| 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? |
Explore the Cumbrian capital with its Roman walls, castle and cathedralCarlisle Attractions Photos
Check-out Neston, Heswall, West Kirkby, Birkenhead, Hoylake, Wallasey and New BrightonThe Wirral Attractions Photos
Steeped in Roman, Saxon and medieval heritage with a modern day reputation as a shoppers’ paradiseChester Attractions Photos
Otherwise known as Cotton Country including Stockport, Oldham, Bolton and BlackburnBlackburn Attractions Photos
Featuring Lancaster Castle, St. Gorge’s Quay, the Maritime Museum and the City & King’s Own MuseumLancaster Attractions Photos
Check-out one of the country’s major cities that boasts a strong arts scene and vibrant night-lifeLiverpool Attractions Photos
Learn about the town’s silk heritage and Jodrell Bank ObservatoryMacclesfield Attractions Photos
Discover Stapely Water Garden, Crewe Heritage Centre, Little Moreton Hall and Mow CopNantwich Attractions Photos
Learn about the Salt Museum, the world’s oldest boat lift at Anderton and Tatton ParkNorthwich Attractions Photos
Including Thomas Telford’s Ellesmere Port docklands, the Boat Museum and Blue Planet AquariumSouth Mersey Attractions Photos
Haydock Park races, the Sankey Brook Navigation and World of Glass Museum uncoveredSt. Helens Attractions Photos
Discover Runcorn, Widnes and the Warrington Museum & Art GalleryWarrington Attractions Photos
Featuring the legendary northern soul nights at Wigan casinoWigan 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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