Americans React to The 10 Best Places to Visit in England 

Your wife is exactly right. We tend to take all the beautiful old buildings and our glorious countryside for granted because we have grown up with it. Marvellous to witness someone seeing it for the first time. Her reaction should remind us all to appreciate how lucky we are !

When I walked into Wells Cathedral , I burst into tears. I ,too, couldn't believe that people could build something so beautiful. These emotions are perfectly natural. Some things are just so awe inspiring.

I live like 20min away from York and have visited many times but when you stand it front of York minster which was that building that brought you to tears, it literally takes your breath away just how amazing it truly is. The city itself is a wonderful place especially for its architecture. I can just spend the day just wondering around the city and taking it all in. Definitely visit when u come over

Where you paused the video in York you can see the round rose window in the south transept. That part of the Minster was largely destroyed by a fire in 1984, started by lightning. That window shattered into more than 40,000 pieces, but was kept together by the lead beading. It had to be removed & restored, piece by piece. Remarkably the south transept and it's glorious window were restored in just 4 years! Of all of the places mentioned in this video, York is a must. It is an absolutely stunning city, and there's so, so much history literally on every street.

Henry VIII founded Cambridge university. He lived in the 1500’s. King’ College Cambridge for example you should try to watch the “9 lessons and carols” from Cambridge at Christmas I’m sure you would enjoy it immensely.

Great video guys I love living in uk , I lived Plymouth,south coast , Nottinghamshire, now Lancashire.. your videos you both do are amazing.. god save the king and USA 🇺🇸

The very first place you saw was Glastonbury Tor which is the heart chakra of the World, and it really is a special place, no wonder Lyndsey was drawn to it. It has been a place for spiritual pilgrimage for thousands of years.

I really would recommend staying somewhere like Manchester, it is cheaper than London, but only 2hrs by train, it is close to the Lakes, close to York. Trains to everywhere, including the Cotswalds, Wales, Norwich.

Lyme Regis on the Jurassic coast is the place to see, you are literally walking on top of large ammonite fossils.

My cottage is part of a building that has beams that have been carbon dated (not dendro dated unfortunately) to 1350 and the first record of the building as a whole being 1510, making it Tudor

I'm surprised they didn't show the Royal Pavilion when they filmed in Brighton PS us Brits love a castle our castles are stunning even the ruined ones!

So ,when are you coming, guys ?

The UK is a stunningly beautiful country (in parts of course - all places have their good and bad areas). I was blessed with studying at the University of York and I have to say it was a wonderful experience (the University is actually outside the city in the village of Heslington so should actually be the University of Heslington!). I live in Bolton near Manchester and you have done a video on Manchester (and its libraries) recently and us Northern Folk would love to see you both. You come from a stunningly beautiful country. I remember walking on Mr Rainier (on the glacier) literally crying because it was so beautiful. Yosemite too and Death Valley. You are blessed with living in a wonderful country too.

Big Ben is only the clock face the tower is called Elizabeth tower

More of the Mrs in the future please mate. She's a genuine soul and an absolute diamond 🙂

Protect this woman at all costs... As a Brit thank you for such a beautiful, heartwarming reaction to our country, you have such beautiful heart x

Lindsey, it's not silly to cry at all. It's an honest human emotion. I'm English born and bred, I'm 47 years old and I still shed tears when I see a lot of the beauty in videos like the one your reacting to. Your correct in saying some people here no longer see the beauty because they just walk past it every day so have become immune to it but there are others like myself who still recognise things around us as beautiful. I personally love visiting different cathedrals and I live about halfway between York minster and Lincoln cathedral if you go in a straight line. Both of them are some of the largest in the UK and are awe inspiring when you see them with your own eyes.

Actually seeing Lindsay brought to tears brought me to tears! One thing I've taken from this video - even though the UK is "tiny" - there are SO many places to visit and discover. Even those of us in England need to go out and discover more of these places. I've been to many of them myself, but it would take a lifetime to see them all. Thankyou Steve :)

There is a UK TV series called ' Coast ' which seems to be available on RU-vid. This series basically went around the whole coast of the UK . Even for British people it was a lovely surprise to discover how many beautiful places there are on coastal Britain . Ps the gondolas at Oxford and Cambridge are called Punts ( Punting on the river ) .

I’m from York and seeing someone react to the Minster like that is heart warming.

Lindsey, showing your appreciation of our beautiful historic country was a reminder to me, of just how very, very lucky we are in Great Britain to have so much wonderful history throughout our whole country, it is literally everywhere, even beneath our feet, we are so rich in it. I hope that you both, along with your adorable little girl, do come and visit us and see it for yourself, you would be most welcome. Thankyou for your lovely comments. love from the UK. 💞🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸

Very proud of my country and its history.🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

I’m certainly not tired of hearing appreciation for beautiful architecture. I live in Oxford and have to say, seeing creators like yourselves appreciate it’s beauty gives me pause to appreciate it too.

Only when I leave England and come back do I realise how majestic many of parts of the UK are. Still blows my mind at times.

I'm a very proud Welshman and a very proud Brit. I'm proud of our history, culture, customs, architecture, languages, countryside, (some) cities, just everything that we should hold dear. We love to share what we have with the world as we have so much to offer, but!! I hate the way our country is going at the moment. It's like it's all under attack and being scrutinised for our very vibrant and some points dark history. This is what made our great nation. We can't re write hitory or change it, but learn from it and move forward. At the moment, though, I am screaming inside. This video was so wholesome to watch. It was nice to see genuine, heartfely reactions for our amazing country. I'm a little gutted there was no mention of Wales in this top 10, though, haha.

When people here in the US ask me where to visit in England, I always put York as the number 1 place. Yes, London has all the attractions, but it's a HUGE city and that would be like going to New York - very busy and most of the people don't have time for you because you are a tourist. York is a place to spend at least 3 days and take your time. The medieval city wall still exists - about 2/3 of it anyway. It is landscaped and you can walk along it. Every so often, there are watch towers that you can investigate. Everything inside the city wall has a preservation order, so it has to be maintained in the form that it was built in. Which means that repairs can be very expensive because you probably need a specialist craftsman. There are also a lot of bed and breakfast places, so you don't have to stay in a hotel. Seriously guys, take a trip to the UK and put york way up on your list of places to visit.

I love how now that your wife is in it there is discussion between two people. it adds a lot more to the video in my opinion. not saying your solo ones aren’t great! they are!

Good video, lovely to see your reactions to things often taken for granted here! Missing from this list for me is definitely The Cotwolds villages in South West England, i also love Devon, Dorset (which they showed a part of the Jurassic coast in this video but theres much more to see) Cornwall and Somerset, some beautiful scenic towns, villages, bays and coastline in these counties. There is also Norfolk & Suffolk which are lovely Counties as well in the East of England, Norwich is a nice City imo and theres beautiful coastline and beaches in Norfolk! as well as the lovely Norfolk Broads. The Northumberland coast is beautiful too.

Cornwall is a magical place to visit... it's a very costal area with tiny fishing villages and tropical feeling with crystal clear water in the summer (it's still freezing cold). Also I hate stonehenge due to traffic and rubber necking on the only road that goes there the A303. it's a 50mph zone but you go 2mph because of everyone slowing down to look at it.

I'm a 62 year old Englishman and I never realised how majestic some parts of my country are! You've given me the travel bug now guy, good luck to you...

That's a super Top 10. When you think that locations such as Avebury, Lincoln, Salisbury, Bury St Edmunds, Hereford, Durham, Bristol, Nottingham and Hadrian's Wall didn't make the list, it reminds you that England really is a wonderful place to visit.

The tower and hill that you react to at the very beginning of the video, is St Michael's Tower on Glastonbury Tor. It's in my home county of Somerset (SW England), that also contains Bath.

Most Brits could name at least another couple of hundred places in the UK like this.

My American wife spent 10 years in Britain. York fried her mind and its still her favourite place on the planet.

York is stunning, definitely check some more videos on York. Also top 10 coastal villages seaside towns. Whitby 👌🏻

There are too many wonderful places around England/UK to put into a list. Canterbury with its cathedral and Norwich should be near the top of any list.

As a Northern Englishman I love visiting London and taking in the museums. The Science, Natural history, British museum, Imperial War, Victoria & Albert and the Maritime museum are all fascinating and all free to enter. Then there's the National and the Tate art galleries as well. Although you have to pay to enter the Tower of London, it is well worth a visit, with countless more as well. There is so much that it's easy to get 'information overload' with 3-4 hours in each location only scratching the surface of what there is to see!

Actually laughed out loud when you said Swindon was on a list of best places in the UK 😂.

The beauty of the great cathedrals is, for me, that they were designed by men who knew they wouldn't live to see them completed. That's real faith.

Yay,I’m from Cambridge,those are called punts not gondolas.My uncle from America came to visit and I showed him around.He absolutely went crazy for the architecture and took sooo many photos 😊

No! We never get tired of hearing your 'wows'! It's a reminder of how lucky we are & how easy it is to forget it. The US has the most amazing places & scenery too.

Brighton had two piers, the ruins in the sea are of the West Pier which burnt down many years ago. I can’t believe they didn’t show the Brighton pavilion, George the Fourths summer palace, it’s incredible!!

Lindsay, you’re such a sweetheart. Never apologise for crying. Steve, you have a good one there my friend. Thank you for the passion you always show towards the 🇬🇧, guys!

Didn't even come close to the beauty and majesty we have here in the UK, the plethora of villages all around. I was privileged to work in Bibury, Glos. Small village but WOW!! Never got tired of it's beauty. They didn't even mention the New Forest where they have wild horses, cows, donkeys etc. Our country is truly amazing. We can't wait to welcome you when you visit. Great video

She didn’t mention Brighton Pavilion in Brighton. A beautiful India styled place built by the Prince Regent. Really beautiful.

Lyndsey is such a 'real' person. Nothing artificial about her and her reactions.

These places are interesting but even more important there are more northern parts of England. Northumberland and Co Durham have brilliant scenery. So often it is ignored by many of these types of videos which are southern based. South Shields lob the south side of the River Tyne even has a Roman Fort known as Arbei.

You should react to Clovelly in Devon, England. It's a really steep cobbled village that leads down to a small fishing harbour. It's so steep that they have sledges to pull/lower their goods and it's like a living museum; the village is owned by one family. It's a beautiful place!

It must be remembered that these historical buildings were made by craftsmen, masons etc, without modern machinery. They're made of stone not concrete, carved and erected by people hundreds of years ago

I'm glad you introduced your wife the other week to your channel Steve, she is a lovely lady, with a good heart. ❤ Lindsey it is not silly you're crying at all, us Brits are happy that you admire the old Architecture and scenery of Britain, we also admire it too. There is a lot more beautiful places to visit in Britain and the UK as a whole. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧

If it hasn't been suggested yet. I recommend watching episodes of a TV show called 'Escape to the Country' as it explores different parts of the UK by showing a family or a couple etc houses that are for sale in the area and introducing them to local activities and interesting landmarks. You'd get a glimpse of the architecture, the landscapes and also learn what the local area is known for.

Wales should feature prominently in one of your programmes. There are so many beautiful places with incredible history and a deep celtic culture.

My cousin's company won the contract for Hampton court restoration, made up of different court yards were where people would play real tennis. My cousin was working on the ceilings made of wooden beam, he found loads of round objects that turned to dust if you touched them. So he called the curator to deal with the and identify what they were, they turned out to be tennis balls that got stuck in the ceilings, and in this certain court no one was allowed to play tennis except for king Henry the eighth..

York Minster is the building during the pause at 24mins, the rose window at the top was completely destroyed, sub fact, the white rose is the symbol of Yorkshire Coincidentally the red rose is the symbol of Lancashire, and so the civil war was called The War of the Roses....

Canterbury is enchanting.

What a truly lovely video you two have made here. Knowing what you have said about Lyndsay's Cornish background it might be worth checking out anything about the South West Coast Path. At well over 600 miles long it is the UK's longest public footpath and may well be the longest in the world. It includes the whole of Devon and Cornwall's aesthetic coast which is certainly up there with the Jurassic coast and includes the City of Exeter. Exeter is known for it's huge range of architectural buildings with every style from the last 500 years present, certainly worth a look. As for crying - I no doubt most of us Brits would be moved to tears by some of the sights of Niagra, the Appalatians, the Everglades, Arizona and Alaska. We would be bowled over in awe of stuff like that so no surprises to see it the other way around. As a family you are turning out fantastic videos - please keep them coming. Cheers and love from the UK Westcountry.

Lindsey is becoming a definite asset to the channel with her input Steve and seeing her emotional reaction to some of our Country's landmarks and history and the way she appreciates them is just heartwarming. Thank you Lindsey. The Lake district is a must to visit when you come over and York is another. I guarantee you will not be disappointed with either. Thank you for all your effort my friend 🙏👍

Hundreds more beautiful places to see all over England, that top 10 only scratched the surface.

Itd not silly to have an emotional reaction to beauty. Its human, and laudable. I loved this guys ❤

its shocking that the north east was not on here. Durham cathedral and its famous knocker, lindisfarne island. Bamburgh castle. the list goes on but we often get forgotten in this. please balance this up by looking into what we have to offer.

I'm a londoner born and bred, i lived in Durham for 12 years and now live in the Lake District where i retired to. The UK has so many beautiful and diverse places. How blessed we are ❤ By the way, those ' gondolas' are called Punts

One place mentioned in the comments but not shown is the Peak District national park (Derbyshire) this includes Chatsworth (WOW) and Castleton with its Blue John mines, Blue John is a rare semi precious stone which you may like to check out, been in the caves many times & they are fascinating. Also found in Derbyshire are Buxton spring water, stilton cheese, and Bakewell puddings. Been following the channel for a long time now Steve and it just gets better, lovely to see Lyndsey's reaction and input - keep it going guys, and I hope you get to visit the UK soon, you will be warmly welcomed. 🙂

You really need to check out The Yorkshire Dales (if you haven't already) These best places of England videos never include Yorkshire, be it the Dales, or the Moors... They are truly stunning! The scenery is incredible.

Omg your wife has such a beautiful energy, tell her not to be embarrassed about crying she was embracing the beauty of our architecture and old buildings something us brits take advantage of. Our country is very beautiful and I love both your reactions to the different places across England. I myself don’t live that far away from Chester I can honestly say you would love it there . Thanks again for your videos, please bring your wife on again now and then love to see her and your daughter enjoying our country and also the candies etc .

Thank you for such a beautiful reaction to our country. I feel we as a nation - a lot of pride in England isn't there too much anymore (especially with the world as it is right now) but living in Gloustershire, i often walk around seeing these old historical buildings always grounds me and makes me just take a breath, step back and appreciate our country and its history so much! Lovely reaction guys thank you xxx

Northern England is so underrated I loved it

Hi Steve, if you are interested in a RU-vid video concentrating more in depth on York then there's a couple of RU-vid videos that people usually react to. One is "15 places to visit in York" by my travel place. The other is "York, England. The most medieval city in the world" by project Gaia. The first one shows more things to do but the second one goes into more detail about the attractions it mentions. I live not far from York and it truly is a vastly underestimated city.

They aren't gondolas... that's Venice, Italy! Those shallow boats are called punts.

Compared to the US the layout of streets towns hamlets villages and cities here must look a bit higgledy piggledy - but I love it - the US grid system is very samey to me 🇬🇧 Greece and Spain also have fantastic architecture - as do all of the European countries 😍 If you do come to UK come up to Whitby and buy some Whitby Jet for your wife 🖤 As we're coming up to Christmas you could both look at how some of the stately homes are dressed for Christmas - beautiful 🎄☃️🧑‍🎄 USA really should start saving their buildings for future generations - we still use old buildings keeping the external and sometimes internal features they're just repurposed 😄 🏤

Your reaction to most of this brought me to tears. We take so much of this for granted, seeing it again through your eyes has made me appreciate it more. Im so glad you enjoyed it. Xx

Gosh, this is probably the only tourism react video I've watched that managed to drew tears early and fast throughout! Great clip guys!

We love your admiration of our country and unique architecture, Lindsey, you’re great!

The part where Lindsay started crying was pretty touching - almost made even me tear haha. The greatest thing I love seeing is how shocked an in awe you guys are over Britain. And really,because of your videos, it makes me appreciate the beauty of Britain a lot more than I should. It's thanks to you guys that I am going to visit a lot more places around Britain and remember that not everyone gets to see these sights as easily as we can. Thanks for another cracking video - as always. Stay well you guys. :) I think a lot of people visiting these places are doing so from watching your reactions and should wear T-shirts saying "coz' I watch Steve" lol.

Loved seeing your reactions to old Blighty. Walking around Britain is like one giant outdoor museum. No doubts you'd be smitten with any of those famous spots. However, there's a ton of mint places to visit in every corner of this Sceptered Isle. Below's my top 11 unmissable attractions in Britain, most Americans have never heard of. Touring from North to South - 1) Stirling Castle and/or Inverness - base for touring the highlands and islands of Scotland. 2) Palace of Holyrood House, Arthur's Seat and Holyrood Park in Edinburgh ancient city centre. 3) Beamish - outdoor living history museum (no shortage of eras to showcase). 4) Yorkshire Dales and/or Peak District - the quintessential rolling English hills of northern England. 5) Liverpool - seaport of the industrial revolution with Titanic museum, Beatle's cavern club, temples of soccer and so much more. 6) Snowdonia - the Welsh Lake District, fewer lakes but bigger mountains. 7) Stratford Upon Avon - home of Shakespeare. 8) Wiltshire or Gloucestershire - just park up and walk around any of the typical villages in the middle of England. 9) Colchester - the South's Chester, an ancient small city with Roman walls and all. 10) London's St James, Kensington, Lambeth, Eltham or Richmond Palace (whilst all the other US tourists are at Buckingham). 11) Cornwall - best of beautiful British seaside, the only English Celts with their own language, ice cream, pasties and all.

It certainly isn’t silly or embarrassing! Reactions like this make us appreciate what we have so much more ❤

I guess if you think about it most if not all the UK Cathedrals (with the exception of the more modern ones) were build before Columbus "found" the USA.

Berwick on Tweed ,borders England and Scotland. Amazing history

I’m from Oxford and it’s very nice to see you appreciate some of the beautiful parts of our country. Cheers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇺🇸

Your wife is a beautiful soul. I obviously take my country for granted and forget the beauty around me. Your wife has made me appreciate the UK more. Thank you 🙏

I love your channel. The UK is wonderful and beautiful and I am so proud to have been born and brought up here. The architecture . One of my favourite places to visit is Hampton Court. I have been back a few times and brought my kids.

I'm crying at Lindsey crying. I just want to teleport them here right now. I'm in Yorkshire. When I look out of my window I can see sheep and hills and I feel very blessed. The train into Leeds only takes 12 minutes and this morning I had a proper English breakfast ( egg, bacon, beans, tomatoes, spam, black pudding, fried bread and toast!) in beautiful Leeds Market. You're so right about truly seeing and appreciating what is on our doorstep. I think all of us start imagining the wonderful places we would show to our American cousins. What a lovely family, they bring so much joy and I really hope they will experience the UK in person sometime in the future. Much love to everyone and have a great day x

I'm British, I love old buildings, to lovely landscapes. I've not explored every part of the UK just yet and am 42 😂😂😂 The UK has so much to offer and the Americans always say that the UK is little England, but it's bigger than you think ❤❤

I definitely don’t get fed up of hearing you appreciate our lovely uk l live in Scotland which has beautiful places to visit uk is just a fantastic place hope you can visit sometime soon love both of you together and love when Sophia is on the videos great channel x

In case you were wondering, the black and white pattern of buildings is the tudor style

Your tears are of love , peace and appreciation so nothing to apologise for .😊

I live only 10 minutes away from the Lake District and over the last 50+ years of my life I have never tired of it :)

Fairly good list but they missed out ANY areas in Devon or Cornwall. One of the most beautiful parts of England. I feel Lynsey’s tears. I’ve lived in London my entire life and I still get blown away by the architecture in this country sometimes. It’s stunning. Also the Uber boat is just the Thames Clipper (like a river taxi) it’s sponsored by Uber

This has very quickly become one of my favorite channels on RU-vid, Great video

I love seeing you both your such a great family that brightens up my day . Regarding you mentioning the Interesting way the church was situated . I forget exactly but I’m sure all churches in England lie east to west in the compass This is due to early Christian’s praying towards the east . We also bury our dead facing the sunrise so our churches were built so that our vicars were facing the newly risen dead on the day of judgment But all churches especially the old ones all face the same direction on the compass . Great video Steve and always great when you bring your wife and/or daughter in for n your experiences of our culture and history .

You both seem like wonderful people. What the world needs. Thanks, and wish you and your family all the best!

York is stunning, you walk everywhere and you can see every layer of the city from Roman to today, but the medieval lanes are fabulous. I’d tell a visitor to do Bath and York over London any day!

Steve, I think its very touching that Lindsey gets so emotional about our landscapes ain and old buildings. I really appreciate that. By the way, the wooden boats you see on the rivers in Oxford and Cambridge are called punts. You can hire them out & try poling them along yourself 🙂

Hi Guys you should do a video on Bamburgh and Northumberland, stunning scenery. I travelled these places last year. Breath taking.

Yes, that wreck out in the sea in Brighton is the remains of the old West Pier. It's suffered a lot over the years from fires and storms, in fact, there's even less of it now than there was in the video! And that wheel on the Brighton seafront has now gone, it was only there for a year or two. It's been replaced by a zip line. Personally, I love Brighton and visit often as I live only a 40 minute drive away.

To answer Lindsay's question, yes, the sea is cold! But lovely and refreshing on a hot summer day, which we do sometimes get!

Lovely to see how moving Lindsey found it ❤ it IS extraordinary, and watching reaction videos reminds those of us who have grown used to these sights, its like rediscovering..

Lindsay, you are precious! It's not silly for you to be moved to tears by beauty. It's natural and heartily appreciated. We don't build like this these days for a second reason other than having lost some of the skills needed to do so. The cost to create something like York Minster Cathedral nowadays would be prohibitive to say the least! In the time that they were built, stonemasons, carpenters and artists took years to create them.

Thanks for this upload. I think it's all too easy for any of us to take for granted what our own native country has to offer. As a UK citizen I've really grown to appreciate all sorts (such as the National Trust) esp. while looking after / helping to look after elderly relatives (m&d). Sadly now, they're no longer here, but I'm sure they'll be watching over as I visit other places in the world (as they did while they were touring musicians as well as holidays abroad). And at some point - looking forward to visiting the States (tho I'd probably need several trips at least to begin to see everything. 😎) Thanks again.

If Lindsey's family is from Cornwall you need to know that its is the 5th secret country in the uk, it has its own flag and language and has some of the oldsest history and beautiful scenery in the country, its also full of stone circles, myths and legends, and artists, you'll love it!

yes we have it all round us, but it is just as stunning and beautiful, yes, we can stop and admire it, and the best bit is most people have access to something like this locally.