East Midlands
The Midlands is the heart of England, where history meets cosmopolitan, modern life and opens a gateway to the entire United Kingdom; with a spider’s web of major road networks that can take you to the Northern most tip of Scotland to the Southern most tip of England.
The Midlands is an area of distinct contrasts of old and new; Birmingham offers international and national air travel from the Birmingham Airport, whilst the ghost of Robin Hood rides like the wind on horse power through Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire. Warwick Castle in Coventry, the finest mediaeval castle in England, takes you back to 914 and is now, in the 21st century, the most popular tourist destination in the U.K. Shakespeare resounds in theatres old and new with words as fresh, exciting and timeless as the day they were written; in Stratford-upon-Avon you can get a sense of what he was inspired by.
With Lincoln, Nottingham, Derby, Stoke-on-Trent, Worcester, Telford, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Birmingham and Coventry to be found in the Midlands, you will be spoilt for choice! The old, the new, the quaint and the avant garde – The Midlands has it all and more.
Derbyshire
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Derbyshire is in central England incorporating the Peak District. The landscape of the county is smooth in the South, rising in the North to more than 2,000 ft
(610 m) in the Peak district. The region is drained by the Trent River, with the Dove, the Derwent, and the Wye flo...more
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Leicestershire
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Leicestershire is in the centre of England. The uplands are rich and fertile farm land with industry and some mining to the East and West. The hilly
Charnwood Forest is in the North/West and the main rivers are the Soar and the Wreak. The dairy farming here is the source of...more
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Lincolnshire
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Lincolnshire is in the East of England, on the Humber estuary, the North Sea and The Wash. The county is generally low and flat, with extensive marshes
along the coast. It is crossed by many dikes and canals, some of which, notably the Foss Dyke, date back to Roman times. Li...more
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Northamptonshire
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Northamptonshire is in central England. The terrain is glorious, undulating agricultural country, devoted to pasture and forests with the Nene as the main river.
The iron and steel industry, which flourished on the basis of local ore from the start of the 20th century, has d...more
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Nottinghamshire
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Nottinghamshire is in central England. The land, partially reclaimed fenland, is low-lying and fertile. A Southern area of moors devoted to pasturage is known
as the Wolds and the main river is the Trent. Sherwood Forest, with its legends of Robin Hood, includes the Dukeries...more
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Rutland
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Rutland is in central England. It is the smallest county in England, measuring just 16 miles by 16 miles. It has two historic market towns Oakham and
Uppingham and 54 beautiful villages spread across the rolling, rural landscape. Rutland also has a massive artificial reservo...more
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