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London is the place to start. Nowhere in the country can match the scope and innovation of
the metropolis, a colossal, frenetic city, perhaps not as immediately attractive as its European counterparts, but with
so much variety that the only obstacle to a great time is the shockingly high cost of everything. It's here that you'll find Britain's best
spread of nightlife, cultural events, museums, galleries, pubs and restaurants. The other large cities, such as
Birmingham, Newcastle,
Leeds or Liverpool
each have their strengths: Birmingham has a resurgent arts scene, for example, while people travel for miles to sample Newcastle's nightlife.
These days Manchester can match the capital for glamour in cafés and clubs, and
also boasts the inimitable draw of the world's best-known football team.
England's ancient cathedral cities, such as Lincoln, York, Salisbury, Durham and Winchester, cannot be equalled for sheer physical beauty. Wherever you're based, you're never more than a few miles from a ruined castle, a majestic country house, a secluded chapel or a monastery. In the southwest there are remnants of a Celtic culture that was all but eradicated elsewhere by the Romans, and everywhere you can find traces of prehistoric settlers - most famously the megalithic circles of Stonehenge and Avebury.
Most beguiling of all are the long-established villages of England, hundreds of which amount to nothing more than a pub, a shop, a gaggle of cottages and a farmhouse offering bed and breakfast.
Devon, Cornwall, the Cotswolds and the Yorkshire Dales harbour some especially picturesque specimens, but every county can boast a decent showing. Then, of course, there's the English countryside, an extraordinarily diverse terrain from which Constable, Turner, Wordsworth, Emily Brontë and a host of other writers and artists took inspiration.
Exmoor, Dartmoor, Bodmin Moor, the North York Moors and the Lake District are the most dramatic and best known of the national parks, each offering an array of landscapes crisscrossed with walking routes.
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