Located two hours southwest of London, Bath is home to the Jane Austen Centre on Gay Street where she once lived. A Regency-era tea with cucumber sandwiches, scones, jam and clotted cream await visitors to this permanent exhibition.
An hour southwest of Bath is a fifth century Iron Age hilltop fort dating to the time of King Arthur. This is the area most commonly associated with the real Arthur's headquarters.
Fifty minutes to the east of London in Salisbury is a copy of the Magna Carta, which was signed in 1215 by another king, John Lackland. It is in the mightily-spired Salisbury Cathedral's Charter House.
Return to King Arthur's time by making a visit to Winchester. There you will find the 14th century Round Table replica in the Great Hall of what remain of Winchester Castle. It was King Henry VIII who had the table painted with the names of Arthur's knights.
From Winchester head 14 miles southwest to the major port of Southampton, where both the Mayflower and Titanic set sail. This city is home to several museums, including the Maritime Museum, the Museum of Archeology and the Solent Sky, an aviation museum. It also has the WestQuay, an undercover mall, and the City Art Gallery, which houses over 3,500 works that cover over six centuries of European art.
