England Travel Stories

Apr 15, 2011 • 2 min read

It’s here! Almost. The biggest English royal wedding since, well, the last one. On Friday 29 April, 2011, billions around the world will turn their rapt…

Apr 4, 2011 • 5 min read

The world's gaze will be squarely set on the British Monarchy April 29, when the cute couple, Prince William and Kate Middleton, tie the knot. As interest…

Jan 13, 2011 • 3 min read

Lonely Planet authors are constantly travelling the globe, researching in order to update our guidebooks. Each month Lonely Planet Magazine asks them to…

Jan 11, 2011 • 2 min read

A colossal squid and a cursed gem that refuses to die. In this extract from Lonely Planet Magazine, Jimmy Doherty, presenter of BBC Two's Museum of Life,…

Dec 1, 2010 • 3 min read

Lonely Planet's authors are constantly travelling the globe, doing research to update our guidebooks. Each month Lonely Planet magazine asks them to…

Oct 11, 2010 • 9 min read

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Sep 15, 2010 • 2 min read

London's Open House weekend is the highlight of many an architecturally curious or just plain nosy Londoner’s year.

Aug 27, 2010 • 2 min read

It's that time of the week, where we ask our worldly Lonely Planet editors what's making travel news in their corners of the globe.

Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read

Leeks as big as legs, best-dressed potatoes, wrestlers in white leggings and lovingly preened cows: the country show is an eclectic celebration of all…

Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read

So good they named it once: Oxbridge. In many people’s minds England’s two most venerable university cities are interchangeable, or even somehow conjoined…

Aug 25, 2010 • 3 min read

Picture the scene: in a cramped booth lined with egg cartons, Mick Jagger is crooning 'Little by Little' while Gene Pitney tinkles the ivories and Phil…

Aug 22, 2010 • 4 min read

Next time you’ve an idle moment – and a willing partner – in the kitchen, try the following experiment: don a blindfold, take a spoonful of jam, and try…

Aug 5, 2010 • 3 min read

Mainland Great Britain has around 17,820km of coastline. That’s just over 11,000 miles of beach, bay, cove and cliff forming the wave-battered…

Jul 22, 2010 • 4 min read

No matter which tube line you're near in London, chances are one of the city’s treasures is awaiting you just a few short London Underground stops away.

Jul 22, 2010 • 3 min read

You’re bored of boardroom sandwich platters, instant coffee, and water from crushable plastic cups. So forego the usual lunchtime doldrums on your next…

Jul 20, 2010 • 5 min read

Right up there with parades as one of the great simple timeless joys are fairs, state and county, little and big -- fairs where pigs are judged by girth,…

Jul 13, 2010 • 3 min read

If you were creating a perfect holiday haven from scratch, you’d probably come up with Cornwall. This rugged wedge of rock offers impossibly pretty…

Jul 12, 2010 • 3 min read

The British capital’s top summer knees-up, a celebration of the local Caribbean community, has enlivened this part of town since the 1950s. During the end…

Jul 12, 2010 • 4 min read

If you want a short cut into the heart of British culture, watch the British at play. They’re fierce and passionate about their sport, whether…

Apr 23, 2010 • 1 min read

Like an enormous, long-neglected cabinet of wonders, Calke Abbey is not your usual glitzy, wealth-encrusted stately home. Built around 1703, it’s been…

Apr 19, 2010 • 1 min read

England excels at many things, but there's (practically) nothing it does better than a stately home. In this extract from our Discover Great Britain guide…

Aug 27, 2009 • 1 min read

Notting Hill is a lively patch at the best of times, but during the annual Carnival in August the crowds go into overdrive. It is a spectacle not to be…