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I’ve lost count of the number of friends who’ve asked me to plan “The Kinks Muswell Hill walking tour” for them, as if you can map one of Britain’s sharpest,…

If you’re trying to see the Scottish Highlands without a car, first of all: good. Your stress levels (and the midges) will thank you. Second: you’re in for some of…

If you grew up on the sort of history that treats the Knights Templar as a minor footnote before zipping off to the Black Death, the phrase “Templar sites in…

If it’s your first time in London, you’ll probably land with one suitcase, three half‑formed plans, and the vague idea that you should “see Big Ben and eat fish and…

I’m going to say this straight away: if you came here looking for a Coldplay UK travel guide in the usual sense – list of places to tick off, selfie…

If you take nothing else from this very unofficial UK seasons travel guide, take this: our weather is not a backdrop, it’s the main act. You don’t “get lucky” with…

Bank holidays creep up on you. One minute you’re idly promising yourself you’ll “do something” this time; the next, it’s Friday lunchtime, you’re still at your desk, and every cottage…

I first typed “Kate Bush UK travel” into a search bar in about 2016, sitting in a Premier Inn somewhere off the A1, trying to work out why Wuthering Heights…

Medieval village life in England is usually described as if it were a diagram from a GCSE textbook: a neat row of peasant strips fanning out from a compact village,…

If you’re thinking about visiting the UK in winter, you’ll probably be told to pack a waterproof, brace yourself for limited daylight and maybe lower your expectations. Fair enough. The…