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> Northern Wales. Visit all the castles. Castell Caernarfon (in the northwest) is my favorite of the tourist attraction castles because of how labyrinthine it is. But perhaps more fun are the broken down castles where there aren't so many tourists and gift shops. You can pretty much poke around those wherever you want.

Sam,
I'm glad you mentioned Wales. My wife and I took a side trip from London on one of those 125 trains to Cardif, Wales and stayed one night and most of two days. That's pretty far south. I've been planning to see northern Wales ever since. We saw a castle and a manor house in Cardiff and people kept telling us about the castles up north. We still haven't seen Scotland, so another trip to the UK is a must.
"He who does not travel reads only one page of the book." I don't remember who said that.
Howard