UK

From GRA

1 Getting there
2 Getting around
3 Places to visit
4 Great and novel places to stay
5 links

Getting there

Flights to UK

http://www.expedia.com/daily/home/Default.asp?CCheck=1&eapid=13172-1&kword=GEO-WAS:flights http://www.cheaptickets.com/App/ViewRoundTripSearch?gcid=S16036x129&keyword=flights&source=sr&type=k

Flights from UK to Europe

http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/en-gb/fb/cheap_flights_uk.aspx?p=201 http://www.jet2.com/ http://www.ryanair.com/site/EN/ http://www.easyjet.com/

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Getting around

UK map

British Rail http://www.britishrail.com/

National express coach http://www.nationalexpress.com/home/hp.cfm

Car hire https://microsite.europcar.com/us2europe/?locale=en&CNTRY=US&IATA=00356865&RENTALCNTRY=UK&STATIONCO=LHRT01 http://www.thrifty.co.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=thuk http://www.thrifty.co.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=thuk http://www.avis.com/AvisWeb/home/AvisHome?MID=932-37772-2056-16&ARCIATA=0100026G&MID=932-37772-2056-16 http://www.orbitz.com/App/DisplayCarSearch?semsource=goog&semkeyword=car+hire+uk&source=sr&type=k

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Places to visit

North East

Hadrians wall

Newcastle upon tyne, Durham, Hadrians wall, Northumberland national park http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/North_East_England/index.aspx

Yorkshire York, Leeds, Whitby http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/Yorkshire/index.aspx

Yorkshire Dales National Park

North West Manchester, liverpool, http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/Englands_Northwest/index.aspx

Lake district National Park

The Lake District

East Midlands Nottingham, National Forest

Peak district National Park http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/East_Midlands/index.aspx

South West

St Ives

Cotswolds, Dartmoor, Exmoor, Bath, Cornwall; St Ives http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/South_West/index.aspx

City of London

London Obviously a trip to the UK isnt complete without a trip to London, the UKs capital and home to; Tower of London (; St Pauls Catherdral ; Windsor Castle ; Royal Albert Hall, tower bridge exhibition(http://www.towerbridge.org.uk/TowerBridge/English), the Tate Modern and so much more its impossible to list. There are a number of great areas to visit including soho, camden, notting hill. London is a year-round tourist centre, with few of its attractions closing or significantly reducing their opening hours in winter.

One can buy passes to visit a number of these sights for a reduced price because a lot of sight seeing can be extremely costly. http://www.londonpass.com/index_attractions.asp

Cambridge

South East

Oxford, Brighton, Canterbury, Hastings http://www.enjoyengland.com/destinationguides/South_East/index.aspx

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Great and novel places to stay

Landmark Trust

Landmark Northumberland

http://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/

This company has some wonderful renovated historic buildings in locations all over Uk, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Lundy Island. They are a charitable organistation and raise the funds to restore historic buildings. Once restored, the buildings are available for holidays, all year around. There are 183 Landmarks throughout Britain and the Channel Islands which include forts, manor houses, mills, cottages, castles, gatehouses, follies and towers.

English Country Cottages

country cottage in the Lakes

http://www.english-country-cottages.co.uk/ecc_homepage.html This is another company which allows you to rent a cottage / town house for either short weekend stays or longer stays. The properties are really well kept and range from modern to remote depending on what you require. You can find accomadation spread over most of the UK.

Peak District Cottages

http://www.peakdistrict-cottage.co.uk Two cottage in the Peak District nationla park which cater for short weekend breaks or longer.

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