Weekend trip ideas (UK)

[DimPrawn]

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/swindon/home

[d000hg]

Durham's very pleasant. Small town, lots of history, students have all left for the summer so you can get a seat in a coffee-shop...

[pmeswani]

Was advised that Cotswolds is a nice area to visit but unclear whether there is actually anything to do there (apart from watch the sunset...).

Or Leeds Castle (in Kent) - anyone been there yet?

Have already visited : Warwick/Stratford-Upon-Avon, Bath, Bournemouth, Canterbury, Brighton. Also done Paris by train.

Ideally don't want to drive more than 2 hours out of London. Any other places that you can recommend?

So I take it that Dublin or Edinburgh is out of the question then? Both nice places to go for a holiday.

[Menelaus]

So I take it that Dublin or Edinburgh is out of the question then? Both nice places to go for a holiday.

Go to Glasgow. Much better than both

[DimPrawn]

What about Australia? Slightly out of your 2 hr drive, but lovely to visit.

Or there's the Moon.

[minestrone]

Go to Glasgow. Much better than both

Good god in Govan, they eat outsiders in Glasgow. I'm going to St Andrews for the weekend, leave in 30 minutes, staying in the 5 star fairmont.

[OwlHoot]

Lincoln is nice enough if you like a big church and a castle.
Probably just more than 2 hours drive but easily reachable on the train in under 2 hours.

But you must be at the cathedral by 2pm sharp for the roof tour, otherwise the old bags^D dears start without you!

Also, Lincoln Castle is only a couple of hundred yards up the road from the Cathedral and is well worth a tour. (They hold one of the few remaining copies of Magna Carta.)

[sweetandsour]

If you are determined to drive then Bristol is a city I like, or Somerset if you prefer countryside (Taunton/Minehead/Exmoor).

It will take more than 2 hours to get there but not too much (depending on where in London you start from).

[Sysman]

Why not try York? Full of history, and it's less than 2 hours from Kings Cross by train. By car it's going to be more than 3 hours though.

[Sysman]

http://www.visitwiltshire.co.uk/swindon/home

I'd rather spend a weekend in Bradford. It's got far more than 4 tourist attractions.