Touring England - Where to go???

[J381]

The missus and I are heading down to visit her father in Worthing next week, but before we get down to Worthing we fancy stopping off at a few places that are worth visiting on the way. We're planning a day/night in London while we're there so that's covered.
Our plan is to leave Falkirk, Scotland, and head to Newcastle for the first night and then we thought about Alton Towers for our next stop, but we've both agreed that it'll be a wasted day because she won't go on anything.... Much to my disappointment!

So where is worth visiting between Newcastle and Worthing? We're looking for fun things to do during the day and also at night. Does anyone know if there's any shows/comedians etc on next week (Thursday 26th)?

Cheers.

[davepoth]

J381 said:

So where is worth visiting between Newcastle and Worthing? We're looking for fun things to do during the day and also at night. Does anyone know if there's any shows/comedians etc on next week (Thursday 26th)?

Cheers.

There's a village on the way called London which is quite interesting I recall...

[J381]

davepoth said:

There's a village on the way called London which is quite interesting I recall...

As I mentioned in my first post we are planning to go to London while we're down there. It's something in between.

[rupert the dog]

Newcastle and Worthing? Erm, I'm thinking , er Grimsby, Newark, Letchworth, or if you want to go off piste maybe Hitchin?

[Alfachick]

York is really nice. Lots to see and do. We stopped there for a planned 2 night stay on the way back up north from a wedding, but there was so much there and we liked it so much we stayed an extra night.
Lots of great pubs as well

[CharlieHotel]

Gumball is in London the 26th?

[Bing o]

Lake District or Cotswolds?

[CO2000]

Chester is nice for a day or two, very compact for walking around if staying central.

[rich85uk]

Never been before but while at that neck of the woods i would check out lake district, then down to leeds or possibly york, then possibly birmingham (no seriously, the centre is really quite nice in the right places) then a stop off in the cotsworlds before london


random but worth a pop

[J381]

Spent last night in Newcastle, went to
Flamingoland today, went to York tonight for dinner and a hotel.
Heading to Calverton and Nottingham tomorrow morning, and then down to Brighton for night.

Anything worth doing/seeing in Calverton and Nottingham?

Cheers

[alfa pint]

I'm from Newcastle originally. Ignore anything immediately south of there and head for the Yorkshire moors.

Whitby, York, Robin Hoods Bay are all brilliant little towns (Robin Hoods Bay is worth a google at least, tiny little lanes, no cars, good pubs, charming place when not totally full of tourists) Flamingo Land was fantastic the last time I was there (maybe aged 14!) The yorkshire moors themselves are lovely.

Further south, Harrogate is gorgeous but there's not much to do.

Following that, I would probably head down to Cambridge and have a trip on the water in a punt and have a nice tea.

[F i F]

alfa pint said:

Following that, I would probably head down to Cambridge and have a trip on the water in a punt and have a nice tea.

Good shout and a visit to Duxford maybe?

http://duxford.iwm.org.uk/

[rich85uk]

if heading to nottingham why not stop off in the peak district? been to nottingham itself and while theres nothing wrong with the city, imo its nothing special

[J381]

Ended up having a look around Nottingham city and going for lunch. Nice enough place!

We're now in Worthing. Anything worth doing/seeing in Worthing/Brighton?

Cheers

[CHIEF]

J381 said:

Ended up having a look around Nottingham city and going for lunch. Nice enough place!

We're now in Worthing. Anything worth doing/seeing in Worthing/Brighton?

Cheers

Arundel castle is quite nice or maybe pop over to Chichester and Goodwood