Attractions and Places to Visit in Great Britain

This page lists things to do, places to visit, 'days out' and attractions in Great Britain (England & UK) by regional area and county. Information on where to go and what to do in the UK in 2012.
South West, South East, Wales, Central England, East Anglia, North West, North East, Scotland

South West England (West Country)

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County	Attractions
Cornwall	Bedruthan Steps \| Bodmin Moor \| Cadgwith Cove \| Cornwall Coastal Footpath \| Eden Project \| Kynance Cove \| Land's End \| Lanyon Quoit \| Lizard Peninsula \| Lizard Lighthouse \| Pendennis Castle \| Restormel Castle \| St Michael's Mount \| Tintagel Castle \| Tolverne Cottage \| Antony House \| Caerhays Castle \| Cotehele \| Lanhydrock \| Lost Gardens of Heligan \| Mount Edgcombe House \| Pencarrow House \| Prideaux Place \| Trebah Gardens
Devon	Buckfast Abbey \| Buckland Abbey \| Castle Drogo \| Compton Castle \| Dartmoor \| Dartmouth Castle \| Exeter Cathedral \| Exmoor \| Kent's Cavern \| Killerton House \| Knightshays Court \| Lundy Island \| Lydford Gorge \| Powderham Castle \| Saltram
Dorset	Athelhampton Hall \| Brownsea Island \| Cerne Abbas Giant \| Chesil Beach \| Corfe Castle \| Clouds Hill \| Cranborne Chase \| Forde Abbey \| Hambledon Hill \| Hardy's Cottage \| Kingston Lacy \| Maiden Castle \| Milton Abbey \| Parnham \| Purbeck Hills \| Sherborne Abbey \| Sherborne Old Castle \| Wimborne Minster
Somerset	Brean Leisure Park \| Cleeve Abbey \| Clevedon Court \| Cheddar Gorge and Caves \| Dunster Castle \| Farleigh \| Glastonbury Abbey and Tor \| Montacute House \| Nunney Castle \| Taunton Castle \| Wells Cathedral \| West Somerset Steam Railway
Wiltshire	Avebury Circle \| Avebury Manor \| Bradford-on-Avon Tithe Barn \| Bowood House \| Brokerswood Country Park \| Corsham Court \| The Courts Garden \| Crofton Beam Engines \| Farmer Giles Farmstead \| Great Chalfield Manor \| Heale Gardens \| Lacock Abbey \| Larmer Tree Gardens \| Longleat \| Ludgershall Castle and Cross \| Lydiard Park \| Medieval Hall \| Mompesson House \| Old Sarum \| Old Wardour Castle \| Peto Garden \| Salisbury Cathedral \| Salisbury Museum \| Stonehenge \| Stourhead \| Stourton Garden \| Westwood Manor \| White Horses \| Wilton House \| Woodhenge

South East England & London

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County	Attractions
Bedfordshire	Chiltern Hills \| Cardington Sheds \| Elstow Moot Hall \| Houghton House \| Leighton Buzzard Railway \| Shuttleworth Collection \| Swiss Garden \| Whipsnade \| Woburn Abbey \| Woburn Safari Park \| Wrest Park
Berkshire	Basildon Park \| Beale Park \| Donnington Castle \| Eton College \| Frogmore House \| Legoland \| Museum of English Rural Life \| Windsor Castle
Buckinghamshire	Burnham Beeches \| Bekonscot Model Village \| Chenies Manor \| Chicheley Hall \| Chiltern Hills \| Claydon House \| Cliveden \| Dorney Court \| Hughenden Manor \| Milton's Cottage \| Stowe \| Waddesdon Manor \| West Wycombe Park and Caves
Hampshire	Beaulieu National Motor Museum \| Breamore House \| Bishop's Waltham Palace \| Highclere Castle \| Mottisfont Abbey \| New Forest Centre \| Portchester Castle \| Royal Armouries \| Sandham Memorial Chapel \| West Green House \| Marwell Wildlife Park \| The Vyne
Hertfordshire	Ashridge Estate \| Berkhamsted Castle \| de Havilland \| Gorhambury \| Knebworth House \| Hatfield House \| Letchworth Museum \| St Albans Museum \| Verulamium \| Shaw's Corner \| Scott's Grotto \| St Albans Cathedral \| Tring National History Museum \| Verulamium Museum
Kent	Attractions: Aylesford Priory \| Bayham Abbey \| Biddenden Vineyard \| Booth's Historic Vehicles \| Canterbury Museums \| Canterbury Cathedral \| Crabble Corn Mill \| Dickens House \| Diggerland \| Druidstone Park \| Eagle Heights \| Musical Museum \| Fleur de Lis \| Guildhall Museum \| Dockyard Chatham \| Hop Farm \| Wild Animal Park \| KES Railway \| Battle of Britain Museum \| MacFarlanes Butterfly Centre \| Port Lympne \| Ramsgate Maritime Museum \| Roman Painted House \| RHD Railway \| Royal Engineers Museum \| RSPB Nature Reserve \| Tunbridge Wells Museum \| White Cliffs Visitor Centre Houses, Castles and Gardens: Chartwell \| Chiddingstone Castle \| Deal Castle \| Dover Castle \| Martello Tower \| Emmetts Garden \| Eynsford Castle \| Fort Amherst \| Great Comp Garden \| Groombridge Place \| Hever Castle \| Ightham Mote \| Knole \| Leeds Castle \| Lullingstone Castle \| Roman Villa \| Penshurst Place \| Powell-Cotton Museum \| Quebec House \| Reculver Towers \| Richborough Castle \| Rochester Castle \| Scotney Castle \| Sissinghurst Castle \| Smallhythe Place \| Squerryes Court \| St Leonard's Tower \| Upnor Castle \| Walmer Castle
Central London	Carlyle's House \| National Army Museum \| Bank of England Museum \| Dr Johnson's House \| Clock Museum \| Mansion House \| Museum of London \| National Postal Museum \| St Paul's \| Tower Bridge \| Tower of London \| Wesley's House \| Cutty Sark \| Fan Museum \| Gipsy Moth \| Greenwich Park \| National Maritime Museum \| Royal Naval College \| Royal Observatory \| Baden-Powell Museum \| Kensington Palace \| Natural History Museum \| Science Museum \| Victoria & Albert Museum \| London Aquarium \| London Eye \| Florence Nightingale Museum \| Imperial War Museum \| Lambeth Palace \| Museum of Garden History \| Clink Museum \| Golden Hinde \| HMS Belfast \| London Dungeon \| Shakespeare Globe \| Tate Modern \| Canary Wharf \| Docklands Museum \| Bell Foundry \| British Museum \| Jewish Museum \| London Transport Museum \| Madame Tussaud's \| National Gallery \| National Portrait Gallery \| Pollock's Toy Museum \| Sir John Soane's Museum \| Apsley House \| Buckingham Palace \| Cabinet War Rooms \| Downing Street \| Horse Guards \| Houses of Parliament \| Tate Gallery \| Westminster Abbey
Oxfordshire	Banbury Museum \| Blenheim Palace \| Broughton Castle \| Buscot Park \| Chastleton House \| Cotswold Wildlife Park \| Didcot Railway Centre \| Greys Court \| Minster Lovell \| Rousham House \| Stonor House
Surrey	Brooklands Museum \| Box Hill \| Clandon Park \| Claremont Gardens \| Farnham Castle \| Ham House \| Hatchlands Park \| Hampton Court \| Leith Hill \| Painshill Park \| Polesden Lacey \| RHS Garden Wisley \| Runnymede \| Winkworth Arboretum \| Witley Common
Sussex East / West	East Sussex: Alfriston Clergy House \| Llama Park \| Bateman's \| Battle Abbey \| Bluebell Railway \| Bodiam Castle \| Drusillas Park \| Pevensey Castle \| Sea Life Centre \| Sheffield Park Garden West Sussex: \| Amberley Working Museum \| Arundel Castle \| Bignor Roman Villa \| Bramber Castle \| Denmans Garden \| Fishbourne Roman Palace \| Goodwood House \| Leonardslee \| Nymans Garden \| Parham House \| Petworth House \| Standen \| Wakehurst Place \| Weald & Downland

Central England (Midlands)

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County	Attractions
Derbyshire	Black Rock \| Bolsover Castle \| Caverns \| Chatsworth House \| Creswell Crags \| Cromford Old Mill \| Dales \| Haddon Hall \| Hardwick Hall \| Kedleston Hall \| Melbourne Hall
Gloucestershire	Berkeley Castle \| Birdland \| Bourton House Garden \| Bourton-on-the-Water Model Village \| Chavenage House \| Chedworth Roman Villa \| Clearwell Caves Ancient Iron Mines \| Cotswold Falconry Centre \| Cotswold Farm Park \| Dean Forest Railway \| Dean Heritage Centre \| Dyrham Park \| Edward Jenner Museum \| Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway \| Hailes Abbey \| Hidcote Manor Garden \| Keith Harding's World of Mechanical Music \| Kiftsgate Court Gardens \| Littledean Hall \| Lodge Park Sherborne Estate \| Nature in Art \| National Birds of Prey Centre \| Odda's Chapel \| Prinknash Abbey and Pottery \| Prinknash Bird and Deer Park \| Sezincote \| Snowshill Manor \| Sudeley Castle & Gardens \| Uley Long Barrow \| Westbury Court Garden \| Westonbirt National Arboretum \| Wildfowl Wetlands Trust City of Gloucester: City Museum \| Cathedral \| Docks \| Folk Museum \| Regiments Museum \| St Oswald's
Herefordshire	Abbey Dore \| Berrington Hall \| Brockhampton Estate \| Croft Castle \| Eastnor Castle \| Goodrich Castle \| Hergest Croft Gardens \| Weir Gardens \| Westons Cider
Leicestershire	Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle \| Belvoir Castle \| Bosworth Battlefield \| Bradgate Park \| Conkers \| Donington-le-Heath \| Foxton Locks \| Kirby Muxloe Castle \| Shackerstone Railway \| Snibston Discovery Park \| Stanford Hall \| Twycross Zoo
Northamptonshire	Althorp \| Billing Aquadrome \| Broughton House \| Canons Ashby \| Coton Manor Gardens \| Deene Park \| East Carlton Country Park \| Fineshade Wood \| Holdenby House \| Hunsbury Hill Industrial Museum \| Kirkby Hall \| Lamport Hall \| Rockingham Castle \| Rushton Triangular Lodge \| Saxon Churches \| Sulgrave Manor \| Waterways Museum \| Wicksteed Park
Nottinghamshire	Clumber Park \| D. H. Lawrence Heritage \| Millgate Museum \| Newark Air Museum \| Newstead Abbey \| Rufford Abbey \| Sherwood Forest \| Vina Cooke Museum \| The Workhouse \| Wetlands Waterfowl Reserve \| White Post Farm
Rutland	Barnsdale Gardens \| Lyddington Bede House \| Normanton Church \| Rutland Water \| Wing Turf Maze \| Rutland Railway Museum \| Butterfly Farm and Aquatic Centre
Shropshire	Acton Burnell Castle \| Attingham Park \| Benthall Hall \| Boscobel House \| Bridgnorth Castle \| Buildwas Abbey \| Burford House \| Dudmaston \| Haughmond Abbey \| Hawkstone Park \| Hodnet Hall \| Hoo Animal Farm \| Ironbridge Gorge \| Lilleshall Abbey \| Ludlow Castle \| Moreton Castle \| Oswestry Hill Fort \| RAF Museum \| Shrewsbury Castle \| Shrop. Discovery Centre \| Stokesay Castle \| Sunnycroft \| Wenlock Priory \| Whiteladies Priory \| Wroxeter
Staffordshire	Alton Towers \| Cannock Chase \| Chillington Hall \| Eccleshall Castle \| Izaak Walton's Cottage \| Moseley Old Hall \| Shugborough Hall \| Tutbury Castle \| Wightwick Manor
Warwickshire	Anne Hathaway's Cottage \| Arbury Hall \| Baddesley Clinton \| Charlecote Park \| Coventry Cathedral \| Edgehill \| Kenilworth Castle \| Mary Arden's House \| Packwood House \| Ragley Hall \| Royal Shakespeare Theatre \| Rugby School \| Stoneleigh Abbey \| Warwick Castle
Worcestershire	Almonry Centre \| Avoncroft Museum \| Broadway Tower \| Forge Mill \| Hanbury Hall \| Severn Valley Railway \| Spetchley Park \| West Midland Safari \| Witley Court

East Anglia

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County	Attractions
Lincolnshire	Alford Manor House \| Belton House \| Boston Stump \| Crowland Abbey \| Doddington Old Hall \| Gainsborough Old Hall \| Grimsthorpe Castle \| Harrington Hall \| Lincoln Castle \| Lincoln Cathedral \| Tattershall Castle
Norfolk	Baconsthorpe Castle \| Bircham Windmill \| Blakeney Point \| Blickling Hall \| Bressingham \| Norfolk Broads \| Burgh Castle \| Caister Roman Site \| Castle Acre \| Castle Rising \| Felbrigg Hall \| Grimes Graves \| Holkham Hall \| Oxburgh Hall \| Sandringham \| Thetford Forest
Essex	Audley End \| Beth Chatto Gardens \| Bourne Mill \| Colchester Castle \| Colchester Zoo \| Colne Valley Railway \| Hadleigh Castle \| Harwich Fort \| Hedingham Castle \| Secret Nuclear Bunker \| Layer Marney Tower \| Lee Valley Park \| Mistley Towers \| Mountfitchet Castle \| Paycocke's \| RHS Garden Hyde Hall \| RSPB Essex Marshes \| Royal Gunpowder Mills \| Saffron Walden Museum \| Southend Museum \| Southend Pier Museum \| Tilbury Fort \| Waltham Abbey
Cambridgeshire	Anglesey Abbey \| Cambridge University \| Clare Cottage \| Ely Cathedral \| The Fens \| The Gog Magog Hills \| Kimbolton Castle \| King's College Chapel \| Ramsey Abbey Gatehouse \| Sacrewell Farm and Country Centre \| Wandlebury Ring \| Wimpole Hall
Suffolk	Africa Alive \| Transport Museum \| Easton Farm Park \| Flatford Mill \| Framlingham Castle \| Ickworth House \| Lavenham Guildhall \| Maritime Museum \| National Horseracing Museum \| Otter Trust \| Minsmere Nature Reserve \| Sutton Hoo

North West England

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County	Attractions
Cheshire	Alderley Edge \| Beeston Castle \| Chester Cathedral \| Chester Castle \| Chester City Walls \| Delamere Forest \| Frodsham Hill \| Helsby Hill \| Little Moreton Hall \| Tatton Park \| Jodrell Bank
Cumbria	Bowder Stone \| Calder Abbey \| Carlisle Castle \| Carlisle Cathedral \| Hadrian's Wall \| Lanercost Priory \| Naworth Castle
Lancashire	British Commercial Vehicle Museum \| Clitheroe Castle \| Gawthorpe Hall \| Hoghton Tower \| Rufford Old Hall \| Samlesbury Hall \| Turton Tower \| WWT Martin Mere
Greater Manchester	Dunham Massey \| Central Art Gallery \| Museum of The Manchester Regiment \| Portland Basin Museum \| Bramall Hall & Park \| Heaton Park \| The Lowry \| Salford Museum & Art Gallery \| Astley Cheetham Art Gallery \| Hat Works Museum \| Saddleworth Museum & Art Gallery \| Wigon Pier \| Wythenshawe Hall
Merseyside	Atkinson Art Gallery \| The British Lawnmower Museum \| Knowsley Safari Park \| Lady Lever Art Gallery \| Pleasureland \| Prescot Museum \| Speke Hall \| World of Glass

North East England

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County	Attractions
Durham	Auckland Castle \| Barnard Castle \| Beamish \| Bowes Museum \| Raby Castle \| Finchale Priory
Tyne and Wear
Northumberland
Yorkshire	South Yorkshire: Brodsworth Hall \| Conisbrough Castle \| Roche Abbey East Yorkshire: Burton Agnes Hall \| Burton Agnes Manor \| Burton Constable Hall \| Yorkshire Waterways Museum West Yorkshire: Diggerland \| Bramham Park \| Riddlesden Hall \| Harewood House \| Lotherton Hall \| Red House Museum \| National Coal Mining Museum \| Yorkshire Sculpture Park North Yorkshire: Beningbrough Hall \| Bolton Abbey \| Bolton Castle \| Byland Abbey \| Castle Howard \| Fountains Abbey \| Helmsley Castle \| Middleham Castle \| Newby Hall \| Moors Railway \| Nunnington Hall \| RHS Harlow Carr \| Rievaulx Abbey \| Stump Cross Caverns City of York: Clifford's Tower \| Fairfax House \| York Guildhall \| Jorvik \| Merchant Adventurers' Hall \| National Railway Museum \| Treasurer's House \| York Castle Museum \| York Art Gallery \| York Dungeon \| York Minster