Woking in Surey

15 July 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

The Great War monument on Jubilee Square © Zorro2212/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Great War monument on Jubilee Square © Zorro2212/cc-by-sa-3.0

Woking is a town and borough in north-west Surrey, England, around 23 mi (36 km) from central London. It appears in Domesday Book as Wochinges, and its name probably derives from that of a Saxon landowner. The earliest evidence of human activity is from the Palaeolithic, but the low fertility of the sandy local soils meant that the area was the least populated part of the county in 1086. Between the mid-17th and mid-19th centuries, new transport links were constructed, including the Wey Navigation, Basingstoke Canal and London to Southampton railway line. The modern town was established in the mid-1860s, as the London Necropolis Company began to sell surplus land surrounding the railway station for development.   read more…

Norfolk Broads in England

9 July 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

2015 Three Rivers Race start © Roger Green/cc-by-sa-3.0

2015 Three Rivers Race start © Roger Green/cc-by-sa-3.0

The Broads (known for marketing purposes as The Broads National Park) is a network of mostly navigable rivers and lakes in the English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk. Although the terms “Norfolk Broads” and “Suffolk Broads” are correctly used to identify specific areas within the two counties respectively, often the whole area is referred to as the Norfolk Broads.   read more…

Burghley House in Lincolnshire

1 July 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Tilman2007/cc-by-sa-4.0

Burghley House is a grand 16th-century English country house near Stamford, Lincolnshire. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house, built and still lived in by the senior (Exeter) branch of the Cecil family and is Grade I listed.   read more…

Englefield House in Berkshire

22 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Palaces, Castles, Manors, Parks Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© geograph.org.uk – Richard Croft/cc-by-sa-2.0

Englefield House is an Elizabethan country house with surrounding estate at Englefield in the English county of Berkshire. The gardens are open to the public all year round on particular weekdays and the house by appointment only for large groups.   read more…

Fitzrovia in London

19 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, London Reading Time:  7 minutes

The Fitzrovia © flickr.com - Ewan Munro/cc-by-sa-2.0

The Fitzrovia © flickr.com – Ewan Munro/cc-by-sa-2.0

Fitzrovia is a district of central London, England, near the West End. Its eastern part is in the London Borough of Camden, and the western in the City of Westminster. It has its roots in the Manor of Tottenham Court, and was urbanised in the 18th century. Its name was coined in the late 1930s by Tom Driberg.   read more…

H. Huntsman & Sons at Savile Row

15 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, London Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Petersmith1/cc-by-sa-4.0

H. Huntsman & Sons (known as Huntsman of Savile Row) is a high-end fashion house and bespoke tailor located at No. 11 Savile Row, Mayfair, City of Westminster, London. It is known for its English bespoke menswear tailoring, cashmere ready-to-wear collections, and leather accessories.   read more…

Charlotte

14 June 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, Bon appétit Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Google Gemini

A charlotte is a type of bread pudding that can be served hot or cold. It is also referred to as an “icebox cake“. Bread, sponge cake, crumbs or biscuits/cookies are used to line a mold, which is then filled with a fruit puree or custard. The baked pudding could then be sprinkled with powdered sugar and glazed with a salamander, a red-hot iron plate attached to a long handle, though modern recipes would likely use more practical tools to achieve a similar effect.   read more…

St Pancras New Church in London

18 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, London Reading Time:  5 minutes

Crypt © Doyle of London/cc-by-sa-4.0

Crypt © Doyle of London/cc-by-sa-4.0

St Pancras New Church is a Greek Revival church in St Pancras, London, built in 1819–22 to the designs of William and Henry William Inwood. The church is one of the most important 19th-century churches in England and is a Grade I listed building, and is still in use as a place of worship. Regular services are hosted at 11am on Sundays, and the church is the principal church for the Borough of Camden – hosting their civic services.   read more…

Old Jewry in London

15 May 2026 | Author/Destination: | Category: General, London Reading Time:  5 minutes

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© Google Gemini

Old Jewry is a one-way street in the City of London, the historic and financial centre of London. It is located within Coleman Street ward and links Poultry to Gresham Street. The street now contains mainly offices for financial companies. The nearest London Underground station is Bank and the closest mainline railway station is Cannon Street.   read more…

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