If you do happen to visit Bradford, mentioned in my previous post, then you might also be interested in taking a look at the pretty village of Haworth, which is within the Bradford district, and ten miles to the west of the city.
Surrounded by the moors, Haworth is a popular tourist destination due to the […]
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With its National Media Museum, elegant Victorian civic buildings set alongside old mills built from local sandstone, and some of the finest Indian food in the UK, Bradford in Yorkshire, England, is a wonderful city for a great day out.
Long a centre for the woollen industry and textiles, Bradford became prosperous during the Industrial Revolution, […]
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If you visit Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, prepare to be amazed the minute you walk in the door. The first thing to greet your eye is the fantastic, perspective warping work by Patrick Hughes, where the painting actually appears to move as you do, and you can look down three painting lined corridors simultaneously. […]
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It seemed that for many years St Pancras, the grand old brick-built Gothic revival railway station next door to King’s Cross (also a railway station for those of you not familiar with London), was a bit forlorn and forgotten, compared to its busy neighbour. But now, as I reported a while back, the station is […]
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What could be more enjoyable in terms of Christmas shopping than to combine one of England’s most elegant cities, with some of its most picturesque villages?
Every Christmas, the beautiful area between the magnificent Bath Abbey and the ancient Roman Baths, is turned into that Christmas shopper’s delight known as Bath Christmas Market, with over a […]
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From today, 14 November 2007, the Eurostar will make its departure for the contintent from St Pancras International instead of from London Waterloo. For those of you who are not so familiar with London, St Pancras is adjacent to King’s Cross, which serves the north of England, and Scotland, whereas Waterloo, though central, is just […]
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German Christmas markets are so renowned all over Europe, that they are even making their way to places outside Germany. For example, in Leeds, the up-and-coming metropolis of West Yorkshire, you will find the Christkindelmarkt, running from the 16th November to 20th December, a little piece of Germany in the heart of Leeds city centre, […]
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In my last post I talked about the medieval city of York, which was founded by the Romans, and is one of Europe’s few walled cities.
One of the most fascinating streets in York is the medieval street known as The Shambles, with its overhanging timber-built shops. The Shambles gets its name from the fact that […]
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So many visitors to England confine themselves to London, Oxford and Stratford-upon-Avon, but I reckon that if you don’t go up north, you are missing lots of things, and one of those things is the impressive and historic walled city of York.
The city was founded in AD 71 by the Romans, but after their departure […]
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If you are contemplating a visit to England this fall, it is possible that you had not thought of visiting the city of Bradford, in West Yorkshire, as Bradford is a little off the popular tourist trail. However if you are a big fan of Indian cooking, or an aficionado of the cinema, or even […]
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