Recomend places in UK

[CaseyV9]

I thought I'd ask you all for places in the UK that are good for a day out or a good place for the weekend.
Maybe good cities or places worth visiting or maybe just things to do that are cheap as opposed to staying in and being a hermit to save money. Any ideas?

[nutter998]

Originally Posted by CaseyV9

I thought I'd ask you all for places in the UK that are good for a day out or a good place for the weekend.
Maybe good cities or places worth visiting or maybe just things to do that are cheap as opposed to staying in and being a hermit to save money. Any ideas?

Try the London museums - most are now free, stay at the YHA dotted around London and get a weekend for next to nothing!

[gss03]

Edinburgh - Just coming up to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Not cheap, but well worth it!

[Lee @ SCAN]

Grab a tent, head to the lake district and visit a few of the places

A few years ago we found a camp site with basic ammenties in Hawkshead (toliet and shower which was cold) and we only had to pay 2 pounds each per night and spent the rest on things like fishing trips where they cooked your trout you caught, pub crawls and stuff like that.

[Powderhound]

As we're all computer enthusiasts, how about Bletchley Park... while you can, since it's been in the news that it's in a pretty poor state (I'm going there this weekend, as it happens). I did a brief visit there with school last year, and it is interesting seeing the reproduction of Colossus (arguably the world's first computer, used to break the Enigma code) as well as the other old kit like a 1KB RAM module which is about the size of a modern PC case!

[Lee @ SCAN]

Originally Posted by Powderhound

As we're all computer enthusiasts, how about Bletchley Park... while you can, since it's been in the news that it's in a pretty poor state.

We had a hexus meet-up there a while ago and had a butchers around geekin' it up looking at all the systems.

[ACiD303]

Maybe good cities or places worth visiting or maybe just things to do that are cheap as opposed to staying in and being a hermit to save money. Any ideas?

I know a couple that go away on a cheap random flightevery month (sometimes twice in a month) - their criteria is that they spend <£100 for the weekend (flights/accom. included, although they usually know people they can stay with in every place)...could be something to look into?

It depends on what you want to do, really...and how cheap is cheap.

I'd say Edinburgh Festival too, but it is expensive. So I'd probably vote for Lake District for all roundness. York if you like a nice town down in England, and Edinburgh for Scotland.

[srichards27]

York, the history there is unbelievable. Im going down in the next few weeks to stay in cottage with my boyfriend for a week.

Theres a theme park- flamingo land....good for adults and children

lots of pubs and clubs resteraunts etc

Eden camp - an old war camp that replays the stages of ww2....very interesting!!

and im sure theres lots more to do than what ive mentioned,

Were were 300 pound for renting the cottage, for both of us. Quite cheap i thought.

[Bluecube]

I was going to say Edinburgh as well but was beaten to it! The Festival/ Fringe hype machine is slowly grinding up through the gears but there's plenty of other things to do in Edinburgh apart from the Fringe. Visit the Castle (recommended), climb Arthur's Seat, walk down Leith Walk to the water front, check on Princes Street Gardens, walk through the New Town (amazing the architecture you see hidden away from sight), sit outside a pub a watch life go by. There's a lot to do for not too much cash.

Sticking with Scotland (cause I don't know England very well!) I'd also recommend Tain especially if you like driving around and seeing beautiful scenery. It's north of Inverness so quite a drive away. If you go remember to check out the Glenmorangie distillery. Surprisingly interesting!

[C-Bag7]

I take the wife and kids to legoland each year using my Tesco clubcard vouchers which in the end costs £34 in vouchers rather than £108 in cash for normal entry fee (or there abouts) for the four of us.

[ACiD303]

Actually, with the festival bearing, you'd be hard pushed finding a place to stay nevermind at a sensible price in Edinburgh. So even if you do do cheap things, it'll be offset by accomodation.

So I'd say York or Lake District!

[kalniel]

York isn't particularly cheap though, but then I guess not many 'nice' places will be in summer. Camping in Hawkshead sounds ace - I love that place.

[Virtual Monkey]

The Lakes, or even the Peak District! Depends where you live I suppose. If you live in a more southerly location you might want to check out Cornwall. If you're into camping, you can have a good few days chilling for relatively little.

[staker]

I would say peak district or london. They both have history and both look good in different ways, if you like maritime history you should go to greenwich or something.

[kopite]

Come to Liverpool

ITs capital of culture year atm and loads is going on. Theres the super lambananas all over the city. I was in town yesterday Lambanana hunting and they are brilliant.

There are loads of other stuff going on all over the city and when the bid was first entered I seem to remember them saying there are more museums and art galleries in Liverpool than anyother city in the country except for london.
Theres the Tate museum where rodins Kiss is currently on show.

CHeck out http://liverpool08.com/ for loads more info

[staker]

You could always go on euro star that is getting much cheaper now, i love france, i know you want to go in the uk though.