Must-see attractions in Great Britain

  • Eilean Donan Castle

    North & West Coast

    Photogenically sited at the entrance to Loch Duich, Eilean Donan is one of Scotland’s most evocative castles and must now be represented in millions of…

  • Bamburgh Castle

    Bamburgh Castle

    Northumberland Coast

    Northumberland's most dramatic castle was built around a powerful 11th-century Norman keep by Henry II. The castle played a key role in the border wars of…

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    St George's Hall

    Liverpool

    Liverpool's most impressive building is the Grade I–listed St George's Hall, a magnificent example of neoclassical architecture that is as imposing today…

  • Ham House

    Ham House

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    Known as ‘Hampton Court in miniature’, much haunted red-brick Ham House was built in 1610 and became home to the first Earl of Dysart, unluckily employed…

  • Caerhays Castle

    Caerhays Castle

    South Cornwall

    On the hills above the gentle crescent of Porthluney Beach, this crenellated country mansion was originally built for the Trevanions and later remodelled…

  • St Ives, UK - July 2019: Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden

    Barbara Hepworth Museum

    St Ives

    Barbara Hepworth (1903–75) was one of the leading abstract sculptors of the 20th century and a key figure in the St Ives art scene. Her studio on Barnoon…

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    Callanish Standing Stones

    Outer Hebrides

    The Callanish Standing Stones, 15 miles west of Stornoway on the A858 road, form one of the most complete stone circles in Britain. It is one of the most…

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    Radcliffe Camera

    Oxford

    Surely Oxford’s most photographed landmark, the sandy-gold Radcliffe Camera is a beautiful, light-filled, circular, columned library. Built between 1737…

  • Wooden bridge at Ravine pond in spring, Wimbledon Common.

    Wimbledon Common

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    Surging on into Putney Heath, Wimbledon Common blankets a staggering 460 hectares of southwest London. An astonishing expanse of open, wild and wooded…

  • The gothic cathedral in Chester, UK

    Chester Cathedral

    Chester

    Chester Cathedral was originally a Benedictine abbey built on the remains of an earlier Saxon church dedicated to St Werburgh (the city's patron saint);…

  • Manchester, United Kingdom - April 22, 2013: People visit John Rylands Library on April 22, 2013 in Manchester, UK. The library opened to public in 1900 and is a Grade I Listed building.

    John Rylands Library

    Manchester

    Less a library and more a cathedral to books, Basil Champneys' stunning building is a breathtaking example of Victorian Gothic, no more so than the…

  • London Transport Museum

    London Transport Museum

    The West End

    Housed in Covent Garden's former flower-market building, this captivating museum looks at how London developed as a result of better transport. It's…

  • Jarlshof

    Shetland

    Old and new collide here, with Sumburgh airport right by this picturesque, instructive archaeological site. Various periods of occupation from 2500 BC to…

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    Manx Museum & National Art Gallery

    Isle of Man

    This modern museum begins with an introductory film to the island's 10,000-year history and then races through it, making various stops including Viking…

  • Liverpool, United Kingdom - November 05, 2017: Front view of the Roman Catholic Cathedral with stained glass panels at the base of the steps in the foreground, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, Western Europe.
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    Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King

    Liverpool

    Known colloquially as Paddy's Wigwam, Liverpool's Catholic cathedral is a mightily impressive modern building that looks like a soaring concrete teepee,…

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    Barley Hall

    York

    This restored medieval townhouse, tucked down an alleyway, includes a permanent exhibition of life in the times of Henry VIII. It was once the home of…

  • Lauriston Castle, parts of which date back to the 15th century

    Lauriston Castle

    Edinburgh

    Lauriston Castle has one of the most remarkable Edwardian interiors in Scotland, with elements dating back to the 16th century. Gifted to the nation in…

  • Sandbar, known as a tombolo, connecting St Ninian's Isle with the mainland of the Shetland Islands off the north of Scotland.

    St Ninian's Isle

    Shetland

    A couple of miles beyond Bigton is the largest shell-and-sand tombolo (sand or gravel isthmus) in Britain. Walk across to beautiful, emerald-capped St…

  • Holy Trinity Church on the banks of the river Avon in Stratford upon Avon, UK.  The grave of playright William Shakespeare is in the church.

    Holy Trinity Church

    Stratford-upon-Avon

    The final resting place of the Bard, where he was also baptised and where he worshipped, is said to be the most visited parish church in England. Inside…

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    Town Hall

    Manchester

    Manchester's most impressive building is the Grade I–listed town hall, completed in 1877 after a design by Alfred Waterhouse. The Great Hall is decorated…

  • Temperate House on the grounds of Kew Gardens, Richmond, London.

    Temperate House

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    Built in 1860 and closed for vital restoration work until 2018, the beautiful Temperate House in the southeast of Kew Gardens is the world’s largest…

  • Chiswick House

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    Designed by the third Earl of Burlington (1694–1753) – fired up with passion for all things Roman after his grand tour of Italy – this stunner of a neo…

  • Royal Albert Hall

    Kensington & Hyde Park

    Built in 1871, thanks in part to the proceeds of the 1851 Great Exhibition organised by Prince Albert (Queen Victoria's husband), this huge, domed, red…

  • Castlerigg stone circle near Keswick in the English Lake District.

    Castlerigg Stone Circle

    Keswick

    Set on a hilltop a mile east of town, this jaw-dropping stone circle consists of 48 stones that are between 3000 and 4000 years old, surrounded by a…

  • Waddesdon Manor

    Oxford & the Cotswolds

    A remarkable French Renaissance chateau-style fairy-tale palace, Waddesdon Manor was completed in 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, who wanted to…

  • Hatfield House

    Oxford & the Cotswolds

    For over 400 years Hatfield House has been home to the Cecils, one of England’s most influential political families. This magnificent Jacobean mansion was…

  • Three Cliffs Bay

    Swansea, The Gower & Carmarthenshire

    Three Cliffs Bay is named for the pyramid-like, triple-pointed crag pierced by a natural arch that juts out into the water at its eastern point. It's…

  • Raglan Castle

    Southeast Wales

    The last great medieval castle to be built in Wales, Raglan was designed more as a swaggering declaration of wealth and power than a defensive fortress. A…

  • Hardwick Hall

    The Midlands & the Marches

    One of the most complete Elizabethan mansions in the country, Hardwick Hall was designed by eminent architect Robert Smythson. The hall featured all the…

  • Hogarth’s House

    Richmond, Kew & Hampton Court

    Home between 1749 and 1764 to artist and social commentator William Hogarth, this small house displays his caricatures and engravings, with such works as…

  • Welsh Mining Experience

    Southeast Wales

    Until its last pit closed in 1990, the Rhondda Valley was synonymous with coal mining. That industrial heritage is celebrated within the buildings of the…

  • St Winefride's Well

    Snowdonia & the Llŷn

    Marking the site at which St Winefride was supposedly martyred (and revived by her uncle, St Bueno) is the holy well which gave the town its name. It's…

  • Mawddach Estuary

    Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)

    The Mawddach Estuary is a striking sight, flanked by woodlands, wetlands and the mountains of southern Snowdonia. There are two Royal Society for the…

  • Trebah Garden

    South Cornwall

    Trebah Garden was planted in 1840 by Charles Fox, younger brother of Alfred, who established nearby Glendurgan Garden. It's less formal, with gigantic…

  • Mackintosh at the Willow

    Glasgow

    Opened in 2018, this reconstruction of the original Willow tearoom that Mackintosh designed and furnished in the early 20th century for restaurateur Kate…

  • Pendennis Castle

    South Cornwall

    Designed in tandem with its sister castle in St Mawes across the estuary, this Tudor castle sits proudly on Pendennis Point, and was built as part of…

  • i360 Tower

    Brighton & Hove

    Brighton’s newest attraction opened in 2016, at the point the now defunct West Pier used to make landfall. The world’s most slender tower is a brutal,…

  • Speke Hall

    Liverpool

    A marvellous example of an Elizabethan half-timbered hall, Speke Hall is filled with gorgeously timbered and plastered rooms. The house contains several …

  • Truro Cathedral

    South Cornwall

    Built on the site of a 16th-century parish church in soaring Gothic Revival style, Truro Cathedral was completed in 1910, making it the first cathedral…

  • Secret Wartime Tunnels

    Dover

    The biggest draw at Dover Castle is the secret wartime tunnels. The claustrophobic chalk-hewn passageways were excavated during the Napoleonic Wars and…

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