Stevenage is a relatively new location in Hertfordshire, being designated as a new town just after WWII. Originally more of a village it grew quickly as the London overspill spread and originally it was expected to be a commuter town. However, as you will see it is fast becoming a destination in its own right…
Macclesfield is one of those towns which people have heard of but often have no idea where it is or what it is famous for. Well, quickly we can tell you it’s in Cheshire famous for silk and its Georgian town hall It also has a football club that has been through the wringer but…
Join us for the Five Minute Spare’s Walk Round Birkenhead, everything you ever wanted to know about the town, and some stuff you weren’t that fussed about. Ok, dad joke aside let’s get Somewhere in Wirral, Merseyside, there is a town named Birkenhead. Within that town, hundreds of years of history lie wrapped in…
Somewhere in the lovely humid warmth of Derbyshire, you will find a town called Chesterfield. Situated at the meeting place of the Rivers Rother and Hipper, this town and borough lie in the centre of an old coalfield. In the middle of the town in the middle of the regrown coalfield, lies a church with…
Chester the city with a history spanning two millennia. Chester, long since a city in its own English Shire, has a history longer than that of sliced bread! It goes all the way back into pre-historic times, but we obviously have no records of this. What we do know is that it officially started as…
Nailsworth where the rolling valleys of Gloucestershire & the whole of the Cotswolds are within easy reach! If you are looking for a picturesque, serene staycation destination for the 2021 holiday season, Nailsworth might be just the quiet little town you have been looking for. It’s removed enough from the cities that it doesn’t suffer the…
Craig Taylor