The Mug House is a pub that serves the village of Claines just outside the city of Worcester. It is one of just two pubs in all of...

A little stone circle lies almost unnoticed on the windswept moor under Stanage Edge in the Derbyshire Peak District. Hordrons Edge is...

The little village of Mordiford sits nestled inside a double bend in the river Lugg, deep in the heart of Herefordshire. It is perhaps...

Ritual protection marks and symbols, or "witch marks", are a well-known sight on the older buildings of the Midlands. Thought to be...

Wassail is a folk tradition in England that is very much separate from the Wassail people around the world are familiar with. Rather than...

An old trackway crosses from Yorkshire into Derbyshire, crossing the Ladybower Brook and into the Derwent valley over a bridge known as...

Cropthorne is a village in Worcestershire with origins going back to the Neolithic era, and at its heart is the church of St Michael....

Hope Bagot is a tiny village nestling quietly in a valley between Clee Hill and Ludlow. The Church of Saint John the Baptist stands...

The English Civil Wars left their permanent marks all across Mercia and the wider country, but the city of Worcester had perhaps more...

The valleys and dales of England's Peak District offer many choices for a relaxing ramble with most of us content to just take in the...

Happy Halloween to you all! The coveted title of “Most Haunted Village in Britain” seems to change holders almost every day, and depends...

Mitchells Fold is an early Bronze Age stone circle that lies along the border with Wales near the Long Mynd and within sight of the...

While Shropshire boasts some stunning hill ranges such as the Long Mynd and Wenlock Edge, there are even more dramatic places lying...

Wolverhampton city centre may not be the kind of place you might find two historic stones with folklore surrounding them, but...

There are many infamous oak trees in England, some the scene of witchcraft, others the site of murder and even places of summary...

The Abbots Bromley Horn Dance is one of the oldest unbroken traditions in Britain and most definitely the oldest in the Midlands. A...

The Malvern Hills is an iconic range of peaks that spans three counties with dozens of towns and villages dotted around the hills. One...

The Midlands of England is a literal borderland where history, folklore and the paranormal converge at its frontiers. From cursed stone...

Wayland's Smithy is an ancient monument lying quietly within a group of trees just off the Ridgeway. Walkers along the ancient chalk...

Lost villages and abandoned churches have always been the stuff of folklore and fuel for scary tales up and down the country. Boughton in...