Advice needed on a trip to Great Britain, United Kingdom for a week

[Savak]

I will be travelling with my wife to the United Kingdom where we will have 6-7 days to explore the country in August. The plan is that my uncle who lives in Kent will pick us up and take us to his place and the next day, we will travel from Kent to London. I was checking on google maps that the distance b/w his residence and London is an hour and 30 minutes via driving and by public transport it could actually take 3.5-4 hours therefore i think we will need to book a hotel in London for a couple of days.

We will obviously be going to London to explore all the main tourist attractions. Our original plan was to devote all our days to the city of London but others have advised us on spending not more than 3 days exploring London and the remaining time exploring the English Country Side because London can get boring pretty fast.

Will be greatful if people living in the UK will be able to provide some good feedback on how to make the most of this 6-7 day experience in the UK in August.

 

[yuba]

I will be travelling with my wife to the United Kingdom where we will have 6-7 days to explore the country in August. The plan is that my uncle who lives in Kent will pick us up and take us to his place and the next day, we will travel from Kent to London. I was checking on google maps that the distance b/w his residence and London is an hour and 30 minutes via driving and by public transport it could actually take 3.5-4 hours therefore i think we will need to book a hotel in London for a couple of days.

We will obviously be going to London to explore all the main tourist attractions. Our original plan was to devote all our days to the city of London but others have advised us on spending not more than 3 days exploring London and the remaining time exploring the English Country Side because London can get boring pretty fast.

Will be greatful if people living in the UK will be able to provide some good feedback on how to make the most of this 6-7 day experience in the UK in August.

Fromkent catch a train into london about a hour driving take longerand you have to pay congestion and ULEZ

 

[jamesisi]

Hi

 

[jamesisi]

So yes London can get boring for vacation, it’s hectic city with mixed minorities living there. 6/7 days won’t be enough as England is vast country so many beautiful place to see you need at least 2 / 3 weeks minimum.
I moved from London to live in country side in Cheshire Chester as it has significant history to it.

 

[Englishman]

Lake District

Far from London but worth it.

But if you are only there for a week maybe ask him about national parks closer to London (they won't be as good as the places up north though)

 

[Ali_Baba]

I will be travelling with my wife to the United Kingdom where we will have 6-7 days to explore the country in August. The plan is that my uncle who lives in Kent will pick us up and take us to his place and the next day, we will travel from Kent to London. I was checking on google maps that the distance b/w his residence and London is an hour and 30 minutes via driving and by public transport it could actually take 3.5-4 hours therefore i think we will need to book a hotel in London for a couple of days.

We will obviously be going to London to explore all the main tourist attractions. Our original plan was to devote all our days to the city of London but others have advised us on spending not more than 3 days exploring London and the remaining time exploring the English Country Side because London can get boring pretty fast.

Will be greatful if people living in the UK will be able to provide some good feedback on how to make the most of this 6-7 day experience in the UK in August.

1 - the https://londonpass.com/ has most of the good locations listed in London, and the ticket will allow you to go to these attractions with the pass, or discounted rate ( check each venue )

2 - The Jurassic Coast ( https://www.jurassiccoast.org/ ) has some good locations - ( you might even dig up a fossil if you are lucky ) and is a beautiful drive/visit.

3 - If you want to see real core england, then the Lake District, Peak District is worth a visit.

4 - Pop over to wales, and visit Snowdonia Nation Park.

These are what come to the top of my mind. 2 days - you can do the best sites in london if you are "focussed", 3 should be enough.

 

[Englishman]

If you are in London and don't mind spending a bit of money....Good Halal steak place called Zalman meats on top floor of Harvey nichols (be prepared to spend around £80-100 for 2 ppl).

 

[epebble]

London can get boring pretty fast.

That is a lie. We spent a week touring London, and it is anything but boring. But a week is just too short to see much of U.K. Use it to see London instead of wasting time (and expense) on travel.

 

[tman786]

I've spent 18 years in London and it is not boring! Every day is madness!

Visit the following attractions:

Harrods
Oxford Street
Westminster - houses of parliament, downing Street, Scotland yard
Piccadilly circus
Selfridges
Mayfair
Soho
Shoreditch
Covent garden

London natural history museum (free entrance)
British museum (free entrance)
London zoo
Kew gardens
Madam tasudes
London eye
London dungeons
Churchill war rooms
Regents park and street
Hyde park - you can pop over to haraami Gunja's flat
Spitalfields market - food galore
Berkeley Square - Bugatti dealer and restaurants
Embankment
Westfield - white city
Knightsbridge

Loads of bars, casinos, titty bars, restaurants (halal galore)

Hope that helps

Food is next level and so many halal options. Use Google maps for searches for everything. You will love it.

 

[mangochutney]

Kent is beautiful it’s the garden of England .

 

[K_Bin_W]

I will be travelling with my wife to the United Kingdom where we will have 6-7 days to explore the country in August. The plan is that my uncle who lives in Kent will pick us up and take us to his place and the next day, we will travel from Kent to London. I was checking on google maps that the distance b/w his residence and London is an hour and 30 minutes via driving and by public transport it could actually take 3.5-4 hours therefore i think we will need to book a hotel in London for a couple of days.

We will obviously be going to London to explore all the main tourist attractions. Our original plan was to devote all our days to the city of London but others have advised us on spending not more than 3 days exploring London and the remaining time exploring the English Country Side because London can get boring pretty fast.

Will be greatful if people living in the UK will be able to provide some good feedback on how to make the most of this 6-7 day experience in the UK in August.

I use to live in Ilford Essex, take my advice do not take a car to London take the tube/underground, plenty of places to see downtown.

 

[mangochutney]

Book train tickets on train line.com
It’s under a tenner to get to Victoria from Kent depending which part your in .
Traffics a nightmare in the big smoke jump on the tube
Ashes cricket series is being played as are friendly football matches with big teams .

Crickets in Manchester and Nottingham though but is brilliant atmosphere and worth a visit if your into it .

Euston direct to new street if you’d like to
Visit Birmingham 1&half hr away & see how the midlanders live , it’s directly in middle of country and you can get anywhere on train easy and quick time

Yorkshire
Lancashire

A place which you can explore by car is Wales
It is stunningly beautiful


Depends what you and your bird are into

Bird = your wife/girlfriend English slang .

If you get stuck in anyway let any of us know and you’ve nothing to worry about

Safe happy travels .

 

[khansaheeb]

So yes London can get boring for vacation, it’s hectic city with mixed minorities living there. 6/7 days won’t be enough as England is vast country so many beautiful place to see you need at least 2 / 3 weeks minimum.
I moved from London to live in country side in Cheshire Chester as it has significant history to it.

Lol, I moved from Cheshire to London because I thought Cheshire was pretty boring. I lived in Little Sutton just outside Ellesmere port.

 

[khansaheeb]

I will be travelling with my wife to the United Kingdom where we will have 6-7 days to explore the country in August. The plan is that my uncle who lives in Kent will pick us up and take us to his place and the next day, we will travel from Kent to London. I was checking on google maps that the distance b/w his residence and London is an hour and 30 minutes via driving and by public transport it could actually take 3.5-4 hours therefore i think we will need to book a hotel in London for a couple of days.

We will obviously be going to London to explore all the main tourist attractions. Our original plan was to devote all our days to the city of London but others have advised us on spending not more than 3 days exploring London and the remaining time exploring the English Country Side because London can get boring pretty fast.

Will be greatful if people living in the UK will be able to provide some good feedback on how to make the most of this 6-7 day experience in the UK in August.

Which part of Kent are you travelling form Seven Oaks, Tunbridge Wells, Canterbury? I think Waterloo is the terminus. Anyway best to avoid going in by car to London there are too many charges and parking is an issue.

Depends on what your taste is whether Museums , art galleries , palaces and land marks, shopping etc, but London has so much to offer for all tastes.

I would recommend the following:-

Day1 Westminster:-London Eye, London Aquarium, Houses of Parliament which are all next to each other, Charing cross:- Trafalgar Square
Day 2 South Kensington:- Natural history Museum, Science Museum and Victoria and Albert Museum (All next to each other and free)

Day 3:- St James Park:- Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, Madam Tausauds.

Not sure what else you can cram into 3 days other than a river cruise perhaps at Westminster?
Tower Bridge :- Tower of London

Outside London:- I would recommend going to Wales Mount Snowdon/Lllanberis pass and then head to Lake Windermere / Mount Scafell. Stop for a night and head to Edingburgh stay in a hotel and drive back for 8 hours!

However more local to you there is White cliffs of Dover and Seven Sisters cliffs.

Don't forget Windosr Castle and the local them parks at Chessington and Thorpe. UK is perhaps one the safest and best places for tourism in the world.

 

[ProudThamizhan]

3 or 4 days London
1 day Kent
1 day Oxford
2 days - do whatever your wife wants to do