| 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? |
Hampton Court Palace and Riverside Gardens have to be the highlight of this localityKingston Attractions Photos
The Hitchin Museum, Letchworth Museum & Art Gallery, the Shuttleworth Collection & HQ of the RSPBLetchworth Attractions Photos
Florence Nightingale’s home, Claydon House, Stowe Gardens, Bletchley Park & Woburn Safari ParkBuckingham Attractions Photos
Discover Henley home to the world’s most prestigious amateur rowing event, the Royal RegattaHenley Attractions Photos
Brooklands Museum of Racing Cars & Aviation, Staffhurst College & Runnymede MeadowWeybridge Attractions Photos
Featuring the Verulamium Museum, Hatfield House, the Rose Gardens and St. Alban’s cathedralSt Albans Attractions Photos
The County Museum, Pistone & Brill windmills, the Grand Union Canal & a National Nature ReserveAylesbury Attractions Photos
Discover the Bunyan Museum, the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery, Bronham Mill and Wrest ParkBedford Attractions Photos
Discover the impact of the Great Western Railway on the Oxfordshire town of DidcotAbingdon Attractions Photos
A guide to Hemel Hempstead & Watford, covering Bushey, Croxley Green, Bedmond and AmershamH'Hempstead Attractions Photos
Guide to the Chiltern’s including Bourne End, Chalfont St Giles & Chalfont St PeterChiltern Hills Attractions Photos
Luton Hoo, the Luton Museum and Art Gallery, Whipsnade Wild Animal Park & Leighton Buzzard RailwayLuton Attractions Photos
Check-out one of the country’s great summer music festivalsBerkshire Attractions Photos
Cashed-up corner of Essex where deep tans, long talons & a good dose of ‘bling’ are de rigeurRomford Attractions Photos
Discover Knebworth House and Scott’s Grotto at WareStevenage Attractions Photos
King Alfred birthplace, the Ridgeway, Tom Brown’s School Museum & the White Horse chalk carvingWantage 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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