England Itinerary

By Rick Steves

So much to see, so little time. How to choose? To help you get started, I've listed my top picks for where to go in England, and my plan for your best three-week trip. (If you're considering adding Scotland and/or Wales, see my recommended itinerary for all of Great Britain.)

Depending on the length of your trip, and taking geographic proximity into account, here are my recommended priorities:

 

Depending on the length of your trip, and taking geographic proximity into account, here are my recommended priorities:

The recommended itineraries below give you an idea of how much of England's top sights you can reasonably see in three weeks, but of course you can adapt them to fit your own interests and time frame.

If you enjoy big cities, you could easily spend a week in London. If villages beckon, linger in the Cotswolds, where time has all but stopped. York and Bath are inviting, walkable towns with fascinating sights. Nature lovers get wonderfully lost in the Lake District and Dartmoor.

History buffs can choose their era: prehistoric (Stonehenge, Avebury), ancient Roman (Bath, Hadrian's Wall), religious (Canterbury), medieval (York, Warwick Castle), Industrial Revolution (Ironbridge Gorge), or royal (Tower of London, Windsor, Blenheim Palace).

Literary fans make pilgrimages to Stratford (Shakespeare), Bath (Austen), and the Lake District (Wordsworth and Potter). Beatles fans from here, there, and everywhere head to Liverpool. For amusement pier fun, stroll the arcades at the coastal resorts of Brighton or Blackpool.

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