United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is held together by proximity rather than uniformity. London dominates as a global capital built around museums, neighborhoods, and rail terminals that funnel travel outward, while historic cities like Edinburgh and Oxford preserve much tighter, walkable cores shaped by universities and old street plans. Beyond the cities, large parts of the country are defined by managed landscapes, from the Lake District’s long-established hiking routes to the Scottish Highlands, where distance and weather still dictate daily plans. Castles, industrial heritage sites, and coastal towns appear frequently and close together, often reachable within a single day’s travel, which explains why trips here tend to combine urban stops with countryside.