Britain, town by town
A living guidebook to Britain's places
Curated like the old guidebooks, alive like the web. Find places that fit real weekends - by season, by character, and by where you already are.
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This July in Britain
Festivals, markets and fairs happening across the country right now.
In season now
Fresh British food in season
45 foods are at their best across Britain this July. Eat with the seasons.
Beetroot
Broad beans
Carrots
Chard
Courgettes
Cucumber
French beans
Garlic
Globe artichokes
Lettuce
Peas
Radishes
Spinach
Spring onions
Tomatoes
Turnips
Blackcurrants
Cherries
Gooseberries
Raspberries
Redcurrants
Strawberries
Whitecurrants
Basil
Chives
Mint
Parsley
Sage
Brill
Dover soleCounty in focus
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
Dramatic basalt coast, glens and headlands shaped by sea, myth and volcanic origins
County town: Antrim
Worth the trip
Featured places this week
A rotating handful of towns and cities we think reward a visit.
Bromley
Kent
Kentish market town roots, medieval bishop's palace and holy well, thriving shopping and cultural heritage pulse
Bromsgrove
Worcestershire
Medieval market town with a Grade I parish church, carillon-towered, heritage museum and market-garden roots
Bromyard
Herefordshire
Half-timbered streets, Norman church, riverside valley market town famed for hops and soft fruit heritage
Broseley
Shropshire
Riverside market town gateway to Ironbridge Gorge, steeped in ironworks, clay pipe, tile and railway heritage
Broughton in Furness
Lancashire
Eleventh-century market square with a Georgian obelisk, riverside wool and fishing heritage on Lake District fringe
Broughty Ferry
Angus
Victorian villa-lined seaside suburb on the Firth of Tay, with historic castle, beaches and convenient rail links
Explore
Browse guides by character
Categories curated by hand - follow the strands that match how you travel.
Journeys
Where to today?
A fresh handful every morning - by train, by car and on foot, each with the route drawn along the line it follows.
Magazine
Stories for the curious weekender
Fresh takes, slow-travel notes, and the overlooked angles.
1066: One Year, One Road
No single year changed Britain more than 1066 - and it can be followed on the ground, from the…
A Taste of the Country: Britain's Edible Map
Britain is a small island that argues ferociously about food - not about whether it is any…
Agatha Christie's England: The Queen of Crime at Home
The best-selling novelist in history learned her poisons in a Torquay dispensary, wrote her way…
Burns Country: The Ploughman, the Poet and the Map of Ayrshire
Robert Burns lived only thirty-seven years and rarely left south-west Scotland - yet no poet on…
Canal Mania: The Waterways That Built Britain
Before the railways, Britain built itself a second country out of water - two thousand miles of…
Constable Country: Six Miles of the Stour That Changed Painting
John Constable painted one small stretch of the Suffolk-Essex border - his father's mills, a…
Crime Scenes: The Detective's Britain
Britain kills people beautifully. From Morse's Oxford to Rebus's Edinburgh, from a medieval…
Dormitories and Midnight Feasts: The Places Behind the School Story
The boarding school story is one of Britain's strangest and most durable inventions: tuck…
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