Naomi Patel
Destinations & Practical Editor
City guides, neighbourhoods, transport, and where to actually base yourself across the UK.
Naomi writes the long-form city guides and neighbourhood breakdowns for the UK desk. She also covers the practical side of UK travel: train and bus journey times, real ticket-price comparisons, and accessibility notes for the cities and stations that appear most often on the site.
She'll spend at least two nights in any neighbourhood she recommends, and her guides tend to call out the boring practical truths others skip. Which streets go quiet after 9pm, which post-code premium is actually worth paying, where the night buses stop running.
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City guidesNeighbourhoodsWhere to stayTransportBudget travelAccessibility
On the desk since 2024.