The Cheshire town of Northwich has a salty history, but not in the way you might expect. Northwich is a Cheshire town with a long history in the salt trade. Here in Britain, we don’t have mountains with concreted salt to harvest. If we want it, we have to extract it from the sea, or…
Take a tour of the town built on the opulence of a canal. Essentially an industrial town, people say that Ellesmere Port didn’t exist before the 18the century. Whether it existed or not, we managed to scrape up the history of the Before Times, talk you through the best bits of Ellesmere Port, and even…
Welcome to Whitgift, the picturesque hidden gem of a village located in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Nestled on the banks of the River Ouse, this idyllic destination is only four miles away from Goole and is also part of the commuter belt for the likes of Scunthorpe and Beverley. Thus Whitgift offers a tranquil…
Your quick guide to one of Yorkshire’s proudest cathedral cities. Wakefield holds the seat of West Riding County Council and has done so for two hundred years and counting. This makes it one of the most important cities in the area. We can’t wait to get stuck into the history for this city. If it…
 Pudsey In Five Minutes Cricket masters, marketing gurus, and yet still out-shone by a bear, what’s inside this thriving Yorkshire town? Arguably more famous as a bear with a patch over his eye than an actual place, the intrepid explorer will find this market town near Leeds is sometimes sunny West Yorkshire. Formally famous for…
Visit the home of a treasured English candy when you travel to Pontefract to explore. Pontefract is a West Riding town whose population tops 30,000 people on a good day. A large town respected for its castle; Pontefract also has a long history in coal mining. It is also a market town, has its own…