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Mind the gap and other useful advice for surviving London

Updated on July 4, 2025July 4, 2025

London, Piccadilly Circus at dusk with crowds, red double-decker buses, and illuminated billboards, including a bright Underground sign in the foreground.

If cities were people, London would be the eccentric uncle with too many stories and no particular desire to tell them in order. It is …

View of Warwick Castle, in Warwickshire, rising above the River Avon, surrounded by lush green trees and reflected in the calm water below, with clear blue skies in the background

Warwickshire is where England’s greatest hits are packed into one tidy county

Updated on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Right in the middle of England, Warwickshire has somehow managed to fit in an impressive number of very English things: Shakespeare, castles, medieval towns, rolling …

Aerial view of Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, surrounded by lush green trees and situated beside the calm River Avon, with the town and rolling countryside stretching into the distance under a blue sky.

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Stratford-upon-Avon beyond the Shakespeare connection

Updated on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

Why there’s more to love here than just the Bard Stratford-upon-Avon is, of course, famously the birthplace of one William Shakespeare. And while that fact …

Historic timber-framed buildings in Warwick, England, including the Lord Leycester Hospital, with gabled roofs and leaded windows under a bright blue sky. The medieval architecture is well-preserved and richly detailed, showcasing the town’s centuries-old character.

Cities England Heritage

Warwick more than just the castle

Updated on July 3, 2025July 3, 2025

The medieval town with much more than just turrets and trebuchets It’s almost impossible to talk about Warwick without mentioning the castle. It’s big. It’s …

Blackpool Tower illuminated at night, reflected in the wet sand of the beach, with the pier lit up in the distance on the Lancashire coast.

Counties England Staycations and Vacations

Lancashire is where England is properly northern with a seaside twist

Updated on June 28, 2025June 28, 2025

Lancashire sits confidently between England’s northwest coast and the Pennines, a county that once powered the world with its mills, soot and hard graft. Today …

A scenic view of Buttermere in the Lake District, Cumbria, with calm reflective water, people paddling near the shoreline, and a dramatic, sunlit mountain rising steeply in the background. Tall pine trees line the right edge of the lake under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

Destinations England Outdoors & Nature

Cumbria is where England gets very scenic very quickly

Updated on June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

If you head up to the northwest corner of England, eventually you find yourself in Cumbria, where the scenery suddenly becomes rather dramatic. Mountains loom, …

A bustling scene at the Piece Hall in Halifax, West Yorkshire, with hundreds of people gathered in the large open courtyard surrounded by symmetrical stone arcades and columns. In the background, a tall church spire rises above green hills under a partly cloudy sky.

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West Yorkshire is where England gets properly northern

Updated on June 27, 2025June 27, 2025

West Yorkshire is England with its boots on. It is mills and moors, cities and villages, literature and industry, all crammed into one surprisingly compact …