A town sculpted from pale limestone, Stamford became the first designated conservation area in all of England and Wales back in 1967. Stamford doesn’t have a dominant monument that you …
Historically part of Essex but now in the Borough of Havering, Romford is one of the M25 region’s key commercial centres outside of Central London. Romford’s history of trade goes …
On the Derwent River in the embrace of a deep wooded gorge, Matlock Bath is a scenic spa resort developed in the 18th century. Up to that time this almost …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …