What is the nicest town or city you have visited in England?

[MikeRafone]

What is the nicest town or city you have visited in England?

I'll go first

Wells

I haven't read every single post and agree with so many. I don't know if anyone has mentioned Carlisle yet. We had a brilliant weekend break there a few years ago. It got off to a fantastic start by the journey there on the beautiful Settle-Carlisle railway in bright sunshine.

In Scotland we enjoyed our visit to Stirling last year.

Other towns I like - Frome, Bradford on Avon, Wells-Next-the-Sea, Alnmouth, Morpeth.

I’m exceptionally fond of Wales, Aberystwyth is beautiful and Cardigan.

Oxford would be nice without the tourists, it’s too small to handle them.

Thank you for being so positive about Bradford. I grew up there and it was absolutely smashed to pieces on the other thread which was gutting. It does have lots of amazing architecture and you’re spot on about the Waterstones, it’s the best in the country.

Is Bombay Stores still there? That’s a brilliant place too.

Yes, it is. My kids are enthralled by it.

Re Holt, we're devatated that Byfords no longer have the deli, it's apparently now a bar for the hotel guests. Where can I get my chocolate fridge slices now, obviously asked on behalf og my grandchildren!

This thread's intersting because of the number of places cropping up on both the worst and best places, just proof that beauty is in the eye of the beholder!

Me too re Stroud

... Slough. It's a great centre for visiting many places and very quick and easy on the train into London. Also local bus service to Heathrow. Black Park has the rare Purple Emperor butterfly... and the chocolate smell from the Mars factory...

Slough is a borough and many of the villages are pretty. Slough itself is not but it has good transport links and it's only about 2.5 miles from Windsor and Eton. The parks in Slough are good.

Slough. Reminds me of the poem by Sir John Betjeman.

I went there once. He wasn't wrong.😂

Edited to add: LOL, just noticed your username!

You’re the second person to say Inverness I know it well I must be seriously missing something! It just a boring small city with bloody awful traffic.

Stunning blue flag beaches , amazing history, lovely parks, good restaurants and shops, proximity to Edinburgh … lots to like.

Depends whether it’s to live or visit. I could definitely imagine retiring in Harrogate, Winchester or Canterbury (I’m at an age where you think about that sort of thing). Or Glasgow if we are doing the whole of the UK. Plenty of others I’ve loved visiting but wouldn’t want to live in permanently (I already live in London so I’m not including it).

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, not in England.

Did you mean England, or the UK? The very first post was about Wales 🤦‍♀️

And Runswick Bay. Like walking through a fairy story. It's beautiful.

The Mumbles near Swansea

I love Norwich. Got everything..

England, not Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland - which makes up the United Kingdom with England. I'm aware of what the Uk and England are and the difference

The very first post mentioned Birmingham, which I think has a lot to offer and around that area, there are other posts listing great places then a random Welsh or Scottish place popped in, not sure whether they don't know or aren't aware - probably best to just ignore

@MikeRafone I think people are just being rebellious which makes it fun!! I commented on a post liking Verona!!!

I put Perth. Sorry. I got a bit carried away.

Not recently, but Arundel and Lymington were two nice towns that I remember visiting.

I also like the next town along to me where I was brought up, really annoys me when people slag it off, it does have some really nice aspects to it but just because the town centre is really awful now, they can't seem to see past that.

Australia? Now it’s getting ridiculous

Or Perth in Scotland!!

Scotland! I wasn't that excited

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