Your top 5 weekend city/town breaks in the UK?

[dave_c]

Mine are

1 - Bath
2 - Canterbury
3 - York
4 - Winchester
5 - Oxford

London's not applicable for as I was born, raised and still currently living there.

What's yours?

[Buenchico]

My list might depend upon whether I was travelling myself, or whether I was recommending places to someone else.

Those places which rely, for their interest, upon their museums and historic attractions can be great for a first time visitor but less attractive to someone who's been there before. Whereas those places which are attractive because of their beaches, bars, restaurants, theatres, music venues or night life can remain permanently interesting.

For someone visiting the UK for the first time, these would be my top five recommendations:
London
Edinburgh
York
Bath
Brighton

If I was planning a few weekends away for myself, my list would be
Brighton
London
Liverpool
Sheffield
Southwold

Chris

[jno]

Bristol, Edinburgh and Cambridge might make my list.... not sure which ones of yours I'd knock off to accommodate them, though.

[dave_c]

Bristol was never a desirable destination for me, jno, and I've been there several times, for me it's just your typical bog standard city centered around shopping precinct, it's no means a bad city but there's no redeemingly unique features. And the same goes for Portsmouth for that matter, never seen the attraction of that either.

Buenchico, the bars, restaurants, theatres, music venues and night life are all at my doorstep, so I'm looking out for museums and historic attraction (even though London's full of that aspect i've seen a lifetime of that) when we jaunt out of town.
But I also think it's possible to enjoy and appreciate both social and historic aspects of a place, Barcelona's a prime example.

[pinktwink]

seen as i am irish
galway
mayo
kerry
derry
belfast

did you mean local or worlwide then
new york
venice
paris
prague
zurich

[Buenchico]

I'm not a great lover of Bristol either. I've never been able to see the attraction of Canterbury (but that's possibly because I used to have to spend a great deal of time hanging around the old concrete bus station there). I regard Cambridge as 'reasonably pleasant' and, living fairly nearby, I get there quite often but it certainly doesn't come near to the top of my list of places to visit. (Much the same goes for Oxford). For historic interest, I'd put Chester ahead of Winchester.

I'd certainly agree that it's possible to enjoy both social and historic aspects of a city. That's why Brighton appears on both of my lists.

If you're seeking places to visit, for a weekend away from London, Norwich has both history and culture, as well as some great restaurants and bars.

Chris

[coccinelle]

Mine are;
Durham
Edinburgh
Canterbury
York
Stratford upon Avon

[lesblue]

1. London
2. York
3. Dublin
4. Edinburgh
5. Whitby

[buildersmate]

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