Going out on a punt along the waterways is a quintessential Cambridge experience © S.Borisov / Shutterstock 9. This is an experience that stays with you. In the slanting sunlight, away from the crowds, it's an ethereal place. Most visitors gaze at the approximately 25-ton stones from behind the perimeter fence, but with enough planning, you can arrange an early-morning or evening tour and gain access to the inner ring itself. The result is a strong sense of historical context, with dignity and mystery returned to an archaeological gem. An ultramodern makeover at ancient Stonehenge has brought an impressive visitor center and the closure of an intrusive road (now restored to grassland). People have been drawn to this myth-laden ring of boulders for more than 5000 years, and we still don't know quite why it was built. Mysterious and compelling, Stonehenge is England's most iconic ancient site. Local tip: Big names perform in the West End (London’s equivalent of Broadway), and on the South Bank at the National Theatre and the Old Vic while smaller theatres from the Almeida to the Lyric Hammersmith are places to discover up-an-coming talent.
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Visit world-class museums such as the British Museum, Natural History Museum and the Science Museum, and be dazzled at art galleries, including Tate Modern, Tate Britain, the National Gallery and the recently reopened National Portrait Gallery, all of which are free to visit. However you budget your time and money in London, make sure you take in a show. It's also a tireless innovator of art and culture, a city of ideas and imagination.
The city's architecture pens a beguiling biography, and a multitude of buildings – the Tower of London, Westminster Abbey, Big Ben – are instantly recognizable landmarks. Waist-deep in history, London's rich seams of eye-opening antiquity appear at every turn. London is the place to go for art, culture, theatre and live performance © Leon Neal / Getty Images 4.
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Planning tip: Hiking the full 84-mile distance coast to coast along the national trail takes around a week, but if you have less time and your own car, you may want to select from a few of the wall's highlights. Near Newcastle you can visit Segedunum, the wall's last stronghold, for an insight into life during Roman times.
This wall was about defense and control, but this edge-of-empire barrier also symbolized the boundary of civilized order – to the north lay the unruly land of the marauding Celts, while to the south was the Roman world of orderly tax-paying, underfloor heating and bathrooms.
Hadrian's Wall is one of the country's most dramatic Roman ruins, its 2000-year-old procession of abandoned forts, garrisons, towers and milecastles marching across the wild and lonely landscape of northern England. Awash with golden stone townhouses, sweeping crescents and Palladian mansions, along with appealing pubs and restaurants, Bath demands your undivided attention. Founded by the Romans, who established the spa resort of Aquae Sulis to take advantage of the area's hot springs, Bath hit its stride in the 18th century when the rich industrialist Ralph Allen and architects John Wood the Elder and John Wood the Younger oversaw the city's reinvention as a model of Georgian architecture. In a nation packed with pretty cities, Bath still stands out as the belle of the ball. Stroll the streets of Bath like you're the star of a period drama © Shuang Li / Shutterstock 1.
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