The Five Minute Guide to Woking. Get to know your town with one of our helpful travel guides. Situated in Surrey, this sunny English town is all the way down in the south. That means it has better weather than most of us UK dwellers, making it an ideal staycation destination for stay-at-home-summer 2021. Woking…
Get to Know Aldershot in Under Five Minutes The Hampshire staycation destination that operates with military precision Anyone who has been put off getting on a plane after the 2020 pandemic, will be interested in scouting around for potential new staycation destinations that they can visit. Here at Five Minutes Spare, we take great pride…
Solihull The Rather Quaint West Midlands Town On The River Blythe. Somewhere in the Forest of Arden, you will find Solihull, still not far enough away from Birmingham to escape being industrialised, but on the edge. This quaint little former market town was the apple in the eye of the English crown, although that apple…
Kidderminster Everything you ever wanted to know about this Worcestershire but were too scared to ask! The Worcestershire town of Kidderminster has one of the more interesting names in England. Nobody knows how to spell it and, of those that do, nobody seems to be able to explain its odd name… at least not the…
The Five-Minute Guide to Stockport Greater Manchester’s hidden gem. Modern-day Stockport is a town big enough to rival any city. With more than 114k residents, it’s big enough to sprawl from Lancashire to Cheshire. Once known as an international hemp producer, rope-making town, and hattery, this place has bags of character and enough appeal for…
The Five-Minute Tour of Nuneaton In Warwickshire. Let’s explore the Tourist attractions, local landmarks, and discover a little history behind the town the nuns named. Ever wanted to know what a town that was built around a nunnery would look like? You would be halfway there with Nuneaton. This pleasant, picturesque town has been around…