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I am one of those people who like to travel to the less traditional places so what cities would you recommend that is not London.
Good question. Glad you asked.
The rest of the UK has so much more to offer.
Here are some of my favourites and top must see things about each:
1. Liverpool: The UK's most underrated city (IMHO) offers at least as much as London: The beautiful Albert dock / The Pier Head, The Tate, The Maritime Museum, Liverpool Art Gallery, The Anglican Cathedral, The Catholic Cathedral (Paddys wigwam), The World Museum, Speke Hall, St Georges Hall, The Philharmonic, Mathew Street (home of the Cavern Club), Ferry across the Mersey, International Slavery museum, Chinatown, Museum of Liverpool, The Everyman Theatre. And that's just to start. (I'm from there so I'm a bit biased too )
2. Canterbury area. Visit Canterbury Cathedral, Roman Museum, Canterbury Tales and the town, then not too far distant visit Dover Castle - the castle to beat all castles and also its labyrinth of miles and miles of 'secret' wartime tunnels. If you are into castles there is also Deal Castle and Walmer Castle nearby, also great for a visit. Hire a bike and cycle the 'Crab and Winkle' way all the way to beautiful Whitstable.
3. Brighton and Hastings area. Visit the Royal Pavillion in Brighton, then about an hours drive east, spend the day in historic Hastings and learn about the Battle of Hastings.
4. Bath. Of course for its historic Roman baths.
5. Oxford and Cambridge. Both historic and beautiful old university towns.
Edit: Oh come on, what is rude about S****horpe???
Stewart G Griffin here unless you hadn't worked out is being facetious . Please give a wide berth to all the places he mentioned.
I really wouldn't bother with Leeds either.
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HAHA! I love that S****horpe gets edited.
A few more (serious) suggestions...
Windsor
Cantebury
Chester
Salisbury
Portsmouth
Warwick
Stratford Upon Avon
Cornwall area if you can spare more than a day
I also second Chester, Stratford Upon Avon and the Cornwall area.
To be serious, I'd recommend small to medium sized towns found the length and breadth of this diverse land.
The UK may be small but there is such diversity in styles and richness of architecture.
I also love our countryside and I spent a good part of today in a beautiful rural area where I could hardly see a man made object for miles despite being fairly close to a couple of lovely market towns.
Pick any county in the Country and you'd be hard pressed not to find somewhere worth having a look at.
Maybe if the OP were to narrow the search area down a bit we might be able to be more specific.
During my trip to England I barely got out of London and I really regret it. I did take a short train ride to nearby Rochester and really enjoyed my day there. Lots of historical sights to see and there was some sort of Christmas fair on the High Street, complete with people in Dickens era costume encouraging the crowd to sing along to traditional carols. What was even better was the shoppers on the High Street seem to be mostly British (at least from what I could hear from their accents as I passed). I loved that bit - London is so international and most attractions were swarming with people like me. I will go again someday and I will absolutely get out of London to the smaller cities, towns and rural areas.
During my trip to England I barely got out of London and I really regret it. I did take a short train ride to Rochester...What was even better was the shoppers on the High Street seem to be mostly British (at least from what I could hear from their accents as I passed). I loved that bit - London is so international and most attractions were swarming with people like me. I will go again someday and I will absolutely get out of London to the smaller cities, towns and rural areas.
you should have stayed on the train for another five minutes and visited Chatham.
Leeds I remember reading about years ago thought it would be worth a visit.
If you have a bit of spare time, or are traveling around the UK and visiting multiple places, then I would recommend it, but I wouldn't go out of my way to visit if I didn't already live here. Its primary attributes are shopping, dining, and partying, so is more suited to the under 35s (excellent for students). With that being said, it's easy to get here by pretty much any mode of transport, and there are some good museums, art galleries and impressive Victorian buildings that might offer some interest, and it's the 12th most visited city in the UK, far above York (a more 'traditional' tourist location).
I'd also recommend Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol and perhaps Birmingham. Please ignore the snobbery directed towards the larger cities by boring traditional types, as they are usually ill-informed and base their opinions on prejudice and stereotypes with little substance in reality.
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London is the coolest city in the UK, but if I have to recommend others I would say:
Windsor: small but fascinating, history, parks, Windsor castle, changing guards, Eton college.
Goring/Streatley on Thames: little towns on the river. Very English and country feeling.
Edinburgh: beautiful city with its own identity, access to Scottish beauty!
St David: UK's smallest town and very quaint! Worth the visit.
I wouldn't recommend other cities because most are pretty much the same I.e same high street stores and such like.
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. Please give a wide berth to all the places he mentioned.
