UK Holiday

Hampshire

PORTSMOUTH: Visit ships, get all inclusive pass, submarine/firepower museum, spinnaker tower - panoramic views. Southsea or old seafaring pubs for food.

WINCHESTER: Guided walks, free internet, nice cathedral / try to be there for evening - 5:30 (3:30 Sunday), guided tours on the hour.

NEW FOREST: Walk / ride at Lindhurst or Brockenhurst. Ranger-led hikes.

BOURNEMOUTH: Good nightlife, stay in hostel?

ISLE OF PURBECK: Beautiful castle (Corfe castle), Go from Poole or long road from Wareham (and use Harry's Bar - free net access). Beach at Shell Bay or Studland Bay - lovely. Places to stay at Swanage. Durdle Door - famour limestone arch. Many small towns in inland Dorset, e.g Longleat

Wiltshire

'STONEHENGE and AVEBURY

Places to visit in the North

Malham cove / tarn / limestone pavement, in Malham, Yorkshire Dales, http://www.malhamdale.com/

Robin Hoods Bay, scenic fishing village, North Yorkshire coast, http://www.robin-hoods-bay.co.uk/

Whitby, scenic fishing town and home of Captain Cook, North Yorkshire coast, http://www.whitby.co.uk/

Mother Shipton's Cave, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, http://www.knaresborough.co.uk/attractions/index.html

Settle-Carlisle Railway, Yorkshire Dales, http://www.settle-carlisle.co.uk/

Northumbrian coast, Alnwick to Berwick, fantastic long empty beaches, sand dunes, catles, http://www.alnwickcastle.com/ http://www.bamburghcastle.com/ http://www.seahouses.org/

Holy Island / Lindisfarne, Northumbria, http://www.holyisland.org/ http://www.lindisfarne.org.uk/

Hadrian's Wall, Northumbria, http://www.hadrians-wall.org/

Kielder Water (massive reservoir) and Kielder Forest (massive forrest), Northumbria, http://www.kielder.org/

Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, http://www.msim.org.uk/

Tramway Museum, Derby, http://www.tramway.co.uk/

Urbis, Manchester, http://www.urbis.org.uk/

Buxton, market / spa town in the Peak District, http://www.visitbuxton.co.uk/

Blue John Cavern, Castleton, Peak District (big limestone cave), http://www.bluejohnstone.com/