Travelling across America?

The ultimate answer would be to get a guidebook to the UK, perhaps from a public library, look through it and see what looks interesting, then plan to visit it. I'm going to not take "England" at face value and talk about the United Kingdom - it's all one country. England is just the biggest part.

You're basically asking "show me some history". With that in mind, I could suggest Bath (named after the Roman baths). The Romans built baths there because natural hot water bubbles out of the earth, then in the Georgian period it became fashionable to go there to "take the waters" for health reasons.

I suggest not trying to drink the water because the minerals in it make it taste terrible. The obvious castle, and this is an easy day trip from London, is Windsor Castle. The Queen lives there at weekends and it's her favourite home.

The Tower of London essentially started as a castle (it certainly looks like one). And there are plenty more in various states of repair around the country. Warwick Castle comes to mind.

There are a few in Wales and that gives an excuse to visit Wales. That might be intriguing... Wales is officially bilingual, all official signs have to be in Welsh as well, and 20% of the Welsh speak Welsh. York has plenty of historical interest.

Go to Plymouth and you can see where the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from on the Mayflower. Go there by train from London and the view as the train passes through Dawlish is worth just doing it by train to see. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and that's worth a look.

If you go to Stonehenge (which frankly is just a collection of rocks), Salisbury is nearby and one of the oldest English settlements. Salisbury Cathedral is one of the very oldest at around 800 years old. Oxford and Cambridge are well known for their universities, still the most prestigious in the UK.

In both places, the university consists of a number of colleges scattered all over the town so it's hard to avoid! Some of those are very old and you can have a look around - again, both universities started around 800 years ago. Coventry is a city I know well and has an incredible mixture of old and new.

St Mary's Guildhall used to be the centre of city government there. It is next to the cathedral, or rather the old cathedral... the centre of Coventry was flattened by a German bombing raid during the Second World War and the cathedral was totally burnt out. Leaving only the walls.

It was decided not to restore the cathedral but build a modern one next to it, which you will either love or hate. Talking of horrible architecture, that certainly describes that thing that in Coventry passes for a shopping mall - that's a good example of 1960s brutalism. Near to Coventry is Birmingham, England's second biggest city and really not worth bothering with.

Just a few thoughts but really, you have some months, get a guidebook and see what grabs you. A note to whoever's doing the driving - have you thought of doing all this by train instead? The rail network is really good and it will save having to get used to driving on the left in a car where the driver sits on the right.

Bear in mind that the average British city was fully formed before the car was invented so it's often hard to find anywhere to park. Driving in London, especially, is just mad.

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