15 Best Things to Do in Devizes (Wiltshire, England)
The market town of Devizes may be small, but packs more than 500 listed buildings. Any visit has to begin with the large, crescent-shaped Market Place, still hosting an outdoor …
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15 Best Things to Do in Chipping Norton (Oxfordshire, England)
“Chippy” for short, Chipping Norton is a classic Cotswold market town, with monuments and houses made from the trademark yellowy limestone. The town has long ties to the woollen trade. …
15 Best Things to Do in Daventry (Northamptonshire, England)
In the 18th century Daventry, now just off the M1, was a thriving coaching town, but business dried up after the London and Birmingham Railway opened in 1838, bypassing Daventry. …
15 Best Things to Do in Buckingham (Buckinghamshire, England)
The well-heeled Georgian town of Buckingham was declared Buckinghamshire’s county town by Alfred the Great as long ago as the 9th century. Buckingham lost that status to Aylesbury in the …
15 Best Things to Do in Burford (Oxfordshire, England)
Views don’t get much more beautiful than Burford, framed by the Cotswolds from the top of the High Street. This handsome street is like a timeline of English architecture, from …
15 Best Things to Do in Bridgwater (Somerset, England)
After the Industrial Revolution, Bridgwater in the Somerset Levels emerged as a busy inland port, unloading coal from South Wales and exporting the town’s famous bricks and tiles. The West …
15 Best Things to Do in Bridgnorth (Shropshire, England)
Folded into the steep Severn Valley, Bridgnorth is a historic market town with High and Low areas on the valley side. The Low Town is by the river, at the …
15 Best Things to Do in Brentwood (Essex, England)
This suburban town is just outside the M25 ring road and many residents make the short commute from Brentwood to Canary Wharf and the City of London each day. But …
15 Best Things to Do in South Shields (Tyne and Wear, England)
A thriving seaside resort with a fabulous Blue Flag Beach, South Shields is on the mouth of the Tyne facing North Shields across the river. Like all of Tyne and …
15 Best Things to Do in Birkenhead (Merseyside, England)
At the turn of the 19th century Birkenhead was a minor village on the Wirral bank of the Mersey, buffered from Liverpool’s heavy industry by the river. Things changed quickly …