Lonely Planet Great Britain

Great Britain
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Contents
Welcome to Great Britain
	Variety Packed
		Time Travel
		English Spoken Here
		Easy Does It
	Why I Love Great Britain
Great Britain’s Top 26
	Stonehenge
		Edinburgh
		Bath
		Isle of Skye
		The Cotswolds
		Snowdonia
		Oxford
		Football
		The Lake District
		Hadrian’s Wall
		Castles & Stately Homes
		Cornwall
		Cambridge
		Stratford-upon-Avon
		Canterbury Cathedral
		Cardiff
		Britain’s Pubs
		Pembrokeshire
		York
		Scotland’s Northwest Highlands
		Liverpool
		British Food
		Glen Coe
		Whisky
		London’s Museums
		Golf
Need to Know
	When to Go
		Useful Websites
		Important Numbers
		Exchange Rates
		Daily Costs
		Great Britain on a Shoestring
		Arriving in Britain
First Time Great Britain
	Checklist
	What to Pack
		Top Tips for Your Trip
		What to Wear
		Sleeping
		Money
		Bargaining
		Tipping
		Etiquette
		Eating
What’s New
If You Like…
	Castles & Stately Homes
	Cathedrals & Ruined Abbeys
	Royal Britain
	Village Idylls
	Great Outdoors
	Shopping
	Industrial Heritage
	Roman Remains
	Art Galleries
	Arts & Music Festivals
	Coastal Attractions
Month by Month
	January
	February
	March
	April
	May
	June
	July
	August
	September
	October
	November
	December
Itineraries
	Best of Britain
	The Full Monty
	Island Hopscotch
	Urban Odyssey
	Highland Fling
	Edge of England
	Welsh Wander
	Southwest Meander
The Great Outdoors
	Walking
		Getting Started
		Britain’s Footpath Network
		Rights of Way
		Britain’s Best Walking Areas
	Cycling & Mountain Biking
	Fishing
	Surfing & Windsurfing
	Canoeing, Kayaking & Rafting
	Coasteering
	Rock Climbing
	Horse Riding & Pony Trekking
	Sailing & Boating
	Skiing & Snowboarding
Eat & Drink Like a Local
	Food Experiences
		Meals of a Lifetime
		Cheap Treats
		Dare to Try
	Local Specialities
		Scotland
		Wales
		The English Midlands
		North of England
		Southwest England
		London & Southeast England
	How to Eat & Drink
		When to Eat
		Where to Eat
Travel with Children
	Great Britain for Kids
		Bargain Hunting
		On the Road
		Dining, not Whining
	Children’s Highlights
		Best Fresh-Air Fun
		Best Hands-On Action
		Best Rainy-Day Distractions
		Best Stealth Learning
	Planning
		When to Go
		Accommodation
		Useful Websites
Regions at a Glance
	London
		Canterbury &Southeast England
		Oxford & the Cotswolds
		Bath &Southwest England
		Cambridge & East Anglia
		Birmingham,the Midlands & the Marches
		Yorkshire
		Manchester,Liverpool &Northwest England
		The Lake District & Cumbria
		Newcastle &Northeast England
		Cardiff, Pembroke-shire & South Wales
		Brecon Beacons & Mid-Wales
		Snowdonia & North Wales
		Edinburgh
		Glasgow & Southern Scotland
		Stirling &Central Scotland
		Inverness & the Northern Highlands & Islands
On the Road
England
	England Highlights
London
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		London Highlights
Royal London
Canterbury &  Southeast England
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
	Kent
			Canterbury
		Canterbury & the Southeast Highlights
			Whitstable
			Margate
			Broadstairs
			Ramsgate
			Sandwich
			Dover
			The White Cliffs of Dover
	East Sussex
			Rye
			Hastings
			Eastbourne
			South DownsNational Park
			Lewes
			Brighton & Hove
	West Sussex
			Arundel
			Chichester
	Surrey
			Farnham
Oxford &the Cotswolds
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Oxford & the Cotswolds Highlights
	Oxford
	Around Oxford
			Woodstock
			Vale of the White Horse
	The Cotswolds
			Cirencester
			Bibury
			Burford
			Minster Lovell
			Northleach
			The Slaughters
			Stow-on-the-Wold
			Chipping Norton
			Moreton-in-Marsh
			Chipping Campden
			Broadway
			Winchcombe
			Painswick
			Uley
	Western Gloucestershire
			Cheltenham
			Forest of Dean
	Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire
			Woburn
			Waddesdon
			St Albans
	The Thames Valley
			Windsor & Eton
			Bray
			Henley-on-Thames
Literary Britain
Bath & Southwest England
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Bath & Southwest England Highlights
	Hampshire
			Winchester
			Portsmouth
		New Forest
	Isle of Wight
			Cowes & Around
			Ryde & Around
			Ventnor & Around
			Steephill Cove
			West Wight
	Dorset
			Bournemouth
			Poole
			Corfe Castle
			Lulworth Cove & Around
			Dorchester & Around
			Cerne Abbas & the Cerne Giant
			Weymouth
			Isle of Portland
			Chesil Beach
			Lyme Regis
			Sherborne
	Wiltshire
			Salisbury
			Stonehenge
			Stourhead
			Longleat
			Lacock
			Avebury & Around
	Exmoor National Park
			Dulverton
			Exford
			Dunster
			Porlock & Around
			Lynton & Lynmouth
	Devon
			Exeter
			Torquay & Around
			Brixham
			Dartmouth & Around
			Totnes & Around
			Plymouth & Around
			Dartmoor National Park
			Croyde & Braunton
			Ilfracombe & Around
			Clovelly
	Bristol
	Bath
	Somerset
			Wells & Around
			Glastonbury
	Cornwall
		Bude
		Boscastle
		Tintagel
		Port Isaac
		Padstow & Rock
		Newquay
		Perranporth to Porthtowan
		St Ives
		Zennor & St Just
		Sennen & Land’s End
		Mousehole
		Penzance
		The Lizard
		Falmouth & Around
		Truro
		Fowey
		Looe
		Bodmin Moor
	Isles of Scilly
		St Mary’s
		Tresco
		Bryher
		St Martin’s
		St Agnes
Cambridge &East Anglia
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Cambridge & East Anglia Highlights
	Cambridgeshire
			Cambridge
			Grantchester
			Ely
	Essex
			Colchester
			Dedham Vale
			Saffron Walden
			Southend-on-Sea & Around
	Suffolk
			Long Melford
			Lavenham
			Bury St Edmunds
			Orford
			Aldeburgh
			Southwold
	Norfolk
			Norwich
			Cromer
			Cley-next-the-Sea
			Blakeney
			Wells-next-the-Sea
			Holkham
			Burnham Deepdale
			King’s Lynn & Around
Image Gallery
Birmingham, the Midlands & the Marches
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Birmingham, the Midlands & the Marches Highlights
	Birmingham
	Warwickshire
			Coventry
			Warwick
			Kenilworth
			Stratford-upon-Avon
			Rugby
	Staffordshire
			Lichfield
	Worcestershire
			Worcester
			Great Malvern
	Herefordshire
			Hereford
			Ross-on-Wye
			Ledbury
	Shropshire
			Shrewsbury
			Ironbridge Gorge
			Much Wenlock & Around
			Bridgnorth & Around
			Church Stretton & Around
			Bishop’s Castle
			Ludlow
	Nottinghamshire
			Nottingham & Around
			Southwell
			Newark-on-Trent
	Lincolnshire
			Lincoln
			Stamford
			Boston
	Northamptonshire
			Stoke Bruerne
	Leicestershire
			Leicester
	Rutland
			Rutland Water
	Derbyshire
			Derby
			Ashbourne
			Matlock Bath
			Chesterfield & Around
	Peak District
			Buxton
			Castleton & Around
			Derwent Reservoirs
			Edale
			Eyam
			Bakewell & Around
Image Gallery
Yorkshire
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Yorkshire Highlights
	North Yorkshire
			York
			Castle Howard
			Harrogate
			Scarborough
	North York Moors National Park
			Helmsley & Around
			Pickering
			Whitby
			Robin Hood’s Bay
	Yorkshire Dales National Park
			Skipton
			Grassington
			Malham
			Ribblesdale & the Three Peaks
			Hawes
			Richmond
	West Yorkshire
			Leeds
			Bradford
			Hebden Bridge
			Haworth
	South Yorkshire
			Sheffield
	East Riding of Yorkshire
			Hull
			Beverley
Manchester, Liverpool & Northwest England
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Manchester, Liverpool & Northwest England Highlights
	Manchester
	Chester
	Liverpool
	Lancashire
			Blackpool
			Lancaster
			Clitheroe
			Forest of Bowland
	Isle of Man
			Douglas
			Around Douglas
			Castletown & Around
			Peel
The Lake District & Cumbria
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Cumbria & the Lake District Highlights
	The Lake District
			Windermere & Around
			Troutbeck
			Ambleside
			Grasmere
			Hawkshead
			Coniston
			Elterwater &Great Langdale
			Eskdale
			Wasdale
			Cockermouth
			Keswick
			Borrowdale
			Buttermere
			Ullswater & Around
			Kendal
	Cumbrian Coast
			Northern & Eastern Cumbria
			Carlisle
			Penrith
England’s Great Outdoors
Newcastle & Northeast England
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Newcastle & Northeast  England Highlights
			Newcastle-upon-Tyne
			Tynemouth
			Durham
			Barnard Castle
			Hadrian’s Wall
			NorthumberlandNational Park
			Northumberland Coast
Wales
	Wales Highlights
Cardiff, Pembrokeshire & South Wales
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Cardiff, Pembrokeshire & South Wales Highlights
	Cardiff
	Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy)
			Chepstow (Cas-gwent)
			Lower Wye Valley
			Abergavenny
	South Wales Valleys
			Blaenavon (Blaenafon)
			Caerphilly (Caerffili)
			Swansea (Abertawe)
			The Mumbles (Y Mwmbwls)
			Gower Peninsula (Y Gŵyr)
			Port Eynon
			Rhossili
			Llangennith
	Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin)
			Llanarthne
			Llandeilo
			Pumsaint
	Pembrokeshire
			Saundersfoot
			Tenby (Dinbych Y Pysgod)
			Pembroke (Penfro)
			Narberth (Arberth)
			St Davids (Tyddewi)
			Porthgain & Around
			Fishguard (Abergwaun)
			Newport (Trefdraeth)
Brecon Beacons & Mid-Wales
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Brecon Beacons & Mid-Wales Highlights
	Brecon Beacons National Park
			Hay-on-Wye (Y Gelli Gandryll)
			Black Mountains (Y Mynyddoedd Duon)
			Crickhowell (Crughywel)
			Brecon (Aberhonddu)
			Fforest Fawr & Black Mountain
	Powys
			Llanwrtyd Wells (Llanwrtyd)
			Builth Wells(Llanfair-Ym-Muallt)
			Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy)
			Elan Valley
			Montgomery
			Welshpool (Y Trallwng)
			Machynlleth
	Ceredigion
			Aberystwyth
			Aberaeron
			Cardigan (Aberteifi)
Snowdonia & North Wales
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Snowdonia & North Wales Highlights
	North Wales Borderlands
			Ruthin
			Llangollen
	Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri)
			Cader Idris (Cadair Idris)
			Dolgellau
			Barmouth (Abermaw)
			Harlech
			Blaenau Ffestiniog
			Betws-y-Coed
			Llanberis
			Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa)
			Beddgelert
	Llŷn Peninsula
			Porthmadog
			Criccieth
			Abersoch
			Aberdaron
	The North Coast
			Caernarfon
			Bangor
			Conwy
			Llandudno
	Isle of Anglesey (Ynys Môn)
			Beaumaris (Biwmares)
			Holyhead (Caergybi)
Breathtaking Britain
Scotland
	Scotland Highlights
Edinburgh
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Edinburgh Highlights
Glasgow & Southern Scotland
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Glasgow & Southern Scotland Highlights
	Glasgow
	Lanark & New Lanark
	Borders Region
			Peebles
			Melrose
			Around Melrose
			Jedburgh
			Kelso
	Ayrshire
			Ayr
			Alloway
			Culzean Castle
	Dumfries & Galloway
			Dumfries
			South of Dumfries
			Kirkcudbright
			Galloway Forest Park
			The Machars
			Stranraer
Flavours of Britain
Stirling & Central Scotland
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
			Stirling & Central Scotland Highlights
	Stirling Region
			Stirling
	Fife
			St Andrews
			East Neuk
			Falkland
			Dunfermline
			Culross
	Dundee & Angus
			Dundee
			Arbroath
	Aberdeenshire
			Aberdeen
			Around Aberdeen
	Moray
			Elgin
			Dufftown & Aberlour
	Loch Lomond & the Trossachs
			Loch Lomond
			Callander
			Lochs Katrine & Achray
			Killin
	Argyllshire
			Oban
			Mull
			Iona
			Inveraray
			Kilmartin Glen
			Kintyre
			Islay
			Jura
	Arran
			Brodick & Around
			Lochranza
			West Coast
			South Coast
			Lamlash
Inverness & the Northern Highlands& Islands
	Best Places to Eat
		Best Places to Sleep
		Why Go?
		When to Go
		Inverness & the Northern Highlands & Islands
	Inverness & the Great Glen
			Inverness
			Around Inverness
			Loch Ness
	The Cairngorms
			Aviemore
			Around Aviemore
			Kingussie & Newtonmore
			Royal Deeside
	Highland Perthshire
			Dunkeld & Birnam
			Pitlochry
			Blair Castle
			Lochs Tummel & Rannoch
			Loch Tay
	West Highlands
			Glen Coe
			Glencoe Village
			Fort William
			Around Fort William
			Road to the Isles
	East Coast
			Dornoch
			Dunrobin Castle
	Caithness
			Lybster & Around
			Wick
			John O’Groats
			Dunnet Head
			Thurso & Scrabster
	North & West Coast
			Thurso to Durness
			Durness
			Durness to Ullapool
			Ullapool
			Ullapool to Kyle of Lochalsh
			Kyle of Lochalsh
			Eilean Donan Castle
	Skye
			Broadford (An T-Ath Leathann)
			Armadale & Sleat
			Cuillin Hills
			Portree (Port Righ)
			Dunvegan (Dun Bheagain) & Around
			Trotternish
	Outer Hebrides
			Lewis (Leodhais)
			Harris (Na Hearadh)
			Berneray (Bearnaraigh)
			North Uist ( Uibhist A Tuath)
			South Uist (Uibhist A Deas)
			Barra (Barraigh)
	Orkney
			Kirkwall
			East Mainland to South Ronaldsay
			Maes Howe & Around
			Skara Brae
			Stromness
			Hoy
			Northern Islands
	Shetland
			Lerwick
			Sumburgh
			The North Isles
Understand Great Britain
Great BritainToday
	Goodbye to Europe?
		The State of the Union
		Keep Calm and Carry On
History
	First Arrivals
	Iron & Celts
	Enter the Romans
	Exit the Romans
	The Emergence of England
	The Waking of Wales
	The Stirring of Scotland
	The Viking Era
	United England?
	Highs & Lows in Wales
	Scotland Becomes a Kingdom
	1066 & All That
	Norman Wisdom
	Post-Invasion Wales & Scotland
	Royal & Holy Squabbling
	Expansionist Edward
	Scotland Wins Independence
	Stewarts Enter the Scene
	Houses of York & Lancaster
	Dark Deeds in the Tower
	Moves Towards Unity
	The Elizabethan Age
	United & Disunited Britain
	The Return of the King
	Act of Union
	The Jacobite Rebellions
	The Empire Strikes Out
	The Industrial Age
	Age of Empire
	World War I
	Disillusion & Depression
	World War II
	Swinging & Sliding
	The Thatcher Years
	New Labour, New Millennium, New Start
The British Table
	Eating in Britain
	The Full British
		Breakfast
		Lunch
		Dinner
		Puddings & Desserts
	Drinking in Britain
		Tea & Coffee
		Beer & Cider
		Wine
		Whisky
		Bars & Pubs
Architecture in Britain
	Early Foundations
	Bronze Age & Iron Age
	The Roman Era
	Medieval Masterpieces
	Stately Homes
	Victoriana
	Industrialisation
	Postwar Pains & Pride
	The 21st Century
The Arts
	Literature
		First Stars
		The 17th & 18th Centuries
		The Romantic Era
		Victoriana
		The Modern World
		The New Millennium
	Cinema
		Early Days
		After the War
		Swinging Sixties
		Burning Gold
		Brit Flicks
		The 21st Century
	Pop & Rock Music
		Glam to Punk
		Mode, Metal & Miserabilism
		Raves, Indie & Britpop
		Pop Today, Gone Tomorrow
	Painting & Sculpture
		Portraits & Landscapes
		Fables & Flowers
		Stone & Sticks
		Pop Art
		Britart & Beyond
	Theatre
		Shakespeare
		British Theatre Today
		West End Musicals
The British Landscape
	Location, Location, Location
	National Parks
	Wildlife
		Farmland
		Woodland
		Mountain & Moorland
		Rivers & Coasts
	Plants
	Environmental Issues
Sporting Britain
	Playing the Game
	Football (Soccer)
	Golf
	Rugby
	Cricket
	Horse Racing
	Tennis
Survival Guide
Directory A–Z
	Accommodation
		Customs Regulations
		Discount Cards
		Electricity
		Health
		Insurance
		Internet Access
		Legal Matters
		LGBTIQ Travellers
		Money
		Opening Hours
		Public Holidays
		Safe Travel
		Telephone
		Time
		Toilets
		Tourist Information
		Travellers with Disabilities
		Visas
Transport
	Getting There & Away
		Air
		Land
		Sea
	Getting Around
		Air
		Bicycle
		Boat
		Bus & Coach
		Car & Motorcycle
		Hitching
		Local Transport
		Train
Glossary
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