Table of Contents

The Best of MTV England & Scotland. The Best Brit Travel Experiences. The Best Bars. The Best Festivals. The Best Clubs. The Best Gay Hangouts. The Best Independent Cinemas. The Best Cheap Grub. The Best Hostels. The Best Art Galleries. The Best of Old England. The Best Places Museums & Centers of Learning. The Best Places to Get Away from It All. The Best Party Places. The Best Legendary Spots. The Best Adrenaline Activities. The Best British Websites & Publications. The Basics: Planning Your Trip to the UK. What's Where: A Brief Guide to England & Scotland. The Stuff You Need to Know Before You Go. When to Go. Getting In & Out: Passports, Visas & Customs. Money, Money, Money, Money (Money!) Getting There. Staying There. Health, Insurance & Safety. Getting Wired. Getting Around. Tips for Travel on the Cheap. Tips for Gay Travelers. Tips for Disabled Travelers. Tips for Minority Travelers. Tips for Solo Travelers. Ecotourists. Adventure Seekers. On the Web. Embracing Brit Culture. London. Best of London. Getting There & Getting Around. Basics. Sleeping. Eating. Partying. Arts & Culture. Sightseeing. Playing Outside. Shopping. Road Trips. The Thames Valley: Windsor & Oxford. The Best of the Thames Valley. Windsor & Eton. Henley on Thames. Oxford. St. Albans. The Southeast. The Best of the Southeast. Canterbury. Dover. Brighton. The Ancient Seaport of Rye. Kent's Country Houses, Castles & Gardens. Hastings & Battle. Chichester. Alfriston & Lewes. Arundel Castle. Hampshire & Dorse. The Best of Hampshire & Dorset. Winchester. New Forest. Bournemouth. Isle of Wight. Southampton. Portsmouth & Southsea. Dorchester: Hardy's Home. Wiltshire & Somerset. The Best of Wiltshire & Somerset. Salisbury. Bath. Bristol. Wells & the Caves of Mendip. Glastonbury Abbey. Dunster & Exmoor National Park. Devon & Cornwall. The Best of Devon & Cornwall. Exeter. Dartmoor National Park. Torquay. Totnes. Dartmouth. Plymouth. Penzance. Newquay. St. Ives. The Cotswolds. The Best of the Cotswolds. Moreton in Marsh. Bourton on the Water. Upper & Lower Slaughter. Stow on the Wold. Broadway. Bibury. Chipping Campden . Cheltenham. Cirencester. Painswick. Shakespeare Country & the Heart of England. The Best of Shakespeare Country & the Heart of England. Stratford upon Avon. Warwick. Birmingham. The Malverns. Hereford. Shrewsbury. Ludlow. Cambridge & East Anglia. The Best of East Anglia. Cambridge. Ely. Bury St. Edmunds. Norwich. Aldeburgh. The East Midlands. Best of the East Midlands. Leicester. The Peak District National Park. Bakewell. Chesterfield. Castleton. Eyam. Buxton. Derby. Matlock Bath. The Northwest. The Best of the Northwest. Manchester. Liverpool. Chester. The Lake District. The Best of the Lake District. Getting There & Getting Around. Windermere & Bowness. Ambleside. Coniston. Hawkshead. Grasmere. Keswick. Ullswater. Penrith. Yorkshire & Northumbria: Bronte Moors & Dales. Best of Yorkshire & Northumbria. Leeds. Bradford. Haworth. Harrogate. Yorkshire Dales Park. North Yorkshire Moors National Park. Scarborough & the North Yorkshire Coast. York. Durham. Newcastle & Gateshead. Scotland: The Highlights. Edinburgh. Glasgow. Stirling. Inverness. Loch Ness. Index.

About the Author

Olivia Edward (lead author, The Best of MTV England, The Basics, London, and Yorkshire & Northumbria ) is a British travel writer with a lust for adventure and new ideas. Beginning her career in Shanghai as Editor in Chief of China's first Englishlanguage travel magazine, Asia and Away, she went on to write for Time Out, DK, Luxe guides, and over 50 other travel and lifestyle publications around the globe. Happiest when swimming in rough British seas, she is also extremely fond of fresh watermelon juice and Japanese all you caneat and drink restaurants. St. Louis native Genevieve Cortinovis ( The Thames Valley, The Cotswolds, Shakespeare Country & the Heart of England, and Cambridge & East Anglia ) left the Midwest as a teenager for the U.K. While living in London, she sampled many a West End pub and traveled extensively in Europe. A graduate of Barnard College in art history and visual arts, she lives and works in New York as an editor and freelance writer. Like all good Americans, she hopes to one day find herself permanently in Paris. She would like to thank her family for their support and encouragement. James Eggleton (coverage of Leicester, Manchester, the Lake District, Stirling, and Loch Ness) was born in Cambridge and is a recent Oxford Graduate in German and Spanish, currently living and working in London. His passions include sport, travel (recent vacations include Australia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia), and all things Spanish. He would like to thank Nicole, and parents Rod and Carolyn, for their help and support. Ashley Hermitage (coverage of Derbyshire, the Peak District, Liverpool, Chester, and Inverness) is in his second year at Birmingham University and is reading medieval and modern history. He has lived in Germany for many years and has traveled extensively across Africa, America, Asia, and central Europe. After graduating, Ashley hopes to pursue a career in journalism. He would like to thank his parents, Martin and Carol, for their encouragement and his sister, Nicole, for her valuable help and support. Youyoung Lee ( The Southeast, Hampshire & Dorset, Wiltshire & Somerset, and Devon & Cornwall ) is a freelance writer based in New York City. After living abroad in Hamburg during high school she loves traveling, languages, city parks, and good food. A recent graduate of the University of Virginia in Foreign Affairs and German, she has contributed to publications such as Time Out New York, amNewYork, New York Press, and The Brooklyn Paper. She would like to thank her parents, brother, and best friend Aaron for their loving support.