Stay in Telford. Train to London and fly to Edinburgh from Birmingham.
Stay in Shrewsbury and travel in by car or train. Far nicer in the evening.
visit the famous Bovington tank museum.
Car around Birmingham/Telford...
	check out National Trust website for places to visit ... 
		search for: National Trust - Coughton Court
	Fly to Edinburgh...be quicker and easier ....
Useful website: www.thetrainline.com for booking rail travel;
	tfl.gov.uk for London travel options;
	railcard.co.uk for cards that can reduce the cost of travel further;
	Expedia and TripAdvisor (but you’ll know those already) for accommodation and dining out.
Fly into either Manchester or Birmingham 90mins on train to Telford or 45mins from Birmingham
People have been booking since last November and hotels fill up fast, the closer to the International Centre, the faster they fill up.
I live in telford and this hotel is literally a 2 minute walk from scale model world if you can get in!
	Travelodge Telford (southwater)
Intercity travel is usually best by train but book tickets well in advance to get discounted prices (buying on the day is expensive!), try a site like Trainline to book tickets can be downloaded to your smartphone for use.
get a ticket in advance as ques can be long at opening time
by train consider the Britrailpass, you can choose the number of days, and can board any train any time, in the class that you choose, it gives you a lot o flexibility, you only have to validate it once and from this can go direct to the platform and took the train that suits you.