, Stoke NewingtonHolloway Attractions Photos
Leytonstone, Walthamstow, Chingford, Epping ForestLeytonstone Attractions Photos
Paddington, Maida Vale, Warwick Avenue, Little VeniceMaida Vale Attractions Photos
Alexandra Palace, Crouch End, Muswell Hill, Hornsey, Finsbury ParkMuswell Hill Attractions Photos
Notting Hill, Holland Park, Portobello Market, Notting Hill CarnivalNotting Hill & Kensington Attractions Photos
Shoreditch, Spitalfields, Hoxton, lie at the heart of alternative LondonShoreditch Attractions Photos
South Bank, County Hall, London Eye, Millennium Mile, Imperial War Museum, Tate ModernWaterloo Attractions Photos
Streatham, Tooting Bec, Tooting Broadway, Tooting LidoTooting Attractions Photos
Seven Sisters, Tottenham, Bruce Castle, Edmonton, Wood GreenTottenham Attractions Photos
Piccadilly Circus, Soho, Oxford Street, Bond Street, Mayfair - The Heart of LondonLondon West End Attractions Photos
West Ham, East Ham, Stratford, Forest Gate, Lea ValleyWest Ham Attractions Photos
Westminster Abbey, the Houses of Parliament, Victoria, St. James' Park, Buckingham PalaceVictoria Attractions Photos
| London - "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life" wrote Samuel Johnson. From Soho to the East End, Brixton to Notting Hill, London doesn’t disappoint. Edinburgh - The beautiful Georgian and Victorian architecture with imposing Castle Rock, Arthur’s Seat and Pentland Hills make Edinburgh one of the most dramatic cities in Britain. Glasgow has a tough image and prides itself on being the most Scottish of cities. It earned a reputation for violence and high unemployment but now has a well-deserved name as a city of arts and culture. Manchester - in the last 20 years, as the run down, post-industrial waste of Manchester has been transformed into one of the country’s most vibrant cities with a music scene second to none. Liverpool, home of the Beatles and European City of Culture 2008, Liverpool has a wonderful array of galleries, theatres, and performance spaces Birmingham is England’s second largest city with a great selection of galleries, museums, exhibition spaces and sports venues; its Bull Ring is one of Europe’s best shopping destinations and the NEC is one of the UK’s premier venues. Newcastle - Tyneside is another late 20th century success story; like so many other northern industrial cities it had to endure a sharp decline before the good times rolled again. The new Gaeshead Quays boast a cutting edge contemporary art space, a ground-breaking music centre, and the futuristic Millennium Bridge. Leeds – the old centre of the Yorkshire cloth trade, Leeds is a far cry from cloth caps and whippets. Designer shops, and trendy bars are now very much part of the Leeds’ experience. And for those in search of something a little more highbrow, there is a great selection of theatres, museums and galleries. Brighton – Bohemian Brighton, a first stop for Londoners less than an hour away by train, is a mixture of sophistication, dreadlocks and traditional English seaside. Bath - Despite nestling between the Cotswolds and the Mendips it is not the gorgeous countryside that draws visitors to this ancient city but the vast wealth of glorious heritage sites. The Romans put the place squarely on the map when they built their grand baths. Bristol - head to Clifton where grand, Regency buildings line steep, winding hills that lead to one of the city’s most celebrated sights, Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Clifton Suspension Bridge. Belfast - Belfast’s history of bandits and unrest is a far cry from the transformation to glitz and boutique style glamour in this peace reformed city. |
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