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Sheffield City Hall illuminated at dusk, with warm golden lighting highlighting the grand stone façade and clock tower, surrounded by trees and modern lampposts in the Peace Gardens

In South Yorkshire, you find a corner of England that has long been built on solid ground, quite literally. This is a county of steel, …

Scenic view of Lower Slaughter in the Cotswolds, featuring honey-coloured stone cottages, a tree-lined stream, and a small stone footbridge reflected in the water

Countryside Routes England Road Trips

The Cotswolds Leafy Lanes Road Trip

Updated on 12 April 202610 September 2025

If England ever had a stage set for charm it would be the Cotswolds. Honey-coloured cottages with roses climbing their walls, villages with names that …

Close-up of a bronze statue of Robin Hood drawing his bow, with a quiver of arrows on his back, set against a backdrop of wooden shingles

East Midlands England Regional travel

Nottinghamshire is where England gets a bit legendary

Updated on 12 April 20269 September 2025

Nottinghamshire is one of those counties where history and myth have become thoroughly tangled. This is Robin Hood country, where men in green tights still …

View of Pulteney Bridge in Bath, England, spanning the River Avon with its elegant Georgian architecture. The bridge is lined with historic stone buildings, and the surrounding cityscape features honey-coloured terraces, a church spire, and rolling hills in the background under a soft, partly cloudy sky

City Breaks England Historic Cities

Bath and the art of soaking in history

Updated on 12 April 20269 September 2025

There are towns where you feel the centuries in the cobblestones, and then there is Bath, where history practically runs a hot tap and invites …

Traditional wooden windmill in a green Suffolk meadow under a dramatic sky with sunlit clouds and blue patches, showcasing the rural charm of the English countryside.

East of England England Regional travel

Suffolk, where the fields roll on and the sea never hurries

Updated on 12 April 20268 September 2025

Tucked into the east, where the North Sea gently brushes the coastline and the skies seem unusually generous, you find Suffolk. It is not a …

View of Lincoln Cathedral with historic half-timbered houses and red-brick buildings on Steep Hill, Lincoln, England

City Breaks England Small City Breaks

Lincoln, a cathedral, a castle and a rather persistent imp

Updated on 12 April 20265 September 2025

There are some places where history whispers. In Lincoln, it bellows from every cobbled street, turreted wall and medieval nook. Perched on a steep hill …

People walking along Eastgate Street beneath the historic Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, with black-and-white timber-framed buildings and shops lining the cobbled street.

England North West Regional travel

Cheshire, Romans, royals and rather good cheese

Updated on 12 April 20265 September 2025

Tucked in the northwest, somewhere between the peaks of Derbyshire and the plains of Merseyside, you find Cheshire. It is a county of country houses, …