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You'll be able to stay in some interesting places, if you like.

There are various castles that let rooms to paying guests- a web search can turn them up.

There's also the National Trust- which has a great list of Historical and interesting sites and does have some with accomodation, mostly cottages and bed and breakfasts.

There's also the National Trust for Scotland with its own historic properties and some accomodation - castles and cottage as in England and Wales but also some more unusual ones-

Lighthouse accomodation:

https://www.ntsholidays.com/lighthouseaccommodation.aspx

And I seem to recall that they at one time had rooms in a "folly", the Pineapple.



There are just too many places to visit and things to do...

Some suggestions:

York: a great place to visit with the Minster and the surrounding medieval precinct the Shambles which has become a pretty touristy shopping area but still worth a visit.

https://www.york-tourism.co.uk/

Edinburgh: Also a great place to visit. The Castle of course, and other things but also Rosslyn Chapel- its small but very ornate.
https://www.rosslynchapel.org.uk/

And if you can find the time and good weather, a drive up the coast road to Oban or St Williams or even Skye....

And the obligatory visit to a Scottish distillery.

If you could visit Chester on the way back down, it like York is an old walled city with a medieval shopping area.

A drive along the North Wales coast to Anglesy is also nice, with opportunities to see Caernarvon Castle (among others) and various Welsh tourist sites (Llandudno, Portmerion, Slate mines, Snowdonia, etc.).

So much to see and do and so very little time...
 
As it happens, I'll be visiting my daughter, who lives near Newmarket, when you arrive. That's pretty close to Ely.
Ely's a pretty town, well worth a look around.
Not far away is Cambridge, also well worth visiting. If you're into planes, Duxford is a must. It's one of the largest Air museums anywhere (there's a large US hangar there too) and it's very rare to go there when they don't exercise a Spitfire and /or one or more other vintage aircraft. That's not far away either, nor is the Lotus plant at Hethel.
Other people have told you lots of other places further away. These are a few in an easy day's outing.
 
The last time I was in England I rented a car through an agency here in the states. It was waiting when we arrived at the airport and, by doing it that way, I saved some money. PJ
 
I use Avis wherever I go....kept a car for a month in Germany this summer....go online & check deals.
 
I always use Auto-Europe when I go back 'ome. It is much cheaper booking and paying for it in the US than locally. They use a variety of the name companies over there.
 
Several years ago, when the dollar exchange was in in our favor, I spotted a $279.00 one way airfare deal from Chicago to Heathrow via British Airways. I thought my wife and I could have a nice, inexpensive 4 day weekend for in the UK for under 2K. Ultimately we never went but I always think about that opportunity missed..
 
We loved the English country side with all the hedgerows, flowers and rolling hills. The quaint little country towns and the wonderful people who were so friendly. We never met an impolite person their. Sure wish I could say that about here. But I still can't get used to driving on the "WRONG" side of the road.
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Aer Lingus publish some killer deals once in a while.....usually to Dublin, but there are always rental cars and the ferry, and besides, what more delightful scenery could you wish for than in Ireland?
 
spridgetpwr84 said:
Thanks for everyones help. Im getting some good idea's of what to do.

I just purchased tickets for the goodwood revival which is happening one of the weekends I will be there. Should be fun to watch. To bad I cant take my Austin Healey with me! Anyone been?


https://media.goodwood.co.uk/motorsport/pdf/Motor_Goodwood.pdf
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I've been to the Goodwood Festival of Speed; similar event, but held on the grounds of the Lord March estate in Chichester instead of the restored Goodwood track. They are both spectacular events; you will not be dissapointed.

The FOS has all manner of cars, from the 1920's until last year's F1 entries. Take your camera (and your wallet)!
 
YankeeTR said:
Several years ago, when the dollar exchange was in in our favor, I spotted a $279.00 one way airfare deal from Chicago to Heathrow via British Airways. I thought my wife and I could have a nice, inexpensive 4 day weekend for in the UK for under 2K. Ultimately we never went but I always think about that opportunity missed..
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Virgin Atlantic often run airfare around $400ish roundtrip from EWR/JFK to LHR in the late spring/early summer months. I took my wife/kids to the UK in late May and I think our tix were something like $399 rountrip incl tax/fees; I think the kids fares were 25% off. You should find plenty of commuter fares from Chicago to Newark. The planes are often packed, but Virgin is a great airline.
 
I just bought a round of tickets from British Airways for $600 each at Christmas, Chicago to Manchester.
Put the kettle on Mum!!!
 
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