UK Mini Guide
London is the capital city of the United Kingdom, and is one of the largest urban areas in the world, Greater London covers an area of over 600 square miles with a staggering population count of almost 8,000,000, which makes it the most highly populated city in Europe. London is served by no fewer than five international airports, these being Heathrow International Airport, Gatwick Airport,
Luton Airport,
Stansted Airport and London City Airport right in the city centre. Almost every area of Greater London can be reached via the underground train network or by using the excellent public bus service.
Visitors to London will be overwhelmed by the amount of sites and attractions that can be found just within the city centre. Almost everybody will be familiar with landmarks such as Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace. All of these popular tourist spots can be reached easily and quickly utilising relatively inexpensive public transport. People considering the use a private hire vehicle during their stay in London need to be aware that in recent years a toll system has been introduced, with a nominal charge collected for those who wish to drive their vehicle through parts of the city centre which are prone to congestion.
The United Kingdom is a popular place to visit for Europeans and American Travellers. The UK is made up of Scotland with the capital being
Edinburgh, England with the capital being London, Wales with
Cardiff as its Capital and Northern Ireland -
Belfast. Airports are located throughout the UK so depending upon which part you are visiting you will easily find a local airport to suit. There is a wide network of motorways throughout the UK enabling fast and easy travel between cities, the speed limit on the motorway is 70mph and most motorways only have three lanes although the M25 is an exception to this and still remains notoriously busy and even inspired a song by Chris de burgh entitled the road to hell. We can now also supply
Bristol Airport Parking and
Manchester Airport Parking at t great low rates with some airports starting out at just £45.00 per week.
Queen Elizabeth has main residences including Buckingham Palace, if the Queen is in residence you will see 4 sentries on guard, you can also watch the Changing of the Guards here, Windsor Castle, Sandringham and Balmoral. Prince Charles main residence is at Highgrove which is near the small village of Tetbury in Gloucestershire.
Although London may be the most well-known city in the UK, there are several other large cities of note which have much to offer the visitor.
Of course the UK is not all about city life and there are whole host of other places in sites of interest which anybody visiting the United Kingdom should consider as possible places of interest worth sampling. Straddling Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire and taking its name from a small village close by, is Silverstone circuit. Silverstone is famous for being the host of the British Grand Prix each year, a tradition which started in 1948 and has continued annually since 1987.
As we can see the United Kingdom has much to offer the visitor, from some of the most impressive cities in Europe to some of the most beautiful natural landscape in the world. The UK is a relatively small nation and visitors will find that they are able to visit many of the sites and attractions dotted around the country even if they are on a fairly tight schedule. Ensure you take advantage of car hire UK.
Rhino also now offer
Airport Parking , so if you are looking for
Gatwick Airport Parking or
Heathrow Airport Parking why not get a quote from us as our prices start from as little as £3.35 per day. We cover all the major airports in the UK.
Other Locations in the UK covered by Rhino.
Alderney Airport
Aldershot
Aylesbury
Banbury
Barking
Basildon
Basingstoke
Car Hire Bath
Bedford
Birmingham
Birmingham Airport
Blackburn
Blackpool
Blackpool Airport
Bournemouth
Bournemouth Airport
Bracknell
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Car Hire Brighton
Bristol
Bristol Airport
Bromley
Camberley
Cambridge
Chelmsford
Cheltenham
Chester
Colchester
Cornwall
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Car Hire Coventry Airport
Crawley
Crewe
Croydon
Darlington
Dartford
East Midlands Airport
Eastbourne
Edgware
Egham
Enfield
Epsom
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Guildford
Halifax
Hampstead
Harlow
Harrogate
Harrow
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Hemel Hempstead
High Wycombe
Huddersfield
Ipswich
Kidderminster
Leamington Spa
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Leeds Bradford Airport
Car Hire Leicester
Lincoln
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Loughborough
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Macclesfield
Maidstone
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Newbury
Newcastle
Newcastle Airport
Newcastle upon Tyne
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Newquay
Newquay Airport
Northampton
Norwich
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Oldham
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Pembroke
Peterborough
Plymouth
Poole
Preston
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Rugby
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Car Hire Slough
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Southampton International Airport
Southend-on-Sea
Southport
St. Albans
Stafford
Staines
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Stevenage
Stockport
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Streatham
Sunderland
Tamworth
Teesside
Thetford
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Tunbridge Wells
Wakefield
Walsall
Watford
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Car Hire Wigan
Car Hire Woking
Car Hire Wolverhampton
Worthing
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