Make the Most of Your Time in Britain

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Make the Most of Your Time in Britain is a celebration of the most extraordinary places you can visit in Great Britain.

From historic houses to eccentric festivals, this incredible photography collection features the best things to do, see and experience in Great Britain. High-quality photography brings each place to life, from the seascapes of Cornwall and dazzling northern lights of Scotland to the skiing wonder of Snowdonia in Wales. Lively descriptive text accompanies each entry, which will inspire even the most intrepid traveller, highlighting exactly what makes it so special to visit now. The book reaches almost every corner of Britain, with each place carefully selected by experienced experts and specialists.

Features of Make the Most of Your Time in Britain
- Uncovers the top places to visit in Great Britain
- Stylish coffee-table book with inspirational, high-quality photography
- Employs Rough Guides' "tell it like it is" ethos
- Carefully curated by expert authors and editors

About Rough Guides: Rough Guides have been inspiring travellers for over 35 years, with over 30 million copies sold. Synonymous with practical travel tips, quality writing and a trustworthy "tell it like it is" ethos, the Rough Guides list includes more than 260 travel guides to 120+ destinations, gift-books and phrasebooks.

Sujets

• Reino Unido
• Travel
• United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• Royaume-Uni
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 15 avril 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781789196931
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 88 Mo

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MAKE THE MOST
BRITAIN
OF YOUR TIME IN
365 BRITISH TRAVEL EXPERIENCES
MAKE THE MOST
OF YOUR TIME IN
SECOND
EDITION BRITAINPublishing information
This second edition published 2021 by APA Publications (UK) Ltd
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in Make the Most of Your Time in Britain, however, they can accept no responsibility for any loss, injury, or
inconvenience sustained by any traveller as a result of information or advice contained in the guide.
Credits and acknowledgements
Commissioning editor: Tatiana Wilde
Assistant editor: Zara Sekhavati
Picture editor: Tom Smyth
Cartography: Katie Bennett
Head of DTP and pre-press: Rebeka Davies
Layout: Dan May
Head of Publishing: Sarah Clark
Thanks to all our writers and photographers, credited at the back of
the book, for their great ideas, fne writing and beautiful pictures.CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
URBAN ADVENTURES 001–026
HOUSES, CASTLES AND GARDENS 027–052
FOOD AND DRINK 053–078
HISTORY AND HERITAGE 079–104
OUTDOOR EXPERIENCES 105–130
PLACES TO STAY 131–156
NATURAL WORLD 157–182
ADVENTURES FOR KIDS 183–208
COAST AND BEACH 209–234
CULTURE 235–260
SPORTS AND GAMES 261–286
FESTIVALS AND EVENTS 287–312
ART AND ARCHITECTURE 313–338
QUINTESSENTIAL BRITISH JOURNEYS 339–365
MAPS
SMALL PRINT & INDEXESINTRODUCTION
A shift to more responsible, sustainable travel – not to mention
a fuctuating exchange rate – means that many are looking to our
home shores for the ultimate adventure. Our expert Rough Guide
writers have delved into British history, heritage, culture and
landscape to turn up an amazing collection of 365 in-the-know,
of-beat or just plain wonderful experiences – from singing sea
shanties in Cornwall and attending a Burns supper in Edinburgh, to
trampolining in a cave in Wales, watching the Boat Race in London
and eating at a Michelin-starred restaurant (or award-winning street
food market), this is a nation with plenty to be proud about.
We hope this fully revised second edition will inspire you
to discover the very best of England, Scotland and Wales. All
entries were up-to-date at the time of writing; however, due to
the COVID-19 pandemic, we encourage you to check for any recent
changes to ensure you “Make the Most of Your Time in Britain”.
Tatiana Wilde, Editor MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME IN BRITAINURBAN ADVENTURES
001–026
The majority of British people live in
cities and urban areas, so where better
to look for adventure? Ever-changing,
novelty-seeking London needs no
introduction – though we’ve uncovered
a few unexpected treats alongside the
iconic big-hitters, so by all means take a
tour of Parliament or the British Museum,
but don’t miss a swim in a lido or a
wander around Camden Town. Cities such
as Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow
are classy, vibrant destinations and we
celebrate everything from speed-cycling
around a velodrome to shopping and
live music. If history is your thing, walk
the walls of Chester, unlock the secrets
of Georgian Bath or explore Edinburgh’s
creepy past. There’s a unique story in
every corner of urban Britain.
URBAN ADVENTURES001 Touring Highgate Cemetery
LONDON Follow the trail of goths and American tourists through but it remains a magical, wild place, and gloomily beautiful still.
North London’s quaintest village to Highgate Cemetery East, a The otherworldly light reveals eroded tombstones, brittle as
grand Victorian burial ground of lovingly tended graves, fresh bone, scratched with the ghostly scrawl of long-gone creepers.
fowers and clipped shrubs. Nip of the main path, however, to Toppled columns have smashed neighbouring gravestones; a
encounter something far less civilized: overgrown wooded tracks, marble angel’s lonely arm lies beside a melancholy mound of
thick with blackberry bushes and thorny wild roses, where ivy- rotting crab apples.
tangled tombstones seem to grow from the earth. Thick roots This being Highgate, there are countless freethinkers
thrust entire casings upwards, while rusty iron railings crumble buried here – artists, eccentrics, revolutionaries – and several
into the damp soil. The names of those who lie beneath may not oddities among the familiar Celtic crosses and Victorian draped
be legible, but here are endless simple eulogies to long-lost lives urns. On one unmarked grave a distraught Sisyphus pushes his
– babies and octogenarians; Londoners felled by war or illness or colossal stone; another, belonging to Thomas Sayers, Cockney
old age; the couple who after 41 years are reunited in death; “Old pugilist and publican, is guarded by a likeness of his hulking
Pals Forever”. dog. Seek out the big-hitters on the east side, of whom there
The cemetery’s once exclusive western side is even more are many: Karl Marx, naturally, his lumpen colossus topped
overgrown; strange to think that these towering ash and with that familiarly hirsute visage; George Eliot, marked by an
sycamore trees didn’t exist when the place was built in 1839. obelisk and surrounded by deceased friends and fans. Malcolm
Once a grand private enterprise, selling its manicured lawns McLaren’s gravestone is poignant in its rawness, “Malcolm Was
and sweeping city views to London’s fnest, Highgate Cemetery Here” freshly carved on a rough wooden slab. Perhaps most
West is being tidied to resemble more closely its original state. startling, however, is Patrick Caulfeld’s stark, self-designed
Trees are being lopped and paths cut through the undergrowth – stone, spelling out the simple truth: D-E-A-D.
MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR TIME IN BRITAIN002 A night out in Newcastle
NEWCASTLE It’s time to banish the cliché: no longer is sawdust place with a magnifcent beer garden overlooking the
Newcastle’s nightlife solely about indecently cheap drinks, river. A smarter nightlife scene is also on the rise: cute wine bar,
indecently short skirts and indecent behaviour. Of course, if you’re Vineyard, at 1 Grey St, is a lovely spot for a glass of wine, Toyk o
into that malarkey, there’s still plenty of it – the city is a perennial at 17 Westgate Rd, with its chic roof terrace, is a stylish pre-club
location for riotous stag and hen parties – but there are alternative warm-up, and The Stand at 5 York Place is a fabulous comedy club.
scenes to enjoy, from supping local ales in traditional boozers to Newcastle is a honeypot for live music lovers – not just at the
shaking your hips at a salsa class, and from raucous punk-rock gigs enormous spaces like the Metro Radio Arena and the Sage, but at
to elegant cocktail bars. more intimate locations, too. The little cellar bar The Black Swan,
Newcastle being where it is – eight miles from the wind- at the Newcastle Arts Centre, doles out folk, jazz and salsa
whipped North Sea – means that most of the time it’s a pretty music, while rock and punk fans should head straight for Trillians
chilly place. Best spend the evening by a crackling fre in a snug Rock Bar at Princess Square. The city’s best live music venue,
pub: pick of the bunch is the Crown Posada at 31 The Side, a though, is The Cluny, nestled in the heart of the burgeoning
diminutive Victorian inn, all etched glass and wood panelling. Ouseburn Valley at 36 Lime St; gigs change nightly, showcasing
Local and loyal, the crowd knocks back guest ales from nearby anything from fedgling indie bands to rock. That said, if all you
breweries like Wylam near Hadrian’s Wall. Another great pub is want is a bottle of Blue WKD and a boogie to S Club 7, you’re
The Free Trade at St Lawrence Road, a gloriously shabby, spit-and- certainly in the right city.
URBAN ADVENTURES003 Viewing Portsmouth from the Spinnaker Tower
PORTSMOUTH Portsmouth harbour is something of a At this point, suferers