Guide to England
Must See England
- Brighton Royal Pavilion
- Canterbury Cathedral
- Durham
- Highgate Cemetery
- Isles of Scilly
- Lake District
- New Forest
- Northumberland
- Oxford
- Richmond Castle
- Roman Baths Museum
- Shakespeare's Globe
- Shropshire
- Stonehenge
- Tate Modern
- The Cotswolds
- Westminster Abbey
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
Places in England
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These balmy rocky islands, slap in the middle of the warm Gulf Stream, have a pace of life just one slow heartbeat away from total extinction. All have white, sandy beaches, gin-clear waters and a swag of shipwrecks for treasure-loving divers. St Mary's is the only island that allows cars.
The 140 rocky islands sit slap in the middle of the warm Gulf Stream. The mild climate enables plants and trees that grow nowhere else in Britain to flourish, and growing flowers for the mainland is an important industry on the islands. The major tourist attraction is the subtropical gardens at Tresco Abbey on Tresco. The best beaches are on St Martin's, but the most powerful sight is Bryher's Hell Bay in the middle of an Atlantic gale. Visitors can fly to St Mary's from Land's End, Exeter, Newquay, Plymouth and Bristol, or catch a boat from Penzance.