As we criss-cross England looking at some of the prettiest places to visit, this edition brings us to a town in Cheshire. With a market street decked in bunting, winding streets lined with cottages and the entrance to a publicly-accessible stately pile, Knutsford is popular with visitors, here’s why:
From a market town in Shropshire to a Britain in Bloom village in Lancashire, the Pretty Places series is now serving up a city in this third post. Ely is an idyllic place with plenty of sights and is well-located if you’re looking for a day trip out of London. Here is a look around …
In this series of Pretty Places to visit, we look at various villages and towns across England that have the aesthetically pleasing scenes we love to see; traditional architecture, lush gardens bursting with florals, winding cobbled streets and quaint sights. Continuing on from our first edition, which looked at the market town of Shrewsbury, this …
Returning to our series of inspirational ‘scenes’, from lush gardens to quaint village streets we have decided to develop the Scene of The Day series this year with Pretty Places. The Pretty Places series will look at pretty English towns and villages, and hopefully give some travel inspiration to those of us who love to …
The Bronte Sisters have transcended the world of literature and have come to embody a time period and style. From retrospective heroines to popular culture influencers, the Brontes continue to fascinate turning their home, the Parsonage in Haworth, into a site of pilgrimage. Here’s a look at the area that influenced so much of their …
The Tudor time period brought a myriad of architectural styles and advances in building but is best remembered for the black and white half-timbered ‘post-and-beam’ construction that peppers European landscapes, particularly in England. Here is a look at one such example of a Tudor House: Bramhall Hall.
Who can resist a quaint village market street? With swing signs, florals and a hodge-podge of architectural styles, this high street in the town of Prestbury in Cheshire is a stereotypical snapshot of the timeless charm of a preserved English village centre. Here’s a closer look at this quaint village:
