Lorna Thompson East of England is an area that consists of a few counties, many looking out over the North Sea towards Belgium and The Netherlands. The scenery is pretty similar to our European friends, with lots of marshy wetlands and pretty windmills, on flat land that is prone to flooding. If you venture out towards…
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a guide to Worcestershire, naturally
The Bluebird Gallery Worcestershire is one of the many landlocked counties in the West Midlands. Home to beautiful countryside and stunning architecture, you’ll find plenty of riverside walks here due to the abundance of canals (a throwback to the Industrial Revolution). This friendly county borders many others. The main city of Worcester is known for…
a guide to West Midlands, naturally
Nicholas Hely Hutchinson West Midlands is a county of its own, home to the three major areas (Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry) but surprisingly also home to vast swathes of rural countryside (you’re only a few miles from the blue remembered hills of sparsely-populated Shropshire). The city of Birmingham, Alabama in the USA was indeed named…
a guide to Warwickshire, naturally
Art by Rachel Warwickshire is a mostly rural county situated in the West Midlands. Although the town of Stratford-upon-Avon is the second-most visited place after London, due to links with William Shakespeare (and it’s believed by experts that he did write most or all of the plays, despite controversies by some scholars). Believed to be…
a guide to Staffordshire, naturally
Nicholas Hely Hutchinson Staffordshire is one of the many landlocked counties in the West Midlands, known for its history of the Industrial Revolution (today the canals are mostly for riverside walks and boat trips, but were previously known for ferrying goods to London, back in the day before the motorcar). The River Trent runs for…