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What's On?                     Overview                     Prepare                     Highlights 

Overview

Overview

Four nations as one, the United Kingdom is a land with strong local identities and long histories from Roman settlements to northern industrial heartlands. The wildly contrasting landscape takes in big cities, sleepy villages, national parks, hedge-lined lanes, the White Cliffs of Dover, the fens of East Anglia and the mountains of Scotland and Wales.

Cityscape

Capital sights – the London Eye, Cardiff's majestic Wales Millennium Centre, Edinburgh's Georgian New Town and Belfast's community murals – make way for the solid Victorian architecture of Manchester and Glasgow and contemporary rejuvenated centres in Birmingham, Newcastle and Liverpool.
Landscape

Feel the breeze on the wilds of Dartmoor, the Peak District, Yorkshire Dales, Lake District and Northern Ireland's Giant's Causeway. Refresh the batteries in the beauty of the New Forest, the Trossachs and Mourne Mountains, or get the adrenalin pumping by climbing Snowdonia, Ben Nevis or the Cairngorms. Unearth ancient history at Stonehenge and stand amid the ghosts of Vikings in the Shetlands, Orkneys or York. Take a dip along Devon's English Riviera or around Cornwall.
Take Home

Dress in cashmere, tartan or Harris Tweed from Scotland, or the creations of news-making designers Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney. Stock up on Twinings Teas, traditionally enjoyed from fine china. For a stronger tipple, try Pimm's as a summer refresher or malt whisky to warm you by the winter fire.
Eat & Drink

Despite ex-President Chirac's jibes, there is great British food, from Cornish pasties to Scottish salmon and venison; from London's jellied eels to fish and chips. Sunday roasts like beef with Yorkshire puddings remain an abiding tradition, while cheeses, from crumbly Lancashire to blue-streaked Stilton, ring the changes. Real ale (bitter) comes in myriad flavours, while Scottish malt whisky is a traditional final tipple of the day.
New Perspective

The British have decided they do like art – join the throngs at the various Tate Galleries (there are four; two in London; one each in Liverpool and St Ives, Cornwall) or Newcastle Gateshead's Baltic.

Prepare

Prepare

Sunglasses and an umbrella (doubling as a parasol) are always worth packing, but most important is a smile, the best response to British eccentricity.

UK Year

See the New Year in in fine style across Scotland on Hogmanay (31 Dec/1 Jan) and continue the toasting on Burns Night (Jan). Northern Ireland celebrates St Patrick's Day (Mar), while London gets floral at the Chelsea Flower Show (May). Rock your socks off at Glastonbury (Jun), or join fine Welsh voices at Llangollen Eisteddfod (Jul). Edinburgh goes festival crazy (Aug), while Blackpool Illuminations (Sep-Nov) light up the night sky. Naughty Guy Fawkes, who wanted to blow up Parliament, is reburnt every year on Bonfire Night (5 Nov).
Public Holidays

New Year's Day (1 Jan), 2 Jan (Scotland only), St Patrick's Day (17 Mar: Northern Ireland only), Good Friday (Mar/Apr), Easter Monday (Mar/Apr: not Scotland), May Day, Spring Bank Holiday (May), Battle of the Boyne (12 July, Northern Ireland only), August Bank Holiday (first Monday: Scotland only; last Monday: not Scotland), Christmas Day, Boxing Day (26 Dec).
Weather

The British have a national guessing game about the weather – will it be sunny or not? When it is, especially in the crisp temperatures of November or February, it makes for invigorating walking. With the south-east generally drier and the west wetter, everywhere can suffer more than just ground frost in winter and snow can cause as much havoc with the transport system as the British psyche. Summer temperatures hit the early 30°C.
Electricity

240 v AC, 50 Hz, three-square-pin plugs are standard.
Dialling Code

+44 (national).
Money

Pound sterling (£) is the currency.
GMT

Precisely (+1 from last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October).
UK Tourist Info

Visit Britain website

Fit In

The British have a reputation for being rather reserved, but once you get to know them – even in the cities – they are a friendly bunch, with a typically eccentric sense of humour. There are various terms of endearment across the country: "my lover" (Wiltshire), "me duck" (Midlands), "pet" or "hinny" (Geordies from Newcastle) and "hen" (Scotland, usually for women) are just some of them.

Get Around

Get Around

Let the train take the strain, or – for exercise – try ‘Shanks' pony' (walking) to explore Britain's hidden corners.

They say there is a north-south divide in the UK, but any difference is more likely between urban and rural. The Industrial Revolution's big cities – Manchester, Sheffield, Leeds – continue to grow, as do Swansea and Cardiff in Wales, while older centres have trading pasts – London, Bristol, Liverpool, Newcastle and Glasgow.

Each country is split into counties and each has a different flavour – try flat East Anglia (Norfolk and Suffolk) with its waterways and fenlands, or Robert Burns' birthplace, on the Scottish coast at Ayr, with the Highlands' wilder mountains and glens further north.
Train

Intercity trains snake across the country, with major routes radiating out of London and the big cities and covering all points of the compass. Eurostar connects London and Kent to the continent.
Car

Drive on the left. Motorways (prefix M), usually three-lane each way, cross the country, with the M1 connecting the north-east to London and the M6 linking the Midlands with the north-west.
Ferry

Ferries run from the south coast to continental Europe, from Wales to Ireland, and from Liverpool and Stranraer to Belfast.
Bicycle

New cycle routes, both urban and rural, spring up every year and reflect both health and global warming concerns. City cycle paths hug canals and parks. East Anglia is an ideal area to explore by two wheels, given its level plains, while the Yorkshire Dales, Exmoor and Dartmoor, the Lakes and the Scottish glens provide a good work-out for hardier cyclists.

Buses, Trams &Tubes

While London, Glasgow and Newcastle are the only UK cities to have underground rail systems ("Tube" for London, "Metro" in the others), trams have made a comeback in Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield as well as in south London. National Express coaches and independent companies offer regular services between main cities. A plethora of local buses runs from point to point.
Transport Tips

Booking in advance can save you pounds, with many saver tickets both on rail and coaches. Paying on the day may break the bank.
UK Transport Links

National Express (coach) website

National Rail website

Time Travel

Salute the solstice sunrise at Stonehenge, walk Hadrian's Wall or lose yourself in the maze at Henry VIII's Hampton Court Palace. Marvel at the new such as London's pickle-shaped Swiss RE building (colloquially the "gherkin") or The Sage Gateshead

Highlights

Highlights

As well as London's cultural hub of galleries, theatres and concert halls, Britain revels in quirky outposts from Gothic cathedrals at Durham or Winchester, to industrial relics such as Ironbridge, to a vibrant rock and pop heritage, like the Beatles' Liverpool.

Culture

London is left behind by the new concert halls in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and now The Sage Gateshead. The Tate Gallery has St Ives and Liverpool outposts as well as its two London galleries, while a theatrical highlight is the Royal Shakespeare Company's home in Stratford-upon-Avon. Writers are celebrated in their birthplaces or hometowns: Alton (Jane Austen), the Lake District (Wordsworth), Haworth (Brontes) and Portsmouth (Dickens).
Landmarks

History comes alive in the cathedral towns of Canterbury, York and Durham. Scale castle walls at Leeds (in Kent, confusingly), Tintagel, Warwick, Caernarfon, Stirling and Edinburgh. Take tea in the stately homes of England – Longleat, Chatsworth, Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard – or wander the Italianate folly village of Portmeirion. Seek natural remedies in one of 14 national parks including the New Forest and North York Moors.
Family

Brave daredevil rides at Alton Towers, Chessington or Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Challenge your kids' knowledge with trips to Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth, Dundee's Sensation or Cornwall's Eden Project, a dome-bubbled biosphere and the benchmark for innovative learning. Sail off the coast of Anglesey and see dolphins off Scotland's Moray Firth.

Sightseeing Tips

Take a ferry to Scotland's Western Isles for a break from the rat race, or let England pass you gently by as you take a narrowboat along the extensive canal system. Explore Northern Ireland's beautiful Mourne Mountains, and let the Welsh winds blow the cobwebs away from the peaks of Snowdonia to the dramatic Pembrokeshire coastline.

Soundtracks

See the English way of life through rose-tinted glasses with Roger Miller's England Swings Like a Pendulum do, sing along with the national airs of Scots Wha Ha'e, Danny Boy (The Londonderry Air) and Ar Hyd y Nos.

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