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Maidenhead
Maidenhead About 30 miles outside of London is the affluent and charming town of Maidenhead. The town sits along the River Thames and is known for a historic bridge built by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and completed in 1838. It is a world record holder, and each brick is the widest and flattest of its
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Magdalen College
Magdalen College Wandering through the 100-acre grounds of Magdalen College paints an idyllic picture of Oxford university life—punting along the river, watching a game on the cricket lawns, strolling through the deer park or walking the woodland Addison’s Trail, a favorite route of Oxford alumnus
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London Southampton Cruise Port
London Southampton Cruise Port Not surprisingly, Southampton is on the south coast of England, 75 miles or 120 km south-west of London, close to the Isle of Wight and the New Forest National Park. It used to be famous as the gateway to the British Empire and America across the North Atlantic. Thes
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London Harwich Cruise Port
London Harwich Cruise Port Harwich is a small town with a large port. Its positioning where England’s east coast juts out towards Europe makes it an excellent travel and goods hub and it has a large container terminal, a busy ferry terminal, a small cruise ship terminal and an even smaller but pre
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London Film Museum Covent Garden
London Film Museum Covent Garden The London Film Museum, tucked away in a quiet part of Covent Garden, was founded and created by Jonathan Sands in 2008 following the success of Star Wars, the Exhibition. It is entirely dedicated to the British film industry and hosts regular, big-ticket film-them
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London Dover Cruise Port
London Dover Cruise Port Dover is famous for its white cliffs and when approaching England by ship they are a lovely, iconic greeting to the United Kingdom. While a busy ferry port connecting England with France, Dover is a relatively quiet cruise ship port, used for embarkation and disembarkation
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London City Hall
London City Hall Opening its doors back in 2002, the glass-fronted, semi-spherical London City Hall marked a new dawn of London’s governance, providing a sleek, modernist façade for the London Assembly. The building alone is impressive, a geometrical masterpiece designed by architect Sir Norman Fo
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Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool’s Anglican cathedral is a massive construction with a neo-Gothic central bell tower, soaring stained-glass windows and filigree internal details.The building looms over Liverpool, and no wonder – it’s the largest cathedral in the world. Even the building’s bell and pi
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Leicester Square
Leicester Square The vibrant heart of central London, Leicester Square is among the capital’s most important navigational landmarks, located at the center of the West End Theater District, on the cusp of Soho and Chinatown. Leicester Square is always buzzing with activity during the evening hours
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Legoland Windsor
Legoland Windsor With more than 2.2 million annual visitors, Legoland Windsor is the second most visited theme park in the UK and it’s a thrill for the whole family, with adrenaline-fuelled rides, interactive entertainment zones and millions of multi-colored Lego bricks. Lego enthusiasts will be i
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Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace As the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury for almost 800 years, Lambeth Palace has a long and significant history, but for most visitors, it’s the building itself that garners the most attention. The palace’s 15th-century monumental gateway, known as Mortons T
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Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge One of west London’s most affluent districts, just south of Hyde Park, Knightsbridge remains one of the city’s most upmarket shopping areas. While London’s most iconic department store, Harrods, draws in the most visitors, the surrounding area is crammed with flagship British and int
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Kings College Chapel
Kings College Chapel With its elaborate Perpendicular Gothic façade and exquisite stained glass windows, the Kings College Chapel is worthy of the accolades that are ravished upon it. Often touted as the most impressive work of medieval architecture and Gothic design in Britain, it now ranks as th
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Kings College
Kings College Founded in 1441 by King Henry VI and an integral part of the prestigious Cambridge University, the Kings College is arguably the grandest and most famous of Cambridge’s many colleges. With alumni including Britain’s first Prime Minister, Robert Walpole; mathematician Alan Turing; and
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Kilburn White Horse
Kilburn White Horse Drive along the Vale of York on the boundary of the North York Moors National Park and you won’t be able to miss the Kilburn White Horse, a gigantic artwork of a horse etched into the limestone cliffs of the Sutton Bank. Formed using more than 6 tons of limestone chalk chips to
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John Rylands Library
John Rylands Library The John Rylands Library is oft considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world. Resurrected in the 1890s and taking more than a decade to construct, the gothic and gorgeous library was designed by architect Basil Champneys. It opened its doors on the first of the
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Jermyn Street
Jermyn Street Located in the heart of St. James in the City of Westminster in London, Jermyn Street is one of London’s most historic and fashionable districts. Dating back to 1664, it was dominated by the Church of St. James and lined with houses, hotels, schools and taverns. Today, it has develop
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Jane Austen House Museum
Jane Austen House Museum At first glance, the red-brick Chawton cottage looks like any other house on its the block, but this unassuming 17th-century building has an important claim to fame for literary fans. The late home of iconic British novelist Jane Austen, who lived there from 1809 until her
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Jane Austen Centre
Jane Austen Centre Top of the itinerary for fans of iconic English writer Jane Austen, the Jane Austen Centre is devoted to Bath’s most famous former resident. Exhibits chronicle Jane Austen’s life in Bath between 1801 and 1806, featuring Austen memorabilia and personal effects, as well as highlig
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Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight One of England’s largest and most famous islands, the Isle of Wight has been a popular holiday destination since Victorian times, and draws huge crowds to its annual summer music festivals – the Isle of Wight Festival and Bestival. Aptly nicknamed “England in Miniature,” the small is
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