Your top 6 recommendations for sightseeing in your hometown

[Drago]

You forgot about the anal museum on the road to Northampton.

Ah, the anal museum at Stoke Bruerne is a wonderful landmark.

Also the "please d i e slowly" signs at Ashton are a major attraction.

The famous "Family Planning Clinic - Enter at Rear" sign can be found at Northampton General Hospital.

 

[Mike_P]

Harrogate

The Stray (just don't say you are a cyclist. The grass did recover from the 2019 UCIs. The doom mongers failed to recognise it was once used as an airfield which probably caused more disturbance)

Bettys, if you must (cheaper quicker and possibly better in the M&S cafe)

The Cenotaph (could be ticked off while getting bored queuing for Bettys, if you must)

Valley Gardens

Mercer Arts Gallery

Queen Victoria's statue (cunningly hidden from most vehicular views as it faces south on a southbound one way road)

 

[Dave7]

I spent my childhood in Winchester. It changed a lot after the fast rail line to London came in the Sixties. Now, it seems a bit pleased with itself but it's still got places worth visiting.

A tour into the roof of Winchester Cathedral (pre-book)
A look around Winchester College
A couple of pints in The Black Boy pub
A walk to the top of St Catherine's Hill
A visit to the city museum to see the magnificently preserved Foster's tobacconist's shop
A walk down the Itchen from the end of the High Street and The Weirs to the Meads

That was the 1st place we ever saw and tasted ham, cheese and chilli jam sandwiches. We sat outside the cafe type place and devoured them......that became our goto snack for years after.

 

[Webbo2]

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/best-of-the-world-2026/article/hull-yorkshire-england

https://www.thehullstory.com/allart...-to-visit-in-the-world-by-national-geographic

I used to work in the centre of Hull and would go for a mooch in the House of Fraser dept store in my lunch time. Dodging the folk begging and fighting in the street made it bit exciting . Given most of the large shops have closed and attempts to turn them in to food markets failed I can’t see it will have improved much.

 

[craigwend]

I used to work in the centre of Hull and would go for a mooch in the House of Fraser dept store in my lunch time. Dodging the folk begging and fighting in the street made it bit exciting . Given most of the large shops have closed and attempts to turn them in to food markets failed I can’t see it will have improved much.

And your top 6 of your hometown?

 

[DRM]

I used to work in the centre of Hull and would go for a mooch in the House of Fraser dept store in my lunch time. Dodging the folk begging and fighting in the street made it bit exciting . Given most of the large shops have closed and attempts to turn them in to food markets failed I can’t see it will have improved much.

There's the lovely road works on the city side, after the Reckitts Flyover on the A63 going towards King Billy's statue, you get plenty of time to admire the new under pass that's being built when stuck in the congestion!

 

[cyberknight]

We do have swadhenge , i dont know if that counts ?

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsK1v6yhm4c

 

[Webbo2]

And your top 6 of your hometown?

It’s a few pages back.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

We have got Scotland's tapestry and not a lot else 😃

But you’re knee deep in Abbeys, Roman remains (big shout out to the excellent Roman museum in Melrose), Abbotsford, and soon the Bernat Klein studio…Do none of these count ?

 

[VinSumRox]

But you’re knee deep in Abbeys, Roman remains (big shout out to the excellent Roman museum in Melrose), Abbotsford, and soon the Bernat Klein studio…Do none of these count ?

They're not in Gala though!

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

I grew up in Moreton

and Birkenhead - Halmiton Square - very smart square of building surrounding an area of grass and flowers and stuff
it was supposed to be the template for the whole area
but then someone looked at the finances and - err - decided on a cheaper option

Going back 10+ years ago, my mum lived in a sandstone terraced block, that apparently used the leftover sandsone blocks from Hamilton Square. Up Ashville Rd between the two bits of Birkenhead Park from the train station to St. Aidans Terrace. Think they were originally big multi storey homes, but got converted into flats, vaguely recall mum saying someone in the block had a full sized snooker table with ample room around it.

I'd have to think hard to come up with six suggestions for Southampton, might need to extend the attractions area to something close to the size of Wirral (where I spent my teen years)!

 

[Moon bunny]

I did go to the National Railway Museum. Which is nice, if you like trains...

...or teapots. (old NRM colleague in-joke)

 

[Moon bunny]

Ulverston:
Walk along the canal, it's very, very straight, to see the view of Morecambe Bay.
Climb up Hoad Hill, it;s very steep, to see the view of Morecambe Bay.
See the chocolate Laurel and Hardy statue, with the option of tripping up over the dog behind.
View the pile of stones that marks the start of the Cumbrian Way.
Finally return to the railway station, and marvel at how big the station clock is for the size and importance of the station.

 

[Chris S]

Birmingham - you haven't lived until you've seen Swan Island!

 

[Reynard]

I spent my childhood in Winchester. It changed a lot after the fast rail line to London came in the Sixties. Now, it seems a bit pleased with itself but it's still got places worth visiting.

A tour into the roof of Winchester Cathedral (pre-book)
A look around Winchester College
A couple of pints in The Black Boy pub
A walk to the top of St Catherine's Hill
A visit to the city museum to see the magnificently preserved Foster's tobacconist's shop
A walk down the Itchen from the end of the High Street and The Weirs to the Meads

Plus in the near environs of Winchester you have these six...

The Watercress Line heritage railway (Alresford - Alton)
Jane Austen's house in Chawton
Hambone Jr's resting place by the river in Alresford - on the path to the playing fields (WW2 American unit's dog mascot)
St John the Baptist - Norman church built from local flint
Churchyard - Napoleonic war graves. Also the grave of Paul Warwick, the younger brother of Derek Warwick (F1 driver, Superstox & Sportscar world champion, ex-BRDC president), who was killed in a British F3000 round at Oulton Park in 1991.
South Downs national park and NCN11 - the ride between Winchester and Alresford is lovely, but lumpy.