Salt and silk were the foundations of Cheshire’ industrial wealth, and their stories are recalled in museums across the county. The Industrial Revolution which led to the building of Quarry…

The Cotswolds roll across the eastern half of Gloucestershire, and from their honey-coloured limestone has wrought a wealth of lovely towns and villages, such as Bibury, Chipping Campden and Bourton…

A few miles past the London suburb of Essex are salt marshes where the only sound is that of seabirds, country towns whose centres have scarcely changed over the centuries,…

Today Cambridge is inseparable from its university, whose superb buildings help to make it one of the world’s loveliest cities. But there was a settlement there 1000 years before the…

If counties were colour-coded, Buckinghamshire might be designated green and gold for the seasonally changing beechwoods that clothe the Chiltern Hills. The county’s leafy seclusion lies close to London and…

Seen from a distance, Windsor Castle seems to ride above the Thames like some immense and stately galleon. William the Conqueror originated it, and the great fortified residence covering 13…

In the mighty bulk of Windsor Castle lies the country’s main claim to the title of ‘Royal Berkshire’. Windsor Great Park, part of the royal hunting forest which once covered…

East Sussex Highlights The great bare whaleback of the South Downs is England's doorstep, dropping sheer to the seas at Beachy Head and the Seven Sisters in cliffs as white…