United Kingdom itinerary templates
Compare 9 routes in United Kingdom before choosing your base plan. A shorter route covers a few highlights; a longer one leaves room for more neighbourhoods and breaks. Check the actual stops rather than choosing on day count alone, and remember to add travel time between cities if you combine routes.
| Route | City | Days |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh: a 2-day starter | Edinburgh | 2 |
| Family trip · London with kids | London | 2 |
| Bath in 5 days | Bath | 5 |
| Cambridge in 5 days | Cambridge | 5 |
| Oxford in 5 days | Oxford | 5 |
| York in 5 days | York | 5 |
| Cardiff in 7 days | Cardiff | 7 |
| Liverpool in 7 days | Liverpool | 7 |
| Glasgow in 9 days | Glasgow | 9 |
Edinburgh: a 2-day starter
A light introduction to Edinburgh, from Edinburgh Castle to Calton Hill. Four highlights with room to add your own discoveries.
Highlights: Edinburgh Castle · Royal Mile · National Museum of Scotland · Calton Hill
Edit this 2-day routeFamily trip · London with kids
Short walking legs, lots of free museums and a park every afternoon.
Highlights: Natural History Museum · Science Museum · Diana Memorial Playground · Buckingham Palace
Edit this 2-day routeBath in 5 days
An unhurried 5-day stay, pairing Sally Lunn's Refreshment House & Museum and other Bath highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: Sally Lunn's Refreshment House & Museum · Bath Abbey · Royal Victoria Park · Georgian garden
Edit this 5-day routeCambridge in 5 days
An unhurried 5-day stay, pairing The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences and other Cambridge highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: The Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences · Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology · Imperial War Museum Duxford · The Polar Museum
Edit this 5-day routeOxford in 5 days
An unhurried 5-day stay, pairing Ashmolean Museum and other Oxford highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: Ashmolean Museum · Museum of the History of Science · Oxford University Museum of Natural History · Pitt Rivers Museum
Edit this 5-day routeYork in 5 days
An unhurried 5-day stay, pairing National Railway Museum and other York highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: National Railway Museum · York Army Museum · York Castle Museum · Yorkshire Museum
Edit this 5-day routeCardiff in 7 days
An unhurried 7-day stay, pairing Llandaff Cathedral and other Cardiff highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: Llandaff Cathedral · Bute Park · St Fagans National History Museum · Cardiff Castle
Edit this 7-day routeLiverpool in 7 days
An unhurried 7-day stay, pairing Liverpool Cathedral and other Liverpool highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: Liverpool Cathedral · Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King · Croxteth Hall and Country Park · Wavertree Botanic Gardens
Edit this 7-day routeGlasgow in 9 days
An unhurried 9-day stay, pairing Kelvingrove Park and other Glasgow highlights into nearby daily groups.
Highlights: Kelvingrove Park · Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum · Riverside Museum · Hunterian Zoology Museum
Edit this 9-day routeFit the route to your trip
For a partial arrival day, move a booked attraction to a full day. With children or a slower walking pace, keep one main visit per half-day and leave meals flexible.
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