15 Best Things to Do in Mansfield (Nottinghamshire, England)
A market town with industry in its veins, Mansfield was a big source of coal up to the end of the 20th century. In the space of a generation, mining …
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15 Best Things to Do in Louth (Lincolnshire, England)
A town suspended in time, Louth is in East Lincolnshire on the cusp of the flowing landscapes of the Lincolnshire Wolds. Still a fixture of Louth’s town centre are local …
15 Best Things to Do in Liskeard (Cornwall, England)
Grazing the south end of Bodmin Moor, Liskeard is a market town that burgeoned in the 19th century during a copper mining boom. In this Victorian slate and granite townscape …
15 Best Things to Do in Islington (London Boroughs, England)
The constituency of the current leader of the opposition, Jeremy Corbyn, Islington is a borough in his image. Very popular with young, progressive people, this area has a history of …
15 Best Things to Do in Haworth (Yorkshire, England)
The Brontës, one of the world’s most famous literary families lived in the West Yorkshire village of Haworth in the first half of the 19th century. Anne, Charlotte and Emily …
15 Best Things to Do in Hebden Bridge (Yorkshire, England)
In the 1970s and 80s this sandstone mill town hiding in the steep Calder Valley was settled by artists, musicians, New Age practitioners and green activists. They were drawn to …
15 Best Things to Do in Hexham (Northumberland, England)
The adorable market town of Hexham is a short march from Hadrian’s Wall and was built around an abbey founded by the Anglo-Saxons. The abbey’s earliest architecture has been preserved …
15 Best Things to Do in Hatfield (Hertfordshire, England)
As a New Town, Hatfield was built almost from nothing after the Second World War to make up for a dire shortage of housing. This mid-century modernist streetscape all cropped …
15 Best Things to Do in Harlow (Essex, England)
A New Town in the west of Essex, Harlow was built after the Second World War to meet England’s Post-War housing shortage. The man who led the design was Sir …
15 Best Things to Do in Glossop (Derbyshire, England)
Some of the most daunting and awe-inspiring landscapes in England lie just minutes from this neat town in Derbyshire’s High Peak. Glossop is on the western boundary of the Peak …