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LONDON: BUCKINGHAM, ST. JAMES PALACE, KENSINGTON PALACE, HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BIG BEN, TRAFALGAR SQUARE, WESTMINISTER ABBEY, VICTORIA MUSEUM, COVENT GARDEN, THE LONDON EYE, TRANSPORT MUSEUM, ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL, TOWER BRIDGE, THE TOWER OF LONDON, LONDON ZOO, KENSING- TON GARDENS, THE ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS, REGENT STREET. WEST COUNTRY: LAND'S END, ST. MICHAEL'S MOUNT, NEWQUAY, ST.IVES, PLYMOUTH, THE MOORS, BATH, BRISTOL WITH THE HISTORIC STEAMSHIP GREAT BRITAIN AND AVON GORGE & SUSPENSION BRIDGE.
SOUTHERN ENGLAND: STONEHENGE BRONZE AGE SITE, SALISBOURY WITH WILTON HOUSE AND ONE OF ENGLANDS MAGNIFICENT CATHEDRALS.PORTSMOUTH, THE HOME OF HMS VICORY, AND CHARLES DICKENS,S HOUSE. SOUTHEAST ENGLAND: CANTERBURY, CATHEDRAL DATING FROM AD597. DOVER & ITS WHITE CLIFFS, EASTBOURNE WITH A SEA-FRONT 4.8KM LONG, THE SEVEN SISTERS WHICH ARE SEVEN CHALK CLIFFS NEAR BEACHY HEAD. SOUTH MIDLAND AND HEART OF ENGLAND: OXFORD UNIVERSITY, CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE, STRATFORD UPON AVON THE BIRTHPLACE OF SHAKESPEARE, & SITE OF ANNE HATHAWAY'S COTTAGE. CHELTENHAM, REGENCY HOUSES AND ELEGANT CRESCENTS. GLOUCESTER, BERKELEY CASTLE WHERE EDWARD II WAS MURDERED YORKSHIRE: YORK, MEDIEVAL CITY SURROUNDED BY FOUR GATES AND CITY WALLS. CASTEL MUSEUM, JORVIK VIKING CENTRE AND THE NATIONAL RAIL MUSEUM ARE ALSO SITUATED HERE. ----------------------------------------------------
SCOTLAND -------- EDINBURGH: EDINBURGH CASTLE, ST. MARGARET'S CHAPEL, MONS MEG CANNON, GREAT HALL, NATIONAL GALLERY OF SCOTLAND ST. GILES, SCOTT MONUMENT, ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS SOUTHWEST AND LOWLANDS: GLASGOW ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM, THE BURREL ART COLLECTION, BOTANIC GARDENS, CAMPHILL MUSEUM, MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT. CENTRAL SCOTLAND: THE BATTLEFIELD OF BANNOCKBURN, DUNBLANE, CALLANDER LOCHS CATHEDRAL,AND GLENS, INVERARY CASTLE, SCONE PALACE.
THE NORTHEAST: ABERDEEN FISH MARKET, MARISCHAL COLLEGE, KINGS COLLEGE ST.MACHAR'S CATHEDRAL, HAZLEHEAD PARK, PROVOST SKENE'S HOUSE, AND THE DEE VALLEY. THE HIGHLANDS: INVERNESS AT EASTERN END OF LOCH NESS, OBAN WITH FORT WILLIAM & BEN NEVIS, CAWDOR CASTLE, LOCH TORRIDON, EILEEN DONAN CASTLE. THE ISLANDS: THE INNER HEBRIDES, IONA, MULL, STAFFA, THE OUTER HEBRIDES, LEWIS AND HARRIS, THE ORKNEYS AND THE SHETLANDS. ------------------------------------------------------------ WALES ----- CARDIFF: CARDIFF CASTLE, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES, LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL, WELSH FOLK MUSEUM.
SOUTH WALES: ST. DAVIDS AND TENBY, LAUGHARNE THE HOME OF DYLAN THOMAS, CERPHILLY CASTLE. MID WALES: CARDIGAN BAY, ABERYSTWYTH AND DEVIL'S BRIDGE, RADNOR FOREST, THE SEVERN VALLEY, OFFA'S DYKE, MONTGOMERY CASTLE. NORTH WALES: MOUNT SNOWDON, CAERNARVON CASTLE, THE FESTINIOG SLATE QUARRIES, THE VALE OF LLANGOLLEN. ----------------------------------------------------------- NORTHERN IRELAND ---------------- BELFAST: ULSTER MUSEUM, THE BOTANIC GARDENS, CITY HALL, STORMONT CASTLE, CONE HILL.
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