England
Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Manchester United, The Beatles.
Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Manchester United, The Beatles.
Historic world city and British capital with outstanding arts, dining and nightlife.
As an old Scots saying has it, ‘guid gear comes in sma’ bouk’ (good things come in small packages).
The Welsh spirit is the country’s defining feature.
Scottish capital, as famous for its festivals as its castle.
The country’s historical roots are deeply embedded in the sandy soils of Central Scotland.
Yorkshire is England’s most interesting region.
Scotland's extremities encourage superlatives; from Britain's deepest lake (Loch Ness) to its highest peak (Ben Nevis), and all the way out to the Shetlands where they're not even sure if they're part of Scotland or Britain.
Welcome to the northwest, the once-mighty heartland of industrial England and a generous slice of urban heaven.
Ever-evolving, cutting-edge city with an epic live-music scene.
Cumbria is where rural England unexpectedly takes a walk on the wild side.
Picture-perfect Devon has long been one of the country’s favourite holiday destinations, and with such a smorgasbord of natural wonders, it’s not hard to see what keeps the holidaymakers coming back.
If you're a lover of the great outdoors, the Lake District is one corner of England where you'll want to linger.
Once a byword for bad town planning, England's second-largest city – known to locals as 'Brum' – is shaking off the legacy of industrial decline, and spending some serious money replacing its drab 1960s concrete architecture with gleaming glass...
Raised on lofty ambition and not afraid to declare its considerable bona fides, Manchester is – by dint of geography and history – England’s second city (apologies to Birmingham), although if you were to ask a Mancunian what it’s like to be second...
Perched atop of England, along the border with Scotland, the northeast has always been frontier country – its people passionate, independent and generally isolated from the rest of the island below.
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