This page provides a list of the main things to see in Britain. "++"
identifies the top attractions.
Also see this page on architecture.
Southern England
- Arundel: Castle
- Avebury: Megaliths
- Bath: Roman baths of 75BC
- Brighton: Royal Pavillion (1823)
- Bristol: St Mary Redcliffe (13th c)
- Cambridge: Trinity College, +King's College Chapel (16th c), St John's College, Queen's College, Holy Sepulchre (1130)
- Canterbury: +Cathedral (1130) with +chancel of 1184
- Chichester: -cathedral
- Cornwall: St Michael's Mount
- Dorchester: Montacute House (1600)
- Exeter: cathedral (1328)
- Glastonbury: abbey
- Gloucester: cathedral (1370): south walk of cloister, arches of the nave
- Greenwich: Wren's Royal Naval Hospital (1716) and Jones' Queen's House (1635)
- Knole mansion
- +Leeds Castle (not in Leeds but in Aylesford)
- London: +St Paul's Cathedral (1675-1710), Tower of London, Trafalgar Square, +National Gallery, ++British Museum, ++Houses of Parliament, +Big Ben, ++Westminster Abbey, Tate Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Piccadilly Circus, Hyde Park, Victoria and Albert Museum, +National Maritime Museum,
Elephant and Castle Eco-Tower, Heron Tower (2006), Waterloo Station (1993), Swiss Re (2003), Moorhouse on London Wall & Moorgate (2004), Canary Wharf Tower (1991), Lloyds Building (1978), Millenium Dome (1999), Leadenhall Tower, Architecture Foundation (Southwark Street and Great Guildford Street),
Swiss Re (St Mary Axe & Camonile),
Moorhouse (London Wall & Moorgate),
Coal Exchange (1846), Westminster Cathedral (1903), Houses of Parliament (1840), Home House (1775), St Martin-in-the-fields (1721), Christ Church at Spitalfields (1729), Banqueting House (1619-22) in Whitehall,
- Near London: +Hampton Court Palace, Castle Hedingham (1140)
- Norwich: +Cathedral (12th c)
- Petworth: Great house
- Rochester: +Cathedral (13th c), donjon of 1130
- Salisbury: ++Cathedral (1220), Wilton House, Stourhead garden
- Sheffield: City Hall
- Stonehenge: ++Megaliths
- Warwick: +St Mary's, Castle
- Wells: +Cathedral (1180) with curvilinear arches and Lady Chapel's vault
- Winchester: ++Cathedral (1079)
Wales
- Caernarfon: +Castle
- Pembroke: +Castle
- Tintern: +Abbey
Central England
- Birmingham, Central England: City Museum
- Coventry, St Michael's (1962)
- Lichfield: +Cathedral (1325)
- Lincoln: +Cathedral (1192)
- Liverpool: Albert Dock, George Pier,
- Oxford: +Christ Church, Merton College, Magdalen College,
- Peterborough: Cathedral
- Southwell: cathedral (1131) with three tiers of arches
- Windsor: +Castle, Eton College
- Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Nicholas Hawksmoor's Blenheim Palace (1724)
- Worcester: Cathedral
Western England
- Chester: Old city, the Rows, Watergate St
Northern England
- Bamburgh Castle
- Chollerford: Hadrian's wall
- Derwentwater Lake
- Durham: +Cathedral (13th c)
- Hexham: Priory, Moot Hall
- Manchester: Museum of Science, City Hall
- Ripon: Fountains Abbey
- York: +Cathedral, Selby abbey, Rielvaux Abbey
Scotland
- Melrose: +Abbey (12th c)
- Dundee: +Glamis castle
- Edinburgh: Old town, Royal Mile, Forth Bridge (1964)
- Glasgow: Museum
- Grampian Mountains
- Hebrides: Callanish megaliths
Ireland
- +New Grange: 3400 BC tomb
Changing money in London: exchange bureaus at the London airports rank among the most stunning legalized robberies in the world. Take the tube to Paddington Station and walk to Praed Street, where you have a choice of bureaus.
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