London & the South East
The capital and its coast and shires: castle towns and cathedral cities within an hour of London, the Kent oyster coast, the Sussex seaside, and the medieval hill towns of the Weald.
6 towns in United Kingdom
Towns in London & the South East
Brighton
London-by-the-Sea: a Regency palace, two piers and a shingle beach, an hour from the city and a world away from it
Canterbury
The cathedral city that pilgrims have been walking to since the twelfth century
Margate
Turner's sunsets, a shell grotto nobody can date and a town that never pretended to be pretty
Rye
The medieval hilltop Cinque Port that the sea left behind, cobbled Mermaid Street and all
Whitstable
The Kent oyster town: a working harbour, weatherboard beach huts, and the best seafood shacks on this coast
Windsor
The Castle town on the Thames, half an hour from London and worth more than the half-day most people give it