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Welcome to England . . . . .6
England Map . . . . . . . . . . . .8
England’s Top 20 . . . . . . .10
Need to Know . . . . . . . . . 20
First Time England . . . . . 22
What’s New . . . . . . . . . . . 24
If You Like . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Month by Month . . . . . . . 29
Itineraries . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
The Great Outdoors . . . . 39
Travel with Children . . . . 46
Regions at a Glance . . . . 49
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CANTERBURY & SOUTHEAST ENGLAND . . . . . . . . 139Kent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Canterbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 142Whitstable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146Margate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148Broadstairs . . . . . . . . . . . . 149Ramsgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150Sandwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152Dover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153East Sussex . . . . . . . . . . 155Rye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156Hastings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159Eastbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . 161South Downs National Park . . . . . . . . . . 161Lewes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Brighton & Hove . . . . . . . . 163West Sussex . . . . . . . . . 170Arundel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170Chichester . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
OXFORD & THE COTSWOLDS . . . . . . .173Oxford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175Around Oxford . . . . . . . 188Woodstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188The Cotswolds . . . . . . . 189Cirencester . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Bibury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Burford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Northleach . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194The Slaughters . . . . . . . . . 196Stow-on-the-Wold . . . . . . 196Chipping Norton . . . . . . . . 197Chipping Campden . . . . . 198Broadway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Moreton-in-Marsh . . . . . . 201Painswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Winchcombe . . . . . . . . . . .203Western Gloucestershire . . . . . . 204Cheltenham . . . . . . . . . . . .204Forest of Dean . . . . . . . . . 207Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire . . . . . . . . 209St Albans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Stowe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211Woburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211The Thames Valley . . . . 212Windsor & Eton . . . . . . . . . 212Bray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
BATH & SOUTHWEST ENGLAND . . . . . . . . .217Bristol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221Bath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231Somerset . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Wells & Around . . . . . . . . . 241Glastonbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Hampshire . . . . . . . . . . . 246Winchester . . . . . . . . . . . . 246New Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249Isle of Wight . . . . . . . . . 252
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Cowes & Around . . . . . . . . 254Ryde & Around . . . . . . . . . 255Ventnor & Around . . . . . . 256Steephill Cove . . . . . . . . . . 256West Wight . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Dorset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257Bournemouth . . . . . . . . . . 257Poole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259Lulworth Cove & Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261Dorchester & Around . . . . 263Weymouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265Isle of Portland . . . . . . . . . 266Chesil Beach . . . . . . . . . . . 267Lyme Regis . . . . . . . . . . . . 268Sherborne . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270Shaftesbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Wiltshire . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271Salisbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272Stonehenge . . . . . . . . . . . . 275Longleat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277Lacock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278Avebury & Around . . . . . . 279Exmoor National Park . . . . . . . . 281Dulverton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282Dunster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284Porlock & Around . . . . . . .284Lynton & Lynmouth . . . . . 285Devon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Exeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287Torquay & Around . . . . . . 293Dartmouth & Around . . . . 295Totnes & Around . . . . . . . . 297Plymouth & Around . . . . .299
Dartmoor National Park . . . . . . . . . .304Croyde & Braunton . . . . . 311Ilfracombe & Around . . . . 311Cornwall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313Bude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314Boscastle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315Tintagel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Port Isaac . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316Padstow & Rock . . . . . . . . 317Newquay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Perranporth to Porthtowan . . . . . . . . . . 324St Ives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325Zennor & St Just . . . . . . . 329Sennen & Land’s End . . .330Mousehole . . . . . . . . . . . . .330Penzance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331The Lizard . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334Falmouth & Around . . . . . 335Truro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338Fowey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339Looe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341Bodmin Moor . . . . . . . . . . 342Isles of Scilly . . . . . . . . . 343St Mary’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344Tresco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345Bryher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345St Martin’s . . . . . . . . . . . . .346St Agnes . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346
CAMBRIDGE & EAST ANGLIA . . . . . 348Cambridgeshire . . . . . . 349Cambridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Ely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .364Essex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366Colchester . . . . . . . . . . . . .366Dedham Vale . . . . . . . . . . . 367Saffron Walden . . . . . . . . .368Southend-On-Sea . . . . . . . 369Suffolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370Long Melford . . . . . . . . . . . 370Lavenham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372Bury St Edmunds . . . . . . . 372Aldeburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374Southwold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375Norfolk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Norwich . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376Cromer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379Cley-next-the-Sea . . . . . . 382Blakeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382Wells-next-the-Sea . . . . . . 383Holkham . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384Burnham Deepdale . . . . .384King’s Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
BIRMINGHAM & THE MIDLANDS . . . 387Birmingham . . . . . . . . . . 390Warwickshire . . . . . . . . . 398Coventry . . . . . . . . . . . . . .398Kenilworth . . . . . . . . . . . . .400Warwick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401Stratford-upon-Avon . . . .403Staffordshire . . . . . . . . . 409Lichfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .409Worcestershire . . . . . . . 411Worcester . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Great Malvern . . . . . . . . . . 413Herefordshire . . . . . . . . 414Hereford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415Ledbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416Ross-on-Wye . . . . . . . . . . . 417Shropshire . . . . . . . . . . . 418Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . . . . . 418Ironbridge Gorge . . . . . . . 421Much Wenlock . . . . . . . . . . 425Bridgnorth . . . . . . . . . . . . .428Church Stretton . . . . . . . .428Bishop’s Castle . . . . . . . . .430Ludlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .430Nottinghamshire . . . . . 433Nottingham . . . . . . . . . . . . 433Newark-on-Trent . . . . . . . . 437Southwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . .438Lincolnshire . . . . . . . . . . 439Lincoln . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .439Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .443Stamford . . . . . . . . . . . . . .444Leicestershire . . . . . . . . 445Leicester . . . . . . . . . . . . . .445Rutland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .450Derbyshire . . . . . . . . . . . 451Derby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451Ashbourne . . . . . . . . . . . . .454Matlock Bath . . . . . . . . . . .454Chesterfield . . . . . . . . . . . . 456Peak District . . . . . . . . . 456Buxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459Castleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . .462
Derwent Reservoirs . . . . .463Edale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464Eyam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .464Bakewell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .466
YORKSHIRE . . . . . . . 469North Yorkshire . . . . . . . 473York . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473Castle Howard . . . . . . . . .482Harrogate . . . . . . . . . . . . .482Scarborough . . . . . . . . . . .485North York Moors National Park . . . . . . . . 488Helmsley . . . . . . . . . . . . . .489Pickering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492Whitby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492Yorkshire Dales National Park . . . . . . . . 497Skipton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497Grassington . . . . . . . . . . . .499Hawes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500
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MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL & NORTHWEST ENGLAND . . . . . . . . 523Manchester . . . . . . . . . . 526Chester . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538Liverpool . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
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Lancashire . . . . . . . . . . . 551Blackpool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552Ribble Valley . . . . . . . . . . . 554Isle of Man . . . . . . . . . . . 555Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555Northern Isle of Man . . . . 556Southern Isle of Man . . . . 557
THE LAKE DISTRICT & CUMBRIA . . . . . . . 558The Lake District . . . . . 562Windermere & Around . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562Ambleside . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567Grasmere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570Hawkshead . . . . . . . . . . . . 572Coniston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574Elterwater & Great Langdale . . . . . . . . . 576Wasdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577Cockermouth . . . . . . . . . . 578Keswick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579Borrowdale . . . . . . . . . . . . 582Buttermere . . . . . . . . . . . . 583Ullswater & Around . . . . . 585Kendal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586Cumbrian Coast . . . . . . 588Northern & Eastern Cumbria . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590Carlisle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .590Penrith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
NEWCASTLE & NORTHEAST ENGLAND . . . . . . . . 596Newcastle- upon-Tyne . . . . . . . . . . . . .600Tynemouth . . . . . . . . . . . . 607Durham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .608Barnard Castle . . . . . . . . . 611Hadrian’s Wall . . . . . . . . . . 612Northumberland National Park . . . . . . . . . . 618Northumberland Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
England Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Food & Drink . . . . . . . . . 642
English Architecture . . . . . . . . . 649
The English Landscape . . . . . . . . . . . 655
Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Sporting England . . . . . 668
Directory A-Z . . . . . . . . . 672
Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Map Legend . . . . . . . . . . 702
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British Museum Floorplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Tower of London Illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Victoria & Albert Museum Floorplan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
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Just over a week is long enough to tick off many of England’s highlights. This tour takes in a dozen of the nation’s top sights, from London to the Lakes.
Start with a full day in the nation’s capital, London, simply walking the streets to admire the world-famous sights: Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Sq and more. Then head west for one or both of the grand cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury. Next stop: ancient history – the iconic megaliths of Stonehenge.
A short hop northwest leads to the beautiful city of Bath, for Roman history and fabulous Georgian architecture. Then cruise across the classic English countryside of the Cotswolds to reach that ancient seat of learning, Oxford. Not far away is Stratford-upon-Avon, for everything Shakespeare.
Next, strike out north for the Lake District, one of the country’s most scenic areas, then across to York for Viking remains and the stunning Minster. End your trip with a visit to Cambridge, England’s other great university city. Then a final day back in Lon-don, immersed in galleries, museums, luxury shops, street markets, West End shows or East End cafes – or whatever takes your fancy.
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With a month to spare, you can enjoy a trip taking in all the very best that England of-fers, without the pressure of a crowded schedule. This circuit covers all the bases.
Kick off in London, and spend a couple of days seeing the big-ticket attractions, but make time for exploratory saunters as well – along the south bank of the River Thames, or through the markets of the East End. Next, go down to the sea at the buzzy coastal resort of Brighton; then west, via Portsmouth for the historic dockyard, to reach the picturesque New Forest. Head inland to the grand cath edral cities of Winchester and Salisbury, and on to England’s best-known ancient site, Stonehenge, and nearby Ave-bury Stone Circle – bigger than Stonehenge but a more intimate experience.
Onwards into deepest Wessex, via Thomas Hardy’s hometown, Dorchester, to reach the wild expanse of Dartmoor National Park. Then it’s time for yet another historic city, Wells, with its beautiful cathedral, en route to the Georgian masterpiece of Bath and the southwest’s big little city, Bristol. Next comes the classic English countryside of the Cotswolds, with a pause at delightful Stow-on-the-Wold, and maybe Broadway or Chipping Campden, before reaching Oxford, England’s oldest university city. Not far away is Shake-speare Central at Stratford-upon-Avon – plan on seeing a play by the Bard himself. Con-tinue journeying north via the heather-clad moors and tranquil limestone dales of the Peak District to reach England’s second city, Manchester, and cultural crossroads Liverpool.
Then it’s back to the wilds again with a short hop to the scenic wonders of the Lake District. From the sturdy border town of Carlisle, follow the ancient Roman landmark of Hadrian’s Wall all the way to re vitalised city Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Then it’s into the home stretch, south via Durham and its world-class cathedral, and then York for its Viking remains and stunning minster, to reach England’s other great seat of learning, Cambridge. From here it’s a hop back to London, to use up the last few days of your grand tour, taking in highlights such as Trafalgar Sq, the National Gallery, Tate Modern and the Tower of London, all polished off with a stroll across Westminster Bridge as the sun sets over the Houses of Parliament.
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This is a tour through the best of England’s natural landscape, the inspiration for gen-erations of poets, writers and composers. So put on your hiking boots, or have a camera at the ready, as we take a northeast–southwest meander through some of the country’s finest national parks and stretches of open countryside.
Start at the spectacular Roman remains of Hadrian’s Wall, one of England’s finest reminders of the classical era, where you can explore the ancient forts and stride beside the ramparts centurion-style. Then continue into Cumbria for the high peaks of the Lake District National Park, once the spiritual home of Wordsworth and the Roman-tic poets, now a mecca for outdoor enthusiasts, with hikes and strolls for all abilities, plus cosy inns and traditional country hotels.
Travelling east from the Lakes carries you across the Pennines – the chain of hills known as the backbone of England – to reach the green hills and valleys of the York-shire Dales National Park. Nearby are the moors around Haworth – inspiration for Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
Travel south through the hills and dales of the Peak District National Park – stop-ping off to explore the great park around Chatsworth if time allows – then through central England, via Elgar’s beloved Malvern Hills, to reach the classic English coun-tryside of the Cotswolds. Then continue southwards again to enjoy the epic emptiness of Salisbury Plain, home to Stonehenge and other archaeological intrigues. Nearby is Avebury, England’s other great stone circle. A few miles more and you’re on Dorset’s spectacular fossil-ridden Jurassic Coast.
Then head into England’s toe, the West Country Peninsula, jutting deep into the Atlan-tic. Take in the lush farmland of Devon and the heathery hills and sandy coves of Exmoor National Park, then it’s on to the eerie granite tors of Dartmoor National Park, which offers some of the country’s most bleakly beautiful views. Next stop: Cornwall, for pretty ports, gorse-clad cliffs and sparkling bays. Then finish this bucolic excursion at Land’s End, where the English mainland finally plunges headlong into the restless ocean.
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Outside of London, England’s provincial cities provide a vibrant counterpoint to the country’s tranquil coast and countryside.
Start in Bristol, a thriving regional capital famed for its engineering heritage and lively cultural scene. Then head to Birmingham once forlorn but now a by-word for successful urban renewal.
Continue north to reach Manchester, fa-mous for its music and football team, where architectural highlights include the stun-ning Imperial War Museum North. Nearby Liverpool is reinventing itself as a cultural capital, with the redevelopment most appar-ent at the historic waterfront, Albert Dock.
Cross the Pennines to reach Leeds, the ‘Knightsbridge of the North’, where run-down factories and abandoned warehouses are now apartments and ritzy boutiques. But don’t forget the past: go underground at the National Coal Mining Museum.
Further north is Newcastle-upon-Tyne and neighbouring Gateshead where heavy industries have given way to art and archi tecture. Conclude your urban tour with a visit to England’s best-known public art, the iconic Angel of the North.
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This journey through the country’s heart-land takes in the best of ‘Olde England’, concentrating on castles, cathedrals and picturesque medieval towns and villages.
Start in London, with its biggest land-marks: Westminster Abbey, the Tower of London, St Paul’s Cathedral and Bucking-ham Palace. Out of the centre, the gor-geous gardens at Kew, Eton College and Windsor Castle are also must-see sights.
Beyond the capital lies old England proper, especially around the market towns of Kent, where Canterbury Cathe-dral and Leeds Castle are top sights.
Head to Winchester, the ancient capi-tal, which boasts another fine cathedral. Jostling for prominence is nearby Salis-bury, with its famous cathedral spire dom-inating the landscape for miles around.
Out west, Bath is crammed with Geor-gian architecture, while the Cotswolds conceal a host of pretty towns, such as Cirencester, as well as Blenheim Palace. On to picturesque Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, the home of Shakespeare, leaving just enough time to top up on Eng-lish history at stunning Warwick Castle.
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The southwest of England takes a bit of effort to reach but repays in full with a rich green landscape dotted with hills and moors, surrounded by glittering seas.
Start in the historic university city of Bristol, factoring in the M-Shed Museum, a walk around the harbour and a visit to SS Great Britain. Detour to beauti-ful Bath, and wander around the Royal Crescent and Roman Baths. Saunter down through Somerset to Glastonbury – fa-mous for its annual music festival, ruined abbey and many mystical legends. South leads to Dorset, where highlights include picturesque Shaftesbury.
Head west to heathery Exmoor Na-tional Park, then it’s onwards into Devon, where there’s a choice of coasts, as well as Dartmoor National Park, with the high-est and wildest hills in southern England.
Cross into Cornwall to explore the space-age biodomes of the Eden Project. Nearby, but in another era entirely, is Tintagel Castle, the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. Continue west to visit the galleries of St Ives, before concluding your trip at Land’s End.
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If you like the outdoors try this backwater route along England’s eastern fringe.
Start in Colchester, with its mag-nificent castle, then visit sleepy Suffolk, where quaint villages and market towns such as Sudbury and Lavenham dot the landscape. Along the coast you’ll discover wildlife reserves, shingle beaches, fishing ports such as Aldeburgh, and the delight-fully retro seaside resort of Southwold.
Things get even quieter in Norfolk, espe-cially around the misty lakes and windmill- lined rivers of the Norfolk Broads. For beach strolls or historic country pubs head for the villages near Wells-next-the-Sea.
North of Norfolk lies the eerie, flat land-scape of the Fens, now a haven for otters and bird life. Then it’s north again into Yorkshire to the heather-clad North York Moors, where humpbacked hills roll all the way to the coast to drop dramatically into the choppy waters of the North Sea.
Round things off with a stroll between the castles of Bamburgh and Dunstan-burgh on the wild Northumberland Coast, finishing your tour at the historic island priory of Lindisfarne.
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IndexAabbeys, priories &
monasteries, see also churches & cathedrals
Bath Abbey 233Battle Abbey 159Forde Abbey 269Fountains Abbey 485Great Malvern Priory 414Hexham Abbey 618Kirkstall Abbey 506Lacock Abbey 278Newstead Abbey 432Shrewsbury Abbey 418St Augustine’s
Abbey 144St Michael’s Mount 331,
319Westminster Abbey 62-3
accessible travel 672accommodation 672-4, see
also individual locationsactivities outdoor activities
39-45, 595, 594, see also individual activities
afternoon tea 17, 17air travel 680, 681airports 680Aldeburgh 374-5Alderney 163Alnwick 619-20Ambleside 567-70, 44amusement parks
Alton Towers 409Blackpool Pleasure Beach
551-2Blackpool Tower 551, 28Dreamland 148Heights of Abraham 455
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage 405, 15
aquariums
Blue Planet Aquarium 538Blue Reef Aquarium 322Bristol Aquarium 224Deep, the 518Lakes Aquarium 563-4National Marine Aquarium
301National Sea Life Centre
391SEA LIFE Brighton 166Sea Life Sanctuary 487
archaeological sites, see also Roman sites, ruins
Avebury Stone Circle 279, 280
Belas Knap Long Barrow 203
Maiden Castle 263Old Sarum 273-4Rollright Stones 197Stonehenge 11, 275-7,
276, 10-11archery 45architecture 651-6art galleries 27, see
also museumsAbbot Hall Art Gallery 586Arnolfini 224BALTIC - Centre for Con-
temporary Art 601Barber Institute of Fine
Arts 391-2Beatrix Potter Gallery 573Berwick Barracks 625Birmingham Museum &
Art Gallery 391Brighton Museum & Art
Gallery 165Hepworth Wakefield 509Humber St Gallery 519Leach Pottery 326-7Leeds Art Gallery 506Manchester Art Gallery
527, 530Manx Museum & National
Art Gallery 556Millennium Gallery 516
National Gallery 66National Portrait Gallery
73Penlee House Gallery &
Museum 331Potteries Museum & Art
Gallery 410Royal Academy of Arts 73Tate Britain 72Tate Liverpool 545Tate Modern 61, 82, 61Tate St Ives 325-6Turner Contemporary 148Walker Art Gallery 544Wallace Collection 73Whitechapel Gallery 93-4Whitworth Art Gallery 531Yorkshire Sculpture
Park 509arts 660-7Arundel 170-1Ashbourne 454ATMs 676Austen, Jane 233-4, 246,
247, 661Avebury 279-82, 280
BBakewell 466-8Bamburgh 623Banksy 154-5, 226Banksy Brexit Mural 154-5Barnard Castle 611-12Bath 12, 50, 231-40, 232, 13
accommodation 236activities 235drinking & nightlife 239entertainment 239festivals & events 235food 238-9history 231shopping 240sights 231-5tourist information 240tours 235travel to/from 240
travel within 240walking 237, 237
bathrooms 678Battle 159Battle of Hastings 632-3beaches
Bournemouth Beach 258Bude 314Chesil Beach 267-8Falmouth 335Kynance Cove 334Newquay 322Perranporth Beach 324Polkerris Beach 340Porthcurno 330Sandbanks 260Southwold 375St Ives 325Wells Beach 383
Beatles, the 15, 98, 545, 547, 15
Bedfordshire 209-12Bedruthan Steps 321beer 150, 645-7, see also
breweriesBerwick-upon-Tweed 625-6Bettys 480, 17Beverley 521-2Bibury 192-3bicycle travel, see cyclingBig Ben 66-7bird parks & sanctuaries,
see also wildlife reservesAbbotsbury Swannery 268Calf of Man 557Cotswold Falconry Centre
201International Centre for
Birds of Prey 208London Wetland Centre
103St Bees Head 589
Birmingham 51, 390-8, 392-3
accommodation 394-5drinking & nightlife 396-7
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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- Centertainment 397festivals & events 394food 395-6shopping 397sights 390-3tourist information 397tours 394travel to/from 397-8travel within 398
Bishop’s Castle 430Blackpool 551-2Blakeney 382-3Blenheim Palace 188-9boat travel 681boating 45
Bath 235Blakeney 382Bristol 225-6Cambridge 358Durham 609East Anglia 349Keswick 580London 103, 106, 107Oxford 181Skipton 498
Bodleian Library 175-6Bodmin Moor 342-3books 628Borrowdale 582-3Boscastle 315-16Boston 443-4Bournemouth 257-9Bradford 511-12Braunton 311Bray 216breweries
Adnams 375All Saints Brewery 445Beer Engine 292Hawkshead Brewery 566Howling Hops 122Fat Pig 291Foundry Brewpub 146Jennings Bewery 578Ludlow Brewing Com-
pany 431National Brewery Centre
408Northern Monk 509St Ives Brewery 328Thornbridge Brewery
467Brexit 154-5, 628, 641bridges
Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) 177
Clifton Suspension Bridge 225
Humber Bridge 519
Iron Bridge 421Millennium Bridge 82Pulteney Bridge 234Tower Bridge 78-9
Bridgnorth 428Brighton 17, 163-70, 164, 17Brighton Festival 30, 166Brighton Pier 165, 17Bristol 221-31, 222-3, 318
accommodation 226-7activities 225-6drinking & nightlife 229entertainment 229-30festivals & events 226food 227-9history 221shopping 230sights 221-5tourist information 230travel to/from 230travel within 230-1
British Library 96British Museum 63-6, 64-5Brixham 295Broadstairs 149-50Broadway 199-201Brockenhurst 251Brontë sisters 514, 661Brunel’s SS Great Britain
221-3Bryher 345-6Buckingham Palace 67, 69,
101, 100Buckinghamshire 209-12Buckler’s Hard 251Bude 314-15Burford 193-4Burnham Deepdale 384-5Bury St Edmunds 372-4bus travel 680-1, 682business hours 677Buttermere 583-5Buxton 459-62, 460
CCambridge 14, 50, 352-64,
354, 14accommodation 360-1activities 358drinking & nightlife 363entertainment 363-4festivals & events 360food 361-3history 352sights 352-8tourist information 364tours 358-60travel to/from 364
travel within 364walking 359, 359
Cambridgeshire 349-66canoeing, see kayaking &
canoeingCanterbury 49, 142-6, 143Canterbury Cathedral 16,
142-4, 17Canterbury Tales, The 144car travel 682-3, see also
driving toursCarlisle 590-2Cartmel 589castles & palaces 25
Alnwick Castle 619-20Arundel Castle 170Audley End House &
Gardens 368, 654Bamburgh Castle 623Barnard Castle 611Berkeley Castle 203Blenheim Palace 188-9Buckingham Palace 67,
69, 101, 100Carlisle Castle 590Castle Drogo 309Castle Howard 482Castle Rushen 557Chillingham Castle 618Colchester Castle 366Corfe Castle 261Dover Castle 153-4Dunstanburgh Castle
622Dunster Castle 284Durham Castle 608-9Fishbourne 171Hampton Court Palace
101, 103, 101, 104-5Helmsley Castle 490Kenilworth Castle 400Kensington Palace 89Kew Palace 102Leeds Castle 147Lincoln Castle 441Lowther Estate 592Ludlow Castle 431Muncaster Castle
589-90Newark Castle 437Newcastle Castle 600Norwich Castle 377-8Nottingham Castle 433Pendennis Castle 335Peveril Castle 462Raby Castle 611Royal Pavilion 165Scarborough Castle
485-6
Sherborne New Castle 270
Sherborne Old Castle 270
Shrewsbury Castle 418Sizergh Castle 587Skipton Castle 498Sudeley Castle 203Tintagel Castle 316Tower of London 18, 61,
77-8, 101, 18, 80-1, 100
Warwick Castle 401Windsor Castle 101, 213-
14, 100-1Wolvesey Castle 247-8Wray Castle 562
Castleton 462-3cathedrals, see churches &
cathedralscaves
Castleton 462-3City of Caves 433Clearwell Caves 208Poole’s Cavern 459Shell Grotto 148Wookey Hole 241
caving 208, 242, 458-9cell phones 20cemeteries
Highgate Cemetery 96-7Wolvercote Cemetery
177Cerne Giant 265Chagford 309-10Changing of the Guard
Buckingham Palace 69Windsor Castle 214
Channel Islands 163Chatham Historic
Dockyard 148Chaucer, Geoffrey 144Cheddar Gorge 242Cheltenham 204-7, 205Chesil Beach 267-8Chester 538-41, 540Chesterfield 456Chichester 171-2children, travel with 46-8Chipping Campden 198-9Chipping Norton 197-8Christ Church 176-7Christie, Agatha 293Christ’s College 356Church Stretton 428-30churches & cathedrals
26-7, see also abbeys, priories & monasteries
Beverley Minster 521
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churches & cathedrals continued
Canterbury Cathedral 16, 142-4, 17
Carlisle Cathedral 590Chester Cathedral 538Chichester Cathedral
171-2Christ Church Cathedral
177Collegiate Church of St
Mary 401Coventry Cathedral 399Derby Cathedral 452Durham Cathedral 608Ely Cathedral 365Exeter Cathedral 289Gloucester Cathedral
208Haworth Parish Church
514Hereford Cathedral 415Holy Trinity Church 404King’s College Chapel
352-3Lancaster Castle 552Leicester Cathedral 446Lichfield Cathedral 409Lincoln Cathedral 439-41Liverpool Cathedral
543-4Norwich Cathedral 376-7Painswick Rococo
Garden 202Round Church 358Salisbury Cathedral
272, 318Sherborne Abbey 270Southwark Cathedral 83Southwell Minster 438St Albans Cathedral 210St Edmundsbury
Cathedral 373St George’s Chapel 214St John the Baptist
Church (Tideswell) 462St John the Baptist’s
Church (Cirencester) 191
St Paul’s Cathedral 75-7University Church of St
Mary the Virgin 179-80Wells Cathedral 241Westminster Abbey 62-3Winchester Cathedral
246-7Worcester Cathedral 412
York Minster 475Churchill, Winston 73, 162,
188, 639cider 415, 645-7cinema 665-6Cinque Ports 158
Dover 153-5Hastings 159-61Sandwich 152-3
Cirencester 190-2Cley-next-the-Sea 382climate 20, 41, 675Clovelly 312coal mining 513coastal England 27-8coasteering 45Cockermouth 578-9Colchester 366-7Coniston 574-6Conkers 451Constable, John 367Coquet Island 624Corbridge 613-17Cornwall 313-43, 325costs 21Cotswolds 13, 50, 189-204,
190-1, 13, 595accommodation 173activities 189-91climate 173driving tours 194-5, 195food 173highlights 174, 174travel seasons 173
Coventry 398-400Cowes 254-5Craster 620, 622credit cards 676cricket 129, 668-9Cromer 379-82Croyde 311Cumbria 52, 590-3
accommodation 558climate 558food 558highlights 560, 560-1travel seasons 558
Cumbrian Coast 588-90currency 20customs regulations 674cycling 42-3, 595, 682
Cotswolds 189Cumbria 559Dartmoor National
Park 304East Anglia 349Exmoor National Park
281
Isle of Wight 252Lake District 559New Forest 250Northeast England 597Peak District National
Park 458Southeast England 142Southwest England 220Yorkshire 473Yorkshire Dales National
Park 503
DDartmoor National Park
304-10, 305Dartmouth 295-7Dartmouth Steam Railway
296Darwin, Charles 151Dedham Vale 367-8Derby 451-4Derbyshire 451-6Derwent Reservoirs 463-4Devon 287-313Dickens, Charles 75, 149-
50, 660-1disabilities, travellers
with 672distilleries 301
Cotswolds Distillery 197-8
Lakes Distillery 579Plymouth Gin Distillery
301Donmar Warehouse
127, 18Dorchester 263-5Dorset 257-71, 594Douglas 555-6Dover 153-5, 154drinking 645-8driving tours
Cotswolds 194-5, 195Dartmoor National Park
308, 308Dover to Rye 156-7, 157Lake District 584, 584Northumberland Coast
621, 621Peak District National
Park 465, 465Dulverton 282-3Dunster 284Durham 608-11, 609DVD 676
EEast Anglia 50, 348-86
accommodation 348
activities 349climate 348food 348highlights 350, 350-1history 349tourist information 349travel seasons 348travel to/from 349
East Riding of Yorkshire 518-22
East Sussex 155-70Eastbourne 161Edale 464Eden Project 19, 336, 19electricity 674Elterwater 576-7Ely 364-6Embleton Bay 622-3emergencies 675Ennerdale 587environmental issues
658-9Essex 366-70etiquette 23, 679Eton 212-16, 213Eton College 215exchange rates 21Exeter 287-93, 288Exmoor National Park
281-7, 282Eyam 464, 466
FFalmouth 335-8Farne Islands 625ferry travel 681festivals & events 27, 29-33
Amble Puffin Festival 624Bath Literature
Festival 29Boat Race 107Brighton Festival 30, 166Cheese-Rolling 200Chelsea Flower Show
30, 107Cotswold Olimpicks 200Glastonbury Festival
31, 244Glyndebourne 30Grand National 546Guy Fawkes Night 33Henley Royal Regatta
216Jorvik Viking Festival
29, 478Manchester Pride
Festival 532Notting Hill Carnival 32,
107-8Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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Open House London 82Reading Festival 32, 215Robin Hood Festival 437Royal Ascot 30-1, 212Stratford Literary
Festival 30Trooping the Colour
30, 107University Boat Race 29Upfest 226Victorian Festival of
Christmas 33Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Championships 31films 628, 636, 640, 665,
666food 23, 427, 642-5, 646-7,
426-7afternoon tea 17, 17
football 129, 530, 536, 668Forest of Dean 207-9Fortnum & Mason 130-1fossils 268Fowey 339-41
GGainsborough, Thomas 376gardens, see parks &
gardensgay travellers 120, 169, 676ghyll scrambling 45Glastonbury 243-6, 244Glastonbury Festival
31, 244Glastonbury Tor 243Gloucester Cathedral 208Gloucestershire 204-9Glyndebourne 30Goathland 494Grantchester 365Grasmere 570-2Grassington 499-500Great Langdale 576-7Great Malvern 413-14Grizedale Forest 573grottos, see cavesGuernsey 163
HHadrian’s Wall 14, 612-18,
613, 14, 614-15Haltwhistle 617-18Hamleys 131Hampshire 246-52Hampton Court Palace 101,
103, 101, 104-5Hardy, Thomas 264Harrogate 482-5Harry Potter 134, 210, 662
Hartlepool 622Hastings 159-61Hawes 500-1Hawkshead 572-4Haworth 514-15health 675Hebden Bridge 512-14Helmsley 489-92Henley-on-Thames 216Hereford 415-16Herefordshire 414-18Hern 163Hertfordshire 209-12Highgrove 201hiking, see walkinghistoric buildings, see
also stately homes & manors
30 St Mary Axe 79, 82Abbey Road Studios 98Anne Hathaway’s
Cottage 405, 15Apsley House 89Audley End House 368,
654Brantwood 574Charlecote Park 407Clouds Hill 259Dove Cottage & The
Wordsworth Museum 570
Down House 151Erasmus Darwin House
409Flatford 368Georgian Theatre Royal
503Greenway 295-6Hardy’s Cottage 264Hill Top 572Houses of Parliament
66-7Kelmscott Manor 189London Dungeon 83Mary Arden’s Farm
404-5Max Gate 264No 10 Downing Street
73Old Royal Naval College
102Roman Baths 231-3, 13Royal Albert Hall 89,
92, 127Royal Crescent 234Royal Observatory 99Rydal Mount 567Sandringham 383Shakespeare’s Birth-
place 403-4
Shakespeare’s Globe 82, 126-7
Shakespeare’s New Place 403
Shakespeare’s School Room 405
Shard, the 85Shugborough 411Somerset House 60,
73, 60Thomas Gainsborough’s
House 376Winchester College 247Woolsthorpe Manor 444Wordsworth House 578
history 630-41Anglo-Saxons 632Battle of Hastings 632-3Brexit 154-5, 628, 641Elizabethan Age 635-6Industrial Era 637Iron Age 630-41Romans 630-1Stone Age 630-41Thatcher Years 640-1Vikings 632World War I 638World War II 638-40
holidays 677Holkham 384Holy Island (Lindisfarne)
624-5Honister Pass 583horse racing 670horse riding 43, 595
Dartmoor National Park 305
Exmoor National Park 281-2
New Forest 250Houses of Parliament
60, 66-7Hove 163-70, 164Hull 518-21Hutton-le-Hole 490Hyde Park 89hunting 659
IIlfracombe 311-13insurance 675, 683internet access 675-6internet resources 21Ironbridge Gorge 421-5,
422Isle of Man 555-7Isle of Portland 266-7Isle of Thanet 149Isle of Wight 252-7, 253
Isles of Scilly 343-7itineraries 34-8
JJersey 163Jorvik Viking Centre 476-7Jurassic Coast 262
KKapoor, Anish 664kayaking & canoeing 45
Bath 235Exeter 290Falmouth 335-6Forest of Dean 209Fowey 340Ironbridge Gorge 422-3Lulworth Cove 261Norfolk Broads 349, 380Totnes 298
Kendal 586-8Kenilworth 400-1Kent 142-55Keswick 579-81Kew Gardens 102-3Kielder Observatory 618King’s College Chapel
352-3King’s Lynn 385-6
LLacock 278-9Lake District 12, 52, 562-
88, 563, 12accommodation 558climate 558food 558highlights 560, 560-1travel seasons 558
Lancashire 551-5Lancaster 552-4Land’s End 330landscape 655-9language 20Lavenham 372Ledbury 416-17Leeds 504-11, 505Leeds Castle 147legal matters 676Leicester 445-50, 447Leicestershire 445-51Lewes 162-3LGBT travellers 120, 169,
676libraries
Bodleian Library 175-6British Library 96
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libraries continuedChetham’s Library &
School of Music 530Library of Birmingham
390Radcliffe Camera
177, 11Lichfield 409-11lidos 94, 221Lincoln 439-43, 440Lincolnshire 439-45literature 660-2Liverpool 15, 51, 541-51,
542, 15accommodation 547drinking & nightlife
549-50entertainment 550festivals & events 546-7food 547-9free attractions 106history 543itineraries 544sights 543-6tourist information 550tours 546travel to/from 550travel within 550-1
Lizard Peninsula 334London 49, 54-138, 58-9
accommodation 54, 108-11
City 58, 75-82, 108-9, 114, 121, 76-7
Clerkenwell 59, 93, 110, 115, 123-4
climate 54drinking & nightlife
119-26East London 59, 93-5,
110, 116, 122-3entertainment 126-30festivals & events 107-8food 54, 111-19Greenwich 59, 98-102,
117-18, 125-6Hampton Court 59, 102-
3, 119, 126highlights 56-7, 56-7history 55itineraries 62Kensington 58, 85-93,
109, 114-15, 122, 86-7, 92
Kew 59, 102-3, 119, 126markets 133
medical services 134North London 59, 95-8, 110,
116-17, 125, 96-7, 118Richmond 59, 102-3,
119, 126safety 134shopping 130-8Shoreditch 59, 93, 110,
115, 123-4, 124sights 62-103Soho 67South Bank 58, 82-5,
109, 114, 121-2, 84South London 59, 98-
102, 117-18, 125-6Spitalfields 59, 93, 110,
115, 123-4, 124sports 129theatre 18, 126-7, 18tourist information 134tours 103, 106-7travel seasons 54travel to/from 134-5travel within 135-8walking 74, 74West End 58, 62-75, 108,
111-14, 119-21, 68, 70-1, 112
West London 59, 102, 110-11, 118-19, 126, 92
London Eye 60, 82-3, 60Long Melford 370-2Longleat 277-8Looe 341-2Ludlow 430-3Lulworth Cove 261-3Lydford 310Lyme Regis 268-70, 318Lymington 251-2Lyndhurst 251Lynmouth 285-7Lynton 285-7
MMagdalen College
(Oxford) 181Magdalene College
(Cambridge) 356Magna Carta 272Malham 501-3Malham Cove 501Malton 491Manchester 51, 526-38,
528-9accommodation 532-3activities 531drinking & nightlife
535-6entertainment 536-7
festivals & events 531-2food 533-5history 526-7itineraries 526shopping 537sights 527-31tourist information 537tours 531travel to/from 537travel within 537-8
Margate 148-9markets
Borough Market 133Camden Market 133Columbia Road Flower
Market 94London 133Plymouth Fish Market
301Portobello Road Market
102Sunday UpMarket 133
Masham 502Matlock Bath 454-6measures 676Mevagissey 341Midlands, 51, 387-468
accommodation 387activities 390climate 387food 387highlights 388, 388-9travel seasons 387travel to/from 390
Minster Lovell 198mobile phones 20monasteries, see abbeys,
priories & monasteriesmoney 20, 23, 676-7Monument 79Moretonhampstead 309-10Moreton-in-Marsh 201-2motorcycle travel 682-3mountain biking, see
cyclingMousehole 330-1Much Wenlock 425museums 25, see also art
galleriesAmerican Museum in
Britain 235Armitt Museum 568Ashmolean Museum 180Babbacombe Model
Village 294Battle of Bosworth 448Beamish Open-Air
Museum 610Beatles Story 545
Berwick Barracks 625Birmingham Museum &
Art Gallery 391Bletchley Park 211Blists Hill Victorian
Town 423Bowes Museum 611Brighton Museum & Art
Gallery 165British Museum 63-6,
64-5Cadbury World 392-3Captain Cook Memorial
Museum 494Charles Dickens
Museum 75Churchill War Rooms 73Coalport China Museum
423Corinium Museum 191Cosford RAF Museum
420Court Barn Museum
199Coventry Transport
Museum 399Cregneash Village Folk
Museum 557Cromford Mill 455Cutty Sark 98Dennis Severs’ House
93Derwent Pencil Museum
580Design Museum 102Dickens House Museum
149-50Dig 477Dinosaurland 268-9Discovery Museum 600Dorset County Museum
263Dove Cottage & The
Wordsworth Museum 570
Fitzwilliam Museum 353-5
Geffrye Museum 93Great North Museum
600Herschel Museum of
Astronomy 234Housesteads Roman Fort
& Museum 617Imperial War Museum
(London) 99-102, 364Imperial War Museum
North (Manchester) 530International Bomber
Command Centre 443International Slavery
Museum 545Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
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- PJackfield Tile Museum
423Jane Austen Centre
233-4Jorvik Viking Centre
476-7Kelham Island Museum
516Kendal Museum 586Keswick Museum 579King Richard III: Dynasty,
Death & Discovery 446Lake Village Museum
244Life Science Centre 600Lindisfarne Priory 624Lyme Regis Museum 268M Shed 223-4Madame Tussauds 73Manchester Police
Museum 532Manchester United
Museum & Tour 536Manx Museum & Na-
tional Art Gallery 556Maritime Museum 519Morgan Motor Company
413-14Museum of Bath
Architecture 234-5Museum of British
Surfing 311Museum of London 79Museum of London
Docklands 94Museum of Norwich 378Museum of Science &
Industry 527Museum of the Gorge
421Museum of the History
of Science 179Museum of the Jewellery
Quarter 391Museum of Witchcraft &
Magic 315National Brewery Centre
408National Football
Museum 530National Maritime
Museum 98-9National Railway
Museum 475-6National Space Centre
446Natural History Museum
85, 88, 26Norwich Castle 377-8Oxford University
Museum of Natural History 181
Peak District Lead Mining Museum 455
People’s History Museum 527
Pitt Rivers Museum 180-1
Polar Museum 358Potteries Museum & Art
Gallery 410RAMM 289Richard III Experience
477-8Roman Army Museum
617Roman Museum 144Royal Armouries 506Royal Crown Derby
Factory 452Royal Pump Room
Museum 483Royal Worcester
Porcelain Works 412Salisbury Museum 272-3Samuel Johnson Birth-
place Museum 410Science Museum 89, 48Seven Stories - The
Centre for Children’s Books 601
Sir John Soane’s Museum 75
Torquay Museum 293Verulamium Museum 210Victoria & Albert
Museum 88-9, 90-1Vindolanda Roman Fort
& Museum 617We the Curious 224-5Wellcome Collection 98Wilberforce House 519Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Museum 129World Museum 544World of Wedgwood 410Ypres Tower 156
music 662-3
NNational Gallery 66national parks & forests
25-6, 655, 657, see also nature reserves, parks & gardens
Dartmoor National Park 304-10, 305
Exmoor National Park 281-7, 282
Forest of Dean 207-9Grizedale Forest 573North York Moors Na-
tional Park 488-97
Northumberland National Park 618-19, 613
Peak District National Park 15, 456-68, 457, 15, 594-5
South Downs National Park 161-2
Whinlatter Forest Park 579
Yorkshire Dales National Park 497-504, 498, 42
nature reservesCley Marshes 382Eden Project 336Holkham National
Nature Reserve 384Minsmere 374Orford Ness 374Sherwood Forest
National Nature Reserve 437
Slimbridge Wetland Centre 206
New Forest 249-54Newark-on-Trent 437-8Newcastle-upon-Tyne 52,
600-7, 602-3Newquay 321-4newspapers 676Norfolk 376-86Norfolk Broads 380-1North York Moors National
Park 488-97, 489North Yorkshire 473-88Northeast England 52,
596-626accommodation 596activities 597climate 596food 596highlights 598-9, 598-9history 597travel seasons 596travel to/from 597, 600
Northleach 194, 196Northumberland Coast
619-26Northumberland National
Park 618-19, 613Northwest England 51,
523-57accommodation 523climate 523food 523highlights 524-5, 524-5travel seasons 523
Norwich 376-9, 377Notting Hill Carnival 32,
107-8
Nottingham 433-7, 434Nottinghamshire 433-8
OOkehampton 310opening hours 677orienteering 45outdoor activities 39-45,
595, 594Oxford 11, 50, 175-88,
178-9, 11accommodation 181-4activities 181drinking & nightlife
186-7food 184-6history 175shopping 187sights 175-81tourist information 187tours 181travel to/from 187travel within 187-8walking 182-3, 183
Oyster Card 135
Ppaddle boarding 45Padstow 317-21Painswick 202-3painting 663-5palaces, see castles &
palacesparks & gardens
Alnwick Garden 620Backs, the 355-6Batsford Arboretum
199Beverley Westwood
521-2Cambridge University
Botanic Garden 357Chalice Well & Gardens
243Fell Foot Park 563Forbidden Corner 497Hampstead Heath 97Hidcote 198-9Highgrove 201Hyde Park 89, 86-7Kensington Gardens 89Kew Gardens 102-3Lost Gardens of Heligan
336Pavilion Gardens 459Peasholm Park 486Potager Garden 335Prior Park Estate 234
694
IND
EX P- S
parks & gardens continuedQueen Elizabeth Olympic
Park 94Regent’s Park 95Trelissick 338Tremenheere Sculpture
Garden 331Tresco Abbey Garden
345Victoria Park 95Williamson Park &
Tropical Butterfly House 552-3
Windsor Great Park 214-15
Winter Gardens 516Peak District 15, 456-68,
457, 15, 594-5Penrith 592-3Penzance 331-3, 332Perranporth 324Pickering 492planning
budgeting 21calendar of events 29-33children, travel with 46-8England basics 20-1first-time visitors 22-3internet resources 21itineraries 34-8regions 49-52repeat visitors 24travel seasons 20
plants 658Plymouth 299-304, 300politics 628-9Polperro 341Poole 259-61population 629Porlock 284-5Port Isaac 316-17Porthcurno 330Porthtowan 324Portsmouth Historic
Dockyard 249postal services 677Postbridge 307-9Potter, Beatrix 572-3Potteries, the 410Princetown 306-7public holidays 677public transport 683-4pubs 16, 16puffins 624
RRadcliffe Camera 177, 11radio 676rafting 424Ramsgate 150-2Reading 215Regent’s Canal 95religion 629Ribble Valley 554-5Ribblesdale 500Richmond 503-4River Cottage 291Robin Hood’s Bay 496Rock 317-21rock climbing 45Roman sites
Binchester Roman Fort 616
Birdoswald Roman Fort 616
Brading Roman Villa 255Chedworth Roman
Villa 194Chesters Roman Fort 616Corbridge Roman Site &
Museum 616Hadrian’s Wall 14, 612-18,
613, 14, 614-15Housesteads Roman Fort
& Museum 617Roman Amphitheatre
538Roman Baths 231-3, 13Roman Painted House
155Roman Town House 263Segedunum 616Vindolanda Roman Fort
& Museum 617Rosetta Stone 63Ross-on-Wye 417-18Royal Crescent 234royal England 25, 100-1Royal Shakespeare
Company 408Royal William Yard 302rugby 129, 669-70Rugby 400ruins, see also archaeologi-
cal sites, Roman sitesAbbey Gardens 372-3Barnard Castle 611Bishops’ Palace 441Botallack 329Brading Roman Villa 255Fountains Abbey 485Glastonbury Abbey
243-4Hailes Abbey 203-4Leicester Castle 446
Lindisfarne Priory 624Peveril Castle 462Rievaulx Abbey 489-90Roman Painted House
155Shaftesbury Abbey 271St Augustine’s Abbey
144Tynemouth Priory 607Wenlock Priory 425Whitby Abbey 493-4
Rutland 450-1Ryde 255-6Rye 156-9
Ssafaris 283safety 677-8Saffron Walden 368-9sailing, see boatingSalisbury 272-5, 273Salisbury Cathedral 272,
318Sandringham 383Sandwich 152-3Sark 163Scarborough 485-8, 486sculpture 663-5seaside towns 28Sennen 330, 43Seven Sisters Cliffs 18,
162, 18Shaftesbury 271Shakespeare, William 403,
404, 405, 406, 408, 660, 667
Shakespeare’s Globe 61, 82, 126-7, 61
Shambles, the 477, 12Sheffield 516-18Sherborne 270-1shopping 27Shrewsbury 418-21, 419Shropshire 418-33Skipton 497-9Sky Garden 79Slaughters, the 196smoking 645, 676snorkelling 346soccer 129, 530, 536, 668Somerset 240-5Somerset Levels 243South Downs National Park
161-2South Yorkshire 515-18Southbank Centre 83Southeast England 49,
139-72accommodation 139
activities 142climate 139food 139highlights 140-1, 140-1travel seasons 139
Southend-On-Sea 369-70Southwell 438Southwest England 50,
217-347accommodation 217activities 220climate 217food 217highlights 218-19, 218-19travel seasons 217travel within 220-1
Southwold 375-6spas
Bath 235Turkish Baths 483
sports 129, 668-70, see also individual sports
St Agnes 346-7St Alban 210-11St Ives 325-9, 326St Just 329-30St Martin’s 346St Mary’s 344St Michael’s Mount 331,
319St Paul’s Cathedral 75-7Staffordshire 409-11Stamford 444-5stargazing 285stately homes & manors
26, 652-3Althorp House 445Avebury Manor 279-80Belton House 439Blackwell House 562-3Burghley House 444Castle Howard 482Chatsworth House
466, 15Cotehele House 342Haddon Hall 466Hardwick Hall 456Hatfield House 214Holker Hall 589Kedleston Hall 453Kingston Lacy 258Lanhydrock 342Montacute House 246Osborne House 254Speke Hall 548Stoneleigh Abbey 400-1Stourhead 278Sulgrave Manor 446Tyntesfield House 227
Map Pages 000Photo Pages 000
695IN
DEX S
-Z steelworks 516Steephill Cove 256Stoke Bruerne 450Stoke-on-Trent 410stone circles
Avebury 279Castlerigg 579Rollright Stones 197Stonehenge 11, 275-7,
276, 10-11Stonehenge 11, 275-7, 276,
10-11Stowe 211Stow-on-the-Wold 196-7Stratford-upon-Avon 15,
403-9, 404-5, 15, 44Suffolk 370-6surfing 43, 595
Bude 314Croyde 311Newquay 322Scarborough 486
Sutton Hoo 371swimming 45
TTate Modern 61, 82, 61taxis 683-4telephone services 678tennis 129, 670Thatcher, Margaret 640-1theatre 18, 666-7, 18Thames, the 60-1, 60-1Thames Valley 212-16time 20, 678Tintagel 316tipping 677toilets 678Torquay 293-5Totnes 297-9tourist information 678-9Tower Bridge 61, 78-9Tower of London 18, 61,
77-8, 101, 18, 80-1, 100Trafalgar Square 66train travel 681, 684-5travel to/from England
680-1travel within England 681-5Tresco 345Trinity College (Cambridge)
353Trinity College (Oxford)
178-9
Trooping the Colour 30, 107
Troutbeck 571Truro 338-9TV 676Tynemouth 607-8
UUllswater 585-6
Vvacations 677Ventnor 256Victoria & Albert Museum
88-9, 90-1Victoria Tunnel 601villages 27visas 20, 679
Wwalking 19, 40-2, 43, 595
Bath 237, 237Cambridge 359, 359Coast to Coast 42Cotswolds 190Cumbria 559Dales Way 42Dartmoor National Park
40, 304East Anglia 349England Coast Path 41Exmoor National Park
282Hadrian’s Wall Path 41Helvellyn 585Isle of Wight 252Lake District 40, 559,
569Malvern Hills 414New Forest 250North Downs 41Northeast England 597Oxford 181, 182-3, 183Peak District National
Park 40, 458Pennine Way 42Scafell Pike 577South Downs 41, 42Southeast England 142Southwest England
41, 220Yorkshire 41, 472, 473
Wallace & Gromit 666
Warwick 401-3, 402Warwickshire 398-409Wasdale 577-8waterfalls
Golitha Falls 342Lydford Gorge 310
weather 20, 41, 675weights 676Wells 241-2Wells-next-the-Sea 383-4West Sussex 170-2West Wight 257West Yorkshire 504-15Western Gloucestershire
204-9Westminster Abbey 62-3Weymouth 265-6Whitby 492-7, 493white cliffs of Dover 153Whitstable 146-7Widecombe-in-the-Moor
309wildlife 656-8wildlife reserves
Abbotsbury Swannery 268
Braunton Burrows 311Calf of Man 557Cornish Seal Sanctuary
334Cotswold Falconry
Centre 201Holkham National
Nature Reserve 384International Centre for
Birds of Prey 208London Wetland Centre
103St Bees Head 589
wildlife watching 283Wiltshire 271-81Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Championships 31Winchcombe 203-4Winchester 246-9, 247Windermere 562-7, 564Windsor 212-16, 213Windsor Castle 101, 213-14,
100-1windsurfing 43wine 645-7wineries
Bishop’s Castle 430Cornwall 315Kent 150
St Martin’s 346Sussex 150Totnes 297
Woburn 211-12Woodstock 188-9Worcester 412-13Worcestershire 411-14Wordsworth, William 567,
570, 578
YYe Olde Trip to Jerusalem
436, 648, 16York 12, 473-82, 474-5, 12
accommodation 478-9activities 478drinking & nightlife
480-1festivals & events 478food 479-80shopping 481sights 475-8tourist information 481tours 478travel to/from 481-2travel within 482
York Minster 475Yorkshire 51, 469-522
accommodation 469activities 472climate 469food 469highlights 470, 470-1history 472tourist information 473travel seasons 469travel to/from 473travel within 473
Yorkshire Dales National Park 497-504, 498, 42
ZZennor 329-30zoos
Bristol Zoo Gardens 225Cotswold Farm Park 197Living Coasts 293-4Longleat 277-8Newquay Zoo 322Paignton Zoo 294Woburn Safari Park 212ZSL London Zoo 95-6
702702
Walking Tour detourWalking Tour
Path/Walking Trail
BankEmbassy/ConsulateHospital/MedicalInternetPolicePost OfficeTelephoneToiletTourist InformationOther Information
AirportBorder crossingBus
CyclingFerry
U-Bahn/Underground station
MonorailParking
Metro station
Petrol stationS-Bahn/Subway stationTaxi
Train station/RailwayTram
Other Transport
LighthouseHut/Shelter
Beach
LookoutMountain/VolcanoOasisParkPassPicnic AreaWaterfall
River, CreekIntermittent River
Swamp/Mangrove
Reef
Canal
Water
Dry/Salt/Intermittent Lake
Glacier
Beach/Desert
Airport/Runway
Cemetery (Christian)
Cemetery (Other)
Park/Forest
Mudflat
Sportsground
Sight (Building)
International
DisputedRegional/SuburbMarine ParkCliffWall
Capital (National)Capital (State/Province)City/Large TownTown/Village
State/Province
LaneTertiary
TollwayFreewayPrimary
StepsPlaza/Mall
Pedestrian overpass
Secondary
Unsealed roadRoad under construction
Tunnel
Cable car/Funicular
BeachBird SanctuaryBuddhistCastle/PalaceChristianConfucianHinduIslamicJainJewishMonumentMuseum/Gallery/Historic BuildingRuin
Sento Hot Baths/Onsen
ShintoSikhTaoistWinery/VineyardZoo/Wildlife SanctuaryOther Sight
DivingBodysurfing
Sleeping
Eating
Entertainment
Shopping
Drinking & NightlifeCafe
CampingHut/Shelter
Canoeing/KayakingCourse/Tour
SkiingSnorkellingSurfingSwimming/PoolWalkingWindsurfingOther Activity
Tube station
T-bane/Tunnelbana station
Gate
Information Routes
Boundaries
Hydrography
Areas
Geographic
Population
Transport
Sights
Activities,Courses & Tours
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking & Nightlife
Entertainment
ShoppingNote: Not all symbols displayed above appear on the maps in this book
Map Legend
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