Where's your favorite place in the UK (apart from London) and why?
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What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
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sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
hi, my friend is studying at cardiff, wales and she said, it is awesome there, two hours by train to london,
I really like the Lake District, as you have beautiful hills, lakes and a sense of wildness that can be hard to find in the UK. There is plenty to do like hiking, riding, sailing and fishing and some great stately homes, a zoo and an aquarium (if you like spooky try Muncaster Castle and you can ride on the miniature train at Ravenglass while you are there!)
I would definitely say its the south downs on the out skirts of Brighton. You can see British nature in its true form, with the most beautiful scenery ever! Worth bringing your cameras!
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We really enjoyed Stratford Upon Avon and the surroundig areas. The Cottswolds are wonderful to visit and it is very central to places like Warwick Castle, Blenhiem Castle, Shakespeare country, and much more and the pople are wonderful!
Stuart
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94- Helen Cater
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Bristol and Bath are great places to visit in the UK. Lots of history and very Jane Austin in Bath. I also love Edinburgh and Dublin as they have some great watering holes and lots of history. The people are really friendly.
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Wales is absolutely beautiful, the mountains, the castles and villages all are amazing. I spent may evenings with my wife atop the cliffs of Dover with a bottle of wine watching the ships going thru the channel. We bought a book of hikes put out by AAA and it had some great ideas.
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sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
never been
95- livelonger
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I've only been to London myself but from what I've seen in pictures, Edinburgh is really gorgeous.
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sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
Stay away from the Midlands.
Yes, it may be Shakespeare country,
But it's a dung heap.
Trust me, I live there.
There is no law, no order, no working police system, no working traffic system, no decency, no decent shops. The whole area is over-rated and over priced. You will not have a good time.
Wales is alright but there is nothing to do there.
Scotland is alright.
Central London is ok, the East End has got trendy and the West End is just plain cool.
Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool - Horrible places.
Nottingham - Gun crime capital of Europe.
Banbury - Teenage Pregnancy capital of Europe.
Basically, go to mainland Europe. The UK is a dump. I'm planning on getting away from here as soon as I possibly can.
Hope that's some help.
Luke.
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The airport for obvious reasons!
99- KCC Big Country
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Just a few of my favorites:
The Lake District around Keswick, Castlerigg Stone Circle (I have a hub about it)
Lyme Regis
Padstow and anywhere in Cornwall
Chester (love the architecture and the mixture of old and new)
Lynmouth & Lynton (hub about there too)
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Bath. Definitely Bath. I lived there one summer while taking a class at the University of Bath, and it was incredible. Aside from all of the interesting things to do in Bath it is just a short train ride to Bristol, London and Salisbury. And I swear The George is the best pub in all of the UK.
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L. Andrew Marr wrote:
sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
Stay away from the Midlands.
Yes, it may be Shakespeare country,
But it's a dung heap.
Trust me, I live there.
There is no law, no order, no working police system, no working traffic system, no decency, no decent shops. The whole area is over-rated and over priced. You will not have a good time.
Wales is alright but there is nothing to do there.
Scotland is alright.
Central London is ok, the East End has got trendy and the West End is just plain cool.
Birmingham, Coventry, Liverpool - Horrible places.
Nottingham - Gun crime capital of Europe.
Banbury - Teenage Pregnancy capital of Europe.
Basically, go to mainland Europe. The UK is a dump. I'm planning on getting away from here as soon as I possibly can.
Hope that's some help.
Luke.I take it you won't be applying for a job promoting the UK with the UK Tourist Board any time soon then?
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Dorset is great - I love the Isle of Purbeck - lovely coastal scenary, moorland, dramatic cliffs - Thomas Hardy set most of his novels there.
KCC is right about the Lake District too!
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Bath
It's the city that doesn't feel like one, it's managed to retain a beauty that most cities lose to a kind of urban cesspit feeling.L. Andrew Marr wrote:
sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
Nottingham - Gun crime capital of Europe.
Let me just put the record straight..
Gun crime is at an all time low (falling by 74% between 2003 and 2006) and the tourism industry is booming.
There were a small number of high-profile cases involving guns that attracted national attention, but the problem was never worse in Nottingham than other big cities like London and Manchester.
At the University of Nottingham after a decline in applications for undergraduate courses, figures are now up. Typically, there are more than 41,000 applicants for just 4,500 places.
It's a great city - I know, I've lived there most of my life.- 71
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Every where I went in Great Britain was really great! What a neat country!
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Any place that serves a cold Bass on draft
sannyasinman wrote:
What other places would you recommend in the UK apart from London?
Hi, come to Marlow in Buckinghamshire, it has the best stretch of river in the UK and it is easy to get to Henley and Windsor,okay? Nell
