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Derbyshire is where England gets pleasantly hilly

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026July 7, 2025

A winding Derbyshire country lane meanders through a sunlit landscape of rolling hills, stone walls, and blooming heather. The late afternoon light casts a golden glow over the green valleys and purple moorland, with dramatic rock outcrops dotting the slopes of Curbar Edge in the background. A large tree frames the scene in the foreground, its leaves catching the sunlight.

Right in the middle of England, Derbyshire rises gently into the sort of landscape that makes you want to take long walks and then immediately …

Sunset over Mutton’s Drainage Mill at Halvergate on the Berney Marshes in the Norfolk Broads, with the windmill reflected in a calm water channel surrounded by reeds and grassy marshland.

Norfolk is where England stretches out and takes its time

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026July 7, 2025

Out in the east, where the land flattens and the sky seems to go on forever, you find Norfolk. It is a county that never …

Aerial view of Caernarfon Castle in North Wales, with its towering stone walls overlooking the Menai Strait, surrounded by boats on the water and distant mountains under a clear blue sky.

Regional travel Wales

The top 10 reasons to visit North Wales Especially if you’ve never been

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026July 3, 2025

Let’s get one thing clear from the outset, North Wales is not just a lumpy bit of Britain with sheep and soggy hills. 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

Regional travel West Midlands

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

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026July 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 …

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.

North West Regional travel

Lancashire is where England is properly northern with a seaside twist

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026June 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.

North West Regional travel

Cumbria is where England gets very scenic very quickly

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026June 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.

Regional travel Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is where England gets properly northern

by kenroe61@gmail.comUpdated on April 2, 2026June 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 …