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This invaluable guide contains all the information you need to reach and explore some of the most popular destinations in England. Using London as a base, you can explore the college towns of Oxford and Cambridge; go on rambling walks or bike rides through the English countryside; or experience the mystery of Stonehenge, each in only a day!
 

We'll Take You to:
* Grand castles and palaces like Dover Castle, Windsor Castle, Hever Castle, and Brighton's Royal Pavilion
* Lush, elaborate gardens, like Kew Gardens, Sissinghurst Castle Garden, and the gardens at Hampton Court
* Awe-inspiring churches and cathedrals, including Canterbury, St. Albans, Salisbury, and York
* Places where literary greats like Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf, Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare lived and worked
 
Inside You'll Find:
* All the information you need to plan your day trip, from train schedules to parking information
* Detailed maps and itineraries that guarantee you'll see as much as possible without feeling rushed
* Savvy insider tips, historical information, and special "finds" that most tourists and tour groups miss
* Detailed restaurant reviews and shopping tips
* A guide to England's art and architecture to help you better appreciate what you're seeing

Stephen Brewer (trips 1, 4, 6, 10, 12-17, 20, and 21) writes about England, Ireland, Italy, Greece, and other parts of the world for Frommer's and many other guidebooks and magazines. He is the author of The Unofficial Guide to England and the forthcoming Unofficial Guide to Ireland, both published by Wiley. He is also the author of Frommer's Venice Day by Day. Even though he would join Samuel Johnson in the belief that only someone suffering from general existential angst could ever grow tired of London, he never fails to be amazed by all the fascinating places to be enjoyed on easy day trips from the capital.
 
Donald Olson ("The Best Day-Trip Experiences," "Planning Your Day Trips," and trips 2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11, 18, 19, and 22-25) is a novelist, playwright, and travel writer. His sixth novel, My Three Husbands (written under the nom de plume Swan Adamson), was published in 2003. Oregon Ghosts, his play based on Oregon's legendary spirits, premiered in Portland in 2003. His plays have also been produced in London, New York, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. Donald Olson's travel stories have appeared in the New York Times, Travel & Leisure, Sunset, National Geographic guides, and many other national publications. He is the author of London For Dummies, Germany For Dummies, and England For Dummies, which won the 2002 Lowell Thomas Travel Writing Award for "Best Guidebook."