Your top 6 recommendations for sightseeing in your hometown

[Flick of the Elbow]

If you were wanting to inform visitors/tourists of places to visit in your hometown, what would be your top 6 ?

My picks for Edinburgh -
the Zoo
the Botanics
the National Museum of Scotland
Calton Hill
Holyrood Park
the bus or train trip out to South Queensferry

What would yours be ?

 

[cyberknight]

any means of transport out of it comes to mind for my home town .

 

[raleighnut]

Leicester

• The Guildhall and Cathedral (with the grave/vault of King Richard the 3rd inside)
• New Walk
• National Space Centre
• On the outskirts Bradgate Park (family estate and home of the 9 day Queen)
• Beacon Hill (highest point in the county)

 

[MichaelW2]

In my Fine City:
Norwich Castle museum
Sainsbury Centre art gallery
Pub Canoe trip/Whitlingham broad boating centre
Eaton Park minature steam railway
Elm Hill

 

[Sharky]

Can't think of anything of interest in our village, but near by, in Dartford, there are the bronze statues of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

And in Gravesend, the statue of Pocahontas.

There is also a good impressive Roman ruin near Farningham

 

[All uphill]

Taunton

The long walk/ride along the river - spotting egrets, cormorants and kingfishers,

The Castle Gardens and Museum,

On Your Bike, bicycle recycling charity - possibly a minority interest,

Taunton renovated train station, a nice building with direct services to London and Edinburgh among others.

Vivary Park.

I would steer visitors away from the shopping areas.

 

[FishFright]

St.Giles RC church- Pugin's Gem, he considered it his best work .
The Market Cross - Very phallic
Les Oakes and Sons Architectual Reclamation Yard - More than you'd think going by the name.
Bourne Fountain - A drinking fountain that used to work until Severn Trent emptied the aquafer
The Tudor House - Dates from 1558
The Round House - Former lodge entrance to Croft house.

 

[13 rider]

Leicester

• The Guildhall and Cathedral (with the grave/vault of King Richard the 3rd inside)
• New Walk
• National Space Centre
• On the outskirts Bradgate Park (family estate and home of the 9 day Queen)
• Beacon Hill (highest point in the county)

Bardon hill is higher than Beacon hill ,but Beacon hill is a nicer walk
Bit further out side of town the site of the battle of Bosworth Field

 

[numbnuts]

My village - well we have houses, not forgetting the flats, after that forget it
nothing to see here.

 

[raleighnut]

battle of Bosworth Field

Aye the site of Richard the 3rd's death....................betrayed then castigated by the Tyders then the Victorians...............at least his true story is now coming to life now his grave was discovered and the historical lies are disproved

 

[13 rider]

After visiting the site of the battle of Bosworth Field a nice chip supper in Market Bosworths chip shop the "Batter of Bosworth" 😂 is recommended

 

[Webbo2]

Pickering.
The North Yorks railway.
Pickering castle.
The Sun inn.
The White Swan.
Bothams cafe.
The Indian Restaurant on the Main Street.

 

[YMFB]

Salisbury

The Cathedral
Tower tour in the cathedral
St Thomas’
Elizabeth Gardens and town path walk
Lunch in the summer at the Rose & Crown overlooking the water meadows
Walk around and see the medieval architecture

Dont waste your money on Stonehenge (in my opinion) just drive past on the A303

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

I grew up in Moreton

Which is - or was - famous for the weird shaped roundabout
shaped like a figure of eight - luckily the centre was blocked off but it did mean the ends were a tight turn for a learner driver

The local driving instructors used to avoid that until the pupil was almost good enough to take their test

I did it the second lesson and the instructor was amazed how easily I took it - even though I lived 100 yards from it
I had been going round it on my bike faster than the cars for quite a few years
(but don;t tell my parents - I was supposed to get off and walk - but who does that!!!)

Also, famous for the shore line - a massive concrete embankment keeping the sea back and making for great view and a nice walk even at high tide.


If we include the whole Wirral - then we have to include the Ferry terminals and the Ferries - often playing "Ferry 'Cross The Mersey" and local trying to block their ears

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
and Birkenhead Priory - where the monks lived who ran the first ferries - using oars

and Bidston Hill (known as Biddy Hill locally) highest point around and home of an observatory that was at the forefront of star gazing in the early days
now a lovely walking area with great views

Further south on the Peninsular - Thorton Hough and the surrounding area of a lovely village and surrounding farmland

 

[Ian H]

We have six pubs, four of which each claim to be the oldest in the town. There's a museum, a 19thC church that Pevsner disliked, a 14thC church that burnt down and was restored (for sale if anyone is interested), several decent food places, a small Elizabethan manor house, and a river that floods. I've doubtless forgotten things.