Must-see attractions in The United Kingdom

  • Snowshill Manor & Garden

    The Cotswolds

    Once home to eccentric poet and architect Charles Paget Wade (1883–1956), this wonderful medieval mansion stands just over 2 miles south of Broadway. It…

  • Spar Cave

    Skye

    Just east of Elgol is the Spar Cave, famously visited by Sir Walter Scott in 1814 and mentioned in his poem 'Lord of the Isles'. The 80m-deep cave is wild…

  • Eros Statue

    The West End

    At the centre of Piccadilly Circus stands the famous statue (Alfred Gilbert, 1893) called Eros but actually modelled on Anteros, his twin brother. To add…

  • Brighton Museum & Art Gallery

    Brighton & Hove

    Set in the Royal Pavilion’s renovated stable block, this museum and art gallery has a glittering collection of 20th-century art and design, including a…

  • Tolbooth Art Centre

    Dumfries & Galloway

    As well as catering for today's local artists and holding a cinema, this centre has an exhibition on the history of the town's artistic development. The…

  • Elizabeth Gaskell's House

    Manchester

    The author of Mary Barton and Cranford lived in this elegant Regency style villa from 1850 until her death in 1865. Now a fine museum devoted to Gaskell…

  • Roman Army Museum

    Northeast England

    On the site of the Carvoran Roman Fort a mile northeast of Greenhead, near Walltown Crags, this revamped museum has three galleries covering the Roman…

  • Staple Inn

    The West End

    The half-timbered shopfront facade is the main interest at Staple Inn (1580), the last of eight Inns of Chancery whose functions were superseded by the…

  • Abbot Hall Art Gallery

    The Lake District

    Kendal's fine-art gallery houses one of the northwest's best collections of 18th- and 19th-century art. It's especially strong on portraiture and Lakeland…

  • Dunstaffnage Castle

    Southern Highlands & Islands

    Dunstaffnage, 2 miles west of Connel, looks like a child’s drawing of what a castle should be – square and massive, with towers at the corners, and…

  • Belfast Barge

    Belfast

    Housed in a barge moored on the River Lagan, this museum tells the story of Belfast's maritime and industrial history, bringing together old photographs,…

  • Heugh Gun Battery Museum

    Northeast England

    Atop the windswept Hartlepool Headland, about 2 miles west of the centre, you can visit the underground magazines, parade ground and panoramic observation…

  • Chesters Roman Fort & Museum

    Northeast England

    This Roman cavalry fort's superbly preserved remains are set among idyllic green woods and meadows near the village of Chollerford. Originally constructed…

  • Pentland Hills

    Edinburgh

    Rising on the southern edge of Edinburgh, the Pentland Hills stretch 16 miles southwest to near Carnwath in Lanarkshire. The hills rise to 579m at their…

  • Gouliot Headland

    The Channel Islands

    Overlooking Brecqhou Island, owned by the Barclay brothers and the source of much controversy, this windswept headland is an important RAMSAR site,…

  • Vault Beach

    South Cornwall

    For acres of sand near Mevagissey, Vault is the choice, but it's not everyone's cup of tea. The walk down from the nearby NT car park is long and steep;…

  • The Cenotaph

    The West End

    The Cenotaph, completed in 1920 by Edwin Lutyens and fashioned from Portland stone, is Britain’s most important memorial to the men and women of Britain…

  • Hexham Abbey

    Northeast England

    Dominating tiny Market Pl, Hexham's stately abbey is a marvellous example of Early English architecture. It cleverly escaped the Dissolution of 1537 by…

  • Little Chapel

    Guernsey

    A kaleidoscopic wonder of bright ceramic shards and seashells, this tiny chapel is a small-scale replica of the basilica and grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes…

  • Chastleton House

    The Cotswolds

    Four miles southeast of Moreton-in-Marsh, signposted off the A44 halfway to Chipping Norton, Chastleton is one of England’s finest and most complete…

  • Merrivale Stone Rows

    Dartmoor National Park

    These two parallel stone rows are up to 260m long, with large stone slabs, or 'terminal stones' at the eastern end. In the centre, hunt out the circular…

  • Benmore Botanic Garden

    Southern Highlands & Islands

    This garden, 7 miles north of Dunoon, contains Scotland's finest collection of flowering trees and shrubs, including impressive displays of rhododendrons…

  • Lakes Aquarium

    The Lake District

    At the southern end of the lake near Newby Bridge, this aquarium explores a range of underwater habitats from tropical Africa through to Morecambe Bay…

  • German Naval Signals HQ

    Guernsey

    Don't let its low-key appearance fool you: at this bunker complex, the German Naval Commander handled the most important radio communications by the…

  • Greyfriars

    The Midlands & the Marches

    Friar St was largely chock-a-block with historic architecture until the iconoclastic 1960s when much was demolished, including the lovely medieval Lich…

  • Hermitage of Braid

    Edinburgh

    The Hermitage of Braid is a wooded valley criss-crossed with walking trails to the south of Blackford Hill – with sunlight filtering through the leaves…

  • Sherborne New Castle

    Dorset

    Sir Walter Raleigh began building the impressive Sherborne New Castle in 1594, but only got as far as the central block before being imprisoned by James I…

  • HMS Caroline

    Belfast

    The UK's last surviving WWI Royal Navy cruiser has been converted into a floating museum, docked in Titanic Quarter. Audio tours take in the captain's…

  • Tavistock Museum

    Dartmoor National Park

    Remnants from Tavistock's now vanished abbey sit in this traditional but excellent museum alongside artefacts of the town's copper-mining heyday. Look out…

  • Cold War Experience

    The Cotswolds

    A long-buried secret lies a minute’s walk north of Broadway Tower, in the cramped cellar-like form of a bunker where, until 1991, members of the Royal…

  • Handa Island Nature Reserve

    North & West Coast

    A few miles north of Scourie Bay lies this nature reserve run by the Scottish Wildlife Trust. The island's western sea cliffs provide nesting sites for…

  • Woburn Safari Park

    Oxford & the Cotswolds

    Sprawling across 150 hectares, the country's largest drive-through animal reserve can only be visited in your own car (so long as it’s not a convertible!)…

  • Dun Carloway

    Outer Hebrides

    Dun Carloway is a 2000-year-old, dry-stone broch, perched defiantly above a beautiful loch with views to the mountains of North Harris. The site is…

  • Ypres Tower

    Rye

    Just off Church Sq stands the sandcastle-esque Ypres Tower (pronounced ‘wipers’). You can scramble through the 13th-century building to learn about its…

  • Flood Memorial

    Exmoor National Park

    On 16 August 1952 a huge wave of water swept through Lynmouth following torrential rain. The devastation was immense: 34 people lost their lives, and four…

  • Isle of Harris Distillery

    Outer Hebrides

    This distillery started production in 2015, so its first batch of single malt whisky will be ready in 2019; meanwhile, it's producing Isle of Harris gin,…

  • Chatham Historic Dockyard

    Kent

    On the riverfront in Chatham, this historic dockyard, a candidate for Unesco heritage status, occupies a third of what was once the Royal Navy’s main dock…

  • Statue of Robin Hood

    Nottingham

    Taking aim at the castle gates with his bow and arrow from Nottingham Castle's former moat, this 1952-unveiled bronze statue of Nottingham's famous outlaw…

  • Aberconwy House

    Anglesey & the North Coast

    Timber-and-plaster Aberconwy House is the town's oldest, built as one of 20 merchants' houses when the town was fortified around 1300. Over the years it…

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