Lonely Planet Britain

by Ver Berkmoes, Ryan; Bedford, Neal; O'Carroll, Oda; Callan, Lou; Ray, Nick; Davenport, Fionn; Smallman, Tom

• ISBN13: 9781864501476
• ISBN10: 1864501472
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Table of Contents

The Authors	11	(4)
This Book	15	(1)
Foreword	16	(3)
Introduction	19	(1)
Facts For The Visitor	20	(53)
Highlights	20	(5)
Suggested ltineraries	25	(1)
Planning	25	(2)
Responsible Tourism	27	(1)
Tourist Offices	28	(1)
Visas & Documents	29	(2)
Embassies & Consulates	31	(2)
Customs	33	(1)
Money	33	(4)
Post & Communications	37	(2)
Internet Resources	39	(1)
Books	40	(2)
Films	42	(1)
Newspapers & Magazines	42	(1)
Radio & TV	43	(1)
Video Systems	44	(1)
Photography & Video	44	(1)
Time	45	(1)
Electricity	45	(1)
Weights & Measures	45	(1)
Laundry	45	(1)
Toilets	45	(1)
Health	46	(3)
Women Travellers	49	(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travellers	50	(1)
Disabled Travellers	50	(1)
Senior Travellers	51	(1)
Travel with Children	51	(1)
Useful Organisations	51	(2)
Dangers & Annoyances	53	(2)
Emergencies	55	(1)
Legal Matters	55	(1)
Business Hours	55	(1)
Public Holidays & Special Events	55	(1)
Courses	56	(1)
Work	57	(1)
Accommodation	58	(4)
Food	62	(3)
Drinks	65	(2)
Entertainment	67	(1)
Spectator Sports	68	(2)
Shopping	70	(3)
Activities	73	(20)
Walking	73	(1)
Access	73	(1)
Long-Distance Walks	74	(6)
Walking Tours	80	(1)
Cycling	80	(1)
Information	81	(1)
Where to Cycle	82	(2)
Some Suggested Cycling Routes	84	(2)
Golf	85	(1)
Information	86	(1)
Costs	86	(1)
Surfing & Swimming	86	(1)
Fishing	87	(1)
Rules & Regulations	87	(1)
Horse Riding & Pony Trekking	88	(1)
Canal & Waterway Travel	88	(1)
History	88	(1)
The Waterways	89	(1)
Information	90	(1)
Travelling the Waterways	90	(1)
Skiing	90	(1)
Information	90	(1)
Costs	91	(1)
Resorts	91	(2)
Steam Railways	92	(1)
Getting There & Away	93	(12)
Air	93	(7)
Land	100	(1)
Sea	101	(4)
Getting Around	105	(21)
Air	105	(1)
Bus	105	(3)
Train	108	(8)
Car & Motorcycle	116	(6)
Bicycle	122	(1)
Hitching	122	(1)
Walking	122	(1)
Boat	122	(1)
Local Transport	122	(1)
Organised Tours	122	(4)
Facts About England	126	(32)
History	126	(11)
Geography	137	(1)
Climate	138	(1)
Ecology & Environment	138	(2)
Flora' & Fauna	140	(2)
Government & Politics	142	(1)
Economy	143	(1)
Population & People	144	(1)
Education	144	(1)
Arts	144	(5)
Architecture	149	(6)
Society & Conduct	155	(1)
Religion	156	(1)
Language	156	(2)
London	158	(79)
History	158	(1)
Orientation	159	(1)
Information	160	(23)
Central London	183	(21)
North London	204	(1)
East London	205	(1)
South London	206	(2)
West London	208	(1)
Organised Tours	209	(1)
Places to Stay	209	(7)
Places to Eat	216	(9)
Entertainment	225	(3)
Shopping	228	(3)
Getting There & Away	231	(1)
Getting Around	232	(5)
South-Eastern England	237	(66)
Berkshire	240	(1)
Windsor & Eton	240	(6)
Surrey	245	(1)
Farnham	246	(1)
Waverley Abbey	247	(1)
Box Hill	247	(1)
Kent	248	(1)
Canterbury	248	(6)
Margate	254	(1)
Broadstairs	254	(1)
Sandwich	255	(1)
Around Sandwich	256	(1)
Dover	256	(4)
Romney Marsh & Around	260	(1)
Hever	260	(1)
Ightham Mote	260	(1)
Leeds Castle	261	(1)
East Sussex	261	(1)
Rye	261	(3)
Hastings	264	(1)
Battle	264	(1)
Pevensey Castle	265	(1)
Eastbourne	265	(3)
Beachy Head	268	(1)
The Long Man of Wilmington	268	(1)
Brighton	268	(6)
West Sussex	274	(1)
Chichester	274	(2)
Around Chichester	276	(1)
Arundel	277	(1)
Hampshire	277	(1)
Winchester	277	(5)
Portsmouth	282	(5)
New Forest	287	(3)
Isle of Wight	289	(1)
Cowes & Osborne House	290	(1)
Ryde	290	(1)
Ventnor	291	(1)
South Coast	291	(1)
West Wight	291	(1)
Essex	292	(1)
Southend-on-Sea	292	(4)
Colchester	296	(1)
Dedham Vale	297	(1)
Saffron Walden	297	(1)
Audley End House	298	(1)
Hertfordshire	298	(1)
St Albans	298	(3)
Hatfield House	301	(1)
Shaw's Corner	301	(1)
Buckinghamshire	301	(1)
Aylesbury	302	(1)
Around Aylesbury	302	(1)
Stowe Landscape Gardens	302	(1)
Wendover Woods	302	(1)
South-Western England	303	(110)
Dorset	307	(1)
Bournemouth & Poole	307	(2)
Around Bournemouth & Poole	309	(1)
South-Eastern Dorset	310	(2)
Dorchester	312	(1)
Around Dorchester	313	(1)
Weymouth	314	(3)
Weymouth to Lyme Regis	317	(1)
Lyme Regis	318	(1)
Around Lyme Regis	319	(1)
Sherborne	320	(1)
Shaftesbury	321	(1)
Wiltshire	321	(1)
Salisbury	321	(6)
Around Salisbury	327	(1)
Stonehenge	328	(2)
Around Stonehenge	330	(1)
Stourhead	330	(1)
Longleat	331	(1)
Bradford-on-Avon	331	(2)
Chippenham & Around	333	(1)
Devizes	334	(1)
Avebury	335	(2)
Around Avebury	337	(1)
Marlborough	338	(1)
Malmesbury	338	(1)
Swindon	339	(16)
Bristol	339	(8)
Bath	347	(8)
Around Bath	355	(1)
Somerset	355	(1)
Wells	356	(2)
Mendip Hills	358	(2)
Glastonbury	360	(3)
Quantock Hills	363	(1)
Taunton	364	(1)
Montacute House	364	(3)
Exmoor National Park	365	(2)
Dulverton	367	(1)
Dunster	368	(1)
Minehead	368	(1)
Exford	369	(1)
Porlock	369	(1)
Lynton & Lynmouth	369	(2)
Devon	370	(1)
Exeter	371	(5)
Around Exeter	376	(1)
South Devon Coast	376	(3)
Plymouth	379	(4)
Around Plymouth	383	(1)
Northern Devon	383	(6)
Dartmoor National Park	385	(4)
Princetown	389	(1)
Postbridge	389	(1)
Buckfastleigh	390	(1)
Widecombe-in-the-Moor	390	(1)
Moretonhampstead & Steps Bridge	391	(1)
Chagford	391	(1)
Castle Drogo	391	(1)
Okehampton	391	(1)
Lydford	392	(1)
Tavistock	393	(1)
Cornwall	393	(1)
South-Eastern Cornwall	394	(3)
Truro	397	(1)
Roseland Peninsula	397	(1)
South-Western Cornwall	398	(1)
Penzance	399	(2)
Western Cornwall	401	(3)
St Ives	404	(2)
Newquay	406	(2)
Northern Cornwall	408	(2)
Isles of Scilly	410	(3)
Central England	413	(107)
Oxfordshire	415	(1)
Oxford	416	(8)
Woodstock & Blenheim Palace	424	(1)
Oxfordshire Cotswolds	425	(1)
South of Oxford	425	(1)
Henley-on-Thames	426	(1)
Around Henley-on-Thames	427	(1)
Gloucestershire & the Cotswolds	427	(1)
Northern Cotswolds	428	(6)
Southern Cotswolds	434	(2)
Cirencester	436	(1)
Gloucester	437	(4)
Cheltenham	441	(4)
Tewkesbury	445	(1)
The Forest of Dean	446	(1)
Newent	446	(1)
Herefordshire & Worcestershire	447	(1)
Hereford	447	(2)
Around Hereford	449	(1)
Ross-on-Wye	450	(1)
Around Ross-on-Wye	450	(1)
Worcester	451	(3)
Around Worcester	454	(1)
Great Malvern	455	(1)
Vale of Evesham	456	(1)
Warwickshire & Coventry	457	(1)
Coventry	457	(2)
Warwick	459	(2)
Around Warwick	461	(1)
Kenilworth	462	(1)
Stratford-upon-Avon	462	(5)
Around Stratford-upon-Avon	467	(6)
Birmingham	468	(5)
Around Birmingham	473	(1)
Northamptonshire	474	(1)
Northampton	474	(1)
Around Northampton	475	(1)
Bedfordshire	476	(1)
Bedford	476	(2)
Woburn Abbey & Safari Park	478	(1)
Whipsnade	478	(1)
Leicestershire & Rutland	478	(1)
Leicester	478	(4)
Around Leicester	482	(1)
Rutland	483	(1)
Shropshire	483	(1)
Shrewsbury	484	(4)
Around Shrewsbury	488	(1)
Ironbridge Gorge	489	(3)
Bridgnorth	492	(1)
Wenlock Edge	492	(1)
Much Wenlock	492	(1)
The Long Mynd & Church Stretton	493	(1)
Bishop's Castle	493	(1)
Clun	493	(1)
Ludlow	494	(1)
Stokesay Castle	495	(1)
Staffordshire	496	(1)
Lichfield	496	(1)
Stoke-on-Trent	497	(2)
Around Stoke-on-Trent	499	(1)
Derbyshire	499	(1)
Derby	499	(1)
Around Derby	500	(1)
Chesterfield	501	(1)
Around Chesterfield	501	(4)
Peak District	501	(4)
Bakewell	505	(1)
Around Bakewell	506	(1)
Eyam	507	(1)
Castleton	508	(2)
Edale	510	(1)
Hayfield	510	(1)
Buxton	510	(2)
Around Buxton	512	(1)
Matlock & Matlock Bath	513	(1)
Around Matlock	513	(1)
Nottinghamshire	513	(1)
Nottingham	513	(5)
Around Nottingham	518	(2)
Eastern England	520	(46)
Suffolk	522	(1)
Ipswich	522	(2)
Stour Valley	524	(1)
Lavenham	525	(1)
Bury St Edmunds	525	(2)
Suffolk Coast	527	(2)
Norfolk	528	(1)
Norwich	529	(4)
Around Norwich	533	(1)
Norfolk Broads	533	(1)
Norfolk Coast	534	(2)
King's Lynn	536	(3)
Cambridgeshire	539	(1)
Cambridge	539	(14)
Around Cambridge	553	(1)
Ely	554	(2)
Peterborough	556	(1)
Lincolnshire	557	(1)
Lincoln	557	(5)
Grantham	562	(1)
Stamford	563	(1)
Boston	564	(1)
Skegness	564	(2)
North-Western England	566	(34)
Manchester	566	(11)
Around Manchester	577	(1)
Cheshire	578	(1)
Chester	578	(6)
Around Chester	584	(8)
Liverpool	584	(8)
Around Liverpool	592	(2)
Isle of Man	593	(1)
Douglas	594	(2)
Lancashire	596	(1)
Lancaster	596	(1)
Blackpool	597	(3)
Yorkshire	600	(64)
West Yorkshire	601	(2)
Leeds	603	(5)
Harewood House	608	(1)
Bradford	608	(1)
Saltaire	609	(1)
Haworth	610	(2)
Hebben Bridge & Heptonstall	612	(1)
Sheffield & Around	613	(1)
Sheffield	613	(4)
Around Sheffield	617	(1)
East Riding of Yorkshire	617	(1)
Hull (Kingston-upon-Hull)	618	(1)
Beverley	619	(2)
North Yorkshire	620	(1)
York	621	(12)
Castle Howard	633	(1)
Thirsk	634	(3)
North York Moors National Park	634	(3)
Sutton Bank	637	(1)
Helmsley	637	(1)
Around Helmsley	638	(1)
Pickering	639	(1)
North Yorkshire Moors Railway	639	(1)
Danby	640	(1)
Staithes	641	(1)
Whitby	641	(6)
Cook Country Walk	647	(1)
Robin Hood's Bay	647	(1)
Scarborough	647	(7)
Yorkshire Dales National Park	652	(2)
Leeds-Settle-Carlisle Line	654	(1)
Skipton	655	(1)
Grassington	655	(1)
Settle & Around	655	(1)
Malham	656	(1)
Kirkby Lonsdale	656	(1)
Kirkby Stephen	656	(1)
Harrogate	657	(3)
Richmond	660	(2)
Fountains Abbey & Studley Royal Water Garden	662	(2)
Cumbria	664	(24)
Carlisle	665	(3)
Cockermouth	668	(2)
Kendal	670	(1)
Around Kendal	671	(3)
Lake District National Park	672	(2)
Windermere & Bowness	674	(4)
Ambleside	678	(1)
Grasmere & Wordsworth Country	679	(1)
Around Grasmere	680	(1)
Coniston	681	(1)
Keswick	682	(4)
Around Keswick	686	(1)
Cumbrian Coast Line	686	(1)
Ulverston	686	(2)
North-Eastern England	688	(28)
County Durham	690	(1)
Durham	690	(4)
Beamish Open-Air Museum	694	(1)
Barnard Castle	695	(1)
Around Barnard Castle	695	(7)
Newcastle upon Tyne	696	(5)
Northumberland Coast	701	(1)
Warkworth	702	(1)
Alnwick	702	(1)
Farne Islands	703	(1)
Bamburgh	703	(1)
Holy Island (Lindisfarne)	704	(1)
Berwick-upon-Tweed	704	(3)
Hadrian's Wall	706	(1)
Corbridge	707	(1)
Hexham	708	(1)
Hexham to Haltwhistle	709	(1)
Haltwhistle	710	(1)
Brampton	711	(2)
Northumberland National Park	711	(2)
Bellingham	713	(1)
Rothbury	713	(3)
Facts About Scotland	716	(20)
History	716	(8)
Geography & Geology	724	(1)
Climate	725	(1)
Ecology & Environment	725	(1)
Flora & Fauna	726	(1)
Government & Politics	727	(1)
Economy	728	(1)
Population & People	729	(1)
Education	729	(1)
Science & Philosophy	730	(1)
Arts	730	(3)
Society & Conduct	733	(2)
Religion	735	(1)
Language	735	(1)
Edinburgh	736	(29)
History	736	(4)
Information	740	(1)
Edinburgh Castle	741	(1)
Royal Mile	742	(4)
Palace of Holyroodhouse & Holyrood Abbey	746	(1)
Holyrood Park	747	(1)
Dynamic Earth	747	(1)
South of the Royal Mile	747	(1)
Calton Hill & Around	748	(1)
New Town	749	(1)
West End	750	(1)
North of New Town	751	(1)
Organised Tours	751	(1)
Places to Stay	751	(3)
Places to Eat	754	(4)
Entertainment	758	(2)
Getting There & Away	760	(1)
Getting Around	761	(1)
Greater Edinburgh	761	(1)
North & North-West	761	(3)
West & South	764	(1)
Southern Scotland	765	(47)
Scottish Borders	768	(1)
Coldstream	769	(1)
Kelso	770	(2)
Around Kelso	772	(1)
Melrose	772	(1)
Around Melrose	773	(1)
Galashiels	774	(1)
Selkirk	774	(1)
Jedburgh	774	(2)
Around Peebles	776	(1)
Hermitage Castle	776	(18)
Glasgow	776	(18)
Around Glasgow	794	(1)
Paisley	794	(1)
Firth of Clyde	794	(1)
Greenock	795	(1)
Gourock	795	(1)
Lanarkshire	795	(1)
Blantyre	795	(1)
Lanark & New Lanark	795	(2)
Ayrshire	796	(1)
North Ayrshire	797	(1)
Isle of Arran	797	(3)
South Ayrshire	800	(2)
Around Ayr	802	(2)
Dumfries & Galloway	804	(1)
Dumfries	804	(2)
Around Dumfries	806	(1)
New Galloway & Around	806	(1)
Castle Douglas & Around	806	(1)
Kirkcudbright	807	(1)
Gatehouse of Fleet	808	(1)
Machars Peninsula	809	(1)
Wigtown	809	(1)
Whithorn	809	(1)
Isle of Whithorn	809	(1)
Portpatrick	809	(1)
Stranraer & Cairnryan	810	(1)
Around Stranraer	811	(1)
Central Scotland	812	(61)
Argyll & Bute	816	(1)
Isle of Bute	817	(1)
Loch Lomond	818	(1)
Inveraray	819	(1)
Kilmartin Glen	820	(1)
Kintyre	820	(1)
Isle of Islay	821	(2)
Isle of Jura	823	(1)
Isle of Colonsay	823	(1)
Oban & Around	824	(2)
Isle of Mull	826	(3)
Around Mull	829	(1)
Isle of Coll	829	(1)
Isle of Tiree	829	(1)
Stirling & Around	830	(1)
Stirling	830	(5)
Around Stirling	835	(1)
The Trossachs	836	(1)
North Central Region	837	(1)
Fife	838	(1)
Western Fife	838	(1)
South Coast	839	(1)
Central Fife	840	(1)
St Andrews	841	(5)
Around St Andrews	846	(1)
East Neuk	847	(1)
Perthshire & Kinross	848	(1)
Kinross & Loch Leven	848	(1)
Perth	849	(2)
Strathearn	851	(1)
Perth to Aviemore	852	(2)
West Perthshire	854	(1)
Dundee & Angus	854	(1)
Dundee	855	(5)
Glamis Castle	860	(1)
Arbroath	860	(1)
Aberdeenshire & Moray	861	(1)
Aberdeen	861	(6)
Deeside & Donside	867	(2)
Inland Aberdeenshire & Moray	869	(1)
Grampian Coast	870	(3)
Highlands & Northern Islands	873	(77)
The Cairngorms	878	(1)
Aviemore	879	(4)
Grantown-on-Spey	883	(1)
Kingussie	883	(1)
Kingussie to Fort William	884	(1)
The Great Glen	885	(1)
Fort William & Around	885	(4)
Fort William to Glen Coe	889	(1)
Glen Coe	889	(2)
Fort William to Fort Augustus	891	(1)
Fort Augustus	891	(1)
Loch Ness	892	(2)
Inverness	894	(3)
Around Inverness	897	(2)
East Coast	899	(1)
Dingwall to Bonar Bridge	899	(1)
Dornoch	900	(1)
Dunrobin Castle	900	(1)
Brora & Helmsdale	900	(1)
Helmsdale to Latheron	901	(1)
Celtic Sites	901	(1)
Wick	902	(1)
John o'Groats	903	(1)
Dunnet Head	903	(1)
North & West Coast	903	(1)
Thurso & Scrabster	904	(2)
Thurso to Durness	906	(1)
Durness	906	(1)
Durness to Ullapool	907	(1)
Ullapool	908	(1)
Ullapool to Kyle of Lochalsh	909	(1)
Plockton	910	(1)
Kyle of Lochalsh	910	(1)
Kyle of Lochalsh to the Great Glen	911	(1)
Road to the Isles	911	(1)
Mallaig	911	(2)
The Interiqr	913	(1)
Isle of Skye	913	(1)
Portree (Port Righ)	913	(2)
Kyleakin (Caol Acain)	915	(1)
Kylerhea (Caol Reithe)	915	(1)
Armadale (Armadal)	915	(1)
Broadford (An T-Ath Leathann)	915	(1)
The Cuillin Hills & Minginish Peninsula	915	(1)
North-West Skye	916	(1)
Trotternish Peninsula	916	(1)
Uig (Uige)	917	(1)
Isle of Raasay	917	(4)
Outer Hebrides	917	(4)
Lewis (Leodhais)	921	(2)
Harris (Na Hearadh)	923	(2)
North Uist (Uibhist A Tuath)	925	(1)
Benbecula (Beinn Na Faoghla)	925	(1)
South Uist (Uibhist A Deas)	926	(1)
Barra (Barraigh)	926	(3)
Orkney Islands	927	(2)
Kirkwall	929	(3)
West & North Mainland	932	(2)
East Mainland, Burray & South Ronaldsay	934	(2)
Hoy	936	(1)
Northern Islands	937	(5)
Shetland Islands	940	(2)
Lerwick	942	(3)
Around Lerwick	945	(1)
South Mainland	946	(1)
North Mainland	946	(1)
Yell & Unst	946	(1)
Other Islands	947	(3)
Facts About Wales	950	(12)
History	950	(4)
Geography	954	(1)
Climate	955	(1)
Ecology & Environment	955	(1)
Flora & Fauna	955	(1)
Government & Politics	956	(1)
Economy	956	(1)
Population & People	957	(1)
Education	957	(1)
Arts	958	(2)
Society & Conduct	960	(1)
Religion	960	(1)
Language	961	(1)
Cardiff (Caerdydd)	962	(9)
History	962	(1)
Orientation	963	(1)
Information	963	(1)
Cardiff Castle	963	(2)
National Museum of Wales	965	(1)
St John's Church	965	(1)
Cardiff Bay	965	(1)
Llandaff Cathedral	965	(1)
Organised Tours	966	(1)
Places to Stay	966	(1)
Places to Eat	967	(1)
Entertainment	967	(2)
Getting There & Away	969	(1)
Getting Around	969	(2)
South Wales	971	(28)
South-Eastern Wales	971	(1)
Around Cardiff	972	(2)
Wye Valley	974	(1)
Chepstow	975	(2)
Swansea (Abertawe)	977	(4)
Gower Peninsula	981	(1)
Carmarthen (Caerfyrddin)	982	(1)
Laugharne	983	(4)
Pembrokeshire Coast National Park	983	(4)
Tenby (Dinbych Y Pysgod)	987	(1)
Around Tenby	988	(1)
Pembroke	989	(1)
Around Pembroke	990	(1)
Haverfordwest (Hwlffordd)	991	(1)
St Brides Bay (Bae Sain Ffraid)	991	(1)
St David's (Ty-Ddewi)	992	(2)
St David's To Fishguard	994	(1)
Fishguard (Abergwaun)	995	(2)
Newport (Trefdraeth)	997	(1)
Around Newport	997	(2)
Central Wales	999	(22)
Brecon Beacons National Park	999	(5)
Brecon (Aberhonddu)	1004	(3)
Brecon to Abergavenny	1007	(1)
Abergavenny (Y Fenni)	1008	(1)
Around Abergavenny	1009	(1)
Abergavenny to Hay-on-Wye	1009	(1)
Hay-on-Wye	1010	(3)
Powys	1012	(1)
Llanwrtyd Wells	1013	(1)
Llandrindod Wells	1013	(1)
Knighton	1014	(1)
Welshpool	1014	(1)
Machynlleth	1014	(2)
Ceredigion	1016	(1)
Cardigan (Aberteifi)	1016	(1)
Aberystwyth	1017	(4)
North Wales	1021	(31)
North-Eastern Wales	1022	(1)
Wrexham	1022	(1)
Llangollen	1022	(8)
Snowdonia National Park	1026	(4)
Betws-y-Coed	1030	(2)
Capel Curig	1032	(1)
Llanberis	1032	(2)
Beddgelett	1034	(1)
Blaenau Ffestiniog	1035	(1)
Harlech	1036	(1)
Barmouth	1036	(1)
Tywyn	1037	(1)
Dolgellau	1037	(1)
Bala	1038	(1)
North-Western Wales	1039	(1)
Llandudno	1039	(3)
Conwy	1042	(2)
Bangor	1044	(1)
Around Bangor	1045	(1)
Caernarfon	1045	(1)
Anglesey (Ynys Mon)	1046	(2)
Llyn Peninsula	1048	(1)
Porthmadog	1049	(1)
Portmeirion	1050	(2)
The Channel Islands	1052	(6)
Jersey	1053	(1)
Guernsey	1054	(1)
Herm	1055	(1)
Alderney	1056	(1)
Sark	1056	(2)
Language	1058	(3)
Glossary	1061	(4)
Glossary of Religious Architecture	1065	(2)
Acknowledgments	1067	(6)
Index	1073