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Looking for a perfect Staycation destination In Buckinghamshire? Then High Wycombe could be your holiday destination, this year. High Wycombe is a huge modern-looking market town in Buckinghamshire, with a reputation for being one of the more prosperous areas of England. We took an in-depth look around town, to find out what makes it so…
Accrington the internationally renowned purveyor of incredibly dense bricks. Seriously the famed Accrington Brick is iron-hard and has been used as the foundation of landmark buildings as famous and diverse as the Empire State Building in New York and Blackpool Tower! However, that’s not all the town has to offer and it is somewhere deserving…
Canterbury is a historic city in the east of Kent and the southeast of England. It lies on the River Stour about 55 miles (89 km) south-east of London and 6 miles (10 km) south of Whitstable. Kent’s only city has been England’s primary ecclesiastical centre since the late 6th century. The cathedral and surrounding…
Scunthorpe the Lincolnshire industrial town built on Ironstone. Sounds like a line out of a Sword & Sorcery B Movie, doesn’t it. Well, fear not, this is our guide to this fine town and not a movie review! Anyway, bad jokes aside, as our regular readers know, here at Five Minutes Spare, we are always…
Maidstone lies on the banks of the River Medway in South East England. It’s the largest settlement in Kent, where it serves as the county town. It lies 32 miles (52 km) south-east of the centre of London and 8 miles (13 km) south of Gillingham. Historically, the town has been very much at the…
Margate is a town and seaside resort in north-east Kent on the south coast of England. Situated on Kent’s north coast, the town lies approximately 16 miles north-east of Canterbury and 4 miles north of Ramsgate. By the early 13th century the town’s port had gained important national status. And, by the early part of…
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