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PalQ Jan 26th, 2006 10:07 AM

UK's Ten Most Beautiful Towns???
 
What do you think are Britain's ten most beautiful towns (besides London) of the ones you've visited? We're talking of good looks here and nothing else - i may find Liverpool more interesting than Oxford but Oxford is far more beautiful according to any criteria. And we're talking of cities not villages.
Here's Mine - i'm interesting in yours
1- Edinburgh
2- Bath
3- Oxford
4- Cambridge
5- York
6 -Windsor & Eton
7- Lincoln
8- Chester
9- Straftford-upon-Avon
10- Bristol


5alive Jan 26th, 2006 10:12 AM

With the exception of Edinburgh, I loved Norwich best but maybe partly because I lived there so I am biased.

Also enjoyed Oxford and Lincoln.

julia_t Jan 26th, 2006 10:26 AM

Good selection PalQ, but do you really find Bristol more beautiful than Ludlow?

sbsjsf Jan 26th, 2006 10:44 AM

I vote for Upper and Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds.

mikemo Jan 26th, 2006 10:50 AM

Hambleton, Rutland.
M

PalQ Jan 26th, 2006 11:39 AM

Julia t: Well i may have overlooked Ludlow as being too much a small town - but i went to Bristol in December and that town has done a wondrous rehab job in its docks/town centre area - i just thought it was delightful and also the university/cathedral area on top of the hill. But Ludlow is exceptionally beautiful, espcially since it's surrounded by lush greenery.

carioca4ed Jan 26th, 2006 12:02 PM

Having visited a great deal of Britain,I would like to nominate Lichfield.....Maybe it was because I am interested In Dr.Johnson....You can visit his house there,which is also a bookshop..Then visit St.Chad's Cathedral.I think that the place thrives on tourists,but I would go for a second visit....Beautiful!!!

sandykins Jan 26th, 2006 12:11 PM

Oxford.

travelbunny Jan 26th, 2006 12:29 PM

Wells, I think it is a gem.

Mucky Jan 26th, 2006 01:29 PM

Bristol !!!!
Are we talking the same Bristol... wow you surprise me.

Ok for those who like me are struggling to find cities that fit the criteria layed down by PalQ here's the full list of UK cities to help us decide:
English Cities
Bath
Birmingham
Bradford
Brighton & Hove
Bristol
Carlisle
Cambridge
Canterbury
Chester
Chichester
Coventry
Derby
Durham
Ely
Exeter
Gloucester
Hereford
Kingston-upon-Hull
Lancaster
Leeds
Leicester
Lichfield
Lincoln
Liverpool
London
Manchester
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Norwich
Nottingham
Oxford
Peterborough
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Preston
Ripon
Salford
Salisbury
Sheffield
Southampton
St Albans
Stoke-on-Trent
Sunderland
Truro
Wakefield
Wells
Westminster
Winchester
Wolverhampton
Worcester
York



Welsh Cities
Bangor, Cardiff, Newport, St David's and Swansea

Scottish Cities
Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Stirling.

Northern Irish Cities
Armagh, Belfast, Lisburn, Londonderry and Newry.

Muck

Mucky Jan 26th, 2006 01:35 PM

Oh my single brain cell is asleep tonight.
PalQ said towns !!! not cities. Thats even harder..good night I'm off to bed..lol

;-)

Muck

alya Jan 26th, 2006 02:35 PM

Well in that case Muck, PalQ only has 3 most beautiful 'towns' on his list:-)

Windsor, Eton and Stratford-Upon-Avon.

My choices?

Padstow, Stafford, Tunbridge Wells, Burton-on-the-water, Grassington and any other village in the Yorkshire Dales :-)


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