Food from all ends of the earth, cutting-edge culture and blissful views of the river; Hammersmith is in West London above a meander in the Thames. Hammersmith Bridge is near …
Staffordshire’s county town is essentially a small market town on the River Sow, but has much to hold your attention. There are two historic churches, one of which has very …
The centre of England’s Victorian woollen trade, Halifax has a weaving history that goes back to the 1400s. This industry went into overdrive in the 18th and 19th century, bestowing …
Ground zero for the UK’s aviation industry, Farnborough was where the country’s very first powered flight took place in 1908. The Royal Aircraft Establishment was founded here around this time …
Nine miles from Oxford, Dorchester-on-Thames is an irresistible village with a high street of timber-framed houses and a grand coaching inn from the end of the 15th century. And while …
Some people know Cirencester as the Capital of the Cotswolds, but in Roman times the town had a much loftier status. At that time Corinium Dobunnorum was the second largest …
The city of Derby was a market town in the 18th century, but grew sharply in the Industrial Revolution through its cotton and silk spinning trade. Derby was one of …
A working town in South Cheshire, Crewe was just a hamlet until the railway came through in the mid-19th century. The Grand Junction Railway chose this spot for its locomotive …
Once a small village in the Windsor Forest, Bracknell answered England’s need for extra housing after the Second World War and was developed as a “New Town”. After a few …
Always a textile town, Blackburn became the “weaving capital of the world” during the Industrial Revolution when the Leeds and Liverpool Canal unloaded a constant stream of raw cotton. Textile …