Many of the interesting sights around London (pics) are scattered across a wide area, mostly along the Thames, from Kensington on the West End to Canary Wharf in the East End. So you do have to be willing to get out and travel a bit. Fortunately, there are good transportation options, bus, underground and boat.
Of course, the city of Oxford (pics) is home to Oxford University. The university is actually an amalgam of 38 colleges and is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world.
In 1987, Bath (pics) became the only city in Britain to be declared a Unesco World Heritage Site in its entirety. There are two striking features of this city that are largely responsible. The Roman Baths and many of its notable buildings all constructed with Bath limestone.
I guess we all love a mystery and Stonehenge (pics) is a 5,000 year old mystery. This circular assembly of massive stones, some of which came from 250 miles away, stands on the Salisbury Plain in southwest England.
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