Tell me of 10 uk attractions/landmarks that my children shouldn't miss out on.

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Ill start.

1. Buckingham Palace
2. House of Commons
3. Windsor Castle
4. Hampton Court Palace
5. Llangollan cannal
6. Edinburgh castle
7. Hadrian's wall
8. Culloden battlefield
9. Royal Mile

10. Cairngorms

Just checked out Bude Tunnel on Trip Advisor British humour at its best, hilarious

@Southbucksoldbuffer

Avebury, Silbury Hill and Kennet long barrow. All close together and with Avebury you can touch the stones unlike Stonehenge. Also kids love exploring the long barrow.

Totally agree.

@Aurea that picture is stunning! Makes me want to go.

I excitedly googled Bude tunnel. can’t say I’ll be adding that to my list.

Are your children into books? Places that have book/author links -
Bekenscot Model Village (Link with Enid Blyton)
Oxford (Phillip Pullman)
Swanage/Corfe Castle (Enid again)
Train ride from Kings Cross up to Scotland then the steam train (Glencoe?) (Harry Potter)
Bluebell Railway (the new Jacqueline Wilson is set at a heritage railway that's based on Bluebell)

Agree, Stirling Castle over Edinburgh Castle.

The dry stone walls thing, they are UK wide but more in the north than the south and they are a particular feature of the Yorkshire Dale's. There's an area near Malham Cove where the dry stone walls are amazing. The stone barn in almost every field is also really only found in the Dale's.

Would add Brimham Rocks to the list.

You’re right about stately homes, @DFOD. Keep off the grass and don’t touch anything is a rubbish experience even as a grown up, and so much worse for children.
We do like to visit somewhere fancy near Christmas to see all the decorations, but once a year is about our limit.

Depends on the age.
Primary age we took them on lots of worthy walks and museums.
Teens (girls) recently enjoyed Brighton Whitby and London.
Small festivals are super fun especially if they can bring a friend and “go off” .

Though whenever I ask my two they want to get on a train to Paris that’s their favourite place 😁

Things my kids (6 and almost 9) have loved are:

1. Hampton Court Palace
2. Arundel Castle
3. Warwick Castle
4. The Science Museum
5. Buckingham Palace
6. Tower of London

They have been underwhelmed by Stonehenge & any kind of countryside walk!

There are lots of fantastic places listed here that I would enjoy, but I would imagine my children would be bored to tears unfortunately. I often find it's the most surprising things which they enjoy the most- we visited a farm near Blackpool which had a small local history museum inside and they LOVED it! They keep asking to go back.
I see a lot of people saying "The Lake District" as well- it's quite a large place but our favourites include:
Muncaster Castle
Catbells
Getting a chippy and sitting by the water
Brockhole (especially the treetop nets)
Steam railway
Rydal Hall

Mine LOVED Harry Potter world. Try to go at right age - late primary not too young or too old.

Exmoor or Dartmoor stunning Watersmeet beautiful. I always researched short circular walks including cream tea etc mine don’t enjoy great long hikes

A West End show.

Giants Causeway and the North Antrim coastline - don’t just walk to the rocks and back ! Walk down then come back by walking up over the cliff. Spectacular.
Tower of London
Portsmouth Dockyards
Yorkshire Dales
Mountains of Mourne
Science Museum, Nat History Museum

1. Hampton Court
2. Tower of London
3. Stonehenge (and Avebury)
4. St Michael’s Mount
5. Salisbury Cathedral
6. Holy Island
7. British Museum
8. Lake District/Peak District
9. The Western Isles

10. Jurassic Coast

Edinburgh Castle and Edinburgh generally
The Trossachs, go for a boat ride on Loch Katrine and a bike ride around it, a ride on a boat on Loch Lomond and see if you can see any red squirrels at the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park at Aberfoyle
Cardiff Bay and Cardiff generally
Emirates cable car and a ride on the tube and the DLR and go to Greenwich
Spinnaker Tower and historic dockyard at Portsmouth
Liverpool waterfront
York and/or Chester
If you are into beaches Weymouth beach is supposed to have the best sand for sandcastles, otherwise go to Northumberland instead
Agree Avebury much better than Stonehenge
Corinium museum in Cirencester

Giants Causeway and the North Antrim coastline - don’t just walk to the rocks and back ! Walk down then come back by walking up over the cliff. Spectacular

Yes I would definitely add this to my list. People rave about other coastlines but I don't think there's anywhere as beautiful as the Antrim coast. Not sure if kids would find it that interesting though.

Apparently the Scottish side of the Giant's Causeway is meant to be nicer.

Following

The Trossachs, go for a boat ride on Loch Katrine and a bike ride around it, a ride on a boat on Loch Lomond and see if you can see any red squirrels at the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park at Aberfoyle

and while in area can also go to Stirling Castle and Castle Campbell

In no particular order:

1. Walk or train up Snowdon
2. People’s History Museum, Manchester
3. Glasgow for the amazing architecture and any remnants of the School of Art
4. Skara Brae, Maes Howe, Tin Church, Ring of Brodgar - Orkney
5. Stratford Upon Avon for Shakespeare history plus a play
6. Blackpool illuminations and Tower plus candy floss and rock
7. Houses of Parliament
8. Stonehenge and Avebury
9. Ironbridge and the Black Country Museum

10. Natural History Museum

@GoodnightGrandma

Beamish. Liverpool waterfront, go on the ferry. Formby pine woods and beach. Look for Neolithic footprints when the tide is out.

Yes Formby for more opportunities to see red squirrels

I thought of a couple more - I've been to neither of them but I bet they are both really interesting - Bletchley/national computing museum and the Centre for Alternative technologies in Wales.

11. Haworth

12. Centre for Alternative Technology at Machynlleth

I work with a lot of people from other countries and they always ask where to visit. They usually want London, Edinburgh and Bath or Oxford.

I think we are lucky there are so many good things to see in the UK. In terms of experience I often point them towards;

A beautiful windswept beach (e. Three Cliffs in S. Wales or Bamburgh)
A seaside resort for amusement arcades, a pier and fish and chips
A castle
A Sunday pub walk (somewhere like Cotswolds or by a river so maybe Henley)
Punting in Oxford or Cambridge
A sport event (they usually pick football but I push rugby )
Avebury or standing stones elsewhere but not Stonehenge
A pantomime if near Christmas
A country fair in summer
An industrial city like Glasgow or Liverpool

Actually there's too much to list