With its rolling valleys and timeless villages, it is no wonder this northern English county is known as God’s Own Country. Voyage from the home of the Brontës to the windswept coast.
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The former manufacturing city of Leicester is capitalising on the recent discovery of Richard III’s skeleton.
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Already the UK’s chocolate-making capital for more than a century, a new breed of small, upmarket chocolatiers are taking the baton from the big name manufacturers of years past.
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Discover sites of Arthurian legend and Christian pilgrimage or gaze at rare wildlife and starry skies.
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From ale in the Lake District to pasta in Bologna to wine in Bordeaux — food and travel make perfect companions.
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Played every year since at least 1667, England’s Royal Shrovetide Football Match pits residents against each other in a two-day, town-wide game.
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