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Counties and council areas
England's 48 ceremonial counties, Scotland's 32 council areas, Wales's 22 principal areas and Northern Ireland's 11 districts. 59 of the 113 overlap a Britlens guide. For the rest we show the nearest guide, measured in a straight line from a central point, so you can see how far away our coverage is.
England: ceremonial counties
33 of 48 overlap a guide. England at a glance.
| Ceremonial county | Statut | Our pages |
|---|---|---|
| Bedfordshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cambridge, about 39 km |
| Berkshire | Guide available | Windsor day trip, Windsor guide |
| Bristol | Guide available | Guide de Bristol |
| Buckinghamshire | Guide available | Eton, Windsor |
| Cambridgeshire | Guide available | Guide de Cambridge |
| Cheshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Liverpool, about 38 km |
| City of London | Guide available | The City & Tower, Londres |
| Cornouailles | Guide available | Cornwall guide, Isles of Scilly guide |
| Cumbria | Guide available | Guide du Lake District |
| Derbyshire | Guide available | Guide du Peak District |
| Devon | Guide available | Seaton, Beer & Sidmouth, The Jurassic Coast, Devon guide, Lundy guide |
| Dorset | Guide available | Guide de la Côte jurassique |
| Durham | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Newcastle and Gateshead, about 37 km |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: York, about 38 km |
| East Sussex | Guide available | Brighton day trip, Brighton & Hove guide, The South Downs guide, Lewes and the Seven Sisters, The South Downs |
| Essex | No guide yet | Nearest guide: London, about 56 km |
| Gloucestershire | Guide available | Guide des Cotswolds |
| Greater London | Guide available | Guide de Londres |
| Greater Manchester | Guide available | Guide de Manchester |
| Hampshire | Guide available | Portsmouth and Southampton guide, The New Forest guide, Lyndhurst and Brockenhurst, The New Forest, Beaulieu and Lymington, The New Forest |
| Herefordshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Hereford, about 4 km |
| Hertfordshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: London, about 35 km |
| Isle of Wight | Guide planned | Planned: The Isle of Wight. Nearest guide: Portsmouth and Southampton, about 17 km |
| Kent | Guide available | Canterbury & Kent guide |
| Lancashire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Blackpool and the Lancashire coast, about 30 km |
| Leicestershire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Leicester, about 5 km |
| Lincolnshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Lincoln, about 27 km |
| Merseyside | Guide available | Guide de Liverpool |
| Norfolk | Guide available | Norfolk and the Broads guide |
| North Yorkshire | Guide available | York guide, Yorkshire guide, Whitby & Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, Scarborough, Yorkshire, Harrogate & Knaresborough, Yorkshire, North York Moors, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales, Yorkshire |
| Northamptonshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Leicester, about 43 km |
| Northumberland | Guide available | Lindisfarne (Holy Island) guide |
| Nottinghamshire | Guide available | Nottingham guide |
| Oxfordshire | Guide available | Oxford guide, Burford, The Cotswolds |
| Rutland | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Leicester, about 27 km |
| Shropshire | Guide available | Ironbridge Gorge guide |
| Somerset | Guide available | Bath guide, Exmoor & Lynmouth, Devon |
| South Yorkshire | Guide available | Sheffield guide |
| Staffordshire | Guide available | Dovedale, Ashbourne & the White Peak South, le Peak District |
| Suffolk | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cambridge, about 60 km |
| Surrey | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Windsor, about 28 km |
| Tyne and Wear | Guide available | Newcastle and Gateshead guide, Tynemouth, Newcastle and Gateshead |
| Warwickshire | Guide available | Stratford & Warwickshire guide, Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford & Warwickshire, Warwick, Stratford & Warwickshire, Royal Leamington Spa, Stratford & Warwickshire, Kenilworth, Stratford & Warwickshire |
| West Midlands | Guide available | Birmingham guide |
| West Sussex | Guide available | The South Downs guide, Midhurst and Petworth, The South Downs |
| West Yorkshire | Guide available | Leeds guide |
| Wiltshire | Guide available | Stonehenge day trip, Salisbury & Stonehenge guide, Salisbury and Old Sarum, Salisbury & Stonehenge, Stonehenge and Amesbury, Salisbury & Stonehenge, Avebury and Marlborough, Salisbury & Stonehenge |
| Worcestershire | Guide available | Broadway, les Cotswolds |
Scotland: council areas
12 of 32 overlap a guide. Scotland at a glance.
| Council area | Statut | Our pages |
|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen City | Guide available | Aberdeen city, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire |
| Aberdeenshire | Guide available | Royal Deeside, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, Stonehaven and Dunnottar, Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire |
| Angus | No guide yet | Nearest guide: St Andrews and Fife, about 37 km |
| Argyll and Bute | Guide available | Oban, Argyll & the Mull ferry, The Scottish Highlands, Mull and Iona guide, Islay and Jura guide, Isle of Bute guide |
| City of Edinburgh | Guide available | Guide d'Édimbourg |
| Clackmannanshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Stirling and the Trossachs, about 13 km |
| Dumfries and Galloway | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 88 km |
| Dundee City | No guide yet | Nearest guide: St Andrews and Fife, about 17 km |
| East Ayrshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 40 km |
| East Dunbartonshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 9 km |
| East Lothian | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Edinburgh, about 28 km |
| East Renfrewshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 7 km |
| Falkirk | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Stirling and the Trossachs, about 18 km |
| Fife | Guide available | St Andrews and Fife guide, St Andrews, St Andrews and Fife, East Neuk, St Andrews and Fife, Dunfermline and the Forth, St Andrews and Fife |
| Glasgow City | Guide available | Guide de Glasgow |
| Highland | Guide available | The Scottish Highlands guide, North Coast 500 guide |
| Inverclyde | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Isle of Bute, about 21 km |
| Midlothian | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Edinburgh, about 10 km |
| Moray | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire, about 76 km |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Guide available | The Outer Hebrides guide |
| North Ayrshire | Guide available | Isle of Arran guide |
| North Lanarkshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 22 km |
| Orkney | Guide available | Orkney guide |
| Perth and Kinross | No guide yet | Nearest guide: St Andrews and Fife, about 40 km |
| Renfrewshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 18 km |
| Scottish Borders | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Lindisfarne (Holy Island), about 53 km |
| Shetland Islands | Guide available | Shetland guide |
| South Ayrshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Isle of Arran, about 47 km |
| South Lanarkshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 42 km |
| Stirling | Guide available | Stirling and the Trossachs guide |
| West Dunbartonshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Glasgow, about 21 km |
| West Lothian | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Edinburgh, about 20 km |
Wales: principal areas
9 of 22 overlap a guide. Wales at a glance.
| Principal area | Statut | Our pages |
|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 33 km |
| Bridgend | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 30 km |
| Caerphilly | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 19 km |
| Cardiff | Guide available | Cardiff guide, Cardiff (Caerdydd) & the Bay, Wales |
| Carmarthenshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Wales, about 60 km |
| Ceredigion | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Wales, about 15 km |
| Conwy | Guide available | Conwy, Llandudno et les châteaux de la côte nord, pays de Galles |
| Denbighshire | Guide available | Llangollen and Pontcysyllte guide |
| Flintshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Liverpool, about 23 km |
| Gwynedd | Guide available | Eryri (Snowdonia), pays de Galles |
| Isle of Anglesey | Guide available | Anglesey guide |
| Merthyr Tydfil | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 33 km |
| Monmouthshire | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 31 km |
| Neath Port Talbot | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 43 km |
| Newport | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 17 km |
| Pembrokeshire | Guide available | Pembrokeshire Coast (St Davids & Tenby), pays de Galles |
| Powys | Guide available | Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons), pays de Galles |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 26 km |
| Swansea | Guide available | Gower et Swansea (Abertawe), pays de Galles |
| The Vale of Glamorgan | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 17 km |
| Torfaen | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Cardiff, about 28 km |
| Wrexham | Guide available | Llangollen and Pontcysyllte guide |
Northern Ireland: local government districts
5 of 11 overlap a guide. Northern Ireland at a glance.
| Local government district | Statut | Our pages |
|---|---|---|
| Antrim and Newtownabbey | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 35 km |
| Ards and North Down | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 72 km |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 37 km |
| Belfast | Guide available | Belfast city centre & Cathedral Quarter, Northern Ireland, Titanic Quarter & East Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Causeway Coast and Glens | Guide available | The Causeway Coast, l’Irlande du Nord |
| Derry City and Strabane | Guide available | Derry~Londonderry, Irlande du Nord |
| Fermanagh and Omagh | Guide available | Fermanagh Lakelands, l’Irlande du Nord |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 52 km |
| Mid and East Antrim | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 47 km |
| Mid Ulster | No guide yet | Nearest guide: Northern Ireland, about 5 km |
| Newry, Mourne and Down | Guide available | The Mournes & Newcastle, l’Irlande du Nord |
Sources
Area lists come from the Wikipedia pages below, read on 2026-11-01. "Overlaps a guide" means one of our guides or area pages lies at least partly inside it; it does not mean the whole area is covered.
- Wikipedia: Ceremonial counties of England (opens in new tab). The 48 lieutenancy areas. Checked on 2026-11-01.
- Wikipedia: Council areas of Scotland (opens in new tab). The 32 council areas. Checked on 2026-11-01.
- Wikipedia: Principal areas of Wales (opens in new tab). The 22 principal areas. Checked on 2026-11-01.
- Wikipedia: Local government in Northern Ireland (opens in new tab). The 11 local government districts. Checked on 2026-11-01.
- Wikipedia API (prop=coordinates) (opens in new tab). A representative point for each area, used only to find the nearest guide. Checked on 2026-11-01.
Crédits photos
- The Cotswolds: Saffron Blaze, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- The Scottish Highlands: Chris Morgan, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- The Peak District: mendhak, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits