The North of England’s most powerful baronial family, the Dukes of Northumberland (Percy) have ruled the land around Alnwick for more than seven centuries. Their descendants still reside at the …
Where Kent’s North Downs tumble into the English Channel, Folkestone is a seaside town that reached its zenith in the Edwardian period just before the First World War. With masses …
Up there with the UK’s best towns for quality of life, Grantham in southwest Lincolnshire is most famous for producing a colossal historical figure. Sir Isaac Newton was born not …
In the 19th and early 20th century Dorset’s county town was intertwined with the life of Thomas Hardy, one of England’s greatest writers. His two houses are both looked after …
The Second World War left the UK in desperate need of new housing, and this need gave rise to the 29 settlements known as New Towns. Stevenage in north Hertfordshire …
The North Oxfordshire market town of Banbury is a prosperous manufacturing centre and the UK base of brands like Douwe Egberts. Banbury has always been a place where things get …
Officially the sunniest town in Britain, Bognor Regis is an old-school seaside resort in West Sussex. The first tourists arrived in the 18th century, and King George V convalesced from …
An irresistible market town, Arundel is on the steep west side of the Arun Valley as it drops to the river. High on the chalk ridge are Arundel Castle, seat …
A well-heeled residential district in Southwest London, Wimbledon has a fame that goes well beyond British borders for a certain tennis tournament in July. The Championships is unlike any other …
Under the southern slopes of the Kent Downs, Ashford is a town near the very centre of Kent. Thanks to this location the town became the meeting point of five …