The clichés are worth doing — a proper pub Sunday roast, afternoon tea, fish and chips eaten out of paper on a seafront. So is everything else: Speyside and Islay distilleries, English sparkling wine in Sussex and Kent, a Michelin list that runs to well over 180 restaurants, Borough Market and St Nicholas Market, Welsh cheese, Cornish seafood and a curry scene that made the balti Birmingham's.
Across: LondonNorth East ScotlandSouth East EnglandSouth West EnglandWest MidlandsScottish Highlands & Islands
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Don't miss
- Speyside whisky trail
- Islay distilleries
- Borough Market, London
- Sussex and Kent vineyards
- Birmingham's Balti Triangle
- Cornish seafood
Where to go for it
The regions that deliver on food & drink.
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0 highlights London One of the world's great cities, and a country's worth of things to do -
2 highlights North East Scotland Aberdeen's granite, Royal Deeside and the Speyside whisky trail -
5 highlights South East England Windsor, Oxford, cathedral cities and the white cliffs -
5 highlights South West England Stonehenge, Georgian Bath, Jurassic cliffs and the Cornish coast -
1 highlights West Midlands Shakespeare's town, Ironbridge and Birmingham's canals -
7 highlights Scottish Highlands & Islands Skye, the Cairngorms, the North Coast 500 and the northern isles
The other themes
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History & Heritage Stone circles, Roman walls, castles and cathedrals -
Outdoors & Nature Fifteen national parks, three coast paths and a lot of weather -
Arts & Culture Free national museums, the West End and the world's biggest arts festival -
Royalty Palaces, castles, crown jewels and the Changing of the Guard -
Film & TV Standing where Harry Potter, Outlander and Bridgerton were shot -
Adventure & Sport Zip lines in slate quarries, surf on two coasts, and the home of the game -
Music & Festivals Glastonbury, the Fringe, Highland Games and the Beatles' city -
Relaxation & Wellbeing Thermal spas, dark skies, forest bathing and very slow walks -
Shopping Department stores, arcades, vintage markets and Harris Tweed -
Sustainability Travelling Britain by train, on foot and by ferry