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Explore Britain

The independent travellers' guide

There are plenty of websites which will give you top-down tourist information about the major cities and attractions in Britain; this website takes a different approach and lists every town and village in mainland Great Britain and the associated offshire islands together with a comprehensive list of heritage and culture related tourist attractions. Features include:


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or use the map or list of places by county to find towns, villages, geographic and historical features, visitor attractions and hotels across Great Britain.


Most Popular Locations

Geographical/Historical Features

Ben Nevis, Highland
Mountain or large hill

Scafell Pike, Cumbria
Mountain or large hill

Dow Loch, Perth and Kinross
Water feature

Earlstoun Linn, Dumfries and Galloway
Water feature

Colomendy, Flintshire
Antiquity (non-Roman)

Burbage Brook, Derbyshire
Water feature

Millward's Park, Hertfordshire
Forest or wood

Whinfell Forest, Cumbria
Forest or wood

Snowdonia National Park/Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri, Gwynedd
Mountain or large hill

Cuddy Shaw Reach, North Yorkshire
Water feature

Lurg Loch, Perth and Kinross
Water feature

Luscombe Castle, Devon
Antiquity (non-Roman)

River Dee, Flintshire
Water feature

Horseshoe Hill, Durham
Mountain or large hill

Gnaton Hall, Devon
Antiquity (non-Roman)

Wroxham Broad, Norfolk
Water feature

Churn Wood, Essex
Forest or wood

Charlton Clump, Wiltshire
Forest or wood

Latchmore Brook, Hampshire
Water feature

Stout Bay, The Vale of Glamorgan
Water feature

Visitor Attractions

Austrian Cultural Forum, London, City of London
Gallery

Blandford Forum Museum, Dorset
Museum

Thorpe Park, Surrey
Amusement or theme park

Otter Trust Earsham, Suffolk
Animals and wildlife

Whipsnade Zoo, Central Bedfordshire
Animals and wildlife

RAF Manston Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum, Kent
Museum

Flamingo Land Zoo, North Yorkshire
Animals and wildlife

Dovedale, Derbyshire
Open space, park or garden

Lyme Park, Cheshire
Historic building

Thorington Hall, Suffolk
Historic building

Groombridge Place Gardens & Enchanted Forest, East Sussex
Open space, park or garden

Riverhill House, Kent

Highclere Castle, Berkshire

Forum of East Midlands Military Museums, Nottinghamshire
Museum

Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum, Suffolk
Museum

Peak District National Park, Derbyshire
Open space, park or garden

Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire

West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village, Suffolk
Archaeological site

North East Midland Photographic Record - Picture the Past, Derbyshire
Archive

West Midlands Safari Park, Worcestershire
Animals and wildlife

Cities, Towns and Villages

Swanley, Kent
Town

Blandford Forum, Dorset
Town

The Node, Hertfordshire
Other settlement

Marston, Lincolnshire
Other settlement

Marwick, Orkney Islands
Other settlement

Lydgate, Calderdale
Other settlement

Whitby, North Yorkshire
Town

Pentre-cwrt, Carmarthenshire
Other settlement

John O' Groats, Highland
Other settlement

Fenham, Newcastle upon Tyne
Other settlement

Coulton, North Yorkshire
Other settlement

Sproston Green, Cheshire
Other settlement

Deadman's Cross, Bedfordshire
Other settlement

Manmoel, Caerphilly
Other settlement

Brompton, City of Westminster
Other settlement

Pirbright Camp, Surrey
Other settlement

East Preston, West Sussex
Other settlement

Thurso, Highland
Town

Brierley Hill, Dudley
Town

Birtle, Rochdale
Other settlement


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