Is england as beatiful in person as it is in pictures?

Question

I live in America and i was wondering. I've seen pictures and i love it a lot. i might come to england in a few years once i save up some money. what's it like their?

Answer 1

Everywhere has it's own beauty...the UK is a wonderful diverse place, you will love it, though we are a tad expensive.

Punky...Bath is SO not in Wales, it's not that far away but it's in the county of Somerset which is in England, and it's also the place I was born!!!

Answer 2

Most Americans seem to think that England starts and ends with London. Not surprising as most head there first (it's where their plane touches down) and most Londoners think in exactly the same way.

However, England is sooo much more than that. London is basically a big, dirty, unfriendly rip-off.

If you manage to travel whilst here visit the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales, The Gower Peninsular (it's in Wales, but still counts on your trip!), Snowdon, Dartmoor National Park, the stone circles of Avebury and Stonehenge (Stonehenge is better known abroad, but Avebury is so much more impressive in many ways).

The South West Costal Path (especially the bit that runs from Dorset through Devon & Cornwall) is stunning - it can all be walked (it's only about 300 miles or so) but it has such a range of differing landscapes that it is impossible to describe. You can - more or less - start walking at Portland Bill on the south coast (English Channel) and keep going around the coast until you reach Minehead near Bristol (bordering North Atlantic/Irish sea)!

Northumberland is stunning - and if you get the chance to walk any of Hadrian's Wall take it - amazing! Truely incredible landscape.

Cities for fun times and night-life away from London include Birmingham (land of my birth although I now live in Devon), Bristol (great city- and very close to Bath - a lovely little town with a genuine Roman Bath-house - great if you like your history further back than 150 years!) and Manchester. Here the people are a lot nicer than your average Londoner would tend to be.

But, generally, this is a great country. It's politics are a bit out, and the people could do with a tollerance injection every now and then (esp. towards Asians, Asylum Seekers and Americans) but -all in all - it is the nicest place I've ever lived.

Have fun when you call. And if you wanna guide for the South West & Dartmoor - drop us a line!

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Answer 3

Like most western industrialised countries there is good and bad, the Major cities, London, Manchester, Birmingham etc have some very attractive parts but also some dumps. Much the same kind of urban diversity you will see in your own cities, although some of our inner city buildings are hundreds of years old and quite spectacular if you appreciate architecture. The people are generally considered nicer in the north, they are more approachable, have a much better standard of living, are less stressed and do not have as much 'tourist fatigue' like those in London (or Paris, Madrid, Rome etc...) If you want natural beauty then you're really spoilt for choice, Devon and cornwall with thier beautiful beaches,Wales, which has the snowdonia national park and the stunning pembrokeshire national park-amazing coastal walks which will take your breath away. The pennines and the lake district are fantastic to visit but get off the beaten track because they're a bit of a magnet. The yorkshire dales and northumberland are lovely too. Scotland, especially the western coast, is amazing, The castles are a dime a dozen and the scenery is like nothing you've ever seen before. If you get a map and visit the places that 'normal' tourists don't go to then you will find little villages, hundreds of years old with thatched cottages, ancient churches and pub's where you'll be able to spend the night doing what lots of English people do...getting quietly bladdered in front of the fire (we are not as anal about drinking heavily as americans - pretty much everyone enjoys getting pissed, hangovers are a badge of honour) Lots of people have already commented on the weather. Yes, it can be pretty rotten but it is the middle of winter and if it didn't rain then it wouldn't be so green! Bring a lot of money though because it's very expensive. Our government drugs the water so we don't kick up a fuss. (joke!)
So come over, Kick off your clogs, chill out, stick a pin in a map and go there. Don't just go to London and then say you've been to England/UK because you havn't. It's very, very different once you leave the capital.
Bon voyage!

Answer 4

The whole of Britain is Beautiful, I've seen most of it. I've been lucky enough to live in Wales and Scotland for a few years too. I think I live in the perfect area of England! I live in the Southern part of the Lake District and within a few miles of various different types of Beaches, Rocky, sandy, etc. There are wild areas like the Moors and its only an hours drive into the heart of the Lakes, with its very varied landscapes. Our landscape may be on a smaller scale than yours but its just as beautiful as any other Countries. Personally I'd be unhappy living in a place where the landscape was all the same for mile after mile too. I could never live in the heart of a city either. I can see the sea and the mist covered hills from my window!
Come over and visit and you'll see what I mean!!

Answer 5

Come to England! It is very beautiful, with some of the finest countryside in the world and some brilliant towns and cities.

I have lived in England all my life and it's small compared to the dozens of countries I have visited in the world, but travelling the whole of England in a day would be very tiring. That would be a 500 mile trip from Cornwall to Northumberland, and that's only if you do most of your journey on the motorway (what Americans call the freeway) rather than taking the scenic route.

England has a variety of weather, sometimes it can be hot and sunny without a drop of rain for weeks (like last year's hot summer) and other times it can be dull and wet for weeks and often the weather can change day to day.

If you do decided to go to England, here are some of the best places to visit:
London - musems such as the British Museum. The London Eye, Buckingham Palace, Tower of London, National Gallery, Hyde Park and many more places in this brilliant city.
Cambridge - see the architecture of the beautiful university, which is around 800 years old.
Oxford - another beautiful city with a university which is over 900 years old.
Stratford-upon- Avon - the birthplace of the King of Literature.
Stonehenge and the Avebury stone circles - as Colin says some great archaelogical monuments, I think Stonehenge is estimated to have started being built in 3100 BC.
The Lake District - breathtaking landscapes all year round.
The Seven Sisters - on the coast of southeast England, these awesome chalk cliffs look much better than they do in the photos.

These really are just a fraction of some of the places you could visit, if you want to see more photos of England

Obviously England has its bad parts, as does every other country in the world but a tremendous amount of good and fantastic parts.

One of the things that brings out the best in England is its countryside but many cities such as Birmingham, York and Liverpool which have been regenerated in recent years are great places to visit.

If you travel in the summer time, visit some of England's beaches. Some of the nicest beaches are towards the southwest and on the south coast. Bournemouth, Weymouth, Torquay, St Ives are all beautiful seaside resorts and there are many more. Some of the beaches in Southwest England (parts of Cornwall and Devon) resembles some of the beaches you would find in places like Florida and the Caribbean and could easily qualify as some of the most beautiful beaches in the world.

England has many great Castles as well, such as Warwick, Windsor and Bodiam Castle and Cathedrals (as do Wales and Scotland which also have many fantastic places to visit) There are also some superb cathedrals, such as Canterbury, Worcester and Bristol Cathedral, great for those who appreciate excellent architecture.

The best time to go to England is in the summer - the winter days are very short but in summer England has up to 18 hours of daylight.

Answer 6

My sister lived in England for almost a year as a nurse. She lived half an hour drive outside London. A lot of parts of England are really beautiful, like Devon and Bath, which has beautiful ancient Roman baths in it. Also the house are really beautiful. Bath is in Wales, but still part of the UK. Their is a lot of beautiful county side and houses like what you would see in pictures, it's definitely worth a visit.

Answer 7

The films usually select the pretty bits, which do exist, but we have grim suburbs and inner city estates (what you call projects) which are not pleasant. Films give a false impression, for example, looking at Notting Hill, you'd never know that there has been a sizeable black population for generations. How (and why) they filmed it with only white people I will never know. And a bookseller like Hugh Grant portrayed could NEVER afford to live in Notting Hill. Yes, lots of pretty places, if you can afford them.

Answer 8

I now live in Sydney, Australia, but have only just moved here from the UK. England is really beautiful, there are lots of special places to visit and lots of choice of scenery. The sea-side i.e. Cornwall/Devon/Scarborough. The lake district. The cities i.e. London of course (you have to do it, it is fantastic), Dublin in Ireland (a fantastic time and gorgeous scenery - any part of Ireland is...) Scotland - Edinburgh/Glasgow/any part is really special and full of culture. Manchester/Leeds (my hometown) are good for shopping and clubbing. York/Bath are fantastic for a look at Roman towns. Yes, there are problems in the UK - but the actual place is pretty special.

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Answer 9

just let me get this of my chest first, sun m is a tosser and doesn't know what the f^&* he's talking about,punky dosn,t no her geography and pinkihasn't got a clue the sad sod and needs to get out more. what you need to read is colin a and benno b answer at least then you can have a more informed opion hope this goes in some way to help you and not deter from coming here bear in mind the last two

Answer 10

Everywhere has it's good and bad parts. The lake District is nice and we are heaped in history with castles and grand homes open to the public. We also have ancient Roman ruins to name a few.

Oh, BATH is not in Wales (see a previous answer)