Tucked away along the Welsh border, Herefordshire is one of England’s quieter counties. The roads narrow, the fields spread out, and the rivers wind gently …
Herefordshire is where England slows right down
Weekend Escapes
Winchester Cathedral: A thousand years of faith and stone
Few buildings in England carry the weight of history quite like Winchester Cathedral. Rising above the old capital of Anglo-Saxon England, it has stood for …
Hampshire, where England does a bit of everything
Tucked into the south of England, Hampshire feels like a county that has quietly collected a bit of everything. You get handsome cathedrals, rolling countryside, …
Gloucestershire, where England looks like a landscape painting
If you were asked to draw a picture of classic England, there is a good chance you would accidentally end up sketching Gloucestershire. Rolling hills, …
Top 10 reasons to visit The West Midlands, from Peaky Blinders to Cadbury bars
The West Midlands has always been a place of industry and invention, where things were hammered, smelted, cast and riveted with a kind of cheerful …
South Yorkshire, built on coal, shaped by steel, with straight talk and a warm welcome
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, …
Bath and the art of soaking in history
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 …
Suffolk, where the fields roll on and the sea never hurries
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 …
How to look clever in 48 hours, spend a weekend in Cambridge
There are cities that whisper their history politely and there are cities like Cambridge that hurl it at you with a sense of giddy academic …
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England’s Northernmost Curiosity
Just before England runs out of road, before the River Tweed curls out into the North Sea, there is Berwick. A town that has changed …