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Warwickshire

A castle above the River Avon and the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where Shakespeare was born.

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The long stone south front of Warwick Castle and its round corner tower, above the River Avon and a wide lawn
Warwick Castle

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Castles and Shakespeare.

William the Conqueror built a castle on the sandstone bluff above the River Avon at Warwick in 1068. Explore its towers, the Great Hall and the grounds, with daily shows included. In nearby Stratford-upon-Avon, step inside the timber-framed house on Henley Street where William Shakespeare is believed to have been born in 1564, then walk on to the gardens of New Place, where his last home stood.

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Castle & heritage

Warwick Castle

A castle above the River Avon founded by William the Conqueror, with towers, a Great Hall and daily shows.
from £78per adult
Literary heritage & history

Shakespeare’s Birthplace

The timber-framed Stratford house where William Shakespeare was born in 1564, with its garden and New Place.
from £54per adult
The London Eye, Westminster Bridge and County Hall seen across the Thames from Victoria Tower Gardens

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London

Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s and the Tower, royal palaces, the London Eye, and days out to Windsor and the Studio Tour.

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Blenheim Palace across the lake, its towers above green parkland, with a cedar tree in the foreground

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Oxford

Blenheim Palace, the Baroque home of the Dukes of Marlborough, in its park at Woodstock near Oxford.

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The stone circle at Stonehenge on its grassy plain, sarsen uprights and lintels against a pale sky

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Salisbury

The prehistoric stone circle on Salisbury Plain and its visitor centre.

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An Asian elephant with short tusks standing on sandy ground in its habitat at Chester Zoo

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Chester

A conservation charity’s zoo of more than 130 acres near Chester.

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The west towers and Central Tower of York Minster rising above the rooftops of York, seen from the city walls

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York

One of the great Gothic cathedrals, completed in 1472, with a climb up its Central Tower.

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Edinburgh’s rooftops, spires and chimneys seen from the rooftop terrace of the Camera Obscura

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Edinburgh

A royal palace and a camera obscura on the Royal Mile, the former Royal Yacht in Leith and a zoo on Corstorphine Hill.

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The angular, silver-clad Titanic Belfast building under a deep blue sky with white clouds

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Belfast

The story of RMS Titanic, told beside the slipways where she was built.

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