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Just curious really. I am always interested to know what visitors think of my home country.

While I haven't seen all that much, London definitely. Some areas I can even understand the locals. Best museum city in the World.

I've been to London a couple of times, shortly.
My favourite places in Britain are the hills and villages of Yorkshire, the coastline of Cornwall and Devon.
I like the atmosphere of small towns in Britain, where you pop in at the local pub, have a pint and strike a conversation with the locals, if their accent is not too funny (like the Geordies or Maccas).

Keswick in the lakes district and Caernarfon in north Wales are my two favorites. London is great, too, but I'm more of a small-town person myself.

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hills and villages of Yorkshire

Now were talkin !!

Eye lad... its nice up my way, other than that nottingham, leeds, manchester, the lakes, pennines, london, saltaire and 'fanny s' pub www.saltairevillage.info/yz_links_0001.html), newcastle, edinburgh, V festival.
York races or aintree grand national(horses),
east coast filey, whitby, scarborough, (or even west) Blackpool, north york moors, yorkshire dales
I also love the M1 and M62.

Can we also include northern ireland Derry, Giants causeway and belfast and southern ireland too (ring of kerry)


For all its crap, Britain has some damn nice places


In the next few years i plan to visit the highlands of Scotland, although the missus never had enough holidays.
and this summer llandudno and brighton

I can't say I've seen everything yet, so I'm sure that there are many wonderful things I missed. I really haven't seen much between London and the Scottish border so I can't comment on those places. But with that disclaimer, here are my thoughts:

One of my favorite places in Britain is the Orkneys. I loved the standing stones there and the ancient tombs. The scenery was stark yet beautiful. And the runes on the airport sign are cool.

I think I must be partial to islands because I was also quite taken by Skye. Lots of dramatic natural spots. I liked that old man of Stor rock. I'm very fond of craggy weird rocks.

London was great fun with all the museums and city life, but it's been some years since I've been there. Probably about time for me to return.

Scotland. I know that's pretty vague, but I never took a trip anywhere in Scotland that I didn't feel completely at home. Callendar, west of Sterling, has given me some of my favorite memories, and Dumfries and Galloway holds a special ancestral connection.

In England, I really enjoyed walks in Elveden Forest in Suffolk. I have fond memories of walking in to Bury St. Edmunds on market days and having breakfast at a little place called "Street Level."

London, Isle of Skye, Findhorn, Cotswolds, Lake District, Edinborough are our fav places so far. We have driven all around Scotland and England. I love that it is so easy to see so much in a fairly short time. We love the theater,castles, nature, flowers, people and the breakfasts.

We are going again this summer, so maybe we will add some more.

I say Scotland too. I enjoyed Brighton and Hove, didn't care much for London and found the more north I went the more I liked. Edinburough and Glasgow are two of my favorite cities. Newcastle was fun. Everyone told me I had to see the lake district- which I didn't get a chance to see. I hear it is beautiful.

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Everyone told me I had to see the lake district- which I didn't get a chance to see. I hear it is beautiful.

To me it was a bit of disappointement. The main towns around the lakes are full with toursits. Then trying to venture in the nature around the lakes, I ran into fences with signs "Private. No addmitance", and had to turn back. That's not my idea of nature.

Well I haven't been to the lake district since I was about 7 years old, but I seem to remember walking up some hills.

So there must be some public footpaths somewhere.

well, I haven't been all around the UK myself and I live here! I kind of realised, I should probably make the most of it here.

Anyhow, my favourite place is probably cornwall or west wales. I can't say I like London at all - too big and messed up, no pattern etc. I prefer the smaller cities like Cardiff and Exeter.

Brighton for sure, although i'm a tad bias. Other places would be Aberystwyth and and the mid welsh coast. Manchester, London and cornwall.

Celtic Park. More generally, London's a great city and I've enjoyed visits to Edinburgh, Stirling, Henley-on-Thames and thereabouts.

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Originally posted by Moake:
well, I haven't been all around the UK myself and I live here! I kind of realised, I should probably make the most of it here.

Anyhow, my favourite place is probably cornwall or west wales. I can't say I like London at all - too big and messed up, no pattern etc. I prefer the smaller cities like Cardiff and Exeter.

Yeh I am in the same situation, there are still loads of parts in the UK I have not seen (see website).

Aberystwyth and the area around it are definitely on my list. Also the highlands of Scotland. Join a minivan tour from Edinburgh (great city ) or Glasgow. You could also catch a bus to Oban and take a ferry to the Isle of Mull which is gorgeous.

I was another who was somewhat disappointed in the Lake District. My favorite places in Britain have been Yorkshire and the Peak District. Both were great for driving on back roads and getting to know the countryside without too many tourists. I haven't made it to Cornwall yet, nor Scotland - that's going to be one of my next trips. I also love London - I know it's crowded and heavily touristed, but it has some incredible history there and Londoners were exceptionally friendly and nice.

I loved Britain! Well, where I was at least! My favorite places so far were Pembroke, Wales, Windemere in the Lake District, York (for the City feel), and Glastonbury in the south. I love the small towns the best that have their own unique personality and the locals are friendly and fantastic. That being said, each of my favorite places were completely devoid of expectation for me during my travels which I think is the most important factor in experience....expectation sets up for disappointment, whereas the lack thereof only sets up for adventure. My advice is to do what I and many do....have some ideas but dont buy your next train stop until you are at the train station...ask around, or buy a ticket and stop where you are so inclined by the looks of it. The unexpected breeds adventure!

I adored Brighton, so close to London but so far away.

I went a cpl wks ago. Started out at Birmingham, then Shrewsbury and around (to visit my sister), mid-Wales, Snowdonia (hiked Snowdon and saw Betws-y-Coed and the Swallow falls), Conwy (North Wales coast), Chester, Cambridge (also visiting family there) and London.

I especially liked Wales. The weather was quite aweful, but I guess that's what you can expect when going to Wales (or Britain for that matter). I does give an extra thrill to hiking up Snowdon. But I did get some sunshine around Betws and Conwy, I loved the short walk from Betws to Swallow falls.

Would like to go to Schotland once and Peak district should be nice as well. Also maybe I'd like to do the North Wales coastal path one time, I did a short bit and I really loved it.

London was a little disappointing. I think I made the mistake comparing it to Paris. The atmosphere ofcourse is totally different and also I am in love with Paris (no, the city), nothing can beat that city for me (sorry you Brits ).