Often considered going to the Lake District but never actually been? Well, now it’s official that you really should visit at least once in a lifetime! The New York Times’ number one bestselling book ’1000 Places To See Before You Die’, which had sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and been translated into no [...]
Northumberland is now a place of pilgrimage for gardeners. Not just a pretty coast, with the creation of The Alnwick Garden by the Duchess of Northumberland and the development of the multi award winning Howick Hall Gardens, the county now ranks as a must-visit venue for the seriously green-fingered. Thanks to Eshott Hall, one of [...]
It stands as a shining beacon of architectural and engineering innovation on the banks of the River Clyde. The Riverside Museum is Glasgow’s newest visitor attraction, home to the transport, engineering and shipbuilding legacy that made Glasgow great. The Riverside Museum is an architectural masterpiece, designed by Zaha Hadid, arguably the world’s most in-demand architect. [...]
Yep… you heard that right. Today is British Yorkshire Pudding Day. The third one, to be precise. The idea was conceived by Florence Sandeman, Publisher of recipes4us.co.uk who declared that the first Sunday of February should be marked as British Yorkshire Pudding Day. The tourist board and others have since latched on to the idea [...]
As of Spring 2011 travellers to Guernsey will be able to enjoy an upgraded service thanks to Flybe’s first new Embraer-175 jet aircraft. The decision marks the return of a jet service on the London Gatwick-Guernsey route. Flybe plans to offer up to eight flights a day from the island. The Embraer 175 jet that [...]
The Queen joined Facebook at precisely 8am this morning. Although you can’t request to be a friend as with other Facebook profiles, you can click on ‘like’ to become a fan of the page. And, quite incredibly, within the first hour, the page has already attracted 146,262 “likes” or fans at the time of publication. [...]
Visitors to a Dove Cottage and Wordsworth Museum exhibition, in Grasmere in the Lake District, can marvel at the resilience of their parasol-touting, well-to-do travelling predecessors, who would endure lengthy journeys, with boulders strewn in their path and the ever-present possibility of an overturned carriage, just to reach their destination! The Savage Grandeur and Noblest [...]
It’s been open for less than a year since its £750,000 makeover but the Haweswater Hotel is already proving to be a winner having picked up a prestigious award for ‘Best location’. The award which comes from LateRooms.com and The Sun newspaper is one of a collection of accolades given out as part of the [...]
Cumbria has scooped five of the overall 16 awards, equalling previous best performances in 2008 and 2004, at the Northwest Tourism Awards. In the South of the county, the 5-star boutique accommodation of Number 43 in Arnside was awarded Bed and Breakfast of the Year, while the tranquil setting of Woodclose Park in Kirkby Lonsdale [...]
The L’enclume team have good reason to celebrate this week, having just been awarded their 5th and final AA Rosette, making them just one of a very few restaurants in the UK to hold this coveted award. They have also risen to 4th in the list of best restaurants in the UK as compiled by [...]
