Weekend trip ideas (UK)

[OwlHoot]

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.

Flip me, I doubt even Dick Turpin flooring it all the way up the M1 could get from London to York in 3 hours.

How about Windsor, only 20 miles from London? Loads of interesting shops (including those on Eton High Street just over the bridge), tea rooms, pubs, the river, and on sundays you can attend a service in St Georges Chapel. I think they even do guided tours round parts of the castle.