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King of Stately Homes: A Visit to Chatsworth – A Photo Tour – Chatsworth...
Chatsworth has been a work in progress for the last ten years. A survey at the beginning of the century found that Chatsworth was in urgent need of repairs and renovations to preserve the house for...
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Travel News: Longleat Opens New £1.5 Million Restaurant
We’re regular visitors to Longleat and we were just there this past January to see their lights festival (which is bloody brilliant by the way). While we visited, we were quite hungry but didn’t fancy...
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Exploring Milton Abbas, Dorset – One of the First Planned Communities in...
Editor’s Note: This article on Milton Abbas originally appeared in Issue #6 of the Anglotopia Print Magazine in 2017. Support great long-form writing about British Culture, History, and Travel by...
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Kipling’s Rest: A Visit to Bateman’s –‘A Good and Peaceable Place’– The...
When I visited the home of Rudyard Kipling, Bateman’s, it was serendipitous. I’d had a busy day exploring Kent and my itinerary took less time than I’d allocated. Mostly because it was raining on and...
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Travel Alert: Buckingham Palace Summer Opening Exhibition Announced
The Royal Collection Trust has announced their big exhibition for this summer to coincide with the annual opening of Buckingham Palace (which is only opened to the public for 2 months in the summer...
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Top 10 Britain: Top Ten Things to See and Do in the Lake District
Lake District National Park is not only the most beautiful place in the North; it’s most likely the most beautiful local in the entire United Kingdom. Tall peaks are juxtaposed with smooth waters...
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Travel Alert: Plans Finally Approved for Weekend Coronation Street Set Tours
The British TV fan community was devastated a few years ago when tours of the Coronation Street set were stopped after they moved to the new location in Salford Quays. Plans have since been tangled up...
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Tour Alert: Harry Potter Studio Tour Launching New Exhibition Dedicated to...
The Harry Potter Studio Tour has become quite adept at developing new exhibitions to keep the attraction fresh and relevant so many years after the films finished. Starting at the end of this month,...
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Legendary Britain: Top Ten Magical and Mystical Sites in Britain
People don’t seem to believe in magic nowadays. Personally, I blame science for dispelling lots of notions that we had about the universe such as dragons, wizards, fairies, and the like. But at any...
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What’s On in 2019: Blenheim Palace Unveils 2019 Events To Look Forward To
Blenheim Palace is one of our most favorite places in Britain and we highly recommend a visit. They recently sent us a summary of their upcoming events for 2019 – some of these are definitely planning...
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Exploring the Longleat Festival of Lights in Wiltshire
For the last few years, Longleat’s premiere winter attraction has been a beautiful festival of lights on the ground surrounding the classic stately home. It takes them all year to prepare and it’s...
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Guest Blog: Great Holiday Markets of the National Trust
Traveling to the UK this holiday season? Be sure to visit a holiday market during your trip! Here are some National Trust homes hosting markets this year: England Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire Now until...
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Laura’s Britain: Exploring the Bodleian Libraries in Oxford – An Inside Tour...
The Bodleian Library in Oxford – the library of the prestigious University of Oxford – is one of the oldest libraries in Europe. In Britain, it is second in size only to the British Library in London....
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What’s On Around Britain in April 2019 – Easter Celebrations, St George’s...
I hope you enjoyed the March 2019 recommendations as I’ve got plenty more ideas for April. There’s so much to see and do, we hope you can incorporate some of these into your upcoming trips (or plan for...
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Bletchley Park: New Exhibition Report – D-Day: Interception, Intelligence,...
Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret intelligence which had a direct and...
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The Brit Travel Fiver – Five Summer Festivals To Plan Your Trip Around –...
Britain is at its warmest during the summer months, and with that rise in temperature brings a number of outdoor festivals, fairs, and other events that get people into the streets. Music, food, and...
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Exploring Cumbria: On the Ravenglass & Eskdale Stream Heritage Railway...
I arrived at the railway station having just gone through the Hardknott Pass, Britain’s steepest road and one of the most challenging and beautiful drives I’d ever taken in my life. While I generally...
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Laura’s Britain: Exploring History at Colchester Castle in Essex
I was brought up near to Colchester so I did visit the Castle when I was a child. I remember it as a cold shell of a Norman castle which seemed much more fun from the outside that it was when you went...
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What’s On Around Britain in June 2019: St Albans, Dickens Festival,...
As we enter summer the temperature increases across Britain so we’ve got lots of reasons to be outside this month. (I’m not saying it’s hot here but you will find brave locals wearing t-shirts from...
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Exploring Cumbria: A Visit to Muncaster Castle
Muncaster Castle was my third destination on my final day exploring the Lake District. I’ve previously written about my visit to the Ravenglass & Eskdale railway which you can read here. I will be...
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