Newcastle

Newcastle is the capital of the northeast of England. It is a big industrial city with a couple of universities. Why should you go there then? Well for a kick off it is one of Britain's finest party cities - every weekend it is alive with thousands of young beautiful people, all up for a drink and a laugh. Well, okay, not necessarily beautiful people as such - there is the same range of good-looking folk and shockingly ugly shellsuit wearing monsters as anywhere else in Britain - but they are certainly up for a laugh, and there are cheap clubs and pubs to serve it up.

If that doesn't sound like your scene, consider going for the impressive city centre, with its collection of bridges over the tyne, and Nelson's Column-style tribute to Earl Grey (of the tea fame). Or get out of town and have a look at Whitley Bay - a typical small English seaside town, or at the beautiful countryside of Northumbria and County Durham. Either way the northeast is a really underrated destination, and Newcastle is not to be missed.