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Each town covered in the UK town list below has travel information, local highlights, top attractions, tour suggestions and links to attractions and contacts (feel free to contribute!). The list is always expanding. Our goal is to provide the most comprehensive collection of travel and sightseeing information across Great Britain.
Browse down the list to get a feel for the picturesque seaside towns and bustling cities found throughout the UK. To visit a town click on the initial below. Or link directly to top locations such as London, Bath, or Stonehenge. If you're looking for tours of English towns, try this top online tour site.
ABBOTSBURY Dorset
Picturesque town with unusual and unique ancient attraction
ABERGAVENNY Wales
Strategic entrance to the beautiful Black Mountains
ABINGDON Oxfordshire
Old town on the Thames
ARUNDEL Sussex
Ancient picturesque town with big castle
AVEBURY Wiltshire
Village built around the famous megolithic stone cicles.
BASINGSTOKE Hampshire
Fast expanding town
BATH Avon
World's premier Georgian city
BATTLE Sussex
Birthplace of England - where the battle formed modern England
BIRMINGHAM
The mighty engineering centre in the Midlands
BOURTON Gloucestershire
Cotswold picture postcard town
BOURNEMOUTH Dorset
Wealthy seaside resort with wide beach
BRIGHTON Sussex
Lively, quirky and elegant seaside town
BROADSTAIRS Kent
Old time seaside town
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON Devon
Quiet Devonshire seaside town
BURTON ON TRENT Staffordshire
Ancient and modern brewing town. Picturesque.
CASTLETON Derbyshire
Pevril Castle and only source of the Blue John Stone
CHEDDAR Someset
Cheese-making, caves and spectacular gorge
CHELMSFORD Essex
County Town of Essex
CHELTENHAM Gloucestershire
Regency town - posh!
CHESTERFIELD Derbyshire
Ancient town and commercial hub of NE Derbyshire
CHICHESTER Sussex
Ancient past and important arts festival
CHIPPENHAM Wiltshire
Attractive Market town
CHIPPING NORTON Oxfordshire
Ancient and pretty Cotswold wool town
CHRISTCHURCH Dorset
Pleasant town adjacent to sea with - a miracle?
CIRCENCESTER Gloucestershire
The no. 2 town of Roman Britain! Packed with history.
COLCHESTER Essex
Another important Roman - and pre Roman town.
CITY OF LONDON London
The no. 1 town of Roman Britain and international financial centre.
DAWLISH
Devon
Seaside town
DEAL Kent
Seaside town with austere fort
DERBY Derbyshire
Major city in the Midlands
DONCASTER Yorkshire
Busy Yorkshire town with long history
DORCHESTER Dorset
Historic county town of Dorset
DOVER Kent
Gateway to Europe with amazing Dover Castle -- a beautiful seaside town close to London
DYMCHURCH Kent
Seaside town
ETON Berkshire Town with college that churns out prime ministers
EXMOUTH Devon
Seaside town
FELIXSTOWE Suffolk
Major container port - with a seaside
FOLKESTONE Kent
Ferry and Channel Tunnel gateway
FOREST OF DEAN Gloucestershire
Ancient and beautiful forest on the Welsh borders
GLASTONBURY Somerset
Mystical centre of universe!
GLOUCESTER Glouc estersh
Ancient gateway to Wales
GREENWICH SE London
On the foremost meridian line - the millennium begins here!
GRIMSBY Lincolnshire
A thriving town and centre of food production, car imports/exports and chemicals
GOOLE Yorkshire
Industrial port
GUILDFORD Surrey
Picturesque Surrey town with long history
HEATHROW
Parking and terminal information and addresses of airlines
HARLOW Essex
New Town
HASTINGS Sussex
Seaside town with long history
HENLEY Oxfordshire
Embodiment of Tameside England
HULL (Metropolitan Borough of)
Major city on the Humber, N.E. England
HUNGERFORD
Pleasant riverside town
HURLEY
Mid summer regattas and hog-roasts
IPSWICH Suffolk
Ancient port - charming city
KING'S LYNN Norfolk
Very pretty town by The Wash
LEWES Sussex
Ancient and picturesque county town of Sussex
LIVERPOOL Merseyside
Major British city (associated with the Beatles)
LONDON
The Plus44 200-page guide to London
LOWESTOFT Suffolk
Britains most easterly town - good beach!
LUTON Bedfordshire
Home of Vauxhall Motor and cheap flight hub
LYME REGIS Dorset
A pretty medieval port - a must see!
LYNDHURST Hampshire
Centre of the New Forest
MANCHESTER
Financial and publishing centre of the north
MARLBOROUGH Wiltshire
Staunch English town with unique architecture
NEWBURY Berkshire
Pretty town with prehistoric past
NEW FOREST Hampshire
Beautiful forest with many attractions
NEWPORT Wales
Major Welsh town and seaport
NORWICH Norfolk
Regional capital of East Anglia
NOTTINGHAM Nottinghamshire
Queen of Midlands and Robin Hood country
OXFORD Oxfordshire
The city of dreaming spires
POOLE Dorset
Affluent coastal residential and yachting haven.
PORTSMOUTH Hampshire
RAMSGATE Kent
Ferry port - also Viking landing spot
READING Berkshire
Yes there is a gaol there
RICHMOND Surrey
With the lost palace
ROSS ON WYE
Picturesque Welsh border town
RYE
Very picturesque ancient cinque port
ST. ALBANS Hertfordshire
Another very pretty, close to London, with important Roman antiquities (lots of pics)
SALISBURY Wiltshire
Historic city with huge cathedral
SANDWICH Kent
Pictureseque ancient Cinque port
SHEFFIELD Yorkshire
Major city of Britain with good conference facilities
SIDMOUTH Devon
Pretty Devon resort
STRATFORD UPON AVON Warwickshire
Shakespeare birthplace
SOUTHEND Essex
High octane seaside town
SOUTHWOLD Suffolk
A pretty genteel seaside town
STREET Somerset
Discount town - bargains
SWAFFHAM Norfolk
SWINDON Wiltshire
Technology town
TEIGNMOUTH Devon
Seaside town
TOLPUDDLE Dorset
Martyrs village that changed the social world.
TORQUAY Devon
Queen of the English Riveria
WELLS Somerset
Neat little cathedral town
WESTON SUPER MARE Somerset
West country resort
WEYMOUTH Dorset
Site of world's first bathing machine
WINDSOR Berkshire
Riverside town with the famous castle.
WINCHELSEA Kent
Ancient picturesque Cinque Port. Lovely looking town.
WILTON Wiltshire
Town with outstanding house.
WITNEY Oxfordshire
That old fashioned town
WOODSTOCK Oxfordshire
The ancient and original Woodstock with a big palace
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