6 reasons to visit…chester

THIS HISTORIC SPA AND MARKET TOWN IS A PERFECT GATEWAY FOR EXPLORING THE STATELY HOMES OF DERBYSHIRE AND SOUL-STIRRING LANDSCAPES OF THE PEAK DISTRICT

Enjoy vibrant city life, a beautiful coastline and lashings of northern charm

Victorian architecture, film history and curry are all on the menu in this West Yorkshire city

Corfe Castle has towered over a Dorset peninsula for 900 years; its stone walls seeing kings crowned, civil wars fought and saints made

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

Blow away the cobwebs and supercharge your mental wellbeing with these seven superb coastal walks