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Day trips from London: 6 epic adventures

Some day trips repay the early train. Plenty don't. These 6 day trips from London are the ones that earn the hours, and each comes with an honest note on what you're really getting.

Book a TripStonehenge★ 5The 5,000-year-old neolithic stone circle on the windy Salisbury Plain: Britain's most iconic prehistoric site. Directions
Book a TripWindsor★ 4.725 minutes from London Paddington by direct train. Directions
Book a TripCotswolds★ 4.6Honey-stone villages tucked into the Gloucestershire hills: Bibury, Burford, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stow-on-the-Wold. Directions
Book a TripBath90 minutes from London by direct train, Bath is the cleanest example of Georgian urban planning anywhere in the UK: honey-colored crescents, the original Roman Baths still working under the streets, and Jane Austen's old haunts. Directions
Book a TripCambridge★ 4.9Just an hour from London by train, Cambridge is one of the easiest day trips from the city, home to the world-famous University of Cambridge, with honey-colored colleges, cobbled streets, and the River Cam running through the… Directions
Book a TripOxford★ 4.5Just under an hour from London by train, Oxford is the other half of the Oxbridge story: 38 colleges, ancient quads, the Bodleian Library, and the streets J.R.R. Directions

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