British Isles

Open Welsh ridges, waterfalls and market-town bases

Roman thermal springs, golden Georgian crescents & Jane Austen heritage

Shipbuilding, street art and a city rebuilding its story

High plateau, Caledonian pinewood and a Highland gateway

College courtyards and river meadows at a gentler scale

A compact capital of castles, civic streets and a working bay

Basalt geology, cliff paths and small north-coast towns

Granite cliffs, turquoise coves, artist colonies & Celtic coastline

Honey-stone cottages, rolling limestone wolds & country pub fires

A walkable walled city with a complex modern history

Norman cathedral and castle on a river-wrapped peninsula

Old Town closes, volcanic hills & a serious drinking culture

Scotland's creative urban counterweight to Edinburgh

A Highland glen whose scale calls for time on foot

Basalt ridges, sea lochs and villages beyond the famous viewpoints

A geological coastline best read from the path and shore

Glacial lakes, fell ridges, drystone walls & literary heritage

A port city's music, maritime history and confident waterfront

Free museums, old pubs & a city of a hundred villages

Granite summits above sea-facing towns and forest

Medieval fortresses set against mountains and tidal water

Roman frontier, open moors and a coast of castles

Neolithic monuments and sea-facing island life

College courts, libraries and a city shaped by scholarship

Dark gritstone ridges, pale dales and walking villages

Coastal path, harbour towns and beaches with room to roam

Rugged Welsh peaks, slate heritage & mountain steam railways

Two very different Neolithic landscapes on one World Heritage route

Gothic minster, medieval timber shambles & Viking history

Prehistoric cliff forts, dry-stone labyrinths & living Gaeltacht culture

Monumental Atlantic sea cliffs, lunar limestone karst & Doolin trad music

Twelve Bens peaks, fairytale Kylemore Abbey & the Atlantic Sky Road

Artisan food capital, Victorian English Market & the bells of Shandon

Wild Gaeltacht coast, ancient beehive huts & quirky hybrid shop-pubs

Giant Slieve League sea cliffs, handwoven tweed & untamed northern headlands

Georgian squares, venerable literary haunts & lively trad music pubs

Bohemian Latin Quarter, spirited street buskers & wild Atlantic oysters

Anglo-Norman fortress, the Medieval Mile & ancient red ale brewing

Glacial mountain lakes, Ross Castle & the dramatic Ring of Kerry drive

Norse Viking Triangle, master crystal cutters & the scenic Copper Coast