Best Places to Visit Outside London in One Week: Itinerary
Browse more guides: United Kingdom travel | Europe destinations I had a week. I'd done London twice already . Tower of London queue, Borough Market hangover sandwich, the predictable Tate Modern loop. This time I skipped London almost entirely. Trained out of King's Cross and Paddington for seven days, walked roughly eighty kilometres, spent around 1,180 GBP including transport, and came back with a clear opinion about which UK destinations reward a foreign visitor and which are tourist drag shows. This is that itinerary. Two routes - one south, one north - because I did the south in spring and the north in late summer the following year. Pick the one that fits your mood. Why I Skip London on a 7-Day UK Trip London eats time. But tube delays, queue-everywhere museums, a 30-quid sit-down lunch that would cost 12 in Birmingham. If you've ten or twelve days, sure, give London three. On a seven-day trip the math doesn't work. Outside London the country is more honest...