BRITAIN’S BEST PANORAMAS

From West Country tors, Scottish mountain summits to elevated city views, feel on top of the world with our selection of Britain’s most awesome panoramas.

ZIP WORLD WALES AND LIVERPOOL

See Liverpool like never before when the UK’s first urban zipwire opens in summer 2021. This fun new 400m aerial wire will run from the top of St John's Beacon over St George's Place, St John's Gardens and William Brown Street before touchdown on the roof of Liverpool Central Library. If you can’t wait until next summer to fly, Zip World already operates at three sites in North Wales - including Penrhyn Slate Quarry (as pictured) - the fastest zip line in the world and the longest in Europe! zipworld.co.uk

GLASTONBURY TOR SOMERSET

Rising 158m above the Somerset Levels, this conical hill offers a visual feast, especially come sunrise or sunset. From St Michael’s Tower at the top you can often see the Quantock and Mendip Hills, even the Welsh mountains. A place of pagan beliefs, and steeped in Arthurian legend, it’s one of England’s most spiritual sites.

PEN Y FAN WALES

Some of the best walks often include a worthwhile bounty en route. Head to Pen Y Fan – part of the Beacons Way footpath - for marvellous views of the Brecon Beacons National Park. On a clear day you’ll also be rewarded breathtaking panorama of the Cambrian Mountains, the Gower Peninsula and Carmarthen Bay. At 886 metres, this is the highest peak in South Wales.

ARTHUR’S SEAT EDINBURGH

There are few more iconic views in Scotland than from Arthur’s Seat, the ancient extinct volcano perched 251m above the Scottish capital. This panoramic landscape of Edinburgh and beyond are great all year round but particularly magical during the city’s Hogmanay New Year celebrations and fireworks display.

GREENWICH PARK LONDON

Even North Londoners head south of the river for the best view of the capital. Atop a steep hill beside the Royal Observatory centuries of London’s past, and present, is laid out like a picnic. There’s Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College and the famous curve in the Thames, then Canary Wharf, the City of London and St. Paul's Cathedral. Nearby Nunhead cemetery offers another magical city view that few Londoners know about.

LEITH HILL SURREY

Enjoy great views from the loftiest point in South East England at Leith Hill, a few miles southwest of Dorking. The London skyline, over 10 different counties and the English Channel are all visible on a clear day. An 18thcentury Gothic tower crowns this Surrey Hills peak, and there’s excellent walking and cycling routes, with several different ways to reach the 294m summit.

BEALACH NABÀ SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS

Breathtaking panoramas and an exhilarating mountain drive await you at the top of this Alpinelike mountain pass in Wester Ross, in the Scottish Highlands. Once a drovers' road, Bealach na Bà (the Pass of the Cattle) rises to 626m, and with sharp hairpin bends and gradients of nearly 20%, welcome to the UK’s steepest road ascent. On clear days get set for an awesome horizon of the Cuillin Ridge on the Isle of Skye, and the Western Isles.

Words | Max Wooldridge