Literary Britain

The 11 stops fall in 6 parts of Britain, and the two furthest apart, Scott Monument and Shakespeare's Globe, are about 534 km apart in a straight line. Treat it as a menu rather than one journey: pick the stops in one or two destinations and give each a day or more.

• Bath (1 stop): Jane Austen Centre. Bath guide.
• Edinburgh (2 stops): Writers' Museum and Scott Monument. Edinburgh guide.
• London (3 stops): Charles Dickens Museum, Shakespeare's Globe and Keats House. London guide.
• Oxford (2 stops): Bodleian Library and The Story Museum. Oxford guide.
• Cambridge (1 stop): Wren Library. Cambridge guide.
• Manchester (2 stops): John Rylands Library and Chetham's Library. Manchester guide.

To travel between destinations, see getting between regions and our rail tickets guide. For weather and daylight by month, see when to go to Bath, Edinburgh, London, Oxford, Cambridge or Manchester. Opening times change with the seasons, so check each stop's own website before you set out.

Access and family notes come from the same data as our area guides: 2 of the 11 stops are reported as fully or partly step-free, and 0 are marked family-friendly. Reports come from venues or OpenStreetMap contributors, so confirm with the place before you travel.