Things of interest to see and do in England!
 

We’ve had a lovely piccies thread, so maybe we should have a “places to see and things to do” thread.

Here is a current “wish list” of things I’d like to do and places I’d like to visit, some I’ve done and want to do again, and some I haven’t…….

Anyone else got any ideas to add, because I’m sure I’ve missed lots out?

Windsor Castle (incl. doll’s house used by Queen Mary)
Hampton Court Palace – home of Henry VIII
Stonehenge
Chatsworth House
Lacock Abbey (wasn’t Harry Potter filmed here?)
Avoncroft Museum of Historic Buildings (in Bromsgrove – didn’t even know this existed)
Warwick Castle
Lumley Castle in Durham
Alnwick Castle in Northumberland
Tower of London
London Dungeons
London Eye
Kew Gardens
Althorp in Northants (love her or loathe her – I would love to see the Diana Collection)
Eden Project
Stratford-upon-Avon
Alton Towers
Legoland
Cheddar Gorge

And areas to go for a long weekend or holiday:
Lake District
Mendip Hills
Isle of Wight
Cornwall and Devon (Salcombe)
Centerparcs in Sherwood Forest, Longleat or Elveden
Scotland, Loch Ness, Trossachs, Ben Nevis
Ireland
Cycling in Norfolk

(Anyone know the name of the medieval village in Suffolk? Westhoe or something?)

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What a great thread idea. But you have been far too greedy! I've added most of those to my list. Here a few others not specifically mentioned above:
Cambridge (again)
That place with the bloke etched into the hillside (the one with the erection)
That place with the horse etched into the hillside
Glastonbury
Concerts! (Embrace, Coldplay, Keane)
Museums (various)
Galleries (various)
New Forest
South Downs
Dorset coastline
Dorset countryside
West of Scotland
Highlands of Scotland
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire coastline
Harogate
Cathedrals (various)
West Wales and Pembrokeshire coastline
Brecon Beacons (again)
Brunels bridges
Kent countryside (famously mispronounced by Trevor McDonald)
...and stuff

Steve

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Hell, there are so many!! :(

Eden Project,
Tintagel,
Bath,
Bodiam Castle,
Leeds Castle,
Oxford,
Cambridge,
Kew Gardens,
Highgate cemetry,
Brighton Pavilion,
Warwick Castle,
Conwy Castle,
Beaumaris Castle,
Brecon Beacons,
Dartmoor,
Snowdonia,
Exmoor,
Cotswolds,
Alnwick Castle,
Isle of Skye,
Orkney Islands,
Shetland Islands,
Norfolk Broads,
Settle-Carlisle Railway etc.

Britain is so beautiful, it would take a lifetime to see everything.

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Longleat - had many a laugh there especially when i made husband drive through the monkey enclosure, who left lots of bite marks in the spoiler :D , and the time we were charged at by the rhino, and the keeper who was driving the tractor, who kept her under control was in the next field :scared: :scared:

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Before we left the UK, Mr GG and I had a week-long holiday, touring around Britain (well, England I suppose. Technically.). In all honesty, it was one of the best trips we've ever taken (and we're a fairly well-travelled pair!). We started in Oxford, travelled up to Newcastle, headed across to the Lake District, went to Mallam Cove, called in to Manchester and then across to Leeds and Sheffield before heading home via Cheddar Gorge. Much of the itinerary was dictated by the location of friends that we visited en-route, but there was so much fabulous countryside, so many abbeys/churches, museums etc. It really, really made me appreciate what I'm giving up by being here.

There were lots of things we didn't get to see though. I've never been to Glasgow and would love to; I'd like to head to Cornwall to see the Eden project; spend some time in the New Forest; go back to Whitby (first place I ever went on holiday without my parents! There was a group of four girls; we went mad for a week. I was 15!) and spend some time exploring the moors in Yorkshire.

Still, all in good time. :)

GG

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No one's mentioned the Peak district :(


..............My back yard :D

G

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You need to visit the Isle of Mull and Iona.

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Cerne Abbas, Dorset :D

Which one? :) eg Westbury, Hackpen, Uffington, Pewsey, Broad Town, Alton Priors - all worth a visit :)

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Come on Australia if you take a drive into the outback you will see where they filmed Mad Max LOL just look at any part of the bush it looks the same all over.Sorry my little joke :D :D

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That place with the bloke etched into the hillside (the one with the erection)






Thanks for that you have made me laugh i remember the first time i saw that LOL :D

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Getting some more good ideas..

....but what and where are these when they are at home?? :confused:

......Brunels bridges

I forgot the Scilly Isles....

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Pic of the Cerne Abbas Giant for you ..... interestingly when I sent a postcard of him to my then fiancee in the US the postal service put a sticker over his todger :D

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Looks like they have an Australian one too.

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SCOTLAND! Never mind with England Scotland is much nicer, but also much colder wetter and has a it's fair share of NEDS(chavs). :)

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:D

G