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York’s not-so-secret past lives

Updated on 12 April 202612 March 2026

A narrow cobbled street in York at dusk, lined with historic brick and timber-fronted buildings, with warm shop lights glowing and York Minster rising in the background.

If Britain were a stage, York would be one of the few cities to keep changing costumes mid-scene. One moment you’re strolling along a Roman …

Panoramic view along Bournemouth’s sandy beach with scattered walkers and sunbathers, a promenade and seafront buildings in the foreground, wooden groynes stretching into the blue sea, and the coastline curving toward distant cliffs and the pier

City Breaks Coastal City Breaks England

Bournemouth and the great British holiday that accidentally got stylish

Updated on 12 April 20269 March 2026

There are seaside towns that feel like they were built to be looked at. All iron railings, bracing wind, and a faint scent of damp …

Golden-hour view of Godshill on the Isle of Wight, with stone cottages topped by thatched roofs beside a narrow lane, and a church tower rising behind them under a clear blue sky.

Coastal Weekends England Weekend Getaways

The Isle of Wight, England in soft focus

Updated on 12 April 20264 March 2026

Just a short ferry ride from the mainland, the Isle of Wight feels like England with the edges softened slightly. The pace slows down, the …

Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol lit up at dusk, with its stone towers and glowing cables spanning the dark Avon Gorge beneath a deep blue evening sky.

City Breaks Coastal City Breaks England

Bristol, Brunel’s playground and Banksy’s outdoor gallery

Updated on 12 April 202619 February 2026

Bristol is one of those cities that cannot decide what it wants to be, so it simply becomes everything at once. Medieval port. Georgian show-off. …

Modern waterfront scene in Leeds with colourful apartment blocks and glass-fronted offices lining a calm canal, narrowboats moored along the edges, and bright reflections mirrored in the still water under a clear blue sky

City Breaks England Weekend Getaways

Leeds, where Victorian confidence meets modern caffeine dependence

Updated on 12 April 202619 February 2026

Leeds is one of those places that people think they understand until they actually turn up. They imagine a sensible northern city that does its …

Wide view across the Yorkshire Wolds showing rolling green hills and patchwork fields, a line of trees in the foreground, and a vast blue sky streaked with wispy white clouds stretching over the distant landscape.

England Regional travel

East Riding of Yorkshire, where the sky does most of the talking

Updated on 2 April 202617 February 2026

Tucked into the northeast corner of England, the East Riding of Yorkshire feels like a county in no particular hurry. The land is wide and …

Tamworth Castle perched on a grassy hill above colourful terraced flowerbeds, with the red sandstone walls and crenellated towers standing against a clear blue sky in Staffordshire.

England Regional travel

Staffordshire, where England does pots, peaks and the odd rollercoaster

Updated on 2 April 202616 February 2026

Staffordshire is one of those quietly varied counties where you can go from rolling countryside to industrial heritage to adrenaline rides all in the same …

Panoramic rooftop view over Oxford, with the domed Radcliffe Camera on the left and the pale stone spires and towers of nearby colleges and chapels stretching across the city under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds

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Oxford, the city where even the pubs have academic credentials

Updated on 12 April 202616 February 2026

There are places with history, and then there is Oxford, where the buildings look as if they have been standing in judgement since the Middle …

Sunlit cobbled courtyard in Old Amersham, Buckinghamshire, lined with whitewashed cottages and timber-framed buildings with red tiled roofs, clipped green shrubs and garden borders, and a set of outdoor wooden tables beneath a bright blue sky with puffy clouds.

Countryside Escapes England Weekend Getaways

Buckinghamshire is where England quietly perfects the countryside weekend

Updated on 12 April 202613 February 2026

Just west of London, Buckinghamshire has long been the place where England goes to admire its own good taste. Rolling hills, picture-perfect villages, stately homes, …

Wide, symmetrical view of Woburn Abbey’s honey-coloured façade, with a long gravel driveway between bright green lawns under a clear blue sky.

England Historic Houses and Halls Weekend Getaways

Bedfordshire, a gentle county with deer, dukes and the odd lion

Updated on 12 April 202612 February 2026

Bedfordshire is one of those counties that often sneaks under the radar. Wedged between the busier worlds of London, Cambridge and the Midlands, it sits …