The tiny Worcestershire village of Lulsley is tucked away near the Teme river off the main road from Worcester to Bromyard. Overlooking...

Worcester Cathedral is an impressive and fascinating building in it's own right, but a nearby structure that forms part of the Cathedral...

The figure of Saint George, despite being adopted by several countries around the world, is still regarded as one of the quintessential...

Places of eerie legend aren't all ancient or even that old...this is "Devil's Arch" in Worcester. A simple walkway under a railway line...

Guys Cliffe is a strange complex of buildings and caves clustered on a cliff overlooking the River Avon in Warwickshire. The ruin of Guys...

The Forest of Dean holds many secrets within it's green expanse, and last year I was invited to visit one of them. Scowles are strange...

Berkeley Castle stands south west of the city of Gloucester looking out across the Severn estuary. It has been lived in by the Berkeley...

Caynton Hall is mansion built during the late 1700s as a “gentleman's house” for a William Yonge, who inherited the land from his late...

During the medieval era it was not such a strange idea for a noble person to be buried in several different places upon their death, so...

Croome Court is a magnificent mansion and estates just outside the city of Worcester. Formally a vast marsh with an old Stuart era house...

Perry Wood is what remains of an ancient forest that once stretched from Worcester down almost to Oxford. Now nestled around the south...

Thor's Cave is a hilltop cavern in the Peak District of England. It looks out over the Manifold Valley and spectacular views are had from...

Bredon Hill stands brooding at the very edge of the Cotswold range in Worcestershire. This unique stone has been a source of building...

Stow on the Wold is a small Gloucestershire town, first established as a market by the Normans as it lay at the intersection of several...

If you read my last post on St Kenelm you would know now that his final resting place was an abbey at Winchcombe in Gloucestershire. This...

So what exactly is that moody looking rock formation in our cover picture? I'm glad you asked! Straddling the borders of the Peak...

The kingdom of Mercia has seen many rulers and prominent figures through the 600 odd years of the Anglo Saxon era. One such character,...

Just a couple of miles north of Kidderminster lies the picturesque village of Wolverley. It has a fine church with an adjoining field...

When we think of great cemeteries names like Highgate and the Necropolis spring to mind, but here in Mercia, in our largest city of...

The Church of St Peter and St Lawrence sits at the edge of the village of Powick. Dating from the 13th century it's a fine but otherwise...