Braintree and Bocking Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Braintree and Bocking, the famous streets and the famous faces, and what they meant to the people of this area throughout the 19th and into the 20th Century. Looking beyond the exquisite exterior of these well-kept photos, readers can see the historical context in which they are set, and through the author's factual c...

113 great things to see and do in London.Albert Bridge, Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Camden Market, Camden Museums, Chelsea Physic Garden, Cheyne Walk, Chinatown, Clink Prison Museum, Clockmaker's Museum, Covent Garden, Convent Garden Pubs, Docklands Light Railway, Eating Out - Bloomsbury, Eating Out - Brick Lane, Eating Out - Camden, Eating Out - Islington, Eating Out - Knightsbridge and Chelsea, Eating Out - Soho/Chinatown, Eating Out - South Bank, Eating Out – Twickenham, Florenc...

**Did you know that..From Stonebridge Park on the Bakerloo Line you can walk to the largest Hindu temple in Europe?From Ealing Broadway on the Central Line you can walk to the oldest film studios in the world?From Stratford on the Central Line you can walk to, and abseil down, Britain's tallest sculpture?**London is a city of surprises and variety, over 600 square miles packed full of character. And to really know London you must look beyond the obvious; there...

In my misguided imagination, I had pictured Scarborough to be no more than a steep cliff overlooking a pleasant bay, with a couple of streets of neat houses that led to open countryside. Scarborough is in reality, very extensive, with row upon row of very tidy, yellow-brick, Victorian and Edwardian houses, that either lead to the town centre or one of two handsome bays.  All in all, whatever problems Scarborough may have had in the recent past, there seems to b...

The market town of Stockton-on-Tees, or 'Stockton' as it is known locally, began life as an Anglo-Saxon settlement on the northern bank of the River Tees. Following the granting of its market charter in 1310, the town emerged as a busy port, exporting wool and importing wine to meet the demands of the upper classes. Although bustling, medieval Stockton was still a relatively small, quiet town and would remain so for centuries. This, however, would all change from the end of the eighteenth ...

There are certain towns and cities that have an immediate effect on arrival, and certainly Bristol is one of those places. Whether you arrive into Bristol via her wonderful station, or drive past that impressive gorge traversed by Brunel’s glorious suspension bridge, you feel lifted, a distinct feeling that, here is somewhere I will enjoy staying. This is no illusion, for in many ways, lucky old Bristol, really does have it all - an impressive, vibrant dock area, sl...

A refreshing guide to discovering the hidden details of London with 10 fully guided walking routes from London's leading tour guide Look Up London.Have you ever noticed London's tiniest public sculpture? Or wondered why there are strange cone-shaped structures on the fanciest historic homes? Did you know that the Tower of London used to be a zoo, or about the now defunct London railway that transported over 200,000 people to their final resting place?These ...

From the Barbican and the Hoe to the city centre and beyond, Derek Tait takes us on a tour of Plymouth, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this fine city. Devastated by bombing, very few buildings that stood in the centre of Plymouth before the Second World War still remain. With the narrow, cobbled streets destroyed, the face of the city was changed forever. After the war, a new, modern city centre was built, with first-class stores and spacious streets. Today, some...

The splendid cast iron, glass-canopied, Victorian walkways still feature along the impressively wide streets that roll gently down to the centre of this well heeled Yorkshire Town. The heady Spa-days of Harrogate  are long since gone, but the town has re-invented itself as a thriving conference centre. It's not unusual to drive through the centre of Harrogate on a bright day in July and hear the sound of a Dixieland band playing in the grounds of the huge Majestic Ho...

Widnes is an industrial town within the borough of Halton, in the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England, with an urban area population of 57,663 in 2004. It is located on the northern bank of the River Mersey where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the south of Widnes across the Mersey is the town of Runcorn. Upstream and 8 miles to the east of Widnes is the town of Warrington, and downstream 16 miles to the west is the city of Liverpool. Historically part of Lancashire...

Of all the places I have covered in these UK guides, Canterbury is probably one of the most unusual. Unlike York or Chester, where there appears to be a set area of conservation and pedestrian access  surrounded by a ring road, thus, somehow clearly defining its boundaries Canterbury is very much a system of narrow roads and streets integrated within the public areas. There are of course set pedestrian spaces such as Buttermarket , High St and Mercery Lane, but there...

Redcar, Marske & Saltburn Through Time is a wonderful collection of old and new photographs of this historic area of Yorkshire. The older images are printed alongside a contemporary full colour photograph, which illustrates the same scene. The contrasting illustrations show how the area has changed and developed during the last 100 years. The photographs illustrate shops, schools, garages, churches, houses and street scenes, each photograph is captioned and the book has an introduction whi...