Whether you choose to visit Bath, Canterbury, Chester, Durham, Oxford, Stratford-upon-Avon or York, each of Britain's Heritage Cities has its own story to tell.

You'll be astonished by all there is to discover here: cities like Manchester and Liverpool teem with great culture and nightlife, the Lake District inspires, and there are troves of history in York and Chester.

Where else in the world can you explore the land that produced Shakespeare and the Industrial Revolution, then go pub-hopping by canal boat?

Experience a whole new side of this famous city by hitting the gallery scene, shopping where everything old is new again, following in Dickens footsteps or rising above it all on the London Eye and more.

Welcome to a country of tradition–tartan, whisky and Gaelic, to name but a few. But Scotland's main cities, Edinburgh and Glasgow, are incredibly vibrant, with unique cultural scenes of their own.

Slip into a Roman bath or roam a fossil-covered coast, take in palm trees as well as quaint, thatched-roof houses. It's all possible in the surprising South West.

This vibrant, historical land was made for explorers: there's cosmopolitan Cardiff, awe-inspiring Snowdonia, plus a cliff-side golf course where you can have a pint under the ninth hole!