Great Britain by Else, David -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Contents Destination Great Britain Getting Started

When to Go Costs & Money Travelling Responsibly Reading Up Internet Resources

Events Calendar

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Itineraries

Classic Routes Hooray for Highlights The Grand Tour Pastoral Pleasures Roads Less Travelled Urban Odyssey Rural Retreats Tailored Trips Britain on Location Britain’s World Heritage Britain for Kids Great British Grub

History

First Arrivals Iron & Celts Enter the Romans The Emergence of England The Waking of Wales The Stirring of Scotland The Viking Era Highs & Lows in Wales Scotland Becomes a Kingdom 1066 & All That Norman Impact on Wales & Scotland Royal & Holy Squabbling Expansionist Edward Hard Times Stewarts Enter the Scene Houses of York & Lancaster Dark Deeds in the Tower Moves Towards Unity The Elizabethan Age Mary Queen of Scots United & Disunited Britain The Return of the King Killiecrankie & Glen Coe Full Final Unity The Empire Strikes Out The Industrial Age WWI Disillusion & Depression WWII Swinging & Sliding The Thatcher Years New Labour, New Millennium The Future’s Brown? Timeline

The Culture

The National Psyche Lifestyle Economy Population Multiculturalism Sport Media Religion Arts

Food & Drink

Food Drinks Where to Eat & Drink Food Glossary

Environment

The Land Wildlife National Parks Environmental Issues

Outdoor Activities

Walking Cycling Other Activities

London

History Orientation Information Dangers & Annoyances Sights City Walking Tour London for Children Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around

Southeast England

Kent Canterbury Whitstable Isle of Thanet Dover Around Dover The Kent Weald East Sussex Rye Battle Around Battle Eastbourne Around Eastbourne Glyndebourne Brighton & Hove West Sussex Arundel Around Arundel Chichester Around Chichester Surrey Farnham Around Farnham

Oxford, the Cotswolds & Around

Oxfordshire Oxford Woodstock Henley-On-Thames Uffington White Horse The Cotswolds Minster Lovell Burford Chipping Norton Moreton-In-Marsh Chipping Campden Broadway Winchcombe Stow-On-The-Wold Bourton-On-The-Water The Slaughters Cirencester Bibury Tetbury Painswick Gloucestershire Cheltenham Tewkesbury Gloucester Forest of Dean Hertfordshire St Albans Around St Albans Berkshire Windsor & Eton

Southwest England

Hampshire Winchester Portsmouth Southampton New Forest Lyndhurst Around Lyndhurst Lymington Isle of Wight Cowes Ryde & Around Ventnor & Around South Wight West Wight Dorset Bournemouth Poole Southeast Dorset Dorchester Around Dorchester Weymouth & Around Lyme Regis Sherborne Wiltshire Salisbury Around Salisbury Stonehenge Around Stonehenge Stourhead Longleat Lacock Avebury Bristol History Orientation Information Sights Bristol for Children Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Getting There & Away Getting Around Bath History Orientation Information Sights Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Getting There & Away Getting Around Somerset Wells Wookey Hole Cheddar Gorge Glastonbury Exmoor National Park Dulverton Lynton & Lynmouth Porlock & Around Dunster Devon Exeter Around Exeter South Devon Coast Plymouth Around Plymouth Dartmoor National Park North Devon Cornwall North Cornwall Southeast Cornwall Truro West Cornwall Isles of Scilly

East Anglia

Cambridgeshire Cambridge Around Cambridge Ely Peterborough Essex Colchester Southend-On-Sea Suffolk Ipswich Around Ipswich Stour Valley Bury St Edmunds Around Bury St Edmunds Aldeburgh Around Aldeburgh Southwold Norfolk Norwich Norfolk Broads Great Yarmouth North Coast Norfolk King’s Lynn Around King’s Lynn

The Midlands & the Marches

Northamptonshire Northampton Around Northampton Leicestershire & Rutland Leicester Around Leicester Rutland Lincolnshire Lincoln Grantham Stamford Around Stamford Boston Skegness Louth Nottinghamshire Nottingham Around Nottingham Southwell Derbyshire Derby Around Derby Matlock Bath Chesterfield Hardwick Peak District Buxton Edale Castleton Eyam Bakewell Around Bakewell Birmingham History Orientation Information Dangers & Annoyances Sights & Activities Brum Nightlife Walking Tour Birmingham for Children Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around Warwickshire Coventry Warwick Kenilworth Stratford-Upon-Avon Staffordshire Lichfield Stoke-On-Trent Around Stoke-On-Trent Worcestershire Worcester Around Worcester Great Malvern Herefordshire Hereford Around Hereford Ross-On-Wye Around Ross-On-Wye Ledbury Around Ledbury Shropshire Shrewsbury Around Shrewsbury Ironbridge Gorge Much Wenlock Around Much Wenlock Church Stretton & Around Bishop’s Castle Ludlow Around Ludlow

Yorkshire

South Yorkshire Sheffield West Yorkshire Leeds Around Leeds Hebden Bridge Haworth Yorkshire Dales National Park Skipton Malham Ribblesdale & the Three Peaks Hawes Richmond East Riding of Yorkshire Hull Beverley North Yorkshire York Around York Thirsk Around Thirsk Harrogate Scarborough North York Moors National Park Helmsley Around Helmsley Hutton-Le-Hole Pickering Danby Whitby Around Whitby

Northwest England

Manchester History Orientation Information Sights & Activities Manchester for Children Quirky Manchester Tours Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around Cheshire Chester Around Chester Liverpool History Orientation Information Sights Liverpool for Children Quirky Liverpool Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around Around Liverpool Port Sunlight Speke Lancashire Blackpool Lancaster Isle of Man Douglas Around Douglas Castletown & Around Peel & Around

Cumbria & the Lake District

Train The Lake District Kendal Windermere & Bowness Around Bowness Ambleside Around Ambleside Grasmere Hawkshead Around Hawkshead Coniston Langdale Wasdale Keswick Borrowdale & Buttermere Ullswater & Around Cumbrian Coast Cartmel Holker Hall & Lakeland Motor Museum Furness Abbey Ravenglass & Around North & East Cumbria Carlisle Penrith Around Penrith

Northeast England

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Orientation Information Sights Newcastle for Children Quirky Newcastle Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Getting There & Away Getting Around Around Newcastle Angel of the North Tynemouth Segedunum County Durham Durham Around Durham Darlington Around Darlington North Pennines Hadrian’s Wall Corbridge Hexham Chesters Roman Fort & Museum Haltwhistle Around Haltwhistle Northumberland National Park Bellingham Rothbury Wooler Around Wooler Northumberland Alnwick Warkworth Farne Islands Bamburgh Holy Island (Lindisfarne) Berwick-Upon-Tweed

Cardiff (Caerdydd)

History Orientation Information Sights & Activities Cardiff for Children Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Getting There & Away Getting Around Around Cardiff Castell Coch Caerphilly Castle St Fagans National History Museum

South Wales

Southeast Wales Wye Valley Chepstow (Cas Gwent) Blaenavon Swansea & the Gower Swansea (Abertawe) Gower Peninsula Carmarthenshire Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin) Laugharne (Lacharn) Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Tenby (Dinbych Y Pysgod) Around Tenby Pembroke (Penfro) Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd) Skomer, Skokholm & Grassholm Islands St Davids (Ty-Ddewi) Fishguard (Abergwaun) Newport (Trefdraeth) Cardigan (Aberteifi)

Mid Wales

Brecon Beacons Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) Brecon (Aberhonddu) Around Brecon Abergavenny (Y Fenni) Hay-On-Wye (Y Gelli) Powys Llanwrtyd Wells (Llanwrtyd) Builth Wells Llandrindod Wells (Llandrindod) Around Llandrindod Wells Machynlleth Ceredigion Aberystwyth Around Aberystwyth

North Wales

North Coast & Borders Llandudno Conwy Llangollen Around Llangollen Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri) Dolgellau Around Dolgellau Betws-Y-Coed Around Betws-Y-Coed Beddgelert Llanberis Harlech Around Harlech Porthmadog Around Porthmadog Llŷn Peninsula Pwllheli Exploring the Llŷn West of Snowdonia Caernarfon Bangor Isle of Anglesey Beaumaris (Biwmares) Llanfair PG Around Llanfair PG Holyhead (Caergybi)

Edinburgh

History Orientation Information Sights Activities Walking Tour Edinburgh for Children Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around Around Edinburgh Queensferry & Inchcolm Rosslyn Chapel

Glasgow & Southern Scotland

Glasgow History Orientation Information Sights Activities Walking Tour Tours Festivals & Events Sleeping Eating Drinking Entertainment Shopping Getting There & Away Getting Around Lanarkshire Blantyre Lanark & New Lanark Scottish Borders Peebles Around Peebles Selkirk Melrose Around Melrose Kelso & Around Jedburgh Dumfries & Galloway Dumfries Around Dumfries Kirkcudbright Galloway Forest Park Machars Peninsula Portpatrick & Around Ayrshire Largs Ayr Around Ayr Isle of Arran

Central Scotland

Argyll Loch Lomond Inveraray Kilmartin Glen Kintyre Peninsula Isle of Islay Isle of Jura Isle of Colonsay Oban & Around Isle of Mull Isle of Iona Isle of Staffa Isle of Coll Isle of Tiree Stirling Region Stirling Around Stirling The Trossachs Killin Fife St Andrews Around St Andrews East Neuk Falkland Southwestern Fife Perthshire Perth Perth to Aviemore West Perthshire Dundee & Angus Dundee Around Dundee Arbroath Aberdeenshire & Moray Aberdeen Around Aberdeen Deeside Northern Aberdeenshire & Moray

Highlands & Northern Islands

The Cairngorms Aviemore Around Aviemore Kingussie & Newtonmore The Great Glen Fort William & Around Glen Coe Loch Ness Inverness Around Inverness East Coast Tain & Around Dornoch & Around Dunrobin Castle Helmsdale Caithness North & West Coast Thurso West From Thurso Durness & Around Durness to Ullapool Ullapool Ullapool to Kyle of Lochalsh Kyle of Lochalsh Around Kyle of Lochalsh Road to the Isles Isle of Skye Portree (Port Rìgh) Kyleakin (Caol Acain) Armadale (Armadail) Broadford (An T-Àth Leathann) Cuillin Hills & Minginish Peninsula Dunvegan & Around North Skye Isle of Raasay Outer Hebrides Lewis (Leòdhais) Harris (Na Hearadh) North Uist (Uibhist a Tuath) Benbecula (Beinn Na Faoghla) South Uist (Uibhist a Deas) Barra (Barraigh) Orkney Islands Kirkwall West & North Mainland East Mainland, Burray & South Ronaldsay Hoy Northern Islands Shetland Islands Lerwick Around Lerwick South Mainland North Mainland Yell, Unst & Fetlar Other Islands

The Channel Islands

Jersey Guernsey Herm Sark Alderney