ACCOMMODATIONS: Barclay House London B&B | Cable Street Inn | Crescent Hotel | Jesmond Hotel | Kennington Bed & Breakfast | Lime Tree Hotel | Regency House Hotel | Staycity Aparthotels | The Drayton Court Hotel | The Harlingford Hotel | The Hide Hotel | The Hoxton

FOOD: Belgo Bar & Restaurant (mussels) | Brick Lane Beigel Bake  (bagels and salt beef sandwiches) | Busaba Eathai | Café in the Crypt | Cittie of Yorke (pub) | George Inn (pub) | Great Court Restaurant (afternoon tea) | Jamie's Italian | Marks and Spencer Food Hall | Padella | Ping Pong (dim sum) | Pret A Manger (healthy sandwiches and salads)| Rock & Sole Plaice (fish and chips) | Shah Tandoori | The Eagle (gastropub) | The Fryer's Delight (fish and chips) | The Punjab | Wagamama (noodle house) | Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese (pub)

EXPERIENCES: Albert Memorial | Apsley House | Banqueting House | Borough Market | British Library | British Museum | Brompton Oratory | Buckingham Palace | Camden Market | Charles Dickens Museum | Churchill War Rooms | Covent Garden | Dennis Severs' House | Fortnum & Mason | Foundling Museum | The Globe Theatre | Harrods | Highgate Cemetery | Holland Park | Hyde Park | Imperial War Museum | Kensington Palace | Kew Gardens | King's Cross/St. Pancras Station | Leadenhall Market | Leighton House | London Eye | London Transport Museum | London Walks (walking tours) | Madame Tussauds | Museum of London | National Gallery | National Portrait Gallery | Natural History Museum | Old Operating Theatre | Open House London (every September) | Piccadilly Circus | Queen's Chapel | Queen's Gallery | Royal Academy | Royal Albert Hall | Royal Mews | St. Bartholomew-the-Great | St. Clement Danes Church | St. James’s Church Piccadilly | St. Margaret's Church Westminster | St. Martin-in-the-Fields (concerts) | St. Mary Le Strand | St. Paul's Cathedral | St. Paul's Church (Covent Garden) | Sir John Soane's Museum | Somerset House | Southwark Cathedral | Spencer House | Tate Britain/Tate Modern | Temple Church | The Courtauld Institute of Art | The Garden Museum | The London Wall | The Monument | The Regent's Park | The Shard | Theatre Museum | Tower Bridge | Tower of London (Ceremony of the Keys)| Victoria and Albert Museum | Wallace Collection | Westminster Abbey

DAYTRIPS: Cambridge | Greenwich | Hampstead | Hampton Court Palace | Hatfield House | Leeds Castle | Oxford | Windsor Castle

ACCOMMODATIONS: Avondale Guest House (York) | Guy Fawkes Inn (York) | Staycity Aparthotels (Liverpool) | Staycity Aparthotels (Manchester Piccadilly) | Staycity Aparthotels (York)

FOOD: Bettys Café and Tea Rooms (York) | Drake's Fish & Chips (York) | Hole in the Wall (York) | House of the Trembling Madness (York) | Marks and Spencer Food Hall (York)| Mumbai Lounge (York) | Pret A Manger (York) | Rose & Crown Pub (York) | Shambles Kitchen (York) | The Go Down (York) | The Old Siam (York) | Thirteen Thirty One (York) | Wagamama (York)

EXPERIENCES: Albert Dock (Liverpool) | Clifford's Tower (York) | Coronation Street Tours (Manchester) | Cunard Building (Liverpool) | Fairfax House (York) | Ghost tours (York, various options) | International Slavery Museum (Liverpool) | Jorvik Viking Centre (York) | Liverpool Cathedral | Merchant Adventurer's Hall (York) | Merseyside Maritime Museum (Liverpool) | Micklegate Bar Museum (York) | Museum of Liverpool | National Railway Museum (York) | Royal Liver Building (Liverpool) | St. George's Hall (Liverpool) | Sudley House (Liverpool) | Tate Liverpool | The Shambles (York) | Treasurer's House (York) | Walker Art Gallery (Liverpool) | White Star Line Building (Liverpool) | York Castle Museum| York Dungeon | York Minster | Yorkshire Museum and Gardens (York)

DAYTRIPS: Castle Howard | Chester | Fountains Abbey | Rievaulx Abbey | Yorkshire Dales National Park

ACCOMMODATIONS: Clayton Hotel (Birmingham) | Rose & Crown (Warwick)

FOOD: Jamie's Italian (Birmingham) | Marks and Spencer Food Hall (Birmingham) | Pret A Manger (Birmingham) | Rose & Crown pub (Warwick) | The Fishes (Oxford) | The One Elm (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Wagamama (Birmingham)

EXPERIENCES: Anne Hathaway's Cottage (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Ashmolean Museum (Oxford) | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | Birmingham Town Hall | Blenheim Palace (Woodstock) | Bodleian Library (Oxford) | Bridge of Sighs (Cambridge) | Cambridge University Botanic Garden | Carfax Tower (Oxford) | Chatsworth House (Bakewell, Darbyshire) | Christ Church (Oxford) | Christ's College (Cambridge) | Collegiate Church of St. Mary (Warwick) | Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge) | Hall's Croft (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Hatfield House | Holy Trinity Church (Stratford-upon-Avon) | King's College and King's College Chapel (Cambridge) | Lincoln Castle | Lincoln Cathedral | Lord Leycester Hospital (Warwick) | Magdalen College (Oxford) | Mary Arden's Farm (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Mathematical Bridge (Cambridge) | Museum of Oxford | Nash's House and New Place (Stratford-upon-Avon) | New College (Oxford) | Round Church at St. Andrew the Great (Cambridge) | Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Shakespeare's Birthplace (Stratford-upon-Avon) | St. John's College (Cambridge) | Sheldonian Theatre (Oxford) | Symphony Hall (Birmingham) | The Cotswolds | Trinity College (Cambridge) | University of Cambridge | University of Oxford | Victoria Square (Birmingham) | Warwick Castle

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DAYTRIPS: Ironbridge Gorge Museums | Stratford-upon-Avon  | The Cotswolds | Warwick

ACCOMMODATIONS: Brock's Guest House (Bath) | Henrietta House (Bath) | Kennard Hotel (Bath)

FOOD: Marks and Spencer Food Hall (Bath) | Pret A Manger (Bath) | Wagamama (Bath)

EXPERIENCES: Bath Abbey | Bath Assembly Rooms | Buttercross (Winchester) | City Museum (Winchester) | Fashion Museum (Bath Spa) | Great Hall with Round Table (Winchester) | Jane Austen Centre (Bath Spa) | Jane Austen's House Museum (Winchester) | No. 1 Royal Crescent (Bath Spa) | Roman Baths and Pump Room (Bath Spa) | Royal Crescent (Bath Spa) | Royal Victoria Park (Bath Spa) | Wells Cathedral | Westgate Museum (Winchester) | Winchester Cathedral | Wolvesey Castle (Winchester)

DAYTRIPS: Glastonbury Abbey | Salisbury (Old Sarum and Stonehenge) | Wells | Winchester

ACCOMMODATIONS: Castle Guest House (Dover) | Clare Ellen Guest House (Canterbury) | White Cliffs Hotel (Dover)

FOOD: Jamie's Italian (Brighton) | Wagamama (Brighton) | Wagamama (Canterbury) | White Cliffs Hotel (Dover)

EXPERIENCES: Brighton Museum and Art Gallery | Canterbury Cathedral | Canterbury Roman Museum | Canterbury Tales | Church of St. Martin (Canterbury) | Dover Castle | Old Weaver's House (Canterbury) | Palace Pier (Brighton) | Royal Pavilion (Brighton) | St. Augustine's Abbey (Canterbury) | SEA LIFE Brighton | The White Cliffs of Dover

DAYTRIPS: Anne of Cleves House Museum (near Brighton) | Dover | Hastings | Leeds Castle (near Maidstone) | Lewes Castle and Museum (near Brighton)

Airbnb | BritRail | English Heritage | English Heritage Overseas Visitor Pass | Gatwick Airport | Heathrow Airport | London Walks (great walking tours) | National Express (buses) | National Trust | Sawday's (Special Places to Stay in the UK, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy) | Smooth Hound (hotels and guest houses) | The Good Pub Guide | Time Out London | TKTS London (West End theatre tickets) | Transport for London (the tube) | Virgin Trains | Visit Britain | Visit London | Visitor Oyster Card (London transit card)