Moving to... leicestershire

For those who prefer not to follow the crowd, we reveal some of the best, but relatively undiscovered places to enjoy in the country’s chicest region

In an ordinary county in the English Midlands, one writer found and shared the extra ordinary.

Eleven friends of COUNTRY LIFE pen a love letter to their small, yet oh so distinctive patches of the British Isles, from the big skies of the north Norfolk coast to the street art of Belfast, from the glens of Perthshire to the Exe estuary in Devon via the apple orchards of Herefordshire

Rural Britain looks peacefully idyllic, but dig deeper and you’ll find a dark and complex history. Corinne Fowler takes a country walk in Hampshire and into the nation’s colonial past.

With rolling valleys, serene rivers and architectural character aplenty, what’s not to like about this county?

Neighbourhood know-how, people and places