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Car hire in the UK can be wonderful way of exploring the country or region and enabling you to explore the untouched areas where tourist day trips do not reach. Below is some general information which will help your car rental in the UK be a pleasurable experience.

Currency
Pound (£)

Time difference
gmt

Bank opening
open mon-fri 0900-1700. some branches open saturday morning
Public holidays
New year's day - 1 january
St patricks day - 17 mar
Good friday - 18 april 2003
Easter monday - 21 april 2003
May day - 5 may 2003 memorial day 26 may 2003
Bank holiday - 25 august 2002 26 august 2003
Christmas day - 25 december
Boxing day - 26 december

Driving rules
speed limits
Built-up areas: 30 mph single carriage ways: 60 mph dual carriage ways: 70 mph motorways: 70 mph

Drink and driving
Blood alcohol limit is 80 mg.

General driving
Drive on the left and only overtake vehicle on the right.

At roundabouts, traffic coming form the right has priority.

Make sure you understand about double and single yellow line parking

It is illegal to use a hand held mobile when driving.

As long as you hold a full licence in your own country and have done so for at least a year, you can drive on british roads.

Motorways are shown by 'm' plus a number on signs. there are no toll charges to pay on british motorways except the m4 severn bridge into wales, the humber bridge near hull and the m25 dartford tunnel.

Try and avoid the m25 'london orbital ' and the m5/m6 in birmingham during rush hour times (0800-0930 and 1630-1800) as these can be extremely busy.

Travel tips
obviously london and stratford upon avon - shakespeare's birthplace are the most popular tourist spots. however, there are many other parts of the united kingdom well worth visiting. historical cities such as york, chester, bath, oxford, cambridge, glasgow and edinburgh. for lovers of the countryside you have a lot of choice from the west country, lake district and brecon beacons to the beautiful pembrokeshrie coastline.

If you can avoid the busy summer period your visit may be cheaper and there will be less tourists. however, in the winter it often gets dark by about 4pm and many places of interest such as large houses and castles are closed over winter. as british weather can change very quickly bring enough clothes for warm, cold and wet weather.