Reply to: 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.

[Halo Jones]

Bath is pretty & you can get there in about 2.5hrs

[DimPrawn]

And I thought this country was full of exciting historical places to visit. What a crock! I think I'll just stay in London and never venture out again.

You could visit Stonehenge, but it's shyte.

I'd stay in that there London. We don't want you Londoners spreading your Swine Flu around.

[ChimpMaster]

And I thought this country was full of exciting historical places to visit. What a crock! I think I'll just stay in London and never venture out again.

[Shimano105]

Or there's the Moon.

Nah, no atmosphere.

[sweetandsour]

or this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bollocks-Alt...8351188&sr=8-1 (SFW) - honestly despite the title it is SFW.

[msubhan]

have a look at this, you should be able to get it next day delivery:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frommers-Bes...8351069&sr=8-1

[Andy2]

For an adventure holiday visit croydon or brixton

[RichardCranium]

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

Or there's the Moon.

That's passée, dahling. Mars is the fashion now.

[Pondlife]

Barry Island.

HTH

[Menelaus]

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.

E Kilbride or Cumbernauld, shirley?

Edit: Says Mr M, who lives in ...?

[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.

[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.

[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).

[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.)