Plan your trip
Everything you need before you leave: passport and ETA, flights, trains, seasons and itineraries.
Getting there
How to get to the United Kingdom from Europe: direct flights, Eurostar via Paris, driving with Eurotunnel or by ferry, coaches, documents and things…
Documents and ETA
What you need to enter the UK after Brexit: compulsory passport, the £20 ETA electronic travel authorisation, how to apply on the official app, who…
Airports
Guide to British airports: London's six airports and how to reach the centre, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Birmingham, Bristol, Belfast and other…
Trains and transport
How to get around the UK: London's stations, Advance tickets and Railcards, Great British Railways, coaches, urban transport, driving on the left…
When to go
The best time to visit the UK: spring, summer, autumn and winter, the big events from Wimbledon to the Edinburgh Festival, hours of daylight, bank…
Itineraries
Tried-and-tested UK itineraries: a week of London, Oxford, the Cotswolds, Bath and Stonehenge, ten days in Scotland with Skye, a two-week grand tour…
Travel tips
Practical tips for the UK: contactless payments and pounds, tipping, type G plugs, roaming, emergency numbers, healthcare, queuing and etiquette…
British food
A guide to British food: the full English breakfast, fish and chips, Sunday roast and pies, Scottish haggis and Welsh dishes, afternoon tea and…
British pubs
A guide to British pubs: history from alehouses to Victorian pubs, ordering at the bar, the pint and the round, real ale and beer styles, pub food…