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                       The Best of
                                  Britain 15








        Swing through three countries and several millennia of history
        as you take in a greatest hits parade of Britain’s chart-topping
        sights.
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         TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
                                                     21 DAYS
                                          716 miles  1128 MILES /
                                         Edinburgh   1815KM
                   # _ #          Delve into the tangle of
                   # # #
                    13
                                   alleyways around the
                                     Scottish capital's   GREAT FOR...
                                          Royal Mile
                                                      B
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                 Carlisle
                                                      BEST TIME TO GO
                                                      Myriad festivals take
                              York                    place between May
                               #
                                    0 miles           and September.
                                     London
                         # Manchester
  # _                                This electrifying    ESSENTIAL
                                     metropolis is one of   I  PHOTO
                                     the world's great
                                     cities           Britain’s biggest city
                                                      spread below the
                                                      London Eye.
                                      # Cambridge
      284 miles
       Cardiff                Oxford                 K    BEST FOR
       Visit the Welsh        #                           HISTORY
                                     # # # 1
       capital's castle,   # _ #     # _ #           Follow atmospheric
                   9
                   # # #
                                    %
       museums and   Bath  #       J
       sci-fi sights                                 footpaths through the
                      Salisbury  #  #                world’s largest stone
                              Winchester
                                                     circle at Avebury.
              #
    Location Caption details to go here                            207
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    Edinburgh View of the city from Calton Hill
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