The Essex Town with a Pilgrim Father’s Connection. We all want better holidays and that’s a fact. With queues at airports causing widespread delays and with the far-reaching effect of Covid-19 still fresh in our minds, a staycation destination might just be what you need. In true Five Minutes Spare style, we thought it time…
Canvey Island London’s favourite beach destination since the mid 1800s! Canvey Island has been a favourite holiday hotspot for generations. Many of us have fond memories of time spent on Canvey beach. Featured in White’s Directory of Essex in 1848, Canvey Island had only minimal residents and appeared to be a holiday destination only. Londoners…
Here at Five Minutes Spare, we delight in taking tours of local locations to pass the best bits – and the worst bits – onto the visiting public. Nowhere is better for a holiday than at home, so let’s continue on our tours of local towns and cities with a little insight into Bishops Stortford….
The Hertford – the town they named a shire after! Situated inside Hertfordshire, this town was once so important that it was the county town. The fjord at Hertford has seen use since at least 913AD, with evidence of a township dating even farther back than that. The modern settlement of Hertford has some 26+…
A market town, cathedral town, and historic site of Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Bury St Edmunds is the kind of quaint English town that made the Normans want to invade. It’s the kind of town that the Vikings looked at and decided they wanted it. Not only is it the home of Silver Spoon sugar,…
Hoddesdon. The Hertfordshire town with two train stations. Just east of the Prime Meridian you will find the town of Hoddesdon. This town lies in Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, and has about 40 thousand souls living in it. The town dates back to Anglo-Saxon times and has a mention in the Domesday Book, so it’s pretty…