Life in Birmingham is pretty sweet, but it’s nice to get away every once in a while. Here, we share relaxing countryside excursions, brilliant day trips, and the best places to visit in the UK, plus some exciting international travel inspiration!
You won’t believe me, but these idyllic Italian-style gardens were once home to an amusement park and motor rally races. Going back to the 1800s, Trentham Estate boasted the most beautiful grounds, but by the 20th...
The lengths we will go to for love never cease to amaze. When Colonel Harry Clive set about building his 12-acre, hillside garden in Staffordshire, it wasn’t for any reason other than to provide his wife Dorothy...
We all want to live in a house, a very big house in the country, but there are plenty of reasons why most of us don’t. Cost is a huge one. So is a lack of transport. Of decent shops. Or any kind of infrastructure f...
Birmingham is a city revving with petrol-heads, moto-enthusiasts, and car-nuts. Nothing quite beats hopping behind the wheel and going for a long drive. Unless you’re a big fan of interchanges, you will have to...
While the concept of two towns, one low, one high, sharing a name and separated only by a river, sounds like the set-up for a fable about how we’re all equal despite our differences, it’s actually a very real place...
As science and technology advance, developments that seemed impossible in the past are now becoming a reality. As a result, Network Rail is creating a quantum navigation technology for the UK railways, making it th...
If the blossom in Birmingham has you swooning, hold steady, because there’s plenty more flowerpower coming this summer. One of the biggest events for flower lovers in the West Midlands region will re...
The excitement at the Heights of Abraham begins long before you’ve even set foot on the summit. Your journey to the hilltop park in Derbyshire starts near the village of Matlock Bath, roughly 90 minutes from B...
It doesn’t feel like it yet, but soon this grey weather will pass, and the country will bloom with a kaleidoscope of vibrant, colourful flowers. Last year’s Tulleys Tulip Garden brought a breathtaking natural spectacle...
If you thought humans stopped living in caves millennia ago, think again. Just under an hour from Birmingham is the West Midlands’ very own Hobbiton, aka Kinver Edge. A large, red sandstone cliff with a series of r...
