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....

The Malvern Hills are famous for their beauty, magnificent views and their association with the music of Sir Edward Elgar but the town of...

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...

Towards the end of the Malvern Hills range is Raggedstone Hill, the last but one peak that looks down on the hamlet of Whiteleaved Oak....

With Guy Fawkes fireworks still in full swing, I was reminded of a little-known site in a quiet corner of my home town of Worcester that...

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...

This house sits almost unnoticed along a quiet lane in the Peak District village of Upper Mayfield - but was once considered to be...

The urban environment may be built on top of our history and folklore but as long as the stories are still told – the places still hold...

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...

Is there really a gigantic shining monument to our pagan forefathers standing rampant above a Black Country town? Well – yes and no. The...

Arthur's Stone is a neolithic dolmen lying on a hilltop near Dorstone in Herefordshire. Dating from around 3500 BC it is a very...

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...