Bending the rules just a tiny bit here, but as part of the legend is on the Mercian side of the River Wye I'm sure you won't mind....

Decades after his death, JRR Tolkien is still one of the most popular authors in the world, creator of the most famous fantasy mythos...

While bears became extinct in England towards the end of the Anglo Saxon period, they continued to be imported and bred as exotic pets,...

Much Marcle is a village in Herefordshire, once under the lordship of Harold Godwinson before his death at Hastings. The local church, St...

Ross on Wye is a picturesque riverside town in Herefordshire. As a gateway town to the Marches, the wide border area between England and...

Walking around the southern part of my home town of Worcester, it's amazing how much history and local folklore still lives on in the...

Kington is a tiny town sitting right on the border between England and Wales. Situated as it is on the Offa's Dyke path it is known as a...

The urban sprawl of Birmingham holds many mysteries, some of which I've written about before. It's fair to say that that most of them are...

The King Charles House is another pub that deserves to be put under the Mysteries of Mercia spotlight. Nestled along Worcester's historic...

The Forest of Dean is a place I've posted about time and time again, with so much folklore and mystery in the area I am always...

Deep in the heart of Herefordshire, within sight of the Welsh border, lies the village of Kilpeck. It has existed here since the Anglo...

Bewdley was the location of my last post but while walking the trails around there I stumbled on something else I thought you'd find...

In my last piece I described the more ancient places and legends of the area south of Stroud in Gloucestershire, and how these ghosts of...

Elmley Castle nestles below the shadow of Bredon Hill, on it's northern side and is one of my favourite villages in Worcestershire. It is...

No doubt many of you with Netflix will now be eagerly binging on the latest season of The Last Kingdom, so here is a tale of Danes...

Various circumstances conspired to put a temporary halt to my travels this last week or two, so here is a short piece about just one of...

I recently wrote about the mysterious chasm of Lud's Church, located at the end of The Roaches ridge in the Staffordshire Moorlands. But...

The Roaches area in the south Peak District is a fascinating and beautiful part of Mercia, with so many things of interest, folklore and...

Looking through pictures from my various travels I spotted something that's very topical for today. The village of Ombersley is a picture...

The Malvern Hills are without doubt the jewel in the crown of Worcestershire's beautiful natural areas. Walking over the range inspired...