| 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? |
Derby Museum & Art Gallery, the Industrial Museum at The Silk Mill, Pickford’s House & the cathedralDerby Attractions Photos
Ludlow Castle, the church of St. Laurence and the annual Ludlow FestivalLudlow Attractions Photos
Featuring a Norman cathedral, Longthorpe Tower and the Museum & Art GalleryPeterborough Attractions Photos
Including a cathedral, a castle, the Fossdyke Navigation, the Jew’s House and the Usher GalleryLincoln Attractions Photos
The Ancient High House, the William Salt Museum, the County Museum & Stafford CastleStafford Attractions Photos
The Derwent Valley, the Heights of Abraham and Chatsworth HouseMatlock Attractions Photos
Museums, galleries, shops and waterways abound in England's second largest cityBirmingham Attractions Photos
Discover one of the country’s most contemporary cities & birthplace of D. H. LawrenceNottingham Attractions Photos
Discover Bantock House & Park, Mosley Old Hall, the Walsall Leather Museum & Art GalleryWolverhampton & Walsall Attractions Photos
Discover Buxton’s pleasant, thermal springs and strong musical traditionBuxton Attractions Photos
Tewkesbury Abbey, Corinium Roman fort, Pittville Pump Room and the Gold Cup National Hunt FestivalCheltenham Attractions Photos
Explore the Revolution House, Bolsover Castle and a church with a twisted spireChesterfield Attractions Photos
Featuring the Black Country Living Museum, Dudley Castle & Zoo and the Red House Glass ConeDudley Attractions Photos
Discover the town where both Isaac Newtown and Margaret Thatcher hail fromGrantham Attractions Photos
Discover the former carpet capital of Britain and check-out the attractive town of BridgnorthKidderminster Attractions Photos
Lichfield Cathedral, the Johnsonian Museum, the Bass Museum of Brewing Heritage & Tutbury CastleBurton-on-Trent Attractions Photos
Visit the Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre and discover the legend of Robin HoodMansfield Attractions Photos
Explore the Shropshire Union Canal, the Shropshire Way and Whitchurch Heritage CentreMarket Drayton Attractions Photos
Discover the local gastronomic delights of stilton and pork piesLoughborough Attractions Photos
Discover Gainsborough Old Hall, the Museum of North Lincolnshire and Baysgarth House MuseumGainsborough Attractions Photos
Silverstone, home of the British Grand Prix & Althorp House, childhood home of the Princess of WalesNorthampton Attractions Photos
Spalding Flower Parade, the museum of local history, the Romany Museum and the Church of St. BotolphSpalding Attractions Photos
Featuring the Cotswolds, the Slad Valley and Slimbridge Wildlife & Wetlands CentreGloucester Attractions Photos
Check-out Sutton Park, Tamworth Castle, Drayton Park and SnowdomeSutton Coldfield & Tamworth Attractions Photos
Home of the country’s most popular visitor attraction, Alton TowersUttoxeter Attractions Photos
The Hind Hotel, Broughton House and Wicksteed ParkWellingborough 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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