UK
Travel Guide
British
Links
We have selected the best sites on the web containing information relating to the UK for before and while you travel.
See also Bugbog's: UK Travel Guide | England Travel Guide | London Travel Guide | Scotland Travel Guide | Edinburgh Travel Guide | Edinburgh Pictures | Ireland | Dublin | England & Wales Tourist Map | England Counties Map | Scotland Map | Devon [county] | UK Map | Europe Map | Walks | Sporting Events | Historic Buildings | UK Antiques
| Currency: No Euros here! 1 pound sterling = 100 pence; Copper Coins 1 and 2 pence; Silver Coins 5, 10, 20 and 50 pence; Gold coins 1 and 2 pounds; Bank Notes 5, 10, 20, and 50 pounds - conversion | Religions: mostly Christian, with many agnostics and atheists, and some Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims. | Languages: English taught throughout with some regional dialects still spoken. |
General Links:
Visit Britain [http://www.visitbritain.com/]- the official British Tourist Board travel guide to the UK.
National Television News Broadcast Media:
BBC [British Broadcasting Council] [http://www.bbc.co.uk/] | ITV [Independent Television] [http://www.itv.co.uk/] | Channel 4 [http://www.channel4.com/news.htnl]
Quality National Newspapers:
Times [http://www.thetimes.co.uk/] | Telegraph [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/] | Independent[http://www.independent.co.uk/ | Guardian [http://www.guardian.co.uk/]
Walking and Activites in the UK:
Official Agencies:
Council for National Parks [http://www.cnp.org.uk/]
Countryside Agency [http://www.countryside.gov.uk/] - hint: on the website look for 'enjoying the countryside'.
National Trails [http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/text.asp?PageId=2] - Information and advice on England's 2,500 mile [4,000 km] network of 15 long distance walking, biking and horse riding trails. Also with Parks and areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Ordnance Survey Maps [http://www.ordsvy.org.uk/]
Independent Organsiations:
Ramblers Association [http://www.ramblers.org.uk/] | British Mountaineering Council [http://www.thebmc.co.uk/]
Biking:
Sustrans [http://www.sustrans.org.uk/] There are now many hundreds of miles of dedicated cycle tracks in the UK, organised by this government department.
The Wild Stuff:
The Eden Project: Extraordinary, educational and artistic biospheres housing over 100,000 plants and entertainingly aimed at the general public. Great for kids. This charitable Trust is in St Austell, Cornwall, 30 miles from Plymouth. Best early or late.
International:
Wimbledon Tennis Tournament
[http://www.wimbledon.org/] | Badminton
Horse Trials [http://www.badminton-horse.co.uk] | International
Show Jumping Championships [http://www.olympiashowjumping.com/]
Royal Ascot
[http://www.ascot-authority.co.uk/] | Grand
National [http://www.aintree.co.uk/website/index.html] | British
FIA Grand Prix [http://www.octagonmotorsports.com/] | World
Snooker Championships [http://www.embassysnooker.com/] | Isle
of Man TT Festival [http://www.iomtt.com/]
World Darts Championships
[http://www.embassydarts.com/]
National: Oxford Cambridge Boat Race [http://www.theboatrace.org/] | London Marathon [http://www.london-marathon.co.uk/] | Football Association Cup Final [http://www.the-fa.org/]
Regional
and Festive: Henley Royal
Regatta [http://www.hrr.co.uk/] | Randwick
and Brockworth Cheese Rolling [http://www.weirdwest.co.uk/cheese.html] | Tetbury
Woolsack Races [http://www.tetbury.com/woolsack/theraces.htm]
Ottery St. Mary
Tar Barrels [http://www.tarbarrels.co.uk/]
Major Museums:
British [http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/] | Victoria and Albert [http://www.vam.ac.uk/] | National Portrait Gallery [http://www.npg.org.uk/]
Major Auction Houses:
Christie's [http://www.christies.com/] | Sotheby's [http://www.sothebys.com/] | Bonham's [http://www.bonhams.com/] - each with major showrooms in London and several regional representations.
Invaluable [http://www.invaluable.co.uk/] - services listing the hundreds of other auction houses throughout the UK including a comprehensive database search service.
Major Antiques Fairs and Markets:
Grovesnor House [http://www.grosvenor-antiquesfair.co.uk/] | Olympia [http://www.olympia-antiques.com/] | Portobello Road [http://www.portobelloroad.co.uk/]
Historic Places:
English Heritage [http://www.english-heritage.co.uk/] | Historic Houses Association [http://www.hha.org.uk/] | National Trust [http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/] | National Trust for Scotland [http://www.nts.org.uk/] - charitable organisations responsible for the preservation and conservation of most of the nations historic heritage.