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UK
From Brighton to Cambridge to Canterbury: the sights worth booking ahead, and where to stay.
Cities in UK
Day trips in UK
Everywhere
BrightonSeven Sisters and South Downs
The white chalk cliffs of the Seven Sisters and the rolling hills of the South Downs, seen on a small-group day trip from Brighton with pickup, a driver-guide and several viewpoints.
CambridgeEly Cathedral
The Ship of the Fens, a Norman cathedral with a medieval octagon, a vast Lady Chapel and a market town around it, about twenty minutes from Cambridge by train.
CanterburyWhitstable
A seaside town famous for its oysters, harbour huts and colourful beach huts at Tankerton, about fifteen minutes from Canterbury by car.
CardiffCastell Coch
A fairytale Victorian castle in the woods above Cardiff, with extravagant interiors by William Burges.
Museums & galleries in UK
Everywhere
BrightonBrighton Museum and Art Gallery
The city's museum in the Pavilion Gardens, with fashion, art, local history, world cultures and Dali's famous red lips sofa.
CambridgeThe Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge's grand free museum on Trumpington Street, with Egyptian and classical antiquities, Old Masters, Impressionists, manuscripts and ceramics under one neoclassical roof.
CardiffSt Fagans National Museum of History
A free open-air museum in parkland west of Cardiff, with historic buildings from across Wales and an Elizabethan manor house and gardens.
Stratford-upon-AvonTudor World Museum
A hands-on museum in a timber-framed Tudor building on Sheep Street, with period rooms, costumed characters and a tale of Tudor life, plus lantern-lit ghost tours after dark.
Parks & gardens in UK
Everywhere
CambridgeCambridge University Botanic Garden
Forty acres of plant collections, glasshouses, a lake and a year-round cafe a mile south of the centre.
CanterburyLeeds Castle
A moated castle on two islands in a lake near Maidstone, with 500 acres of gardens and parkland, a maze and grotto, and a year-long ticket.
CardiffSt Fagans National Museum of History
A free open-air museum in parkland west of Cardiff, with historic buildings from across Wales and an Elizabethan manor house and gardens.
Stratford-upon-AvonAnne Hathaway's Cottage and Gardens
The thatched farmhouse in Shottery where Shakespeare's wife grew up, set in acres of cottage gardens, orchards and sculpture.