Lonely Planet Great Britain

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*

Lonely Planet's Great Britain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the graceful architecture of Canterbury Cathedral, stride around the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle or through the mountains of Wales, and soak up Roman, medieval and Victorian history - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Great Britain and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Great Britain:

  • Full-colour maps and images throughout
  • Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
  • Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
  • Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
  • Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
  • Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, food, drink, sport, politics
  • Covers London, Canterbury, Southeast England, Oxford, Cotswolds, Southwest England, Cambridge, East Anglia, Birmingham, the Midlands, the Marches, Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool, Northwest England, The Lake District, Cumbria, Newcastle, Northeast England, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Hay-on-Wye, Mid-Wales, Snowdonia, North Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland, Stirling, Central Scotland, Inverness, Northern Highlands & Islands, and more.

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Great Britain is our most comprehensive guide to Britain, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences.

Need a city guide? Check out Lonely Planet's London for an in-depth look at all the city has to offer.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

*Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017

eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones)

  • Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges
  • Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews
  • Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience
  • Seamlessly flip between pages
  • Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash
  • Embedded links to recommendations' websites
  • Zoom-in maps and images
  • Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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Lonely Planet Great Britain

Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*

Lonely Planet's Great Britain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the graceful architecture of Canterbury Cathedral, stride around the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle or through the mountains of Wales, and soak up Roman, medieval and Victorian history - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Great Britain and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Great Britain:

  • Full-colour maps and images throughout
  • Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
  • Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
  • Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
  • Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
  • Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, food, drink, sport, politics
  • Covers London, Canterbury, Southeast England, Oxford, Cotswolds, Southwest England, Cambridge, East Anglia, Birmingham, the Midlands, the Marches, Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool, Northwest England, The Lake District, Cumbria, Newcastle, Northeast England, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Hay-on-Wye, Mid-Wales, Snowdonia, North Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland, Stirling, Central Scotland, Inverness, Northern Highlands & Islands, and more.

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Great Britain is our most comprehensive guide to Britain, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences.

Need a city guide? Check out Lonely Planet's London for an in-depth look at all the city has to offer.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

*Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017

eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones)

  • Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges
  • Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews
  • Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience
  • Seamlessly flip between pages
  • Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash
  • Embedded links to recommendations' websites
  • Zoom-in maps and images
  • Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

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Lonely Planet: The world's number one travel guide publisher*

Lonely Planet's Great Britain is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Gaze at the graceful architecture of Canterbury Cathedral, stride around the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle or through the mountains of Wales, and soak up Roman, medieval and Victorian history - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Great Britain and begin your journey now!

Inside Lonely Planet's Great Britain:

  • Full-colour maps and images throughout
  • Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests
  • Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots
  • Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices
  • Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss
  • Cultural insights provide a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, art, food, drink, sport, politics
  • Covers London, Canterbury, Southeast England, Oxford, Cotswolds, Southwest England, Cambridge, East Anglia, Birmingham, the Midlands, the Marches, Yorkshire, Manchester, Liverpool, Northwest England, The Lake District, Cumbria, Newcastle, Northeast England, Cardiff (Caerdydd), Pembrokeshire, South Wales, Hay-on-Wye, Mid-Wales, Snowdonia, North Wales, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Southern Scotland, Stirling, Central Scotland, Inverness, Northern Highlands & Islands, and more.

The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Great Britain is our most comprehensive guide to Britain, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences.

Need a city guide? Check out Lonely Planet's London for an in-depth look at all the city has to offer.

About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more.

'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times

'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)

*Source: Nielsen BookScan: Australia, UK, USA, 5/2016-4/2017

eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones)

  • Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges
  • Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews
  • Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience
  • Seamlessly flip between pages
  • Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash
  • Embedded links to recommendations' websites
  • Zoom-in maps and images
  • Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing

Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781788685313
Publisher: Lonely Planet Global Limited
Publication date: 05/01/2019
Series: Travel Guide
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 238 MB
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About the Author

Authors: Written and researched by Lonely Planet, and Isabel Albiston, Oliver Berry, Joe Bindloss, Fionn Davenport, Belinda Dixon, Peter Dragicevich, Anthony Ham, Damian Harper, Anna Kaminski, Catherine Le Nevez, Andy Symington, Tasmin Waby, Kerry Walker, Luke Waterson, Neil Wilson and Barbara Woolsey.


About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveler since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and phrasebooks for 120 languages, and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travelers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, videos, 14 languages, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more, enabling you to explore every day.


'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' New York Times


'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves; it's in every traveler's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' Fairfax Media (Australia)

Table of Contents

Plan Your Trip

Great Britain map 8

Top Experiences 10

Need to Know 22

First Time 24

What's New 26

Accommodation 28

Month by Month 30

Itineraries 34

The Great Outdoors 39

Family Travel 47

Eat & Drink Like a Local 51

Regions at a Glance 57

On the Road

England 65

London 68

Canterbury & Southeast England 152

Kent 156

Canterbury 156

Whitstable 160

Margate 161

Broadstairs 163

Ramsgate 165

Sandwich 166

Dover 167

East Sussex 169

Rye 169

Hastings 172

Eastbourne 174

South Downs National Park 175

Brighton & Hove 177

West Sussex 183

Chichester 184

Oxford & The Cotswolds 186

Oxford 188

Woodstock 201

The Cotswolds 204

Cirencester 205

Burford 207

Stow-on-the-Wold 210

Chipping Norton 212

Chipping Campden 213

Broadway 214

Moreton-in-Marsh 216

Winchcombe 217

Painswick 218

Western Gloucestershire 219

Cheltenham 219

Forest of Dean 222

Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire 224

St Albans 224

The Thames Valley 227

Windsor & Eton 227

Bristol, Bath & Somerset 232

Bristol 234

Bath 245

Somerset 256

Wells & Around 256

Glastonbury 258

Exmoor National Park 261

Dulverton 263

Porlock & Porlock Weir 264

Lynton & Lynmouth 265

Hampshire, Wiltshire & Dorset 268

Hampshire 271

Winchester 272

New Forest 274

Isle of Wight 278

Dorset 282

Bournemouth 282

Poole 284

Lulworth Cove 286

Dorchester 288

Weymouth 289

Isle of Portland 290

Lyme Regis 292

Sherborne 293

Wiltshire 294

Salisbury 295

Stonehenge 298

Avebury 301

Devon, Cornwall & The Isles of Scilly 304

Devon 308

Exeter 308

Torquay 313

Dartmouth 315

Salcombe 318

Plymouth 319

Dartmoor National Park 323

Croyde & Braunton 329

Cornwall 331

Boscastle 333

Padstow & Rock 335

Newquay 338

St Ives 341

Zennor & St Just-in-Penwith 345

Penzance 348

Falmouth 351

Truro 353

Fowey 355

Bodmin Moor 358

Isles of Scilly 359

St Mary's 359

Cambridge & East Anglia 364

Cambridgeshire 368

Cambridge 368

Ely 380

Essex 381

Colchester 381

Dedham Vale 382

Southend-on-Sea 384

Suffolk 385

Long Melford 385

Bury St Edmunds 387

Aldeburgh 388

Southwold 390

Norfolk 391

Norwich 391

Cromer 394

Wells-next-the-Sea 397

Holkham 398

King's Lynn 400

Birmingham & The Midlands 402

Birmingham 406

Warwickshire 414

Coventry 414

Warwick 417

Stratford-upon-Avon 419

Staffordshire 425

Lichfield 425

Worchestershire 427

Worcester 428

Great Malvern 429

Herefordshore 430

Hereford 431

Ross-on-Wye 433

Shropshire 434

Shrewsbury 434

Ironbridge Gorge 437

Much Wenlock 440

Church Stretton & Around 441

Ludlow 443

Nottinghamshire 444

Nottingham 445

Newark-on-Trent 451

Lincolnshire 452

Lincoln 453

Stamford 457

Leicestershire 459

Leicester 459

Rutland 463

Derbyshire 464

Derby 464

Matlock Bath 467

Peak District 469

Bakewell 471

Eyam 475

Buxton 478

Yorkshire 482

North Yorkshire 487

York 487

Malton 496

Harrogate 497

Scarborough 500

North York Moors National Park 502

Helmsley 504

Whitby 506

Yorkshire Dales National Park 511

Skipton 512

Malham 514

Richmond 517

West Yorkshire 518

Leeds 519

Hebden Bridge 526

Haworth 528

South Yorkshire 529

Sheffield 529

East Riding of Yorkshire 532

Hull 532

Beverley 534

Special Features

British Museum 84

Tower of London 94

Victoria & Albert Museum 104

Hampton Court Palace feature 116

Stirling Castle 842

On the Road

Manchester, Liverpool & Northwest England 536

Manchester 540

Chester 551

Liverpool 555

Lancashire 565

Blackpool 565

Lancaster 566

Isle of Man 565

The Lake District & Cumbria 572

The Lake District 578

Windermere & Around 578

Ambleside 583

Grasmere 586

Hawkshead 588

Coniston 589

Elterwater & Great Langdale 591

Keswick 593

Borrowdale 596

Ullswater & Around 599

Kendal 601

Cumbrian Coast 605

Carlisle 606

Penrith 608

Newcastle & Northeast England 610

Newcastle-upon-Tyne 615

Tynemouth 621

Durham 622

Barnard Castle 626

Hadrian's Wall 627

Northumberland National Park 633

Northumberland Coast 635

Wales 643

Cardiff, Pembrokeshire & South Wales 646

Cardiff 648

Monmouthshire 659

Chepstow 659

Lower Wye Valley 660

Abergavenny 661

Blaenavon 663

Swansea 666

The Mumbles 669

Gower Peninsula 670

Carmarthenshire 672

Llandeilo 674

Pembrokeshire 675

St Davids 675

Porthgain 678

Fishguard 680

Newport 682

Narberth 685

Brecon Beacons & Mid-Wales 688

Brecon Beacons National Park 690

Hay-on-Wye 690

Black Mountains 694

Crickhowell 695

Brecon 697

Fforest Fawr & Black Mountain 699

Powys 701

Lianwrtyd Wells 703

Montgomery 705

Machynlleth 706

Ceredigon 707

Aberystwyth 708

Cardigan 711

Snowdonia & North Wales 714

Ruthin 716

Llangollen 718

Snowdonia National Park 721

Dolgellau 721

Blaenau Ffestiniog 728

Betws-y-Coed 729

Ogwen Valley 731

Llanberis 732

Snowdon 735

Beddgelert 736

Porthmadog 737

Llyn Peninsula 739

Caernarfon 741

Conwy 744

Llandudno 746

Isle of Anglesey 749

Holyhead 751

Scotland 753

Edinburgh 756

Glasgow & Southern Scotland 800

Glasgow 804

Peebles 824

Jedburgh 826

Dumfries 829

Kirkcudbright 831

Galloway Forest Park 832

Rhinns of Galloway 834

Stirling & Central Scotland 836

Stirling 840

Fife 846

St Andrews 846

East Neuk 851

Dundee 855

Arbroath 859

Aberdeenshire 860

Aberdeen 860

Moray 864

Elgin 864

Loch Lomond 866

Callander 868

Arran 870

Argyll 874

Oban 874

Muli 876

Iona 881

Inveraray 882

Kintyre 883

Islay 885

Inverness & The Highlands & Islands 890

Inverness 894

Loch Ness 899

Aviemore 903

Royal Deeside 907

Pitlochry 910

West Highlands 913

Fort William 914

Road to the Isles 917

Dornoch 920

Caithness 920

Durness 924

Ullapool 927

Skye 932

Portree 936

Dunvegan 937

Trotternish 938

Outer Hebrides 939

Orkney 948

Kirkwall 950

Stromness 955

Northern Islands 957

Shetland 959

Lerwick 961

Sumburgh 964

Understand

History 968

The British Table 986

Architecture in Britain 994

The Arts 999

The British Landscape 1010

Sporting Britain 1017

Survival Guide

Directory A-Z 1022

Transport 1028

Glossary 1035

Index 1040

Map legend 1053

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