hello,everyone,Im tawanyh,but you can call me taw if you want to.So,heres the thing,Im going over to the UK for the very first time early next year and I would like to know,if you were me,which would be the first places you would visit?any recommendations?
stonehenge - expensive but worth it. actually in the winter not so great. if you're in london before january 14th go skating on hampstead heath! they turn it into an ice rink every year. i've never gone but it looks very cool. have fun whatever you do!
ah before reading the post by nerthus I too was going to say Stonehenge. As a transplanted yank, it has been by far the most amazing experience to visit Stonehenge. Yes, you have to pay to get in, and no you can't touch the stones; but still really, a magical experience.
lol lith, tbh i have no idea what would be good, i guess the usual - london eye, aqaurium stuff oooh see a theatre production in the west end or wherever, id say that'd be good, just make sure you like what youre seeing not something random, otherwise good luck and hope you have a great visit!
see some shakespeare that's always fun. go to the globe theatre in london it's great. i recommend a midsummer night's dream. you can stand in the middle under the stage like the jacobean masses used to do... it's awesome! don't go to either grimsby or scunthorpe. the place names are definitely not worth it.
A friend of mine would heavily recommend going to another ancient stone circle site instead of Stonehenge. There are loads around that aren't heavily guarded like Stonehenge, don't have flocks of people and feel far more natural or something. Just saying, like. If you go North, go to York. If you go any further North, go see the Angel Of The North. If you go any further North, abandon all hope. :tongue:
Several years ago I spent some time in Scotland and if they ever get around to throwing the English off the Isle I might go back But seriously some of my most memorable times were spent off the beaten paths meeting with the locals telling lies and downing a couple of pints of Tennants .As for being in the city's it seemed like everytime I wanted to stop and enjoy the view MOD was telling me to move along.
Definately go and check out some of the "hillforts". Maiden Castle (Iron-age) is probably the most famous one as it's Britain's largest: http://www.maidencastle.com/ Plus, it's not too far away from Wiltshire (where Stone Henge is), as it's in Dorset (Dorchester). I also recommend getting out of London as soon as possible and heading up north to somewhere more pleasant...York is definately worth a visit (lots of history).
Scunthorpe is a shithole. Grimsby is a shithole that stinks of fish. Avoid Skegness like the plague. You'll just get mugged and/or herpes. Places to visit: - Cambridge - Stonehenge - Glastonbury Tor - Central London is OK if you're into big cities and cheesy over-Britishified tack. - Yorkshire Dales
London. The dizzying heights, the labyrinth street network, the Underground system, the congestion charge, The dreaded Lez, Buckingham Palace, Roubins, Ritz Hotel, All the main parks including Regents park. London. First stop should be Greenwich. Then you can catch the boat to the 02. The cinema is highly expensive. 20 pounds a ticket! per film per person. Lest I suggest, don't bring the family to Vue Cinemas at the 02. Additional: Avoid Luton at all costs. The Town is absolutely dreadful. If you use the airport, get the train down to London, fast fast fast! Luton is paved with tears, crime, high unemployment and population inequality. Luton Town Football club may soon be a thing of the past. That is how bad things get as far as Luton goes. Luton makes Slough look like Paris.
Go North! As Power 13 mentioned, York is a great place. But I think you can push it a little further up and not be disappointed! I'd say definitely try to catch a gig at The Sage in Gateshead, amazing building with the best acoustics in Europe and there's always an orchestra kicking about Northumberland for that countryside element and Holy Island is kinda like stepping back in time.
You've all missed out the hippest, grooviest hotbed of counterculture in the country: Brighton. All you weird folk talking about these towns where they all tork funny like and eat roadkill and they have cobbled streets and boys in flatcaps (yes, my idea of up north has been shaped somewhat by Hovis adverts, amongst other things- Coronation Street, 2 Pints of Lager etc). Brighton has the most thriving alternative cultural scene in the country outside of London and even then per head of population there's more happening here than in London.. Some great pubs, the sea, completely insane but friendly people, great gigs/clubs/buskers, alternative galleries, squats & social centres, big gay scene if that's your thing, whole streets of alternative independent traders, check it oot! Come down. Best town in the country
Hi mate,if you do go to Stonehenge, a short distance away,and well worth it is Avebury stone circles.Much bigger site and free!Pay to park though.Very excellent Gift Shop and a supposedly haunted pub.Enjoy your visit.
Welcome to Britain. Some may call it other names. nobody really knows where we stand on the identity front. We are "morally ambiguous". About somes us up. So aside from the politics of dancing, lets focus on places that many don't know about, that are typically English, in its quaintness. Whether you want to live in a beach hut or chase demon dogs in Yorkshire for the evening. You have it all here. London is far too expensive. Infact, hold onto your wallet or purse,. Money simply evaporates into commercial enterprises and expensive public transport systems. You will see and hear alot about Lez. Lez is Low Emission Zone. It has recently come into affect. It may not apply to you, but this is how expensive London has become. To put a price, 200 pound a day to travel in LEZ for pollutant lorry or trucks. But with the expensive injustices of London. A city of thieving corporate businesses. Try your luck in Liverpool. The City of Culture, perhaps the only place in Britain that has any culture left. But, check out the old cavern, where the Beatles played. It remains unchanged. The Wirral is only a train ride away. Try going to Port Sunlight. It has things, like a port and a sunlight. Then you could take the train up to Blackpool. In Blackpool, you get to see illuminations and get to experience trams. There are amusements and yet unfortunate as it is, desperate traders waiting for you to stroll in. To them, you are a a pigeon, so they lay down bird nosh and subsequantly all tourists are caught out. When they discover that their stick of Blackpool rock is fake and their postcards are simply an old photograph of Blackpool some 20 years ago, then you realise one must jump back on the train and head down to Southend. Here you will find less desperate traders. London only two hours away, you may find that Southend hosts a bigger, better experience than any of its rivals. Audio cassettes are dead. The latest thing is USB keys. On the way back to London, try the London Eye. Yet it is expensive for a (Flight). Yet more corporate businesses such as BA who recently managed to crash land a plane without any deaths. Trust not for flashy companies. Trust more for the so called basic entrapenours that drive around in a three wheeled van. Brixton, Clapham Junction and Streatham, avoid like the plague. These sectors are very dangerous places-at night. Grown men don't leave the streets alive.
