I am an American and I want to visit the UK for 30 days can you please help me with my visit?

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etzpcm@reddit

Sounds good. Can you give us slightly more about your interests?

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

I am honestly not sure what I want to see. I am interest in ancient to middle age period mostly. I would like to see as many of the best museaums of all types as possible. Are there any well preserved Roman Ruins? What about well preserved Motte and Baileys? What is the best preserved castle that has the most tours? Does the UK have any 1600s era Star Forts? Sorry for being so vague. What about must eats in the UK? I want to try the Full English Breakfast. You seem to have different kinds of sausages than we do. There are "British" restaurants in the US, but I dont know how Americanized they are. I honestly have no idea what Blood pudding tastes like. There is a "British Pie" place near my house. I don't think its authentic. They have a Reuben Pie. I am pretty sure Reuben is a New York City thing. I'd also like to go to a Pub during a local Football game to experience the crowd. I can probably google that. I'd want to be a good team. I follow a really bad American Football team and its no fun at all. I can google which teams are good now and probably find a pub on my own. I'll probably plan this out for several months then maybe make an itinerary post on here and see what people think.

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etzpcm@reddit

Sorry you got deleted. Try posting in r/uktravel

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theinadequategatsby@reddit

Hey, it's okay to be vague - the UK has history like America has geography. As others have said, look into a britrail card, it'll save you a lot of money (and as a non-driving frequent train user I've helped more than enough American tourists around train stations) My advice would be Fly to London. Do the British Museum (easily one full day), the natural history museum, and either the V&A or the imperial war museum, depends on your interests. Take the train from charing cross down to Battle for the Abbey and the site of the 1066 battle, then take the 20 minute ride into Hastings for a seaside experience and the Albion has classic pies, there are a surfeit of fish and chip shops as well. Next day take the train across the south coast to Southampton. Get yourself on a ferry to the Isle of Wight and go to Newport roman villa. If you like Victoriana visit Osborne House as well. Maybe visit Ventnor for the microclimate. Ferry back, and then the fast train to Oxford (via Southampton airport parkway) to go to the Ashmolean. Then you can get a train up north to see Edinburgh etc. Haven't lived up north but have loved it every time Ive been, so will let other redditors give better advice. Warwick castle is a nice spot also.

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Gary_Garibaldi@reddit

You're right, this is vague. But if you like castles you should visit Windsor Castle, Edinburgh Castle. If you want to go more off the beaten track go to Conwy Castle or Pembroke Castle. We have a lot of castles. What period of history do you like? What else appeals about the UK?

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

Ancient to middle ages. We don't have anything that old in the US other than a few Native American ruins.

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Gary_Garibaldi@reddit

Well go to York minster for sure. There has been a church there for over 1800 years but the current building was put up in 1200. York is lovely, everything is ancient. From there take a train out to Whitby and see the abbey ruins that inspired Dracula. Eat proper fish and chips from somewhere good like trawelers. There are lots of nice things to see in Yorkshire around the dales (settle to Carlisle steam railway) or moors. It is a bit easier with a car but not essential

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DezzaJay@reddit

A pub near me was built in 1644 and I don’t think that’s the oldest local one either. You definitely won’t need to look far for some history.

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Capt_Bigglesworth@reddit

Go to Avebury, Lacock, Bath. IF you *must* go to Stonehenge.. go to Larkhill, park on the packway - it’s free, then walk along the bridleway and then along the fence to Stonehenge itself. Don’t pay English Heritage to park - fuck those guys. And get yourself a hire car. It’s really not difficult to drive over here.

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raskalUbend@reddit

Premier Inn is a chain hotel thats basically everywhere, is pretty cheap, and is standardly comfortable and you can book breakfasts and evening meals with your stay I would recommend Warwick Castle to an enjoyer of history and if you're going to London for the british museum you should probably pop into the imperial war museum and the natural history museum. Im not great with Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland but there's a village called hay on wye in Wales that has built its image on having dozens of 2nd hand book shops

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

I have seen some youtube videos about Warwick Castle. There is a youtuber named The History Squad who was the official archer at Warwick Castle. That castle looks fantastic. In the US old, is 200 years ago.

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raskalUbend@reddit

I went to Warwick Castle a lot as a kid and now I'm a dad and fully intend to take my son when he's old enough. To add to what others have said about public transport, busses are slow but relatively cheap, and could add something to the adventure feeling of a 30 day trip

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burnerofdoom@reddit

It’s touristy but loads of us who also live near enjoy them, you should go to a theatre

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

you mean to see a play? Where are the good plays? Do you have a Broadway in London?

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

The equivalent to Broadway would be London's West End. 'Theatreland' is basically Soho/Covent Garden/Leicester Square/Victoria.

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snk101@reddit

Absolutely, it's called the West End. Broadway quality but cheaper prices.

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Houseofsun5@reddit

Some scottish castles of note in my opinion are Edinburgh, Tantallon, Stirling and the unique to the UK Caerlaverock castle.

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Spiritual_Weather656@reddit

Basically no restaurants are tourist restaurants. The UK doesn't have tourist trap restaurants, but London will push tipping on you. As an American I'm sure you would just pay but these are all at your discretion and you can say no/offer cash alternatively. It is really no big deal here to not tip. Any restaurants you see a lot of people in are good. Most restaurants are chains, similar to like olive garden, a standard brand name with the same food in every location. There will be menus outside with prices so you don't really have to worry about anything. As for places. Wales is great, ideally countryside. Had a lovely tour of the mines. Edinburgh is my personal favourite, plenty of castles and lovely restaurants. bath has a lot of history and spas. York is somewhere I'm dying to visit soon, Cornwall is nice, London is a hotspot for tourism and is expensive but I regularly visit as it has everything. I don't know about any tours except bus tours in these cities.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

Should I tip in the UK at all?

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Creepy_Radio_3084@reddit

A lot of places, especially in London, will add a 'service charge' (usually between 12% and 20%) to the bill but it's not compulsory and you can choose not to pay it. If it says "optional," "voluntary," or "discretionary" on the bill, it's a gratuity, not a fee, and you can refuse it. If you wish to tip, you can, but it's not as 'obligatory' as it is in the US - minimum wage is minimum wage, there is no lower rate for 'tipped employees'. Tips are always appreciated by the staff, however 😊

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Spiritual_Weather656@reddit

I personally am against it. We pay our workers a wage and until recently tips added to bills were used as wage, so tipping made no difference to what the worker was paid as it wasn't given as an extra to them (and some still do this now despite it being illegal) That's how tipping culture is in the UK, it's so new we didn't have laws to protect workers being shafted by it. And everyone gets paid regardless of your tip. But if the tip doesn't come up the bill it won't be expected at all. The ones added to your bills are imo shady restaurants and should be asked to be removed out of principle. Some have different views to me and pay it as they feel uncomfortable asking to remove it. The only time it's morally appropriate to tip is when you have a large group, this will be stipulated on the menu as well as when booking.

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SalaryHorror7220@reddit

First thing Get yourself a ‘railcard’ - link below - Cost is £35 but then you get a third off the cost of your rail journeys throughout your stay - Not sure if you can buy before you come to the UK but if not as soon as you get here go into any railway station and they’ll issue one - https://www.nationalrail.co.uk/railcards/

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jackyLAD@reddit

Or look into the BritRail pass - which essentially just gives unlimited hop on-off ability even at last minute. But comes at a price for that, I'd love to have one for a month and just trawl the UK with it... but obviously not available to residents.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

that is probably the best deal. I have a question. In the US we differentiate between local train systems like in New York City or Chicago. And trains that run cross country. They are run by different entity. Is the british rail all one entity? So I can take trains all over the UK with this pass?

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snk101@reddit

You can take essentially any train in the UK with this pass, yes - even though they're branded as different rail companies. It doesn't cover metro systems (so basically the London tube is separate) but it does cover any suburban trains within cities, as well as inter-city trains.

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jackyLAD@reddit

You'll have to go into the /uktrains sub to fine tune answers.... but I'm 99% sure it covers everything on the mainland that's on track as far as I'm aware and you can as I said, legit hop on and off as you please.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

In the US the interstate trains are semi-private. each metropolitan area has its own train system. You actually need different apps, cards for each one.

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jackyLAD@reddit

I don't know much about the US train system outside of local metros (just did LA on the TAP metro this week... surprisingly very good). But yes, the UK isn't like that. City metro systems like the Underground won't be on it... but yeah you'll be able to go from City to City... London to Manchester to Glasgow up to Fort William back to Edinburgh to Newcastle to York to Leeds to Birmingham back up to Liverpool into Llandudno down to Cardiff to Bristol down to Cornwall and back to London all on it.

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Andi-anna@reddit

I think the only sort of distinction you'll find here are underground public transport systems such as the tube in London but everything else comes under the national rail network so you should be fine.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

Thank you for the tip.

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Andi-anna@reddit

Honestly, of the London museums, the British Museum is probably the least impressive in my humble opinion. I think the Natural History Museum is a must and if you like art then the National Portrait Gallery (and the National Gallery just round the corner although the NPG just has the edge) is amazing. There are so many castles and ruins it's hard to narrow it down - it might be easier to see what's close to other places you'll be visiting. You don't say what time of year you'll be visiting though. If it's in the Spring, for example, you could choose somewhere that you could combine with walk in the grounds if they have a bluebell wood.

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ernfio@reddit

Northern Ireland attractions Belfast has the Titanic quarter and museum Mid Ulster has the giants causeway and some lovely coastlines, the rope bridge and bushmills brewery. Derry on the west side of Ireland is the walled city - with a complete set of city walls and a lot of history to go with it. There is the Ulster American folk museum and castle Cooke in Fermanagh. You can take flights to either Belfast which has 2 airports or Derry which has a small airport. There is very limited train service in NI. Buses are available and you can probably books tours out of Derry or Belfast. Tbh whilst driving can be hellish in England, there is a lot less traffic in NI so car hire could be an option. There is nothing stoping you travelling into the Republic of Ireland. There is free movement between the 2 countries.

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marathonBarry@reddit

Driving isn't that bad you soon get used to it

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

I have trouble driving at night. I wear bifocles. I also have really dry eye. Eye drops cause the lights to glare. So I try to avoid driving at night. Plus you drive on the other side of the road from Americans. This will weird me out. thanks. isnt public transportation really good in the UK?

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marathonBarry@reddit

Public transport is ok, not fantastic, and will not get you to some areas that Americans seem to really enjoy eg much of The Cotswolds or rural Scotland.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

ok. i could rent a car for part of the visit. i would rather not drive in London.

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perhapsflorence@reddit

Try r/uktravel.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

ah. thank you. did not know that subreddit. this one popped into my feed!

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wilwheatons-stunt-do@reddit

I live in Birmingham now, but I’m originally from Belfast Northern Ireland and so I have a fairly good handle on both cities… Things to do in Birmingham, there’s a Birmingham museum & art gallery (which housed a pretty cool Ozzy Osbourne exhibit recently), there’s the Birmingham Bull by the bull ring, (large mall) there’s the city library (which is a very modern building with 2 gardens high up), there’s loads of trendy bars in digbeth, so no shortage of things to do in Birmingham… also as it’s so central (it’s in the Midlands) means you’re not far away from London (~2hrs by train), Wales (~ 2hrs by train) or Scotland borders (~5hrs)… and flights to Belfast from BHX (Birmingham International) are plentiful… (easyJet does 4 or 5/day and it takes ~ 45mins in the air!) Once in Belfast, I’d do the Titanic Museum, Ulster Museum (situated extremely close to my Alma Mater Queens University Belfast) then head into town (Belfast is a small city meaning you can walk from one side to the other in ~ 2hrs) get a Belfast taxi tour hosted by former paramilitaries from both sides of the conflict, visit the International peace wall, adorned with all sorts of art, go to St George’s market at a weekend, try some of our local delicacies, such as Belfast bap, soda farls, potato bread, with one of our local fry ups, (from Blinkers in town). Go to the crown bar, for one or 2 pints, then head round to Kelly’s cellars, to soak up some Irish culture (trad music)! If you have time go to the game of thrones show exhibition, and do the tour (you get to meet 2 extremely cute dire wolves) also head to one of the 7 wonders of the world, the giant’s causeway, on the North Coast, learn about Finn Mac Cool(Fionn Mac Cumhaill) , and Benandonner (the Scottish giant)… and his son Oisin and Tir Na Nog (the land of eternal youth)…

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CranberryPuffCake@reddit

You want budget friendly but then you say you want to see the whole of the UK. It is going to be VERY expensive to travel around all four countries on public transport. Public transport within London is decently priced but once you start taking trains cross country the costs can be very high. Then factor in flights, accommodation, food etc. A 30 day stay is not going to be cheap.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

Sorry to be vague. I don't really have a budget. I would just like to save money where I can. Is it cheaper to drive than taking the train? I just retired. This would be my first retirement trip. I would expect to spend $5000 or more and not including flying to the UK.

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art-beer@reddit

York City center is a must visit. I'm going to assume London is on the menu. If you're visiting on a weekend look at areas such as canary wharf for a potentially cheaper weekend hotel as the bankers aren't there. Stonehenge is ok but Avebury is probably better overall with the silbury hill and long barrow nearby too. The Jurassic Coast is fun and while your down that way there's a D-Day museum in Portland focused on the American involvement. Trains and busses can get you pretty much anywhere but trains generally cost quite a lot. It's worth always looking for football fixtures in the places you visit which can impact the tourist experience depending on stadium location. I recommend searching 'haunted pubs' for everywhere you visit because as they'll likely be older than America and probably worth a visit for the history. Try the real ales, most pubs will give you a very small taster before if you ask in my experience.

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Sure-Present-3398@reddit

I'd go North. Liverpool, Chester, York and the Northumberland coast. There are flights to Belfast from Liverpool airport, the flight is less than an hour and if you book early enough probably pretty cheap. From Liverpool you can also take the ferry to the Isle of Man or pop to North Wales which is also very pretty.

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

I would really like to see the Isle of Man. is that more of a day trip? Or is that a multi-day stay?

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Qrbrrbl@reddit

You could do a lot worse than taking a trip up the East Coast Main Line from King's Cross - stop at York for the minster, walls and national train museum, Durham for the Cathedral, Alnmouth for Alnwick Castle, then Edinburgh for Edinburgh Castle and the city itself. You could do that at a leisurely pace over a week

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billlly46@reddit

This is a great shout! I would add a day/night in Newcastle too.

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Azuras-Becky@reddit

I'd start out in London, if you want to see the British Museum. There are a number of other good museums to see there, like the Imperial War Museum, and the Natural History museum. The Clink Prison Museum is an interesting one too (not romantic though...). Windsor Castle isn't too far away either. If you love castles the UK can certainly feed that itch. At some point doing your stay you should head over to Warwick Castle, which is one of the finest 'manor' castles outside of royal residences. I'm not sure if it's still there, but at some point they also had a fully-operational trebuchet replica there too, which was fun! Getting up to Warwick from London will take you past a number of historic sites, so it might be worth planning a route to see if you can stop at any of them. You should also head for Wales for at least some of your stay. Edward I's castle-building programme towards the end/after his Conquest of Wales produced some of the most sophisticated military fortifications of the era - Conwy, Harlech, Caernarfon, and Beaumaris Castles particularly are must-see structures for anybody even vaguely interested in castles and their development. Again, getting from Warwick to Wales will take you past a number of other historic places, including some Roman stuff, so plan accordingly. I'd recommend Shropshire, which has a couple of its own castles as well as Ironbridge Gorge, the so-called "Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution". I can't say much about Ireland, I've never been there or studied its history beyond a cursory understanding. It's no less of a treasure-trove of historical sites though, so I'm sure it's worth a visit if you can.

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Fellowes321@reddit

Britrail passes may be useful. [https://www.thetrainline.com/trains/rail-passes/britrail-pass](https://www.thetrainline.com/trains/rail-passes/britrail-pass) Expensive but so is all rail travel. Alternatives are coaches see National Express [https://www.nationalexpress.com/en](https://www.nationalexpress.com/en) For Castles look at English Heritage and for fancy and historic housing see National Trust. The equivalent in Wales is Cadw and Scotland has Historic Scotland. Ireland has Office of Public Works. Check out their websites. Loads of places to visit. My personal recommendations would be to go to Wales for castles (or Northumbria). York for lots of historical stuff and take your pick for museums and houses all over the country. Eltham Palace in London is nice for a day out (get the Citymapper app on your phone). I could spend all day in the National Gallery. Bateman’s house in the south or Cragside in North East England are both favourites of mine. I’d plan carefully. Don’t spend your holiday dashing about. Seeing ten things well is better than thirty as a fly past.

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Jezbod@reddit

London is overpriced, in my opinion. Go North for countryside and friendlier people! If you get to Hull in the North East, they have a good museum quarter, Old Town and some nice pubs. York and Hull are both easily accessible by train from London, both about 2.5 hours on the express. For cheap food at a "known" quality, find a Wetherspoons. Not the best quality, but the best value for money.

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DL3432@reddit

A UK sightseeing bucket list should include Luton, Middlesbrough and Rotherham.

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chchcherrybomb37@reddit

I can’t read this without telling OP to ignore it

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idontlikemondays321@reddit

National Trust and English Heritage both offer membership that lasts a year and is worth it if you want to visit 3+ of their properties. Look on their websites to see what properties appeal to you. The cheapest way to travel is via coach (National Express and Megabus in particular). It’s not as quick as the train but there are some good prices. A railcard can also save you money too though.

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Lollypop1305@reddit

I’m Scottish but live in Hertfordshire which is just outside London. Edinburgh is beautiful and so much history plus the castle but if you want to experience real Scotland you need to go to Glasgow. If you’re looking for hallmark movie Scotland that’s the highlands but you won’t have time to get there especially if you’re not driving. York is absolutely amazing as is Whitby and London is good but heavily overpriced and full of rude people.

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chchcherrybomb37@reddit

Portmeirion is pretty sick (it’s in Wales). FYI Northern Ireland is in the UK, so if you want to see every country in the UK (/principality) then yes, go to NI 😉

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Difficult-Cricket541@reddit (OP)

do i take the train or bus to get there? Ill be flying into London. So that will be my start and finish.

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atomic_mermaid@reddit

Ferry or plane!

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Numerous-Candy-1071@reddit

Cumbria and the peak district for nature, London for... what ever they have. I haven't ever been, I like my phone.

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Plus-Mulberry6761@reddit

Guessing you’re staying close to London at first? Sorry, there’s vague and there’s vague.

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Puddleduck97@reddit

You're basically asking Reddit to plan your vacation for you. York is nice, worth a visit seeing as you're spending a month here.

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oli_ramsay@reddit

And Lincoln if you're in that area

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Dazz316@reddit

Over 30 days, you can at least get in all 4 countries. Start in London for 3 or 4 days, head up north to manchester for a couple of days, york, newcastle, edinburgh, glasgow, stirling, inverness (loch ness), skye, belfast, londonderry, liverpool, snowdonia, cardiff oxford and back to london. Something like that perhaps? You can bus that pretty easily, maybe not the highlands so much though but it'd be a beautiful journey. I dunno.

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Tall_Stick5608@reddit

Many museums are free however paid attractions are quite expensive here. Also our train tickets can be very expensive so I would get one of those Brit Rail passes or book well in advance. Pick dates that don’t clash with school holidays / bank holiday weekends. For main meals consider lunch menus at restaurants, main dishes at pubs and local Chinese / Indian / kebab takeaways along with some supermarket foods. You get a local experience without breaking the bank. I’m not an expert around the UK however I am a bit of a London expert as I hosted many international visitors on couchsurfing in central London as well as guiding friends and family from abroad since I was young. Feel free to send me a message and I will give you some London tips and recommendations.

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thatpurplecat@reddit

I live within the UNESCO world heritage site in Derbyshire, PM me if you want to stop by. This would be a great place to stop history wise, in terms if cotton Mills, listed buildings, proper traditional pubs (not the London bars that call themselves a pub)

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HMS_Hexapuma@reddit

If you visit Cambridge, about an hour north of London, then you've got a beautiful, historic city with a dozen great museums (a lot of them are somewhat niche). Also, just outside Cambridge is the Imperial War Museum - Duxford. You'd probably want to set three or four days aside for Cambridge.

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_RustyBeard@reddit

You're not going to see everything in 30 days. I should do some more research, work out what is important to you, shortlist all locations that tick that box and then half the number of places you want to go. Otherwise you'll just rush around and not soak up the atmosphere. This isn't a box ticking exercise, its an experience, give yourself the time to have that experience.

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snk101@reddit

Given you're looking so broadly, perhaps buy a UK guidebook to give you some inspiration to narrow it down? Know it kinda seems old-fashioned nowadays but it's probably the most useful thing. If you want to do a lot of train travel (and want the flexibility to get on any train you like without booking) you could look at a [Britrail Pass](https://www.britrail.com/britrail-passes/britrail-pass/). If that's too expensive you can get cheaper trains by booking specific times in advance (with a Railcard if you're eligible). The subs r/UKTravel and r/London can be useful once you've managed to narrow down your thinking a bit and have some more specific queries.

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