London #1 most popular location
As a city that seamlessly blends the old world with the seductively modern, London is an atypical British city that – despite its multinational mish-mash of culture – simply couldn’t be…
10,160travelers 1,385reviews 1,323blogs
Blackpool #2 most popular location
It might be infamous as the home of an incredible array of tacky English tat (a not entirely undeserved reputation, it has to be said), but the northern seaside resort of Blackpool still draw…
88travelers 13reviews 9blogs
Manchester #3 most popular location
A city best known for its football teams: Manchester United, the most supported and most hated team in England, and the up and coming billionaires across the street, Manchester City. It’s t…
1,164travelers 155reviews 82blogs
Liverpool #4 most popular location
As the city that bought you The Beatles, that accent (if you’re not British, you can probably forget about understanding much of the native tongue) and the notorious harbor TV weather map (…
558travelers 69reviews 47blogs
York #5 most popular location
One of the most breathtakingly beautiful cities in Britain, boasting some of the most amazing architecture and surrounding countryside in the whole of Europe, and long the centre of attention…
192travelers 27reviews 33blogs
Birmingham #6 most popular location
One of the most progressive cities in England, and considered to be the second largest in terms of population, Birmingham is a massive metropolitan area in the West Midlands region of the cou…
522travelers 36reviews 22blogs
Torquay #7 most popular location
Torquay,which is also known as ''The English Riviera'' and the big sister of the three towns of Torbay. Situated on the Devon coastline, The south west coast of the UK, Torquay has been a …
44travelers 8reviews 1blogs
Brighton #8 most popular location
Brighton, the GAY capital. Generally known by its nickname of “London by the sea”, Brighton is a seaside city less than 50 miles south of London in the County of East Sussex. It is ac…
433travelers 44reviews 31blogs
Bath #9 most popular location
Named – a tad unoriginally, in truth – after its natural hot spring Roman baths, the city of Bath is an English hidden gem, both beautiful and slightly backwards, with the Roman influence…
138travelers 35reviews 45blogs
Bournemouth #10 most popular location
Bournemouth is a town in the South West of England, perhaps best known for its wide, sandy beach and its Victorian pier. The town lies across the water from the Isle of Wight, and South of th…
207travelers 9reviews 8blogs
Bristol #11 most popular location
There are places in the world which, for some reason or another, have fallen off the grid in terms of being considered a “tourist” destination. This is both good and bad. On the plus side…
524travelers 57reviews 34blogs
Cambridge #12 most popular location
With a skyline dominated by King’s College Chapel, Cambridge University Library, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, and St. John’s College Chapel, and a history that is just as lauded and lengthy …
328travelers 20reviews 16blogs
Oxford #13 most popular location
Home to the oldest university in the English-speaking world and a haven for the intellectual elite, Oxford is a city that boasts not only some of the smartest people in the world, but one of …
323travelers 28reviews 40blogs
Leeds #14 most popular location
The largest city in Yorkshire, Leeds is a modern hub of activity, famous for its metropolitan appeal, its vibrant nightlife, the multiple universities, sports teams, superb shopping experienc…
535travelers 21reviews 14blogs
Scarborough #15 most popular location
Scarborough is a vibrant modern town on the yorkshire coast of England. It has a population of around 50 000.
27travelers 1reviews 3blogs
Nottingham #18 most popular location
Nottingham: Queen of the East Midlands. A Mecca for shoppers, drinkers and those going to get married. Famed for its nightlife, Nottingham sits in the centre of the region, powering a new ec…
369travelers 10reviews 23blogs
Newcastle upon Tyne #19 most popular location
Newcastle is the largest city in the North East and is populated by so-called 'Geordies'. The city isituated on the north bank of the River Tyne. The city is well known for it's vibrant ni…
286travelers 13reviews 13blogs
Windermere #20 most popular location
Windermere, and its nearby neighbour Bowness on Windermere are situated at the southern end of the English Lake District, Cumbria. Windermere the lake, on the shore of which both towns lie …
4travelers 4reviews 7blogs
Paignton #21 most popular location
Paignton is a popular seaside resort and famous for its long sandy beaches,popular Zoo and occasionally bustling pier. Paignton is located in the very centre of torbay,in between its big …
11travelers 9reviews
Southampton #22 most popular location
Southampton is a large maritime city on the south coast of England. Southampton has a population of approximately 235,000, it is the gateway to the Isle of Wight, and has an eventful past du…
262travelers 8reviews 11blogs
Salisbury #23 most popular location
Salisbury is a magnificent medieval city: historic streets and alleyways, charming half-timbered buildings, traditional English eating houses and characterful shopping streets, and of cause o…
58travelers 18reviews 19blogs
Plymouth #24 most popular location
Plymouth is a city with vast amounts of history! Situated on the south coast of Devon, Plymouth is famous for being a historic Naval city. One of only three English ports that holds naval shi…
159travelers 13reviews 10blogs
Chester #25 most popular location
Originally founded by the Roman's Chester or (Deva Victrix as the Roman's called it) is a touristy city with a population approaching 100,000. Popular attractions and sights include the ra…
97travelers 9reviews 8blogs
Eastbourne #26 most popular location
Eastbourne is a large sea side town in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, with an estimated population of 93,630 as at August 2005. The area has seen human activity since the stone a…
40travelers 7reviews 6blogs
Cheltenham #27 most popular location
Cheltenham is a spa town located within the borough of Gloucestershire in England. It is situated on the very edge of The Cotswolds and has an air of wealth and respectability! It certainly i…
73travelers 3reviews 3blogs
Canterbury #28 most popular location
Canterbury is the the home to 2 large universities and is very student populated. It is full of history - The Cathedral, St Augustines Abbey and Canterbury Castle to name just a few. Plenty…
85travelers 16reviews 13blogs
Harrogate #29 most popular location
Harrogate is a spa town in North Yorkshire, England, Located to the south-east of the Yorkshire Dales. The town is a popular tourist destination; its spa waters, RHS Harlow Carr gardens a…
51travelers 6reviews 8blogs
Sheffield #30 most popular location
Sheffield created two inventions that changed the face of the world: steel and organised football (Allegedly - I haven't seen any recent evidence of this myself, to be honest...) A city th…
314travelers 27reviews 22blogs
Norwich #31 most popular location
Norwich is a medium sized city located in the East of England within the county of East Anglia. It is in a great location very near to the Norfolk countryside and the Broads. The populatio…
207travelers 3reviews 10blogs
Stratford-upon-Avon #32 most popular location
Stratford-upon-Avon (IPA: /ˌstrætfɚd əpɒn ˈɛɪvən/) is a market town and civil parish in south Warwickshire, England. It lies on the River Avon some 38 kilometres (24 miles)[1] south …
22travelers 4reviews 4blogs
Whitby #33 most popular location
Whitby is a seaside resort located on the Yorkshire coast, the East coast of England. The most famous landmarks and tourist attractions here are the statue of Captain James Cook, who sailed f…
12travelers 5reviews 8blogs
Great Yarmouth #34 most popular location
Great Yarmouth is a coastal town in Norfolk, England. It has a rich history from the herring industry and there are a few museums dedicated to this. It is has a large residential area and …
16travelers 7reviews
Portsmouth #35 most popular location
Portsmouth or Pompey, as it is affectionately nicknamed, offers you a worldclass welcome. You'll enjoy a great day out shopping, boat trip services or a night on the town! Portsmouth Cathedr…
224travelers 9reviews 9blogs
Swindon #36 most popular location
Swindon is a strong UK business town on the M4 corridor, with a long history of engineering. It's home to the STEAM museum, dedicated to the Great Western Railway, a thriving railway by Isum…
79travelers 12reviews 5blogs
Windsor #37 most popular location
Windsor, Berkshire, England, is situated about 25 miles due west of London, along the M4, just south of Slough. Home to the royal family, it has evolved into a posh little neighborhood with a…
33travelers 11reviews 11blogs
Exeter #38 most popular location
Exeter is a city in the southwest of the Untited Kingdom, on the south-coast which has about 120.000 inhabitants. Exeter is located on the river 'Exe' and has been founded by the Romans. The …
125travelers 2reviews 4blogs
Reading #39 most popular location
Reading is a town on the main commuter routes into London from the West, lying a short way outside the M25 motorway. It is not well known for its tourism, but has a good shopping mall and a …
194travelers 5reviews 4blogs
Ambleside #40 most popular location
Ambleside is a bustling little tourist village right in the heart of the English lakes. Just a few miles from Windermere, and located on the northern end of the Lake itself. It may have a…
2travelers 10reviews 9blogs
Coventry #41 most popular location
Coventry is an industrial town in the Midlands, not far from Birmingham. It is known for its beautiful modern cathedral, built in the 1950s near the ruins of the medieval cathedral, and its …
103travelers 3reviews 3blogs
Milton Keynes #42 most popular location
Most English people frown when they hear about Milton Keynes. This, though, is only because most cities in England are really old have a lot of history whereas Milton Keynes was "built" as re…
114travelers 11reviews 6blogs
Durham #44 most popular location
Durham is a small city compared to giants like London and Edinburgh, but has its own lovely charm. Durham lies to the south of Newcastle upon Tyne and to the north of Darlington. The shops ar…
87travelers 9reviews 6blogs
Dover #45 most popular location
Dover is a major port on the south-east coast of England. Situated in the county of Kent, it faces Calais, France 22 miles across the English Channel. It has a population of over 40,000. D…
18travelers 9reviews 14blogs
Southport #47 most popular location
Southport is situated in the North West of England and is a beautiful place mainly visited by neighbouring towns and cities who fancy a nice day out and a wander across the beach.
39travelers 4reviews 13blogs
Leicester #48 most popular location
Leicester is a city and county town of the county of Leicestershire. The city itself has grown from being a roman military settlement to the urban metropolis it is today. Many ethnic minoriti…
210travelers 5reviews 13blogs
Newbury #49 most popular location
Newbury is a nice typical town, located in the middle of Southern England. The town is famous for its racecourse, and also for its 17th century castle (Highclere Castle). It is very beauti…
29travelers 5reviews 2blogs
Crawley #50 most popular location
Crawley is in the county of West Sussex in the South of England. It is one of the new towns created as London overspill after the second world war. It has a college and a big shopping centre.…
42travelers 12reviews 2blogs
Northampton #53 most popular location
Situated in the centre of England, Northampton is steeped in historical significance. It was one of the country's most important cities during saxon times. Market square is the centre of No…
98travelers 3reviews 8blogs
Hastings #54 most popular location
Hastings town is home to the largest beach-launched fishing fleet in Europe, the remains of the first castle in England to be built by William the Conqueror, a preserved Old Town and a strong…
43travelers 4reviews 3blogs
Stonehenge #55 most popular location
Stonehenge is famous for one thing and one thing only and that is the Stonehenge monument itself situated in the English county of Wiltshire. One of the most famous prehistoric sights in t…
57travelers 7reviews 9blogs
Lincoln #56 most popular location
The Cathedral city of Lincoln is one of Britain's prettiest cities in the North. It has a fantastic cathedral, which gathers many visits from all over the country, and indeed the world, but t…
112travelers 3blogs
Skegness #57 most popular location
Skegness is a seaside town located on the Lincolnshire coast of the North Sea. It is 43 miles east of the city of Lincoln. It has one of the better known seaside resorts in the UK as the …
6travelers 3blogs
Warwick #58 most popular location
Warwick (pronounced /ˈwɒrɪk/ war-ick (silent w in middle)) listen (help·info) is the historic county town of Warwickshire in England and has a population of 25,434 (2001 census). The town…
20travelers 5reviews 3blogs
Derby #59 most popular location
Derby is a centrally located city with great access to the M1 and other cities. It has little else offer, unfortunately, in terms of nightlife and sports. It is connected to Nottingham via…
125travelers 4blogs
Winchester #61 most popular location
Winchester is a small cathedral city near the South Coast of England, not far from Southampton with good rail links on the London mainline. It has a cathedral with some interesting early med…
47travelers 3reviews 7blogs
Maidstone #62 most popular location
Maidstone, in Kent is toughly an hour’s drive down the M25 or the A2 from London, about 20 minutes drive from the Medway towns and is probably most famous for two things. Firstly, it’s…
51travelers 7reviews 4blogs
Luton #63 most popular location
Luton is the biggest town in the county of Bedfordshire, which is 45km north-west of central London. Luton had a big straw industry back hundred's of years ago but now the main industry seems…
57travelers 16reviews 6blogs
Alnwick #66 most popular location
Alnwick is a quiet market town situated on the coast, in the North East region of England. Home to some fantastic landmarks including the beautiful Alnwick castle and the gardens that surroun…
5travelers 2reviews 2blogs
Dartmouth #68 most popular location
Dartmouth is a beautiful town situated on the mouth of the river dart,with its busting marina and posh restraunts,a few of which are run by celebrity chefs,it makes Dartmouth a popular destin…
5travelers 5reviews 1blogs
Poole #69 most popular location
Poole is a coastal city in south-west England part of the conurbation with Bournemouth and Christchurch in Dorset County. Poole is an historic harbour city which is easily noticed by its rela…
51travelers 3reviews 15blogs
Bradford #70 most popular location
The textile industry was pretty specialised by location in England and Bradford specialised in worsteds - fne quality cloth made from wool. The term 'woollens' was applied to cloth of lesser …
74travelers 4reviews
Chesterfield #71 most popular location
While the term “market town” might not hold any significance to most Americans, to Europeans and especially residents of the UK it still holds a special place in their hearts. Market town…
42travelers 13blogs
Richmond #72 most popular location
Richmond, North Yorkshire, the first of all Richmonds Richmond is an historic market town in North Yorkshire, with a Norman castle, Georgian architecture, cobbled market place (said to be …
17travelers 8reviews 4blogs
Kendal #73 most popular location
Kendal is an old market town located within the county of Cumbria, North England near to the Lake District and is often referred to as the 'southern gateway to the Lakes'. It is probably most…
23travelers 3reviews 3blogs
Colchester #74 most popular location
Colchester is England's oldest recorded town, and is in the North of Essex. The castle is one of the best preserved Norman keeps in England, although it has lost a lot of the outbuildings an…
89travelers 2reviews 2blogs
Loughborough #76 most popular location
Loughborough is a town within the Charnwood borough of Leicestershire, England. It is the second largest settlement in Leicestershire after Leicester, is the seat of Charnwood Borough Council…
39travelers 3reviews 5blogs
Lancaster #77 most popular location
Lancaster, on the county border with a background of the Lake District, an old town with cobbled streets and intriguing passages. With its history based on its port and canal, Lancaster has…
64travelers 3reviews
Wells #79 most popular location
Wells is a tiny city in the English county of Somerset. It is near both Bristol and Bath. It is very pretty, and has a stunning cathedral with one of the world's oldest working clocks. There…
7travelers 2reviews 3blogs
Cirencester #80 most popular location
Cirencester is in the Cotswolds, an area well known for its natural beauty. There is a church that is almost totally obscured by its own enormous stone gateway, and a recently refurbished mu…
16travelers 4reviews 3blogs
Stansted #81 most popular location
Stansted airport is based 45km north of the centre of London and was saved by no-frill airline Ryanair back in the early 1990's when the former air base looked like it was facing closure and …
3travelers 8reviews 9blogs
Chelmsford #82 most popular location
Chelmsford is the County Town of Essex. There is a small university, Anglia Ruskin, which also has a campus at Cambridge, but Chelmsford does not really have the atmosphere of a student town…
52travelers 3reviews 2blogs
Salford #83 most popular location
Salford is a city in Greater Manchester - many visitors do not realise they are in a separate city from Manchester itself when they visit. After decades of decline, it has been the focus of …
9travelers 3reviews
Glastonbury #84 most popular location
A land steeped in magic and myth, Glastonbury is believed by some, to be the Isle of Apples, Ynis Witrin, the Land of Youth...Avalon. Tradition says Jesus once visited the holy place and that…
21travelers 4reviews 10blogs
Halifax #86 most popular location
'Halifax, Huddersfield, Bradford Leeds - weave the wool that goes in tweeds' young children used to chant but Halifax was named in a more desperate adult saying - 'from Hell, Hull and Halifax…
35travelers 5reviews
Royal Tunbridge Wells #87 most popular location
Royal Tunbridge Wells, located just 30 miles south of London, is surrounded by glorious Kent countryside. In Georgian times, this historic spa town gained a reputation as the place to see an…
12travelers 4reviews
Camden Town #88 most popular location
Camden Town is an inner city district in northwest London, England. Camden is home to the ever famous Camden Markets. Camden is well-known for its markets, Camden Lock market proper started …
11travelers 9reviews 7blogs
Heathrow #89 most popular location
Heathrow Airport, is UK's and Europe's biggest airport, and also one of the biggest airports in the world alongside JFK in New York. Based 20km west of central London, Heathrow is expanding r…
6travelers 4reviews 28blogs
Greenwich #91 most popular location
Greenwich (pronunciation (help·info); IPA /'ɡɹɛn.ɪtʃ/ "GREN-itch", /'ɡɹɪn.ɪdʒ/ "GRIN-idge" or /'ɡɹɛn.ɪdʒ/ "GREN-idge")[1][2] is a district in south-east London, England, on th…
19travelers 7reviews 11blogs
Southend on Sea #92 most popular location
Southend-on-Sea is a part of Essex down in the South East of England. Its main claim to fame is that it is home to the world’s longest pier extending into the sea at a whopping 1.34 miles!!…
25travelers 2reviews 1blogs
Devizes #94 most popular location
Devizes is a small town near Salisbury Plain, Swindon, and the prehistoric sites at Avebury and Silbury Hill. It has at least two independent coffee shops, a village green, and a market squa…
8travelers 5reviews 2blogs
Staines #98 most popular location
Staines is located in Surrey, about 30km to the west of London. It has its origins in Roman times; there used to be a settlement at the banks of the River Thames. There's not really anything …
18travelers 7reviews 4blogs
Aylesbury #99 most popular location
Aylesbury...a square miles of rolling countryside, the lively market town since 13th century, makes up a whole by modern shopping areas. A lot to offers, historic houses, beautiful countrysid…
28travelers 2reviews 18blogs
