Coverage
What we cover, and what comes next
Britlens is a growing guide to 59 destinations and London, not the whole of the UK. Each destination below has the same structure: areas to base yourself, things to do, places to eat and stay, and how to get there.
- 60destination guides, London included
- 239area and neighbourhood guides
- 4of the UK's four nations with at least one guide
Destinations we have built
Listed by nation. The numbers come from our own data, so they change as we add areas.
England 41 guides
National parks, heritage sites and counties in England
- Londen
Neighbourhood guides, theatre, itineraries and a live journey planner
- Bath
Een Romeinse kuurstad met honingkleurige Georgiaanse huizenrijen in Somerset
- Birmingham
Canals, workshops and Victorian civic squares in England's second city
- Blackpool and the Lancashire coast
Blackpool's Tower, piers and tramway, and Lancaster and Morecambe on the bay to the north
- Brighton & Hove
A seaside city on the Sussex coast, with a Regency palace, two piers and a pebble beach
- Bristol
Een werkende haven, Brunels ingenieurskunst, Georgiaans Clifton en een street-artscene
- Cambridge
Een universiteitsstad met colleges, bruggen en weiden langs de rivier de Cam
- Canterbury & Kent
A cathedral city, oyster harbours, Thanet's sandy bays and the castles and white cliffs of the Channel coast
- Cornwall
Havenplaatsen, kunstgalerieën, getijdenkastelen en Atlantische stranden aan het einde van de lijn
- De Cotswolds
Honingkleurige dorpjes, kerken uit de tijd van de wolhandel en glooiende kalksteenheuvels
- Coventry
Two cathedrals side by side, Lady Godiva and the UK's big road transport collection
- Devon
Two cities, the English Riviera, the Dart estuary and the moors of Dartmoor and Exmoor
- Gloucester
A Norman abbey turned cathedral, Victorian docks and a Roman street plan on the Severn
- Hereford
The Mappa Mundi, a chained library and cider country on the River Wye
- Ironbridge Gorge
The Iron Bridge of 1779, Blists Hill Victorian Town and the museums of a Shropshire World Heritage Site
- Isles of Scilly
Five inhabited islands and around 140 rocks and islets 28 miles off Land's End
- The Jurassic Coast
Fossielenstranden, krijt- en kalksteenkliffen en havenplaatsen langs de Werelderfgoedkust van Dorset en Oost-Devon
- The Lake District
Meren, heuvels en marktstadjes in Cumbria, met een nationaal park en werelderfgoed om te voet, per boot en per bus te ontdekken
- Leeds
Victorian arcades, Kirkgate Market, the Royal Armouries and Headingley
- Leicester
Roman walls, Richard III's grave and a medieval Guildhall in the East Midlands' largest city
- Lincoln
A Norman cathedral and castle above Steep Hill, and the Roman Brayford Pool below
- Lindisfarne (Holy Island)
A tidal island off Northumberland, cut off by the sea twice a day
- Liverpool
Dokken, de Beatles, twee kathedralen en voetbal aan de Mersey
- Lundy
An island in the Bristol Channel, reached by ferry from north Devon
- Manchester
Katoenfabrieken, kanalen, musea en voetbal in een compact stadscentrum
- The New Forest
Ponies on open heath, ancient woodland, Beaulieu and Buckler's Hard, and the Solent coast at Lymington
- Newcastle and Gateshead
Tyne bridges, Grainger Town, the Ouseburn and the coast at Tynemouth
- Norfolk and the Broads
Norwich, the rivers and broads of the Broads National Park, the north Norfolk coast and the Sandringham estate
- Nottingham
A castle on a sandstone rock, the old lace quarter and the city of Robin Hood's sheriff
- Oxford
Een universiteitsstad met colleges, bibliotheken en musea aan de Theems en de Cherwell
- The Peak District
Het eerste nationale park van Engeland: kalksteendalen, gritstone-randen, kuuroorden en molendorpen in Derbyshire en omgeving
- Portsmouth and Southampton
Two Solent port cities: Nelson's flagship and the Mary Rose, a seaside castle, and Southampton's medieval walls
- Salisbury & Stonehenge
Salisbury Cathedral and Magna Carta, Stonehenge, and the stone circles of Avebury
- Sheffield
The steel city in the Pennine foothills, with free museums and the Peak District on the doorstep
- Shrewsbury
A medieval street plan in a loop of the Severn, timber-framed houses and Darwin's birthplace
- The South Downs
Chalk downland from Lewes to the Seven Sisters, and the country houses and gardens around Midhurst and Petworth
- Stratford & Warwickshire
Shakespeare's home town, Warwick and Kenilworth castles and the spa town of Leamington
- Windsor
A royal castle town on the Thames, with Eton and Eton College across the bridge
- Worcester
A riverside cathedral, Civil War history and Royal Worcester porcelain on the Severn
- York
Een ommuurde kathedraalstad met middeleeuwse straten, Romeinse en Vikinglagen en de spoorwegen
- Yorkshire
The North York Moors, the Yorkshire Dales, the coast at Whitby and Scarborough, and spa-town Harrogate
Scotland 14 guides
National parks, heritage sites and counties in Scotland
- Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire
Granite city, the castles of Royal Deeside and the clifftop ruin of Dunnottar
- Edinburgh
Een kasteel op een vulkanische rots, een middeleeuwse Old Town en een Georgiaanse New Town
- Glasgow
De grootste stad van Schotland: Victoriaanse stedelijke grandeur, Mackintosh, de oever van de Clyde en gratis musea
- Islay and Jura
Whisky distilleries, early Christian crosses and the Paps of Jura
- Isle of Arran
Brodick Castle, Goat Fell and the stone circles of Machrie Moor
- Isle of Bute
Rothesay Castle, Mount Stuart and quiet beaches a short ferry from Glasgow
- Mull and Iona
Tobermory, Duart Castle, Staffa and the abbey island of Iona
- North Coast 500
A 516-mile road trip around the north Highlands, from Ullapool and Assynt to Durness, Thurso and John o' Groats
- Orkney
Neolithic villages and stone circles, St Magnus Cathedral, Scapa Flow and the North Isles
- The Outer Hebrides
Lewis, Harris, the Uists and Barra: standing stones, white beaches and island ferries
- Schotse Hooglanden
Lochs, dalen, kastelen en veerbootoversteken in het noorden en westen van Schotland
- Shetland
Lerwick, brochs, Norse sites and seabird cliffs on the UK's most northerly islands
- St Andrews and Fife
Golf links, cathedral ruins, East Neuk harbours and Scotland's old royal capital
- Stirling and the Trossachs
Stirling Castle, the Wallace Monument and Bannockburn, with Loch Katrine and the Trossachs an hour away
Wales 4 guides
National parks, heritage sites and counties in Wales
- Anglesey
Island of castles, Neolithic tombs and sea cliffs across the Menai Strait, with the Irish ferry port at Holyhead
- Cardiff
The Welsh capital: a castle in the city centre, free national museums and a redeveloped bay
- Llangollen and Pontcysyllte
Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, horse-drawn canal boats and a riverside town in the Dee Valley
- Wales
Drie nationale parken, een hoofdstad aan de kust, kastelen van Conwy tot Pembroke en een lange Atlantische kustlijn
Northern Ireland 1 guide
National parks, heritage sites and counties in Northern Ireland
- Noord-Ierland
Titanic Belfast, de Causeway Coast, een ommuurde stad en merenland in een compact deel van het Verenigd Koninkrijk
What we do not cover yet
Much of the UK has no Britlens guide yet. If a town, county, island or national park is not listed above, we do not cover it in detail, although a nearby guide may mention it as a day trip. Our practical pages for visitors apply wherever you go:
- Voor het eerst in Groot-Brittannië
- Inreisvoorwaarden
- The four nations: what differs
- Reizen tussen steden
- Rail tickets and railcards
- Luchthavens
- Havens en veerboten
- Autorijden in Groot-Brittannië
- Geld in Groot-Brittannië
- Gezondheid en veiligheid
- Toegankelijk reizen
- Agenda
- ETA or visa?
- Train routes
- Veerboten
- Places A to Z
- Nationale parken
Coming next
These are the next destinations we plan to build, roughly in this order. We add a guide only once its places, photos and directions have been checked, so we do not promise dates.
- The Isle of Wight England
- Newcastle, Northumberland and Hadrian's Wall England
Ask for a place
Tell us where you would like us to go next through our contact page, or sign up to hear when a new guide opens. Requests help us decide the order.