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Historic world city and British capital with outstanding arts, dining and nightlife.
Historic world city and British capital with outstanding arts, dining and nightlife.
A region riddled by contradictions, the southeast of England skips effortlessly between natural beauty and rock-candy kitsch, rich history and cutting-edge culture.
Yorkshire is England’s most interesting region.
Welcome to the northwest, the once-mighty heartland of industrial England and a generous slice of urban heaven.
You can’t get much further west than the ancient kingdom of Cornwall (or Kernow, as it’s often referred to around these parts).
Cumbria is where rural England unexpectedly takes a walk on the wild side.
Picture-perfect Devon has long been one of the country’s favourite holiday destinations, and with such a smorgasbord of natural wonders, it’s not hard to see what keeps the holidaymakers coming back.
If you're a lover of the great outdoors, the Lake District is one corner of England where you'll want to linger.
Once a byword for bad town planning, England's second-largest city – known to locals as 'Brum' – is shaking off the legacy of industrial decline, and spending some serious money replacing its drab 1960s concrete architecture with gleaming glass...
Raised on lofty ambition and not afraid to declare its considerable bona fides, Manchester is – by dint of geography and history – England’s second city (apologies to Birmingham), although if you were to ask a Mancunian what it’s like to be second...
Perched atop of England, along the border with Scotland, the northeast has always been frontier country – its people passionate, independent and generally isolated from the rest of the island below.
This, the largest of Yorkshire's four counties – and the largest county in England – is also the most beautiful.
The long history of academic achievement and genteel living distinguish Oxfordshire from other parts of the country.
For many, Dorset conjures up the kind of halcyon holiday memories found in flickering 1970s home movies, and the county does still deliver arcade-loads of seaside kitsch.
Bristol might just be Britain's most overlooked city.
Oxford is a privileged place, one of the world’s most famous university towns - it’s steeped in history, studded with august buildings and yet maintains the feel of a young town, thanks to its large student population.
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