Sell the UK to me

The UK has loads of great places to visit, even if the weather isn't great. Where you go depends on what you actually want to do. No point in staying in Stratford Upon Avon if you want to see the seaside.

Genuinely recommend Birmingham as a base to explore the midlands. Loads of good food in the city and decent culture. Easy transport links to the Warwickshire countryside and the Cotswolds. Spoilt for choice for country pubs.

Where are you family and friends based in the UK? That’ll probably guide your itinerary somewhat.

Edit - Sounds like you’ve got most of your trip planned with St Andrews and then the South East.
 
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tom_nieto said:
Genuinely recommend Birmingham as a base to explore the midlands. Loads of good food in the city and decent culture. Easy transport links to the Warwickshire countryside and the Cotswolds. Spoilt for choice for country pubs.
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Birmingham is a total dump though. I wouldn't want to stay there.
 
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Then come on down the the UK! Our selection of willing Conservative MP's will trade monetary and/or sexual favours for access to our most top secrets, military plans and general influence in matters such as the leaving of established European based treaties and trade agreement structures. The list of opportunities is endless!
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Pros:
IF you get the weather and the sea is calm/flat, the west coast of Cornwall probably has some of the nicest beaches in the world.
It is actually not all flat

Cons:
Mostly everything else
 
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Martynt74 said:
To be fair, it's relatively flat. Sure there's lumps, but the tallest mountain probably wouldn't register as a hill to most countries!

In fact, out of the 252 countries on this list. Ben Nevis comes in at 150th
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You're not wrong - but if you've ever walked up the bloody things you wouldn't say it's flat :D
 
Nasher said:
Birmingham is a total dump though. I wouldn't want to stay there.
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I have to agree.

Drive through on the way to somewhere else,

- Warwick Castle (nice family day out)
- Black Country museum for a bit of history if you're really stuck for ideas. (although surrounded by not so great area)

Think of the UK on the map, I would suggest avoiding large areas across the middle :D

Make sure you make time for Scotland, Lake district, Cornwall, London of course. There is plenty to do, but also plenty to make sure you avoid.
 
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Pros

The biggest pro is the amount of stuff you can do in such a small space. The culture is what makes the UK brilliant compared to other countries.

Grand National, Goodwood Festival of Speed, Glastonbury, Silverstone GP, Premier League just to name a few are things that are either unique or the best events in the world.

The only negative is the weather in that respect but maybe climate change might fix that in the future!

Cons

London is mainly a cesspit outside of touristy bit and isn't really indicative of British culture.
 
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Martynt74 said:
Out of interest, why have food as a con? There's some amazing places to eat and a huge range of diversity in pretty much any town, that i'd argue is as good as anywhere.
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I'm talking about traditional English food. I find it just not very exciting?

Over the last few decades I completely agree food has become better but that's 100% owing to European and Asian influence which is great.

Unfortunately the UK doesn't have the weather for a broad variety of foods, unlike the Med for example.

I seldom go to a pub to eat, I'd rather go to a speciality restaurant.

But I will retract the statement with a caveat that if we consider food to be broad multicultural gastronomy that happens to be cooked in the UK then yes the food is good.
 
Birmingham haters :mad:

It's easy to leave Birmingham (road, rail, air, canal...) so makes a good base for exploring some of the nicer places. The Malvern Hills are amazing. Leamington/Stratford/Warwick are lovely.

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Freefaller said:
I'm talking about traditional English food. I find it just not very exciting?

Over the last few decades I completely agree food has become better but that's 100% owing to European and Asian influence which is great.

Unfortunately the UK doesn't have the weather for a broad variety of foods, unlike the Med for example.

I seldom go to a pub to eat, I'd rather go to a speciality restaurant.

But I will retract the statement with a caveat that if we consider food to be broad multicultural gastronomy that happens to be cooked in the UK then yes the food is good.
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Yeah, i agree on that front.
 
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