Colne The Lancashire town that’s nowhere near the Colne Valley. Here at Five Minutes Spare, we take great delight in summarising the best places to visit in Britain. Colne is next on our list and presents a worthwhile adversary. While the Colne Water is not the River Colne, and the Colne Valley is far farther…
Looking for a seaside adventure in Northumberland? Coastal Blyth could be the best thing you and your family do this year. Here is everything you need to know before you go… Five Minutes Spare style. Blyth is approximately 7 miles from Tynemouth and 13 miles from Newcastle. Over the years, the town has contributed both…
Welcome to Ashington: The World’s Biggest Mining Village or should that be a town? Ashington used to be farmland, that’s the hot take for the day. At some point in the 19th century, locals realised it was a beautiful place to mine coal and the rest is history. Want to know more? Well, luckily you…
Bangor (Wales) is Wales’ oldest noble city. Not to be confused with Bangor (Northern Ireland) where they keep the boats*. *We have nothing against boats. In fact, we like boats. We like Bangor in Ireland too. So much in fact, that we already wrote about it. See this article for Bangor in Northern Ireland. However,…
One of the original Garden Cities, Rosyth is one of Fife’s star attractions. The whole stretch of coastline up around Fife is some of the best you will see. Granted, it’s not as rocky as the run up the east coast past Edinburgh, and it isn’t quite as jaw-dropping as the Scottish Highlands, but you…
The Essex market town on the River Crouch with a long history. Are you desperately seeking somewhere to go on holiday this year? Are you focused on staycation destinations? It would be the sensible thing to do, given recent world events. Between the wars and the plagues, nobody really wants to travel too far and…
Craig Taylor