The United Kingdom Travel Stories

Oct 3, 2019 • 4 min read

Banksy caused a stir in London this week with his new installation in Croydon. Local resident Lottie Gross explains why it’s the perfect home for him.

Sep 30, 2019 • 7 min read

Balancing Cornish pasties, ice creams, seafood and cider with refreshing swims in the Atlantic and coastal walks with spectacular views.

Sep 8, 2019 • 7 min read

Like so much in life, social media gives the expat experience a deceptive gloss – but the darker side of expat life is usually cropped out of the frame…

Aug 27, 2019 • 5 min read

Whether you're after cool cocktail bars, old-school boozers or edgy drag venues, you're likely to find what you're looking for among London's LGBT+ bars.

Jul 29, 2019 • 3 min read

Beachy Head is the largest of a spectacularly scenic series of sea cliffs just west of the coastal town of Eastbourne in East Sussex. Topped with the lush…

Jun 5, 2019 • 5 min read

Free, and open to everyone, parkrun has gripped millions across the globe since its inception in 2004. So much so that every Saturday morning there are…

May 30, 2019 • 5 min read

Summer’s on the way in the UK, and that means one thing for the LGBT+ community and their allies: Pride events are starting to happen up and down the…

Dec 18, 2018 • 6 min read

London’s food scene is as multicultural as its population, making it possible to whisk your taste buds off on a round-the-world trip without your feet…

Nov 30, 2017 • 5 min read

Whether it be whispered pillow talk in darkened dorms or frenetic story swapping in communal kitchens, hostels are an essential port of call for the solo…

Sep 20, 2017 • 10 min read

Within minutes of arriving in the Isles of Scilly, I encounter my first traffic jam: the airport shuttle bus halts as a hedgehog waddles across the road…

Sep 1, 2017 • 7 min read

Travel in the UK can be a bargain experience if you do it right. Museums and galleries are often free, historic cities and parks offer plenty of options…

Aug 25, 2017 • 7 min read

A raucous party town with a dynamic young population that keeps the city on trend, Belfast will invariably confound expectations. Its transformation from…

Aug 9, 2017 • 7 min read

Standing almost horizontal against gale-force winds and the kind of rain that makes you wish you’d spent your life savings on waterproofs, I begin to…

Jul 11, 2017 • 5 min read

Glasgow has reinvented itself as one of the coolest destinations in Britain.  In the early 1900s, a fifth of the world’s ships were built in the 'Second…

Mar 22, 2017 • 7 min read

Yorkshire’s largest city was once defined by mills and industry, but Leeds’ Victorian centre has marched proudly into the 21st century. Its industrious…

Jan 16, 2017 • 10 min read

Head to Snowdonia in the footsteps of heroic mountaineers, for whom Welsh hills were the training ground for the ultimate adventure.

Nov 14, 2016 • 5 min read

It’s been bubbling away quietly for the last couple of decades but with sales rising, international awards coming in and two of the Champagne region’s…

Aug 18, 2016 • 6 min read

In spring 2016, a mysterious brochure appeared in Orkney – the archipelago off Scotland's northern tip – listing reasons to visit the isle of Mama Westray…

Aug 18, 2016 • 6 min read

Orkney is a treasure trove of human history, and its riches range from standing stones that predate the Pyramids to battleships sunk or scuttled during…

Feb 25, 2016 • 4 min read

Northern Ireland is beautiful, wonderfully scenic and packed with attractions both historic and contemporary. The landscape is rejuvenated and the people,…

Apr 27, 2015 • 4 min read

There’s a never-ending procession of adrenalin sports aimed at travellers, but one seemingly old-fashioned activity is attracting more and more converts…

Mar 11, 2015 • 5 min read

Few places pack so much variety into such a tiny space as Britain. The cities tempt with top-class shops and restaurants, and some of the world’s finest…