48 hours in herefordshire

Wandering around Hereford on my first morning in the area, I soon come to realise this is a friendly city. I live in an equally friendly city; a place where, when I leave my house to go to the superma

‘The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there’. Those words begin one of my very favourite books, The Go-Between, by LP Hartley and, standing in the main street of Malvern, I couldn

Sandwiched between west Dorset’s rolling hills and the rugged drama of the Jurassic Coast, Bridport is well placed for a scenic getaway. Beyond its obvious natural charms, the town has plenty more to

With its honey-hued villages, rolling hills and dramatic castles, the picturesque Cotswolds region is in many ways the ultimate English getaway. Spanning an area of almost 800 square miles across the

TUCKED BELOW THE cliffs of the Mendip Hills, the village of Cheddar in Somerset offers a heady mix of wild landscapes, ancient history – and of course, cheese! Whether you’re craving crisp country air

At the Dales’ western edge (next stop, the Lake District) this stylish inn excels with its chic rooms and chef Nina Matsunaga’s distinctive cooking. The Bull does the rural inn bit impressively (great