The New Forest is a beautiful part of the UK, vast landscapes of heather, ferns and forest, one which is very popular with walkers and...

Many visitors to the city will pay vast sums to go on an evening cruise down the Thames where they can watch the sun setting and then see...

At the top of the skyscraper known as the 'Walkie-Talkie' are free gardens and an outdoor viewing platform to enjoy what is billed as the...

Lovers of poetry and Slow Travellers can often be synonymous. Here we look at some delightful areas in and around Steep in rural...

For the Slow Traveller who doesn't want to stay in central London, either because they have already explored all there is to see there or...

For those who want to stay away from the noise and clamour of central London, or who want to avoid the typical tourist sites filled with...

This wonderful annual event is held in the Chalke Valley, just outside Salisbury in Wiltshire. It is the ideal festival for the Slow...

A poignant statement of the United Kingdom’s most recent tragic event, the Memorial Wall on the South Bank is a place for quiet...

The British Ironwork Centre, near Oswestry in Shropshire, has something for all ages. With a large open air museum of steel sculpture...

Sally Lunn's Restaurant is in the centre of the city of Bath, just a stone's throw from the Abbey and Roman Baths, and just as popular...

Danebury is an Iron Age hillfort in the south of England between the cities of Salisbury and Winchester. For many it is seen as the...

Tower Bridge on the river Thames is a London icon, its image instantly recognisable across the globe and synonymous with London itself....

A peaceful and enjoyable walk around the 54 acre gardens on the pretty island of Gigha. The unique microclimate and rich soil on Gigha...

One of those magical places which stays with you long after your visit – this little chapel on the west coast of Scotland evokes the past...

With only a few rooms, a visit to The Clink is short but sweet. With a rather shlock-horror layout of torture equipment, displays...

There is a lot of misinformation out there about visiting this top tourist site - I've seen gems such as 'the visit is free if you buy a...

Shepton Mallet prison closed in 2013 and since then has been open as a heritage site whilst developers wrangle over its future. People...

To many tourists, leaving behind coins in a fountain, lovelocks on a bridge or clouties (offerings) at sacred sites is a symbol of luck,...

Florence Nightingale was a pioneer for Victorian women, rejecting the expectation that she would look after the home and a family....

The largest of London's parks at 350 acres, Hyde Park and its neighbour Kensington Gardens (275 acres), create a vast green space amid...

An Elizabethan Manor House in the tiny village of Breamore, Hampshire, Breamore House is part of a larger estate which includes the...

Lepe is a small hamlet on the shore of the Solent in Hampshire which was a secret manufacturing site for parts of the Mulberry Harbours...

As the capital city, London is at the heart of British politics. This self guided walking tour of political London is a one-day itinerary...

Bovington Tank Museum in Dorset, on the southern coast of England, is located in a military base, the home of The Armour Centre. A huge...