10 Must-Visit Places in England – Hidden Gems & Underrated Places

I hope you guys visit Glasgow, Scotland here in the UK it has so much great history with Cathedrals, Shops, stores, & so much more to choose from there! I enjoy watching your videos and keep up the great work!

In Salisbury the cathedral is stunning with the tallest spire in England. The Close which surrounds the cathedral is beautiful. Try The Haunch of Venison pub in the city centre, first recorded in 1320. It's at 1 Minster Steet.
Also The New Forest which is near Salisbury, with beautiful villages. There are ponies, donkeys, cattle and even pigs in some places, all roaming free. Be careful as you drive through as they walk all over the roads and they have priority.
I love Norwich. It has a very continental feel about it. The market is on a slope and very odd to walk around.
Perhaps you ought to move to the UK as there's loads more to see! Thanks for the videos. I live in England and perhaps don't visit as many places as I should?

Dartmoor get's plenty enough attention, please stay away (speaking as a resident) 😉

Thank you for another great video, I really enjoy watching them.

Wells is an absolute gem of a place and overlooked by most British people, never mind foreign tourists – and just down the road from busy, nearly over touristed Bath. It is also home to the “Vicar’s Close” – reputedly the oldest continuously occupied medieval street in Europe which is now mainly home to students of the Wells Cathedral School , which itself has a claim to being one of the world’s oldest schools.

Love your videos so much , you need to try Lytham in the north west near Blackpool , then walk up to at Anne’s 3 towns in one

Glad you enjoyed Norwich! I think our city is very underrated in the UK

Hello Cara and Jeremy. Some great choices. I must go see my home city's namesake on Avon. As a Yorkshireman, can I nominate you for number 1 visiting couple on YouTube?

Hi Geekdom. Durham actually had a song written about it too. Rodger Whitaker wrote a song called Durham Town in the 70s it's actually a great story attached to a Durham Resident

Coventry is one of the northern cities that was totally destroyed by the Luftwaffe in WW2 due to its war factories. It was actually a city that suffered a Blitz as much as London did.

Pointless bit of info.
Any city or town that has Cester or Chester in its name is a historical town or city directly linked to the Roman occupation.

Rye and the entire area around Rye is a truly historical area with Camber Sands and golden beaches nearby. Rye along with the small town of Battle where people say its actually the Birthplace of England. Basically Battle and Rye are where William the Conqueror invaded England and fought King Harold. In the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

If you actually enjoy history in the British Isles you really need to get into Wales there are thousands of historical Castles and ancient ruins along with some truly fantastic scenery all throughout Wales. It also has arguably some of Europe's best coastline and beaches if not the world's there are areas of the Welsh coastline that will make you think you are in a tropical paradise but having to wear a coat lol.

Another place you really need to check out is the Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Coldbrookdale or Iron Bridge Gorge in Shropshire on the river Severn which is England's longest river. Iron Bridge is the worlds first ever entirely Bridge built out of Cast iron and thus is a Unesco world heritage site also depending on the time of yr you go to the river Severn you could witness something called the Severn Bore. This is effectively a tidal wave that rushes up the river twice a yr. The Bore travels so fast and is actually large enough to surf the tidal wave as it travels deep into the heart of England and Wales because the Severn is the river that borders the two nations.

Another place youve got to visit is Cheddar Gorge. The Birth place of the world renowned Cheddar cheese. A truly beautiful gorge in the west country of England and the only place in England where you can still buy and eat cheddar cheese thats matured in some truly spectacular limestone caves of Cheddar.

In the British Isles Wales actually offers some of the best uncrowded areas in the three national parks that it has and is the only country of the British Isles to have a coastal national park along with two mountainous national parks that offer Mountains caves Goldmines dating back to Roman Britain that you can walk into. Majestic waterfalls, lakes rocky outcrops also.the Preseli hills where the bluestones of Stonehenge came from over 5000 yrs ago and were dragged from west Wales to the Salisbury plain then thers Carmarthen where King Arthurs Merlin was born theres also Laugharne castle and village where the welsh poet Dylan Thomas resided in the area of Carmarthenshire where the three rivers Towy, Gwendraeth and Taff meet in the sea overlooked by the castle

Absolutely love your enthusiasm for the uk, maybe we take it rather for granted? You’ve given me a new perspective. 🙏
Love your review of Rye, it’s wonderful and we live on the south coast now an hour away, so we know it well. 🥰
Thank you so much for your glowing, generous review of Coventry. I was born there but moved away 25yrs ago. The transport museum is most surely amazing; but I didn’t know so much new regeneration had taken place too… good to see.
My dad was a prominent uk 🇬🇧 architect based on Spon Street, in the old watchmakers’ building with the triangle and circular windows. The big place on the corner. Easily missed. 😂

You’re right, tho, Coventry has an amazing history; as a kid we could go anywhere to find a wheel maker to tune our bike wheels…that was normal…Coventry made everyone’s bikes -globally – about 100yrs ago! Crazy!
Best wishes from Sussex uk.

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Chester is home to the oldest horse race course in the world, racing has been taking place there since 1549, i live 14 miles south of Durham in Shildon, Shildon is home to locomotion the railway museum, which houses the largest collection of trains in the world, Shildon is known as the cradle of the railways thats because the worlds very first steam powered passenger train left the masons arms pub on 27th September 1825.

I need more time to visit these places! Absolutely love visiting England (and Scotland during our last visit in '22).

The trouble with visiting the UK is that although it is a relatively small island, the diversity of its scenery, its history and its culture and charm means that the average visitor can only sample a little of what is available. So I am glad you made your list of some of the lesser known places to go as I am sure the majority of visitors will stick to the main advertised locations.
If you like Robin Hood Bay, you might like to visit Clovelly in Devon. It looks very similar. Today it is privately owned and I believe there is now an entrance fee possibly, but it too is built on a steep cliff face and no cars are allowed. Then possibly Sidmouth also in Devon, south coast this time, which has become a town where many have decided to retire.
But in reality, there are just so many picturesque towns and villages as by now I am sure you realise! I am glad, also, though that visitors can decide to take seven months to travel around the country. If only many others could make that decision too!

Haha 80s teens will always giggle at the Durham Cathedral door knocker. Thank you, Simon Groom and Blue Peter!

We are keen to visit Coventry. Neil's great grandad was mayor and opened the 'new' cathedral along with the Queen!

Come visit us and we'll take you on a tour of Letchworth Garden City, home of "The World's End"!! N&Nx

Saltburn by Sea is 7 miles away from my front door. Thank you for recognising it for its beauty and ambience – I genuinely felt a bit tearful when you made it number one

Has Helmsley been ticked off the to visit list? A North Yorkshire gem, local to Rievaulx Abbey. Hutton-Le-Hole is also just down the road, Then you got the best pub in Yorkshire up on the moors, The Lion Inn at Blakey Ridge. If renting a car its not far from Whitby.

We are lucky to live in Middlesbrough, a stones throw away from Saltburn, North Yorkshire Moors and Whitby. Slightly further away is York. In the other direction we have the Yorkshire Dales. One place that you should check out is knaresborough.

I would love to come , but with all the news coming out of the UK the worst part of Mexico looks far safer.

Lynmouth and Lynton and nearby Valley of the Rocks

Thank you for the kind words about Coventry. I grew up there and lived there most of my life and while it has it's problems like any post-industrial city, it has loads to offer, an amazing history and absolutely doesn't deserve the sneering from the rest of the country (or indeed many of it's own residents!)

Thanks for including Chester in your list. When you've lived in a place like that for most of your life like I have it's easy to forget how lucky you are to have such a place literally on your doorstep. Thanks for reminding us of that! Also your inclusion of Coventry is really interesting. Before the catastrophic German bombing of the Second World War it was said to have been one of the most perfect medieval cities in England, and the redevelopment after the bombing (the cathedral apart) didn't do it any favours. I get the feeling from your review that you're seeing that old town via the remnants that are left, such as the amazing place in which you stayed.

One place comes to mind which I don't think you've been to that would definitely make your list would be Ludlow, 75 miles south of here, a perfect little Shropshire hill top town with a medieval Marcher castle, old entrance gates, a stunning church and tons more attractive buildings and pubs. Well worth a visit!

Explore North Yorkshire more. Masham (mass ham), Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales etc.