The counties that ring London and run down to the Channel: Windsor Castle, the Oxford colleges, Canterbury Cathedral, Brighton's pier and Lanes, the chalk downs of the South Downs National Park, the New Forest's wild ponies and the Isle of Wight across the Solent. Everything here is a comfortable day trip from London — which is exactly how most people use it.
- Windsor Castle — the oldest occupied castle in the world
- The University of Oxford and its colleges
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Brighton — pier, Lanes and the Royal Pavilion
- The South Downs, the New Forest and the Isle of Wight
- The white cliffs of Dover
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Headline destinations
The places VisitBritain leads with in South East England.
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South Downs Chalk downland from Winchester to the Seven Sisters -
New Forest Ancient royal hunting forest, and ponies with right of way -
Isle of Wight The Needles, Osborne House and sailing at Cowes -
Windsor The oldest occupied castle in the world, half an hour from London -
Kent The Garden of England — Canterbury, castles and the white cliffs
Cities
South East England by experience
The VisitBritain themes this region delivers on.
More of England
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London One of the world's great cities, and a country's worth of things to do -
South West England Stonehenge, Georgian Bath, Jurassic cliffs and the Cornish coast -
East of England Cambridge, the Broads, big skies and a quiet coast -
East Midlands The Peak District, Sherwood Forest and stately-home country -
West Midlands Shakespeare's town, Ironbridge and Birmingham's canals -
Yorkshire & The Humber Two national parks, a walled medieval city and the Brontë moors -
North West England The Lake District, the Beatles' Liverpool and Manchester's music -
North East England Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland's castles and empty beaches