Country guide · Western Europe

United Kingdom

34 places across 8 regions, how to get there, the entry rules for your passport, and day-by-day plans priced in your currency.

London

Trip from ₹2,49,119 per person · 5 days from Delhi in Nov, visa included, for two at mid-range · Flying from
Visa before you fly on an Indian passport, up to 180 days · ₹17,010 fee (other passports below)
Best May–Sep · month by month

Plan 5 days in the United Kingdom

Classic routes

🗼London & Paris8 days · London → Paris

Flying in

Flights from India

London (LHR) · from 9 Indian cities, from ₹22,000 one way
Brighton (LGW) · from 1 Indian city, from ₹30,000 one way
Manchester (MAN) · from 7 Indian cities, from ₹27,000 one way
Birmingham (BHX) · from 4 Indian cities, from ₹27,000 one way
Edinburgh (EDI) · from 6 Indian cities, from ₹25,000 one way

Entry rules

Your passport

Visa needed before you fly for up to 180 days, about ₹17,010

Apply online on GOV.UK for a Standard Visitor visa (gov.uk/standard-visitor) at least 4-6 weeks before you fly, and no earlier than 3 months before. The fee is £135 (about ₹17,010) for a visa of up to 6 months, and it is not refunded if the visa is refused.

Checked 2026-10; confirm with the embassy before you fly.

🗿 Bath, Stonehenge & the South West

Roman and Georgian Bath, the stone circle at Stonehenge with Salisbury's cathedral and Magna Carta, Durdle Door and the fossil cliffs of the Jurassic Coast from Weymouth, and Cornwall's harbours and beaches at the far tip of England. Trains from London Paddington and Waterloo; a car or a tour for Stonehenge and the countryside.

🎡 London & the South East

London, where the flights from India land, and the day trips an hour out by train: Windsor Castle, the colleges of Cambridge, Brighton's pier and Royal Pavilion, and Canterbury Cathedral. The Eurostar leaves St Pancras for Paris.

🏡 Oxford, the Cotswolds & the Midlands

The heart of England: Oxford's colleges, the honey-stone villages of the Cotswolds, Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon, and two cities with deep Indian roots: Birmingham, with its Balti Triangle and gurdwaras, and Leicester, whose Diwali on Belgrave Road is the biggest outside India.

🐉 Wales

Cardiff's castle and bay in the south, and in the north the mountains of Eryri (Snowdonia), with Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) and Edward I's castles at Caernarfon and Conwy. Signs are in Welsh and English.

🏞️ Northern England

York's Minster and walls, Durham's Norman cathedral, Hadrian's Wall across Northumberland, Whitby's abbey and harbour below the North York Moors, Manchester's football and Curry Mile, the Beatles' Liverpool, and the lakes and fells of the Lake District and the moors and caves of the Peak District. Fast trains from London in 2-3 hours.

🏴 Edinburgh, Glasgow & Fife

Edinburgh's castle and Royal Mile, with the August festivals and Hogmanay, Glasgow's free museums, Loch Lomond and the Trossachs where the Highlands begin, and St Andrews, the home of golf. Edinburgh is 4 hours 20 from London by train and the base for Highland tours.

🏔️ Scottish Highlands & Skye

Inverness and Loch Ness, the pine forests and high plateau of the Cairngorms around Aviemore, the glen of Glencoe and Ben Nevis above Fort William, the Glenfinnan Viaduct, and the Isle of Skye over its bridge. Best from May to September; winter days are short and many B&Bs and tours close, and midges bite on still summer evenings.

🚢 Northern Ireland

Belfast's Titanic Quarter and murals, and the Causeway Coast's basalt columns, rope bridge and castles. In the UK, so a UK visa covers it, but across the sea: an hour's flight from London, Edinburgh or Manchester, or a ferry from Scotland or Liverpool.

Plan 5 days in the United Kingdom

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