UK City Break Ideas?

[raceboy]

Planning the our usual March 'getaway' and have decided to stay in the UK this year.
Looking for ideas of somewhere to spend a long weekend.
Current ideas were cities to allow a bit of shopping and a bit of cheesey tourist stuff, and a good night life, had almost lined up Manchester just to do the Coronation Street tour but apparently it's not available anymore.
Hotels in the centres and nice but not the Ritz.
Open to ideas of cites...must have a cheesey tourist attraction or two, or leftfield ideas....

[v15ben]

Edinburgh perhaps or dare I say it Leeds?

[snotrag]

v15ben said:

Edinburgh perhaps or dare I say it Leeds?

As much as I love it, and theres plenty to do in the surrounding areas - the centre of Leeds is a fecking disgrace, and I would NOT reccomend anyone pay good money to stay there. Rundown, filthy, divided.


Harrogate or York are just a few miles away and much easier on the eye.

[raceboy]

Leeds is a none starter, we have friends there and go up quite often anyway, in fact we have a trip booked there before the March one.

[Nobby Diesel]

Brighton?

[raceboy]

anonymous said:

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Not a thing....except £200 a night is a bit on the 'over bubget' side for a bed to crash in for the night.

Nobby Diesel said:

Brighton?

Bit far

[rlw]

Brighton a bit far? Where are you starting from - Stavanger?

[fatboy b]

We went to Cambridge the other weekend - thoroughly enjoyed it.

[v15ben]

On that note too how about Oxford?
I have some mates down there and always enjoy going to visit.
Just don't take the Chim

[staceyb]

Newcastle:

Shopping - yup
Touristy stuff - yup
Night Life - yup
Decent but not too expensive hotels - yup

[staceyb]

anonymous said:

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Not exactly French but the best restaurants in Newcastle are The Black Door Restaurant or Malmaison's restaurant on the Quayside http://www.malmaison-newcastle.com/indulge/brasser...

Or there is Seaham Hall which is about half an hours drive from Newcastle city centre.
http://www.seaham-hall.co.uk/fine_dining.asp

One thing Newcastle is lacking is some seriously good restaurants.

[raceboy]

And the advantages with Newcastle are we don't need to take coats.
Interested in looking into the Oxford/Cambridge ideas.