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Abbeys, palaces and castles, Stonehenge, Shakespeare’s Stratford, York Minster, royal Edinburgh and Titanic Belfast.
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Start in London at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s, the Tower and the London Eye, with royal palaces from Kensington to Hampton Court and days out to Windsor Castle and the Warner Bros. Studio Tour. Visit Blenheim Palace near Oxford and Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, Warwick Castle and Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Chester Zoo and York Minster, then Edinburgh’s royal palace, Camera Obscura and zoo, and Titanic Belfast.
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Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, Tower of London, London Eye, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court Palace, SEA LIFE London Aquarium, Madame Tussauds London, ZSL London Zoo, Golden Hinde, Painted Hall, Windsor Castle, Warner Bros. Studio Tour LondonOxford
Blenheim PalaceSalisbury
StonehengeWarwickshire
Warwick Castle, Shakespeare’s BirthplaceChester
Chester ZooYork
York MinsterEdinburgh
Palace of Holyroodhouse, Camera Obscura and World of Illusions, Royal Yacht Britannia, Edinburgh ZooBelfast
Titanic BelfastTickets
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Each attraction has its own page with opening hours, directions and tickets. Entry times are always shown in the attraction’s local time.
How booking worksWestminster Abbey
London · The Gothic church of coronations, royal tombs and Poets’ Corner, beside Parliament Square.St Paul’s Cathedral
London · Christopher Wren’s domed cathedral on Ludgate Hill, with its galleries and crypt.Tower of London
London · The Norman fortress on the Thames, with the Crown Jewels, the White Tower and the Yeoman Warders.London Eye
London · A 135-metre wheel on the South Bank, with glass capsules and views over the Thames and Westminster.Kensington Palace
London · The royal home of William and Mary and Queen Victoria’s birthplace, in Kensington Gardens.Hampton Court Palace
London · Henry VIII’s Tudor palace and Wren’s Baroque apartments, with gardens and a maze, on the Thames.SEA LIFE London Aquarium
London · Sharks, a coral reef, jellyfish and penguins in County Hall, beside the London Eye.Madame Tussauds London
London · Wax figures of famous faces in themed zones on Marylebone Road, near Baker Street.ZSL London Zoo
London · The world’s oldest scientific zoo, with gorillas, big cats and penguins in Regent’s Park.Golden Hinde
London · A full-size reconstruction of Francis Drake’s Elizabethan galleon, moored at Bankside by London Bridge.Painted Hall
London · Sir James Thornhill’s Baroque painted hall, in Wren’s Old Royal Naval College by the Thames.Windsor Castle
Windsor · The State Apartments and St George’s Chapel in a royal castle founded by William the Conqueror.Warner Bros. Studio Tour London
Leavesden · Original sets, costumes and props from the Harry Potter films, at the studio where they were made.Blenheim Palace
Woodstock · The Baroque palace of the Dukes of Marlborough, birthplace of Winston Churchill, in a Capability Brown park.Stonehenge
Amesbury · The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain, raised in stages from about 5,000 years ago.Warwick Castle
Warwick · A castle above the River Avon founded by William the Conqueror, with towers, a Great Hall and daily shows.Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Stratford-upon-Avon · The timber-framed Stratford house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564, with its garden and New Place.Chester Zoo
Chester · A conservation charity’s zoo of more than 130 acres near Chester, from Asian elephants to Islands.York Minster
York · A working Gothic cathedral completed in 1472, with the Great East Window and a 275-step tower climb.Palace of Holyroodhouse
Edinburgh · The monarch’s official residence in Scotland, with Mary, Queen of Scots’ rooms and Holyrood Abbey.Camera Obscura and World of Illusions
Edinburgh · A Victorian rooftop camera obscura and floors of hands-on illusions at the top of the Royal Mile.Royal Yacht Britannia
Edinburgh · Five decks of the former Royal Yacht, from the State Apartments to the engine room, in Leith.Edinburgh Zoo
Edinburgh · Penguins, chimpanzees, koalas and big cats on the wooded slopes of Corstorphine Hill.Titanic Belfast
Belfast · The story of RMS Titanic, told beside the Belfast slipways where she was built, with SS Nomadic.Photography credits
- Westminster Abbey - London (51764590919) by Mark from Brighton, CC BY 2.0.
- London Eye, Westminster Bridge, County Hall by Antiquary, CC BY 4.0.
- Blenheim Palace 2014 by Blenheim Palace, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Stonehenge, Condado de Wiltshire, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 02 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Warwick Castle south-east facade by DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Asian Elephant at Chester Zoo 3 by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- York Minster, from the City Walls (6885169694) by Tim Green, CC BY 2.0.
- Edinburgh skyline from the rooftop of the Camera Obscura by Stinglehammer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Belfast Titanic by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0.
- Inside of St. Paul's Dome by -JvL-, CC BY 2.0.
- La Torre, Londres, Inglaterra, 2022-11-26, DD 140 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Pods of the London Eye, London SE1 - geograph.org.uk - 5206622 by Christine Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- King's Drawing Room, King's State Apartments, Kensington Palace - wide shot by APK, CC BY 4.0.
- Hampton Court - 36911005166 by Dmitry Djouce, CC BY 2.0.
- Underwater Walk of Sea Life London Aquarium by ʘx, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- 2017 Madame Tussauds London 01 by Jordiferrer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Gorilla and Baby At The London Zoo by Gary J Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Golden Hind replica, London 1 by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Greenwich - Old Royal Naval College 1712 Sir Christopher Wren - Painted Hall 1708-24 by Sir James Thornhill - The Lower Hall - Triumph of Peace & Liberty over Tyranny, William & Mary in the centre 05 by TxllxT, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Windsor Castle Upper Ward Quadrangle 2 - Nov 2006 by Diliff, CC BY 3.0.
- Studio Tour - geograph.org.uk - 6257736 by Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Blenheim Palace14 by Alexanderm14, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Stonehenge, Condado de Wiltshire, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 05 by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Warwick Castle - geograph.org.uk - 8158180 by Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Birthplace of Shakespeare by Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- York Minster 03 by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, Scotland (51226487633) by Gary Campbell-Hall, CC BY 2.0.
- Swirling colours makes it dizzing (9883446444) by marsupium photography, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Britannia - Dining Room by Otto Domes, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Aptenodytes patagonicus -family -Edinburgh Zoo-8a by Dave Morris, CC BY 2.0.
- Titanic Belfast - August 2014 by Reading Tom, CC BY 2.0.
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