A quaint Cornish fishing villages

Enjoying the warmer climes of southwest England, the Cornish peninsula juts out dramatically into the Atlantic Ocean, making the most of its long coastline.

Find out what inspired Wordsworth and Coleridge in the Lake District National Park

The Lake District is in the northwestern country of Cumbria and fulfills all your chocolate box fantasies of England - stone cottages, picturesque villages, green hills, lovely lakes, serious mountains, glacial valleys and meadows hemmed in by dry-stone walls.

With names such as Crack Pot, Appletreewick and Wigglesworth, the towns and villages of the Yorkshire Dales are full of character and characters.

Brighton is a mini-London by the sea

Brighton's reputation for hedonism harks back to the 1780s when Prince George used to skive off to gallivant here with his mistress.

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament in London

The most dynamic capital city on the planet, what London lacks in beauty it certainly makes up for in substance.

A truly international city, London crams eight million people into its vast metropolis. More than 300 languages are spoken here and 30% of its population are not British.

York's imposing Minster cathedral

Britain's original capital, York is steeped in Roman, Viking and Norman history.

A bustling and handsome modern city, York's history oozes from its medieval streets, fortifications and imposing Minster cathedral.

Students enjoy a quaint old game of cricket outside an Oxford college

The brains of Britain, the university city of Oxford (population 120,000) is where Radiohead create futuristic soundscapes, stuffy academics mumble into their beards, elite students plot their takeover of the world and aid organization Oxfam try to patch up the harm caused to the w

Pulteney Bridge in Bath

Even its constant swarm of tourists can't detract from Bath's inherent charm.

Only 12 miles from gritty, bustling Bristol, this compact Georgian city looks and feels worlds away.

Sheffield Town Hall and Peace Gardens

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Conjuring images of smokestacks and hard-up steelworkers a la The Full Monty, these days Sheffield is better known for its vibrant music scene which has spawned the likes of Pulp, Moloko, Human League, Def Leppard, Joe Cocker and the Arctic Monkeys.

The Corn Exchange: Leeds' favourite boutique shopping centre

Like Sheffield, Leeds has been transformed in recent years from a depressed northern town to one of the fastest growing cities in England.