Ever wondered if Stafford would make a nice holiday destination? Find out with Five Minutes Spare. Stafford can be found in the West Midlands in England. It has a population of about 68,000 people. It is closest to Wolverhampton but lies to the Northwest of Birmingham. Staffordshire, the county in which Stafford lies, is the…
Everything you ever wanted to know about Maidenhead but were too afraid to ask. Found on the southwestern bank of the River Thames, the town of Maidenhead has a population of 70,000 people. It is part of the County of Berkshire and is a good place to live if you are a commuter to the…
This isn’t an internationally known fact, but England has several Spa Towns. Harrogate is one of these spa towns. These were settlements that grew up around springs that flowed from the Earth. Early settlers of Britain found these springs to be magical and would often attest healing properties to the water. As a result, we…
Bromley is both a historic market town and a London Borough situated in Southeast London. Not far from Charing Cross, this former village grew exponentially just after the start of the Industrial Revolution. We love to find out about the best things to see in London. Could Bromley be one of those best things? Let’s…
Fleetwood is a bustling town on the corner of The Fylde, on the east coast of England and somewhere in Lancashire. Although it officially became a bustling town in the Industrial Era, there’s a fair amount of history that went into the making of the place before then. Today we will try to give you…
One of Britain’s oldest, finest cathedral cities. Somewhere near the confluence of the River Ouse and situated in its own historic county, York is one of England’s treasures. This formerly fortified town is one of few which still has its original city wall intact. Asides from the pleasure of walking the full way around the…