Table of Contents
1 Experience england 9
26 Ultimate Experiences 10
What's Where 20
England Today 24
What to Eat and Drink in England 26
What to Buy in England 28
Best Museums in England 30
Best Royal Sites in England 32
Best Literary Experiences in England 34
London's Royal Legacy 36
What to Watch and Read Before You Go 44
2 Travel smart 47
Know Before You Go 48
Getting Here and Around 50
Essentials 59
Great Itineraries 66
On the Calendar 71
Best Tours in England 73
Contacts 75
3 London 77
Welcome to London 78
Planning 80
Westminster and St. James's 86
Mayfair and Marylebone 97
Soho and Covent Garden 106
Bioomsbury and Holborn 117
The City 125
East London 137
South of the Thames 144
Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, and Notting Hill 153
Regent's Park and Hampstead 165
Up and Down the Thames 170
4 Oxford and the thames valley 175
Welcome to Oxford and the Thames Valley 176
Planning 179
Windsor 181
Eton 187
Ascot 188
Cliveden 189
Marlow 190
Henley-on-Thames 191
Oxford 193
Woodstock 204
Aylesbury 206
St. Albans 208
Woburn Abbey 211
Althorp 212
5 Canterbury and the southeast 213
Welcome to Canterbury and the Southeast 214
Tea Time in England 216
Planning 219
Canterbury 221
Deal 228
Dover 230
Royal Tunbridge Wells 232
Hever 235
Tonbridge 237
Rochester 239
Rye 241
Hastings 246
Lewes 249
Brighton 255
Arundel 263
Chichester 265
Guildford 268
6 Stonehenge and the south 273
Welcome to Stonehenge and the South 274
Planning 278
Winchester 280
Chawton 285
Portsmouth 287
Southampton 292
Isle of Wight 294
Salisbury 298
Stonehenge 304
Avebury 306
Longleat House 315
Stourhead 316
Lyndhurst 317
Beaulieu 321
Bournemouth 322
Wimborne Minster 323
Corfe Castle 324
Dorchester 326
Cerne Abbas 329
Sherborne 329
Weymouth 330
Abbotsbury 332
Lyme Regis 333
7 Cornwall and the west country 335
Welcome to Cornwall and the West Country 336
Planning 339
Bristol 342
Wells 350
Glastonbury 352
Dunster 355
Exmoor National Park 356
Porlock 356
Lynton and Lynmouth 357
Clovelly 359
Cornwall 360
Plymouth 381
Dartmoor National Park 385
Tavistock and Around 386
Lydford 388
Okehampton 389
Chagford 390
Exeter 391
Topsham 395
Beer 396
Torquay 396
Totnes 398
Dartmouth 399
8 Bath and the cotswolds 401
Welcome to Bath and the Cotswolds 402
Planning 405
Bath 408
Castle Combe 422
Lacock 424
Cheltenham 424
Winchcombe 430
Broadway 432
Chipping Campden 440
Moreton-in-Marsh 444
Stow-on-the-Wold 445
Bourton-on-the-Water 446
Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter 448
Northleach 449
Burford 450
Bibury 451
Cirencester 452
Malmesbury 454
Painswick 455
Tetbury 456
9 Stratford-upon-avon and the heart of england 458
Welcome to Stratford-upon-Avon and the Heart of England 460
Great Indian Food in England 462
Planning 466
Stratford-upon-Avon 468
Henley-in-Arden 481
Warwick 482
Kenilworth Castle 485
Birmingham 486
Great Malvern 498
Ledbury 501
Ross-on-Wye 502
Hereford 503
Shrewsbury 506
Ironbridge Gorge 509
Ludlow 511
Chester 512
10 Manchester, liverpool, and the peak district 517
Welcome to Manchester, Liverpool, and the Peak District 518
The Beatles in Liverpool 520
Planning 523
Manchester 525
Liverpool 540
Buxton 553
Bakewell 556
Matlock 558
Castleton 560
Edale 562
Stoke-on-Trent 563
11 The lake district 565
Welcome to the Lake District 566
Planning 569
Kendal 572
Windermere and Bowness-on-Windermere 576
Ambleside 581
Rydal 583
Grasmere 584
Elterwater and the Langdales 587
Coniston 594
Hawkshead 596
Cartmel 599
Penrith 600
Ullswater 604
Keswick 605
Borrowdale 609
Cockermouth 610
Bassenthwaite Lake 612
12 Cambridge and east anglia 613
Welcome to Cambridge and East Anglia 614
East Anglia's Seafood Bounty 616
Planning 619
Cambridge 621
Ely 633
Sudbury 635
Long Melford 636
Lavenham 637
Bury St. Edmunds 639
Dedham 642
Woodbridge 644
Aldeburgh 645
Norwich 648
Blakeney 651
Wells-next-the-Sea 653
Stamford 655
Lincoln 657
13 Yorkshire 661
Welcome to Yorkshire 662
Great English Cheeses 664
Planning 668
York 670
Harrogate 685
Knaresborough 687
Ripon 688
Castle Howard 690
Leeds 691
Saltaire 696
Haworth: Heart of Brontë Country 697
Bolton Abbey 700
Skipton 701
Hawes 703
Richmond 703
Danby 706
Hutton-le-Hole 706
Helmsley 707
Hull 709
Scarborough 711
Robin Hood's Bay 714
Whitby 715
14 Hadrian's wall and the northeast 719
Welcome to Hadrian's Wall and the Northeast 720
Spotlight: Hadrian's Wall 722
Planning 725
Barnard Castle 727
Bishop Auckland 728
Durham 729
Newcastle upon Tyne 733
Hadrian's Wall 737
Hexham 739
Greenhead 741
Morpeth 742
Alnwick 744
Dunstanburgh Castle 746
Bamburgh 748
Lindisfarne (Holy Island) 750
Index 751
About the Writers 767
Maps
Westminster and St. James's 88-89
Mayfair and Marylebone 98-99
Soho and Covent Garden 108-109
Bloomsbury and Holborn 120-121
The City 126-127
East London 138
South of the Thames 146-147
Kensington, Chelsea, Knightsbridge, and Notting Hill 154-155
Regent's Park and Hampstead 166
Up and Down the Thames 171
Windsor, Marlow, and Nearby 182
Oxford 196
Oxfordshire and Environs 205
Canterbury 226
Canterbury and the Kent Coast 229
Tunbridge Wells and West Kent 233
Brighton and East Sussex 244
Brighton 254
West Sussex and Surrey 263
Winchester, Portsmouth, Southampton, and the Isle of Wight 289
Salisbury, Stonehenge and Salisbury Plain 305
New Forest, Dorset, and the South Coast 318
Bristol, Wells, and North Devon 343
Cornwall 361
Plymouth, Exeter, and South Devon 383
Bath 410-411
Bath Environs 423
The Cotswolds 425
Stratford-upon-Avon 472-473
Shakespeare Country 483
Birmingham 488-489
Great Malvern and Hereford 499
Shrewsbury and Chester 506
Manchester 528-529
Liverpool 544-545
The Peak District 553
The Lake District 573
Cambridge 624-625
Ely and Suffolk 636
Norwich, North Norfolk, and Lincoln 652
York 673
Around York 686
Leeds, Bronte Country, and the Yorkshire Dales 693
The North York Moors and the North Yorkshire Coast 705
Durham, Newcastle, and Hadrian's Wall 728
The Far Northeast Coast 746
Fodor's Features
England Through the Ages 37
The Tower of London 129
Mysterious Stonehenge 308
Glorious English Gardens 434
Hiking in the Lake District 588
York Minister 678
