We love the Yorkshire Dales, but in summer it can get quite crowded, with walkers off on adventures up the peaks and the less energetic strolling around the picturesque market towns and villages. In a

We arrive at the top of High Cup Nick in the North Pennines. “It’s like the world starts just over there,” comments my friend Mark. He’s pointing down the U-shaped chasm of High Cup Gill, beyond whose

On his latest visit to the capital of the Highlands, Jeremy Ellwood’s itinerary included Scotland’s newest course and another one less than seven years old

The North Country Rover ticket offers four days’ travel within an eight-day period and covers the north of England from Halifax up to Newcastle and Carlisle (excluding heritage railways). Available at

Before the country-house market begins in earnest–which is later in the northern regions–three handsome houses are launched in the hope of catching the eye of eager would-be buyers

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