The top 500 experiences in the UK... ranked What's the #1 experience in the United Kingdom? The British Museum? Giant's Causeway? Sailing the Isles of Scilly? Hull Pier Toilets? For the first time, the experts at Lonely Planet have ranked the top 500 unmissable experiences and hidden gems across Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands – to create the ultimate travel hitlist. A premium coffee table book celebrating the best of the United Kingdom An inspirational gift for UK residents and travellers planning a visit Compiled and voted on by Lonely Planet's staff, writers and community
OUR STORY A beat-up old car, a few dollars in the pocket and a sense of adventure. In 1972 that’s all Tony and Maureen Wheeler needed for the trip of a lifetime – across Europe and Asia overland to Australia. It took several months, and at the end – broke but inspired – they sat at their kitchen table writing and stapling together their first travel guide, Across Asia on the Cheap. Within a week they’d sold 1500 copies and Lonely Planet was born. One hundred million guidebooks later, Lonely Planet is the world’s leading travel guide publisher with content to almost every destination on the planet.
This book is packed with places to go and things to do right on our doorstep, who needs to go any further? Only criticism, its a huge and unwieldy book, you couldn't take it out on your travels!
This book describes a good variety of things to see and do in the UK, whether you are interested in hiking or cycling, or would prefer to walk through pretty English villages, or are more interested in history. Also, some great tips about the best times to go and key transport links. I really liked the photos that were included with some of the things on this list - I just wish there was a photo for each suggestion.
Beautiful photos and a great selection of things to do. I am now attempting to persuade my family to engage in a 500 mile road trip round Inverness. Great for day-dreaming, but also for local trips which you might not have heard of.
I have been travelling to the UK regularly for over three decades. So, when I first picked up the book, I wasn’t sure if it would tell me anything new. Well, I was wrong. Going through the book, I now feel I’ve skipped over most of the UK. Anyhow, it's a great source of information, filled with several ideas for a vacation. However, because it is more of a coffee table book, and a thick one at that, I end up taking photos of the experiences that interest me so I do not forget about them when I’m in the UK.