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CREATIVE TEAM Editors: Rebecca Hallett, Natasha Foges, David Leffman Layout: Nikhil Agarwal Cartography: Rajesh Chhibber, Richard Marchi Picture editor: Michelle Bhatia Proofreader: Susanne Hillen Managing editor: Edward Aves Assistant editor: Payal Sharotri Production: Jimmy Lao Cover photo research: Nicole Newman Editorial assistant: Aimee White Senior DTP coordinator: Dan May Programme manager: Gareth Lowe Publishing director: Georgina Dee
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ISBN: 978-1-78671-197-7
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Print edition ISBN: 978-0-24130-628-4
The publishers and authors have done their best to ensure the accuracy and currency of all the information in The Rough Guide to England, however, they can accept no responsibility for any loss, injury, or inconvenience sustained by any traveller as a result of information or advice contained in the guide.
We’ve gone to a lot of effort to ensure that the eleventh edition of The Rough Guide to England is accurate and up-to-date. However, things change – places get “discovered”, opening hours are notoriously fickle, restaurants and rooms raise prices or lower standards. If you feel we’ve got it wrong or left something out, we’d like to know, and if you can remember the address, the price, the hours, the phone number, so much the better.
Please send your comments with the subject line “Rough Guide England Update” to mail@uk.roughguides.com. We’ll credit all contributions and send a copy of the next edition (or any other Rough Guide if you prefer) for the very best emails.
Rob Andrews has written or contributed to the Rough Guides to Devon and Cornwall; Italy; Sardinia; Sicily; Bath, Bristol and Somerset; and England. He lives in Bristol.
Samantha Cook was born in London and has lived in the city all her life. In addition to the London and Southeast chapters of this guide, she has written, edited and contributed to many other Rough Guides, including London; Kent, Sussex and Surrey; and Best Places to Stay in Britain on a Budget.
Matthew Hancock and Amanda Tomlin are authors of The Rough Guide to Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight and the Pocket Rough Guide to Porto. Matthew Hancock is also co-author of The Rough Guide to Portugal and author of the Pocket Rough Guide to Lisbon.
Phil Lee has been writing for Rough Guides for well over twenty years. His other books in the series include Norway, Norfolk & Suffolk, Amsterdam, Mallorca & Menorca and The Netherlands. He lives in Nottingham, where he was born and raised.
David Leffman has been writing guidebooks for Rough Guides, Dorling Kindersley and others since 1992, and has lived in the UK, Australia and China.
Rachel Mills is a freelance writer and editor based on the Kent coast, or in her campervan somewhere in the UK. She is a co-author for Rough Guides to India, Vietnam and Ireland, as well as England.
Alice Park is a freelance editor and writer. She has edited numerous guidebooks and has written about Switzerland, Austria and Germany as well as her native South London.
Claire Saunders grew up in Brighton and now lives in nearby Lewes, where she works as a freelance editor and writer. She updated the Sussex sections of this book, and is the co-author of The Rough Guide to Kent, Sussex and Surrey.
Matthew Teller is a writer, journalist and broadcaster. He writes for media worldwide, is the author of The Rough Guide to the Cotswolds, Stratford-upon-Avon and Oxford among other titles, and produces and presents documentaries for BBC Radio.
Rob Andrews I’d like acknowledge the huge assistance given by Evelina at Visit England, Claire Pickup at Bath Tourism, Lesley Gillilan at Destination Bristol and Rosa Pedley at Visit Cornwall, and to thank Becca Hallett for expert editing.
Samantha Cook Thanks to Natasha and Becca for diligent editing; to Alice and Claire, great co-authors both; and to Greg Ward for everything.
Matthew Hancock and Amanda Tomlin Thanks to Olivia and Alex Hancock-Tomlin for their additional research.
Phil Lee Thank you to my editor, Rebecca Hallett, for the fine quality of your editing – hard to beat. Special thanks also to Simon Gribbon in Leicester; Kerry McGinty in Stratford-upon-Avon; Rabia Raza in Birmingham; and Lydia Rusling in Lincoln.
David Leffman Thanks to Becca for her editorial work, and to Rajesh and Richard for the excellent cartography.
Rachel Mills Thank you to Ed Aves, Becca Hallett and David Leffman in the RG editorial team; Andy Parkinson at Visit Manchester; Joe Keggin at Visit Liverpool; Ubiquity PR; YHA youth hostels; Hope and Glory PR; NewcastleGateshead Initiative; Visit Blackpool; Visit Hull and East Yorkshire; Mark Hibbert PR; Visit Northumberland; and Visit Yorkshire.
Alice Park Many thanks to my fellow London guide authors for their contributions: Samantha Cook, Matt Norman and Neil McQuillian. At Rough Guides, huge thanks to the editorial supergroup of Edward Aves, Rebecca Hallett and Natasha Foges.
Claire Saunders Thank you to Becca, for another smooth and stress-free edit, and to my splendid Southeast co-author Sam.
Thanks to all the readers who have taken the time to write in with comments and suggestions (and apologies if we’ve inadvertently omitted or misspelt anyone’s name):
Amy Adams; Chris Allen; Sandra Ball; Vanessa Bennett; Claudia Berettoni; Mary Birch; Finnian Brewer; Matt Burrows; Chris Bush; Lorenza Canepa; Will Carey; Peter Carney; Georgina Church; Leanne Cromie; Matthew Crowther; Sam Dalley; Peter and Carol Delbridge; Tom Edwards; Fergus Ewbank; Rachel Faulkner; Heather Finlay; Helen Gibbons; Heather Gifford-Jenkins; Kitty Gilbert; Laura Hampton; Sam Hanson; James Harrison; James Horrocks; Dave Hough; Jo Hudson-Cook; Helen Hughes; Jerry Hyde; Ashley Jackson; Margaret Jailler; Gary Jenkins; Matthew Johnson; Feroza Kassam; Hayley Kitto; Trina King; Belinda Kirk; Rachel Knott; Lewis Lawson; Clare Leedale; Adam Legg; Shy Lewis; Alice Lowe; Gigi Mann; Alex Manners; Sophie Mason; Thomas Maxwell; John Bury Meaker; Belinda Mercer; Jamie Milton; Cheryl Morris; Shadyn Nikzad; Harley Nott; Zennor Pascoe; Allie Pinder; Sophie Pitt; Sara Priddle; Nicky Primavesi; Gabriel Quiro; Joe Rodriguez; Lucy Sambrook; Ben Selvaratnam; Alan Sharp; Samantha Sims; Robin Simpson; Gary Snapper; Owen Stephen; Diana Stoica; Koji Takeuchi; Jake Tibbits; Michael Tracey; Rachel White; Jacqui Wieksza; Anna Wilson-Barnes; Geoff Wisher; Jen Workers.
All photos © Rough Guides, except the following:
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4Corners: Arcangelo Piai
Getty Images: R A Kearton
Corbis: Paul Williams - Funkystock/imageBROKER
Alamy Stock Photo: Loop Images Ltd
Alamy Stock Photo: Cath Harries (tr). Corbis: Atlantide Phototravel (tl); Paul Harris/JAI (b)
Alamy Stock Photo: Ian G Dagnall (t). Corbis: Neil Farrin/JAI (b)
Alamy Stock Photo: (b); Graham Prentice (c). Randy Pike: Andy Hill (t)
AWL Images: Alan Copson
4Corners: Natalie Sternberg (b). Alamy Stock Photo: Charles Bowman (c). Getty Images: Matt Cardy (t)
Corbis: Alan Copson/JA (b); Design Pics (t)
Alamy Stock Photo: Jeff Morgan 09 (b). Corbis: Martyn Goddard (t). Getty Images: Jim Dyson (cr). Thermae Bath Spa: Matt Cardy (cl)
4Corners: Sandra Raccanello (c). Blackpool Pleasure Beach (b). Getty Images: Christopher Furlong (t)
Alamy Stock Photo: DB Pictures (bl); Simon Reddy (tr). Getty Images: Christopher Furlong (br). Robert Harding Picture Library: Adam Burton (tl)
honister.com (cr). Latitude: Pawel Libera (b). Robert Harding Picture Library: James Emmerson (t)
4Corners: Maurizio Rellini (b). Aldeburgh Music: Robert Workman (c). Getty Images: Education Images/UIG (t)
Getty Images: Roger Coulam (b). People’s History Museum (c). Robert Harding Picture Library: Adam Burton (tr)
Alamy Stock Photo: MediaWorldImages (b). Dreamstime.com: Elenarostunova (t)
Corbis: David Cheshire/Loop Images
Corbis: Ashley Cooper
Robert Harding Picture Library: Neil Farrin
Alamy Stock Photo: Elena Chaykina (t)
Getty Images: Erin Smallwood (t). Robert Harding Picture Library: Mark Mawson (b)
London Design Museum: Hufton + Crow (tr). Robert Harding Picture Library: Adina Tovy (br)
Getty Images: View Pictures/UIG
Whitstable Oyster Festival: Jon Lambert (t)
Alamy Stock Photo: Carolyn Clarke (tl). Watts Gallery Artists’ Village (bl)
Corbis: Guy Edwardes/2020VISION/Nature Picture Library
Getty Images: Louise Heusinkveld
colin@vertiworks.co.uk (t). Dreamstime.com: Matt Jacques (b)
Getty Images: Andrea Pucci
Alamy Stock Photo: Francisco Martinez
Cheltenham Racecourse (t). Getty Images: Eurasia Press/Photononstop (b)
Getty Images: Adrian Dennis/AFP
Alamy Stock Photo: incamerastock
Corbis: Tim Graham (t)
Getty Images: PhotoAlto/Neville Mountford-Hoare
Alamy Stock Photo: incamerastock
Robert Harding Picture Library: Sebastian Wasek
Getty Images: Tim Stocker Photography
Robert Harding Picture Library: Neale Clark
Getty Images: Dave Porter Peterborough UK
Royal Shakespeare Company: Peter Cook
Corbis: Alan Copson/JAI
Getty Images: The Print Collector (bl). Robert Harding Picture Library: Ian Dagnall (br). Selfridges Birmingham: (t)
Getty Images: Travelpix Ltd
Corbis: Tom Martin/JAI
Alamy Stock Photo: John Kershaw (br). Corbis: Frank Fell/Robert Harding World Imagery (t). Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust: Barrie Wilkinson (bl)
Getty Images: Ian Bramham Photography
The Whitworth Art Gallery, The University Of Manchester: Alan Williams
Alamy Stock Photo: Ian Canham (t). Blackpool Pleasure Beach (b)
Corbis: Jeremy Lightfoot/Robert Harding World Imagery
Corbis: Allan Baxter
honister.com (br)
Getty Images: John Dowle
Getty Images: Andrea Pistolesi
Alamy Stock Photo: Ian Pilbeam (br)
Getty Images: Danny Birrell Photography
Alamy Stock Photo: Ian Dagnall
Beamish Museum Limited: (b). Corbis: Axiom Photographic (t). Getty Images: Nick Cable (c)
Corbis: Chris Hellier
Cover: Lavenham High Street, Suffolk AWL Images: Alan Copson
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