Visit England

If you are planning to visit England, there are numerous opportunities to enjoy the heritage, the countryside, and the towns and villages. The country is relatively small, and it is usually possible to incorporate a diverse range of attractions in a visit if required - beaches and forests, cultural centres and mountains, moorland and a vibrant port or two, most combinations are possible.

Rather than focus on counties, we focus on the popular areas and regions by looking at the National Parks, the Heritage Sites, the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), and the best of the towns, cities and villages.

Bath, Windermere (Lake District)

This is because tourists usually classify their destination in this way e.g. visiting 'the Lake District' rather than Cumbria, or 'Dartmoor' rather than Hampshire. Sometimes the two are the same e.g. Cornwall is a 'classified area of outstanding natural beauty' and also a county.

An 'ideal' itinerary would perhaps include an important historical town (Bath, Chester, York etc), a visit to couple of unspoiled English villages in the region, a couple of days exploring a National Park or AONB, and a visit to one or two World Heritage Sites. Many international visitors would also include a couple of days in London in a visit to England. You can use our detailed England Map to help with this initial travel planning.

Europe This Way

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