Our Five Minute Whirl Around Chelmsford The City Built on Roman Ruins. Chelmsford is an Essex city with more than 110,000 people. While that number seems high, it’s actually smaller than some of England’s larger towns. No matter! This city has been in existence since the Romans invaded Britain circa 40AD. Let’s jump into…
Doncaster the Roman Fort town that outgrew its confines. Originally, this place was nothing but a patch of land on the endless sea of grass that made up England… but before it was England. Originally, it wasn’t even called Doncaster, it was called Danum. This seems like as good a starting point as any to…
Want to go to Great Yarmouth for your summer holidays? You would be following in the footsteps of your ancestors… Great Yarmouth, also lovingly called Yarmouth, is a Norfolk town considered the gateway to the Norfolk Broads. Situated on the River Yare, this town was once one of the UK’s biggest herring towns. Back in…
Welcome To Our Five Minute (plus) Guide to Belfast… When you think of tourist destinations, even UK based ones Belfast probably doesn’t spring to mind, however as you will see when you read on it is a hidden gem, and it really has shrugged off its chequered history with aplomb. As befitting a Capital City…
A quick guide to Alston (Cumbria) Alston is a relatively remote, small market town located in Cumbria, Northwest England and its main claim to fame is that it is the joint highest Market Town in England at around 1000 feet above sea level! It is situated within the civil parish of Alston Moor, lying close…
Telford The Town Named After An Engineer! Telford is situated in Shropshire, near Shrewsbury, named after the famous Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford. Being one of the New Towns of the ’60s and ’70s has lots of things going for it. Many new towns were cleverly introduced to house population overspill from London. This works…
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