I have visited many parts of Britain, and lived in a few. Mostly, I know England, although I have been for many days out in North Wales. Three small cities which I know well are Durham (where I live), Chester (where I spent much of my childhood) and York, which I visit several times each year.
Canterbury: Cathedral
Sissinghurst Gardens
Stonehenge, Wiltshire
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Plymouth
Exeter
Midsomer Norton: the Old Priory
Bath: ancient Abbey (see picture below); Roman Baths and Pump Room; 18th century architecture; [The Royal Crescent]
Westonbirt Arboretum
The Cotswold Hills: beautiful rolling countryside
This is near where Laurie Lee wrote Cider with Rosie.
Pitman, of shorthand fame, was from Wotton-under-Edge.
Cheltenham: 18th century architecture; home of Gustav Holst (composer of The Planets Suite)
Gloucester: Cathedral
Tewkesbury: Abbey
Cambridge: University colleges
Lincoln: Cathedral
Great Malvern: Worcestershire Beacon; Herefordshire Beacon; British Camp
Oxford: University colleges; Botanical Gardens
Stratford-upon-Avon: Royal Shakespeare Company; Shakespeare Heritage
Redditch
Coventry: Ryton Organic Gardens; Packwood House
Birmingham: Birmingham City Art Gallery (Pre-Raphaelite paintings); Barber Institute at University of Birmingham; Birmingham Royal Ballet; Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Birmingham Hippodrome; Botanical Gardens
Worcester: Cathedral; River Severn
Shrewsbury: River Severn; Shrewsbury Show
Ludlow: Medieval market town
Knighton: Offa's Dyke Footpath
Much Wenlock: Wenlock Abbey; Wenlock Edge
Chester: Roman remains; City Walls; Cathedral; Rows; the Groves & River Dee; Zoological Gardens
Merseyside: Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight (Pre-Raphaelite paintings)
Liverpool: Tate Gallery; Albert Dock; Mersey Ferry
Tatton Park
Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope
Manchester
Salford: [L.S. Lowrey paintings]
North of England Sculpture Park, Bretton Hall, near Wakefield
Huddersfield: [International Music Festival]
Bradford: Museum of the Moving image; [Alhambra Theatre]
Leeds
York: Art Gallery (L.S. Lowrey paintings); Jorvik Viking Centre; York Minster; City Walls; Castle Museum; River Ouse
North York Moors: Lyke Wake Walk
Fountains Abbey
Mount Grace Priory
Scarborough
Whitby
Redcar
Durham: Cathedral (with its sanctuary knocker, shown below), Castle and Palace Green (World Heritage site); medieval city layout; river Wear; Botanical Gardens.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Laing Art Gallery (William Martin paintings)
Grassmere
Windermere
Edinburgh: Scottish National Gallery; Modern Art Gallery; Botanical Gardens; Edinburgh Castle (see below); Forth road and rail bridges
Glasgow: Merchant City; the Burrell Collection
Arran (in the Firth of Clyde)
Loch Torridon
Dundee: Tay Bridge
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