Britain at a glance
Tap through to the live Land-tour Atlas for every place’s card: how ships or tours use it, who goes and when.
Tour start cityOvernight stopDay highlightClassic route
Most tours run April–October · best September–October
- Janfew or none
- Febfew or none
- Marfew or none
- Aprsailing
- Maysailing
- Junsailing
- Julsailing
- Augsailing
- Seppeak
- Octpeak
- Novfew or none
- Decfew or none
Summer is warmest and busiest, with longer queues and Edinburgh's August festival pricing. From late September the crowds thin and the Lake District turns gold, though many tours run their last departures in October.
Every Britain place we map
10 land-tour stops, grouped as the itineraries use them. Places with a full Seabound guide link straight to it.
Day highlights 3
Overnight stops 5
The classic routes
The routes the tour companies sell most often here, drawn on the map above.
London → York → Hadrian's Wall → Edinburgh → Glasgow → Windermere → Cardiff → Bath → Plymouth → Stonehenge → London · 11 days
Run by Trafalgar
Edinburgh → Windermere → Deganwy, Wales → Oxford → Bath → London · 14 days
Run by Tauck
Edinburgh → Isle of Skye · 2 to 6 days
Run by Rabbie's
Tour companies that go here
The number is how many places on this map each one uses.
Britain map questions
How many land-tour stops are on the Britain map?
10: 3 day highlights, 5 overnight stops, 2 tour start cities. Each one opens a card on our interactive map.
When is the Britain season?
Most tours run April–October · best September–October. Summer is warmest and busiest, with longer queues and Edinburgh's August festival pricing. From late September the crowds thin and the Lake District turns gold, though many tours run their last departures in October.
Who runs tours in Britain?
Trafalgar, Tauck, Rabbie's, Globus, Cosmos, Rick Steves, plus 1 more use places on this map.
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