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Posted by: Kim Mutton Thursday 12th August 2010, 2:12pm

Calling all travellers from around the world - visit some of England's finest towns.

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Visit Britain - thats the message being spread around the world by airlines keen to boost the passenger numbers on their UK flights

Milton Keynes (Middle of Nowhere)

I saw Milton Keynes — local nickname “City of Dreams” — by bicycle. While people poke fun at the New Town’s endless roundabouts and grid-road system, I found it to be one of the greenest and most pleasant of all the places in Unsung Britain. The top attraction is Bletchley Park, the base of Britain’s Second World War code-breakers. I also tried my hand at indoor skydiving at thecentre:mk. This mall has tenpin bowling, a ski slope, endless shops and the famous concrete cows. There were buzzing restaurants and bars, and the trendy Milton Keynes Gallery.

Croydon (London)

I was, I think, the only tourist in Croydon — perhaps the least likely place for “holidaymaking” out of all my trips. A tourist official even admitted: “One of the most difficult questions I get is, ‘I’ve got three hours to kill in Croydon, what can I do here?’ ” I ended up having an interesting couple of days, going to the Croydon Airport Visitor Centre (to learn about the heyday of Croydon airport, when it was the main airport for flights into London, with Charlie Chaplin passing by), Addington Palace (a former summer house of the archbishops of Canterbury), and a nightclub with an anti-stabbing strategy that involves taking your fingerprints before entry. A strange weekend.

Salford (Manchester)

With its International Airport bringing in many UK visitors via direct flights to Manchester this Northern city seems to get all the attention, but Salfordians think that’s unfair. They’re right. The Lowry Centre on Salford Quays contains a splendid gallery of L. S. Lowry’s works. There’s also the Working Class Movement Library, with artefacts from the days of industrialisation. This is just down the street from the Crescent pub, where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are said to have met regularly. Round the corner there is Salford Lads Club, a hotspot for fans of the Smiths because it is on the sleeve of their 1986 album, The Queen is Dead.

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