Britain’s Best Bits: where to go, what to see, and what you’re probably missing
Britain does an excellent job of hiding things in plain sight. A village tucked behind a hill, a beach you reach by accident, a town with a name you can’t pronounce but where the bakery’s been turning out scandalously good pastries since before your grandparents were born. Every corner seems to come with its own odd little story.
That’s why we’re building this new page with an ever growing collection of destinations, to provide a complete guide to the places we’ve explored across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. From coastal towns and countryside rambles to cities that could keep you busy for weeks, this list will keep expanding as we visit more places, poke around more corners, and stumble across more excellent tea rooms. So whether you’re planning your next trip or just seeing what’s out there, keep checking back. There’s always somewhere new.
England
East of England
East of England Region introduction [Read More]
Essex: Where England is not quite what you expect [Read More]
Hertfordshire: Where England politely meets the edge of London [Read More]
Norfolk: where England stretches out and takes its time [Read More]
Suffolk: Where the fields roll on and the sea never hurries [Read More]
Norwich: Half-timbered houses, cobbles and more churches than seem strictly necessary [Read More]
East Midlands
East Midlands Region Introduction [Read More]
Nottinghamshire: Where England gets a bit legendary [Read More]
Derbyshire: Where England gets pleasantly hilly [Read More]
Lincolnshire: Big Skies, Bigger Surprises [Read More]
Lincoln: A cathedral, a castle and a rather persistent imp [Read More]
Nottingham: Legends, Lace and the Art of Getting Lost [Read More]
London
London: Beyond Big Ben [Read More]
London: Six “towns” that make you forget you are in the capital [Read More]
North East England
North East Region Introduction [Read More]
Northumberland: where England politely stops [Read More]
County Durham: Where England mixes grandeur with grit [Read More]
Alnwick: Things to do in Alnwick (especially for first-time visitors) [Read More]
Berwick-upon-Tweed: England’s Northernmost Curiosity [Read More]
Durham: Secret corners, soaring towers and a castle you can sleep in [Read More]
Newcastle: Fog on the Tyne and fire in the belly [Read More]
North West England
North West Region Introduction [Read More]
Cheshire: Romans, royals and rather good cheese [Read More]
Cumbria: Where England gets very scenic very quickly [Read More]
Lancashire: Where England is properly northern with a seaside twist [Read More]
Manchester: Has always liked to do things its own way [Read More]
South East England
South East of England Region Introduction [Read More]
East Sussex: Where England meets the sea with a bit of drama [Read More]
Surrey: Rolling Hills, Stately Homes & Idyllic English Countryside [Read More]
Cinque Ports: Where the sea went out and never came back [Read More]
Brockenhurst: A gentle village with a forest heart [Read More]
Lymington: A salty town with cobbles and yachts [Read More]
Lyndhurst: Capital of the New Forest with a regal past [Read More]
New Forest: Ancient woodlands and secret glades [Read More]
Whitstable: Buckets, boats and bivalves [Read More]
South West
South West Region Introduction [Read More]
Cornwall: Where England runs out of land and starts telling stories [Read More]
Devon: Where England goes on holiday and forgets to leave [Read More]
Dorset: A Jurassic Jaunt Through Cream Tea Country [Read More]
Gloucestershire: Where England looks like a landscape painting [Read More]
Somerset: Where England feels slightly older and slightly odder [Read More]
Wiltshire: Where stones stand tall and history runs deep [Read More]
Bath and the art of soaking in history [Read More]
Cotswolds: Leafy lanes road trip [Read More]
West Midlands
West Midlands Regional Introduction [Read More]
Birmingham: The city that built everything and brags about nothing [Read More]
Herefordshire: Where England slows right down [Read More]
Warwickshire: England’s greatest hits packed into one tidy county [Read More]
Shropshire: Where England hides some of its best bits [Read More]
Stratford-upon-Avon: Beyond the Shakespeare connection [Read More]
Warwick: More than just the castle [Read More]
Yorkshire and Humberside
Yorkshire & Humberside Regional Introduction [Read More]
South Yorkshire: Built on coal, shaped by steel [Read More]
West Yorkshire: Where England gets properly northern [Read More]
Kingston upon Hull: Why Hull deserves a second look [Read More]
Yorkshire: Six of The Best autumn walks [Read More]
Scotland
Scotland Introduction [Read More]
Edinburgh: Between a rock and a rather nice Georgian place [Read More]
Glasgow: From shipbuilding grit to cultural grit [Read More]
Isle of Bute – where the Clyde meets Autumn colour [Read More]
Stirling: The legacies of Wallace and Bruce [Read More]
Wales
Wales Introduction [Read More]
Cardiff for the curious, a capital with character [Read More]
Portmerion: Welcome to the Italian village that isn’t [Read More]
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Introduction [Read More]
Derry~Londonderry: Two names, one very interesting city [Read More]