Which towns and cities do you like to visit for a walk around?

[hollyblueivy]

Somewhere that is pretty and has something to look at like a cathedral, canal or river and you can spend a couple of hours just exploring?

Thinking mainly England for a day trip but other areas too for weekends.

Worcester
Oxford
Cambridge
Shrewsbury
Woodbridge

Liverpool, Chester, Llandudno, Conwy

York, lovely city to walk around and you can walk on the city walls for some amazing views. However avoid the shambles street unless early or late, because the queue for the ghost shop has ruined it.
A walk along the river is beautiful in the autumn at Durham.
Skipton is beautiful can walk along the canal and thru the woods.

Arundel?

Lincoln Cathedral is beautiful but I can’t remember what the town is like.

Slough
Luton
Walsall
Wakefield
Thamesmead

And avoid race days, Saturdays and events (ice trail, Christmas markets etc) in York too.

So, so busy, full of hen/stag do’s and race days there are too many drunken people.
The events are just rammed.

If you’re selective about where to avoid, Portsmouth & Southsea. Follow the Millenium trail (what’s left of it) from the hard (Portsmouth Harbour train station), round gunwharf quays, up round old Portsmouth (including cathedral) southsea common, finish at the tenth hole cafe for the best selection of cake you’ll ever see. Many, many historical sites and visitor attractions along the way.

lots of the sea front is being reinforced at the moment though so might be worth putting off til 2026.

Liverpool, Cambridge, York, Birmingham, Harrogate, Brighton, Bristol, Glasgow, cardiff

Newcastle
Canterbury
Norwich
Tenterden
Truro
St Ives

I'm biased but definitely Liverpool. I still get blown away by how beautiful it is here.

I'm not sure I'd recommend Chester, I've been there a couple of times this year and the moment the sun goes down there's open drug-taking on the streets and the main subway is impassible really. I was shocked. Don't stay after dark!

Oh really? I loved it for the Dickens connection. Walking around the old buildings in the back streets at dusk was lovely. Also enjoyed the Cathedral & Castle.

Can't believe Harrogate hasn't had a mention yet.

More votes for Newcastle and Oxford. I liked Cardiff too when I last visited, but that was pre-Covid. I don't know if it has changed much since.

If you like a seaside town, Folkestone is up and coming these days and Steep Street and the Harbour Arm are really good for a wander, plus you get the beach too. I'd add another vote for Faversham as well. Quite small but you can head out to the marshes for a longer walk. Morpeth is a good place for a wander in Northumbria.

Cambridge, Winchester, Windsor and Bath are overrated in my opinion and so touristy. With all of them you can get decent walks in along their respective rivers, but I think all three are overcrowded.

Agree with so many of these. Has anybody mentioned Totnes?

Salisbury
Hereford ( and Ludlow) walk along the river W

I think Brighton is a dump @CerealPosterHere but day trippers flock there so I must be missing something!

Harrogate has been mentioned, more than once!

Love Newcastle.

Norwich
Bury St Edmunds
Hereford
Worcester
Wells
Ely
Oxford
Winchester
Chichester
Cambridge
Henley
Petersfield
Bridgnorth
St Albans
Alresford
Amersham
Hitchin

CHichester Salisbury Winchester Arundel Faversham Portsmouth (the area from Southsea castle to the dockyard - the rest isn't fun, Weymouth

theres some nice independent shops at the top of the hill and along the hill. Then at the bottom of the hill it’s pretty much a standard town centre, some nice restaurants. You were maybe traumatised by walking back up Steep Hill and have blocked it out your mind? 😆

Come to the North West. Liverpool. Manchester, Skipton, Clitheroe, Haworth, Ribchester and Pendle witch country with Lancaster. To mention just a few. Also lots of coastline.

Oxford is my favourite.
Also love York and Bath.

Chester is lovely , boat trip on the water, walk round Roman wall . Lots of shops.cafes all very close and a church in the centre

Also Liverpool, the Anglian cathedral is lovely to walk around inside right upto the very top (for small fee) look around Liverpool from the top
also cafe for food and drinks
Theres also the Roman Catholic church

On the Liverpool waterfront
there the ferry , over to the wirral
the Albert Dock with shops/cafes
the ferry terminal fir the ships (if your lucky queen mary 2)
Beatles , Cavin Club
Beatles statues
just a few things

Suggestions of places that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Gloucester/Cheltenham - Gloucester has a beautiful cathedral and converted docks; up the road Cheltenham has Georgian architecture and shopping.

Cirencester - Roman museum, medieval church & nice town for pootling.

Hastings/Battle - Abbey, castle and lovely walks.

Chipping Campden, Stow-on-the-Wold or Broadway - small market towns with great eateries and independent shops.

Bradford on Avon

Chichester

Bath - easy to get lost though!

Alnwick

Bishop Auckland and surrounding area