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Museums & culture in United Kingdom

Museums, galleries, open-air heritage sites and the collections worth planning a day around.

seaside town

Aberystwyth

Ceredigion
coastal town

Aldeburgh

Suffolk
village

Betws-y-Coed

Conwy
village

Bibury

Gloucestershire
industrial district

Birmingham Jewellery Quarter

West Midlands
village

Bourton-on-the-Water

Gloucestershire
town

Bradford-on-Avon

Wiltshire
market town

Bury St Edmunds

Suffolk
spa town

Buxton

Derbyshire
monastic island

Caldey Island

Pembrokeshire
stone circle

Callanish Standing Stones

Outer Hebrides
village

Castle Combe

Wiltshire
stone circle

Castlerigg Stone Circle

Cumbria
georgian harbour

Charlestown

Cornwall
burial cairns

Clava Cairns

Highland
fishing village

Clovelly

Devon
flower market

Columbia Road Flower Market

London
piazza and market

Covent Garden

London
burgh

Culross

Fife
port town

Dartmouth

Devon
former mill village

Dean Village

Edinburgh
coastal villages

East Neuk of Fife

Fife
village and museum

Grasmere and Dove Cottage

Cumbria
protected cloth

Harris Tweed

Outer Hebrides
fishing quarter

Hastings Old Town

East Sussex
moorland village

Haworth

West Yorkshire
book town

Hay-on-Wye

Powys
mill town

Hebden Bridge

West Yorkshire
cemetery

Highgate Cemetery

London
historic house

Hill Top

Cumbria
city

Inverness

Highland
archaeological site

Jarlshof

Shetland
galleryKelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum

Glasgow, Scotland
market town

Knaresborough

North Yorkshire
village

Lacock

Wiltshire
village

Lavenham

Suffolk
tidal island

Lindisfarne

Northumberland
seaside resort

Llandudno

Conwy
town

Llangollen

Denbighshire
transport museum

London Transport Museum

London
cricket ground

Lord's Cricket Ground

London
seaside town

Margate

Kent
open-air theatre

Minack Theatre

Cornwall
maritime museum

National Maritime Museum

London
museumNatural History Museum

Natural History Museum

London
ferry port

Oban

Argyll and Bute
village

Plockton

Highland
fishing village

Port Isaac

Cornwall
street market

Portobello Road Market

London
harbour town

Portree

Isle of Skye
maritime heritage site

Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

Hampshire
stone circle

Ring of Brodgar

Orkney
fishing village

Robin Hood's Bay

North Yorkshire
concert hall

Royal Albert Hall

London
observatoryRoyal Observatory Greenwich

Royal Observatory Greenwich

London
town

Rye

East Sussex
model village

Saltaire

West Yorkshire
seaside resort

Scarborough

North Yorkshire
science museum

Science Museum

London
theatre

Shakespeare's Globe

London
market town

Shrewsbury

Shropshire
arts centre

Somerset House

London
riverside arts quarter

South Bank

London
seaside town

Southwold

Suffolk
cathedral city

St Albans

Hertfordshire
university and golf town

St Andrews

Fife
ruined church garden

St Dunstan in the East

London
open-air museumSt Fagans National Museum of History

St Fagans National Museum of History

Cardiff, Wales
seaside town

St Ives

Cornwall
fishing village

Staithes

North Yorkshire
industrial city

Stoke-on-Trent Potteries

Staffordshire
theatreStratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon

Warwickshire
archaeological site

Sutton Hoo

Suffolk
art museum

Tate Britain

London
art museum

Tate Modern

London
walled seaside town

Tenby

Pembrokeshire
museumThe British Museum

The British Museum

England
traditionThe Highland Games

The Highland Games

Scotland
festivalThe National Eisteddfod of Wales

The National Eisteddfod of Wales

Wales
galleryThe National Gallery

The National Gallery

England
museumTitanic Belfast

Titanic Belfast

Belfast, Northern Ireland
fire festival

Up Helly Aa

Shetland
museumVictoria and Albert Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

London
sports museum

Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum

London

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