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Ideas for south of England in late April

Posted by (Vancouver, BC) on

Hello - My husband and I are looking at visiting Canterbury during the last week of April when our daughter finishes her semester abroad at one of the universities there. After a few days in Canterbury, we would like to travel around a bit and see something new before we head to see family in Italy about a week later.

Looking for an economical way to get around as we've rented a car in that area twice before and my husband has PTSD from the experience. And if he's stressed about it, I'm going to take a pass. I think trains are really expensive in England so I guess that leaves buses? Looking for transportation ideas.

Also looking for ideas on what to see. My daughter has suggested Cornwall, but that seems far (though wonderful). We would like to see something new. This is where we've already been: Kent, East Sussex (Beachy Head, Brighton), Stonehenge, Bath, Salisbury, Shaftsbury, the Cotswolds, Oxford, and lots of London. I know London has endless sights and would be an easy answer, but I'd also like to see more of the countryside.

Thanks for your ideas

Posted by
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Think car bite prices have gone up mightly in last couple of years
With prebooking and all us Brits manage it every day,train travel can be cheap

Posted by
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As a biased northerner go there.
York is certainly a sight easier to get to than Cornwall .
Spring will have sprung ,lambs in the fields long long days.
The landscapes of either the Dales or Moors only about an hour away too.

Posted by
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You seem to have done a lot of the south. I think it's time to try the north. I could equally show my bias for the North West of England, and the Lake District in particular. But I will just say come north.

Cheap train fares abound to the North of England (either side, east or west) in late April, some really cheap ones. There's no reason you can't come up one side, cross over to the other and go back to London the other side.
It's only 2 or 3 hours maximum coast to coast.

Everyone could probably give you absolutely different, and equally wonderful itineraries for a spring week "up north".

And our Scots friends could equally validly give you Scottish weeks as well.

If you wanted to stay closer to London then East Anglia- Essex/Suffolk/Norfolk would be equally as good.

The world (or the country) anyway awaits you.

Posted by
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Oh wow, so many useful comments here. Thank you! We will have a conference call with the Canterbury daughter tomorrow.

Scotland sounds amazing, but I want more time and will save that for a later trip. Also Canterbury daughter is meeting Swiss daughter there for Easter, so not this trip. But definitely high on my list.

Based on your comments, the North is in play! Also, the other places too. But I hadn't considered the North, so thanks for that

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