UK

The United Kingdom, made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is an island nation in northwestern Europe. England – birthplace of Shakespeare and The Beatles – is home to the capital, London, a globally influential centre of finance and culture. England is also site of Neolithic Stonehenge, Bath’s Roman spa and centuries-old universities at Oxford and Cambridge.

My Trips

• 2013 May 31 to June 14 (2 Weeks): Went to UK with family and stayed with our family members living there for two weeks. Also visited many interesting places across the UK on a long road trip.
• 2017 May 11 to 20 (10 Days): Went to UK again on a business trip and visited many more places that I missed during my previous trip.

Visited States/Places/Attractions

• England
  • London
    • Natural History Museum
    • Science Museum
    • British Museum
    • Big Ben
    • Houses of Parliament
    • Westminster Abbey
    • London Eye
    • Buckingham Palace
    • Victoria Memorial
    • Green Park
    • Hyde Park
    • 10 Downing Street
    • Piccadilly Circus
    • Oxford Street
    • Tower Bridge
    • Barbican Center
    • Tower of London
    • Trafalgar Square
    • St. Paul's Cathedral
    • St. Margaret's Church
    • Marble Arch
    • The Shard
    • Tate Modern
    • Borough Market
    • Shakespeare's Globe
  • Cambridge (University of Cambridge, King's College Chapel, Peterhouse College, Trinity College, Bridge of Sighs, Punting)
  • Oxford (University of Oxford)
  • Worcester (Worcester Cathedral, River Severn, Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty)
  • Birmingham (The Bull by Laurence Broderick, Bourneville Cadbury World)
  • Manchester (Manchester Town Hall)
  • Lake District (Windermere, Ullswater, Pooley Bridge)
  • Bath (The Roman Baths)
  • Salisbury (Stonehenge)
  • Marlborough
  • Oswestry
  • Stratford-upon-Avon (Shakespeare's Birthplace)
  • Bourton-on-the-Water (River Windrush, low bridges, traditional stone houses.)
  • Dover (Dover Castle, White Cliffs of Dover)
  • Canterbury (a historic English cathedral city and UNESCO World Heritage Site)
  • St. Neots
• Scotland
  • Glasgow
  • Loch Lomond
  • Glencoe
  • Fort William (Glen Nevis)
  • Kyle (Shiel Bridge, Glenelg, Dun Troddan, Eilanreach, Moyle)
  • Isle of Skye (Kylerhea, Broadford, Sligachan, Portree, Old Man of Storr, Staffin, Flodigarry, Kilmuir, Uig, Dunvegan Castle, Glendale, Kyle Lochalsh, Eilean Donan castle at Dornie)
  • Bridge of Orchy
  • Tyndrum
  • Callander
  • Edinburgh (Edinburgh Castle, Calton Hill, Edinburgh Central Mosque, )
• Wales
  • Llangollen
  • Conwy (The Smallest House In Great Britain, Conwy Castle)
  • Snowdonia (Llanberis, Nant Peris, Betws-y Coed)
• Northern Ireland
  • Belfast
    • Castle Place (famous city street square)
    • The Big Fish Sculpture ( printed ceramic mosaic sculpture)
    • Titanic Belfast (visitor center near yard where RMS Titanic was built)
    • Stormont Parliament Buildings
    • Lower Newtownards Road (Wall Murals)
    • Belfast City Hall (city hall)
    • Great Victoria Street (famous hotels, bus and train stations)
    • University Road (Queen’s University, Botanic Gardens and Ulster Museum)
    • Garden Of Remembrance, Bobby Sands Mural
    • Falls Road International Wall Murals (International Wall Murals and Peace Walls)
  • Dunluce Castle (now-ruined medieval castle)
  • Giant's Causeway (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
  • Ballintoy Harbour (a small fishing harbour; Game of Thrones location)
  • Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge (links the mainland to the tiny island of Carrickarede)
  • Portaneevy Cliffs (Cliffs from where you can see the Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge)
  • The Dark Hedges (tunnel-like avenue of intertwined beech trees, planted in the 18th-century; Game of Thrones location)