Manchester (starting point), Leeds, York, Dunham, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Hadrian's wall, Carlilse, Liverpool.
What am I missing? What should I take off?
Some notes: I have 4 days, doing it by train, and about 700 to blow (tho I'll try to spend less)
Drop Newcastle and Carlisle for starters. Spend more time in Edinburgh.
>>1136570
Why Leeds? Why Carlisle? Why Liverpool? I can't think of anything touristy to do in these locations unless you're a huge Beatles fan or something. Go to a smaller town like Keswick if you want to check out the Lake District, although much of the Lake District is difficult to access via train. Blackpool maybe worth a visit instead of Liverpool?
I can't think of much to do in Newcastle unless you're a heavy drinker looking to get pissed on a pub crawl.
Check out the Beamish museum when you're near Durham. It's not quite as good as the Black Country museum because they don't have canals up there, but it's pretty much the same thing.
>>1136570
Just got back from the area a few weeks ago.
Ditto on the Beamish (spent a day there--it was awesome, but then I am a huge history/museumfag). I also did a whole day at the Roman Army Museum/Vindolanda (just about midpoint between Carlisle and Newcastle, about 2 miles from Hadrian's Wall). Loved Vindolanda, may go back as a two-week volunteer to participate in the ongoing digs.
Durham was nice--cathedral, 1916 Somme exhibit in the University Library (next to cathedral).
Pic related, it's a leather Roman Army tent recovered at Vindolanda.
>>1136570
Also, don't miss the Imperial War Museum North and the People's History Museum, both in Manchester.
>>1136570
I'd give Newcastle and Liverpool a miss. Maybe take one of your days and get the train from Manchester into Snowdonia (betws y coed train station) or the Pennines (glossop train station).
Depends if you like the outdoors though and is a bit dependent on the weather.
Okay guys, dropping Leds, Carlilse, Newcastle, Liverpool.
Also change of plans: I'm starting from London, and will be getting a britrail pass so will be hopping around.
Thinking london bath, cotswolds, york, durham, edinburgh, sterling, back to manchester (where I'm staying). Anything to add to that?
“Mansfield! Pearl of the East Midlands! This is not a completely accurate description, of course — it was not round and shiny — but even its worst enemies would agree that if you had to liken Mansfield to anything, then it might as well be a piece of rubbish covered with the diseased secretions of a dying mollusc.”
>>1136967
Looks decent. Sheffield is pretty nice if you can squeeze it in.
>>1137003
>20% pakistani
I'll pass m8.
Good to know the rest of my list is alright tho
Honestly don't understand why people come to UK.
It's awful and bleak looking.
>>1137125
The north maybe
>>1137141
London is dirty and ugly, plus wretches of mould, sewage and damp.
Southern UK is full of small isolated towns of racists.
>>1137144
London isn't _that_ ugly.
>>1137125
I guess it's just what you look for in a trip. If you have a keen interest in history, beer or engineering you will enjoy the UK. If you want to get roasted on a picturesque beach you won't.
Personally I like to go to places with good food and impressive buildings where your money goes far. But imagine the excitement you'd have visiting London in the 1860's to see the first ever underground subway system, or the first international commercial flights to Asia in the 1930's.
>>1137125
I'm a huge anglophile.
>>1137144
>towns of racists
My kind of towns. Keep Britain British (which entails keeping it ethnically homogeneous as well). If I wanted to see Poles and Indians, I'd go to their respective countries (I've been to both, actually quite nice).
>>1137189
All three apply to me. The latter I care little for.
>>1137144
>London is dirty and ugly
butthurt inbred northerner detected
>>1137189
>roasted on a picturesque beach
should go to cornwall on a nice day
>>1137275
Or Norfolk
>>1137275
>should go to cornwall on a nice day
Seconded! Went to Newquay recently for a wedding. It was brilliant.
Not doing Cornwall guys. I've decided to avoid the abundance of meh people that are sure to frequent those parts during the Summer.
UPDATE: London-Winchester-Oxford-York-Durham-Edinburgh-Ft Williams-Some town in the lake district-back to Manchester+Manchester outskirts
>>1136714
Blackpool instead of Liverpool?
Are you retarded?
>>1137707
Big mistake missing out Liverpool mate, fantastic people, architecture, scenery (You can enjoy a beer at the dock with the Welsh mountains in the foreground) it's cheap, and very easy to get around
Also, one of the whitest cities in Britain with a very unique culture.
>>1137707
Since you're going that far north I recommend you go just a bit further into the Isle of Skye. Some mesmerising scenery and you wouldn't want to miss it.
I think you need to plan your reasons for going to each, not just turn up and look at similar buildings. If you plan the main activities you'll actually be on time for something.
>>1138170
Idk how to do that, anon. Even museums that shouldn't bore me usually do.
I find I just like taking in the scenery/atmosphere the most.
>>1137001
Lay off the acid , meth or what ever it is that has given you this terrible idea.
Someone who doesn't know how the British rail system works here.
I need to travel from Newcastle airport to Durham. Is it possible to buy _paper_ tickets from nearby machines (or humans) at rail/metro stations? Or am I forced to rely on electronic smartphone bullshit?
