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
- 伦敦
Neighbourhood guides, theatre, itineraries and a live journey planner
- 巴斯
萨默塞特郡的罗马温泉小城,蜜色乔治亚风格联排屋错落有致
- 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
- 布里斯托尔
繁忙的港口、Brunel 的工程杰作、乔治亚风格的 Clifton 与街头艺术
- 剑桥
剑河畔的大学城,书院、桥梁与河岸草地交相辉映
- Canterbury & Kent
A cathedral city, oyster harbours, Thanet's sandy bays and the castles and white cliffs of the Channel coast
- 康沃尔
位于铁路终点的港口小镇、美术馆、潮汐城堡与大西洋海滩
- 科茨沃尔德
蜜色村庄、羊毛商人建造的教堂和起伏的石灰岩丘陵
- 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
- 侏罗纪海岸
沿多塞特和东德文世界遗产海岸分布的化石海滩、白垩与石灰岩悬崖及港口小镇
- 湖区
坎布里亚的湖泊、山丘与集镇,国家公园和世界遗产可徒步、乘船或坐巴士探索
- 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
- 利物浦
码头、披头士乐队、两座大教堂,以及默西河畔的足球
- Lundy
An island in the Bristol Channel, reached by ferry from north Devon
- 曼彻斯特
棉纺厂、运河、博物馆与足球,尽在紧凑的市中心
- 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
- 牛津
泰晤士河与彻韦尔河畔的大学城,书院、图书馆和博物馆云集
- 峰区
英格兰第一个国家公园:德比郡及周边的石灰岩峡谷、砂岩崖壁、温泉小镇与磨坊村庄
- 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
- 温莎
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
- 约克
城墙环绕的大教堂城市,中世纪街巷、罗马与维京时代的印记和铁路遗产交织
- 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
- 爱丁堡
火山岩上的城堡、中世纪老城与乔治亚风格新城
- 格拉斯哥
苏格兰最大的城市:维多利亚时代的宏伟市政建筑、Mackintosh、Clyde 滨水区与免费博物馆
- 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
- 苏格兰高地
遍布苏格兰北部和西部的湖泊、峡谷、城堡与渡轮航线
- 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
- 威尔士
三座国家公园、一座海滨首府、从 Conwy 到 Pembroke 的城堡,以及绵长的大西洋海岸线
Northern Ireland 1 guide
National parks, heritage sites and counties in Northern Ireland
- 北爱尔兰
Titanic Belfast、Causeway Coast、一座城墙环绕的城市与湖区,尽在英国的紧凑一隅
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:
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.