While London is one of the world's truly great cities, and you could spend a lifetime here and never walk down the same street or eat at the same restaurant twice, a road trip through the English countryside should also be a bucket list experience for any self-respecting traveller. Not only are there oodles of charming towns, hidden bits of coast, pristinely preserved nature parks and famed historical sites to explore, it's also just fun to drive on the left hand side of the road (at least for those of us from countries accustomed to the right).

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