15 Best Day Trips from London
One of the most frequented and diverse cultural hubs in the world, London has an unimaginable amount to offer the intrepid traveller in the way of cuisine, entertainment and history. …
Hi, I'm Alex, a travel writer based in London, I love writing about travel as much as traveling itself. I’m a scrappy researcher, and a hoarder of info, whether it's trivial or mind-blowing. I get a lot of joy doing justice to worthwhile places, and I’m always excited to share the stories behind them.
I have a real affection for Tarragona in Catalonia, from the golden sandy beaches to the mountains. I love Hamburg and its harbour and many waterways, especially in spring. And I'll always be drawn to the rolling countryside in the south of England, especially Wiltshire. I'll go anywhere with a great art museum, and ruins, ancient or medieval.
One of the most frequented and diverse cultural hubs in the world, London has an unimaginable amount to offer the intrepid traveller in the way of cuisine, entertainment and history. …
Big in size and charm, but small in numbers, Shropshire is a hilly and rural county on the border with Wales. The settlements are old, often ancient, and always well …
Quiet, quaint and very rural, the Isle of Wight’s numbers swell in the summer when visitors come to wander the picturesque seaside towns, sail in the Solent and treat kids …
If there’s one word to describe Herefordshire it’s “unspoiled”. And for once this is no exaggeration. Instead of commuter towns or conurbations there’s just the historic city of Hereford, embedded …
If you really want to escape the crowds in England, Northumberland is the place to run to. Fewer people live in Northumberland than in many London Boroughs, and yet it’s …
A land of mighty lakes, dales and fells, Cumbria has the only true mountain range in England. Nearly all of this is contained by the Lake District National Park, synonymous …
We’ve put together a list of the most fun, the most innovative and the most covertly educational days out in all of the UK. Many are geared towards testing brains …
In the West Midlands, the rural county of Warwickshire skirts around the Birmingham and Coventry conurbation to form a big hook of thinly populated countryside. This is a place of …
With a Celtic heritage and rocky granite coastline, Cornwall has as much in common with somewhere like Brittany as it does the United Kingdom. Sheltered by deep inlets on the …
Although small in size, Worcestershire packs more than enough to win your heart. In the south are the Cotswolds and their enchanting stone-built villages and heart-lifting rural scenery. Go west …