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Find holiday inspiration for the perfect break - Travel Tips and Tourist Information
With so many beautiful and wonderful places to visit in the UK, how do you go about choosing the right one for you? We've got the lowdown on all the best places to visit, experience and enjoy and expert knowledge to make sure you're getting the best out of your UK holiday.
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Portsmouth Museums
D-Day Museum Portsmouth has had an interesting and varied history, much of it strongly linked with sea and consequently battles to defend the country. Portsmouth museums focus on a range of themes including...
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West Brecon Beacons
The western Beacons are dominated by the stark Black Mountain (Mynydd Du) range of hills that includes two glacial lakes at the foot of steep scarp slopes: Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr. This wild upland...
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Hay-on-Wye Tourist Information
Hay on Wye Castle Known as the ‘town of books’ Hay-on-Wye is a small, historic market town on the Welsh/English Herefordshire border. It sits on the north eastern edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park and...
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Banchory Tourist Information
Banchory as seen from Scolty Hill. Ideally situated midway between Aberdeen and the Cairngorms National Park, local produce rich Banchory is a bustling gateway into Royal Deeside. The town’s high street is...
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Knighton Tourist Information
Offa’s Dyke View Knighton in Powys, Mid Wales, is known in Welsh as Tref-y-clawdd, meaning ‘town on the dyke’. The nearest larger towns are Llandrindod Wells, Leominster and Newtown. Set in the Marches – the...
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Peterborough Tourist Information
Peterborough Cathedral during the Heritage Festival Peterborough along the River Nene is a major business and leisure centre in Cambridgeshire and a great budget gateway into the Fens. Easily accessible off...
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Carisbrooke Castle
Carisbrooke Castle, Isle of Wight Carisbrooke Castle is 11 miles south west of Newport and is one of the island’s most spectacular heritage attractions. Not only is it a must for those interested in the...
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Osborne House
Osborne House, East Cowes Osborne House, just outside East Cowes, is one of the most popular attractions on the Isle of Wight. The Osborne House Estate was bought by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in 1845....
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South Devon Tourist Information
Blackpool Sands Beach between Stoke Fleming & Strete in South Devon Royal William Yard, Plymouth South Devon and the county’s capital city Plymouth are a magical mix of coastal estuaries, great sweeping sandy...
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King’s Lynn Tourist Information
Old Custom House & Captain George Vancouver Statue, Purfleet Quay, King’s Lynn Heritage Wash port King’s Lynn in North Norfolk is a breathtaking waterfront location with a charming quayside along the Great...
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Brampton Tourist Information
Brampton Town and Moot Hall Brampton is Cumbria’s pretty market town which is gateway on to Hadrian’s Wall. It features a central Georgian Moot Hall, home to a tourist information centre and a collection of...
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Attractions near Canterbury
The Lemurs at Howletts Wild Animal Park near Canterbury The Kent Downs and ancient Kent woodlands including The Blean and Swale Woodlands just north of the city and the Denge and Larkey Valley just to the...
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Edinburgh Hogmany
Hogmany Fireworks Hogmany, the crossover of the outgoing old year and the incoming new year, is celebrated on 31st December. Great enthusiasm and energy goes into Hogmany events run by most of Scotland’s...
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Canterbury Food & Drink
Tiny Tim’s Tearoom Canterbury offers an intimate dining experience with a varied mix of world cuisine and bistro style restaurants, old Kentish real ale inns and inviting wine bars, iconic tearooms and retro...
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Plymouth Historic Attractions
Plymouth Gin, England’s oldest working gin distillery Plymouth’s maritime history features world famous names like the Pilgrim Fathers, Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh. The city’s selection of...
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