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...

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

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...

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...

Cannock Chase is a large area of forest and heathland that sprawls around the edge of the city of Stafford. I can barely do justice to the huge amounts of history, folklore and the paranormal that saturate this place in one post but I'm going to outline some of it here and return to specific places and events in later posts. Castle Ring is what remains of a large Iron Age fort and for a lot of visitors is their starting point for a walk. Members of the Celtic (or Brythonic) t

When the name of a place literally means “place of the stones”, you know it's worth a visit, so pre - lockdown that's what I did....

With Christmas approaching I thoroughly enjoyed the Carol service broadcast from Worcester Cathedral last night, prompting another visit...

Many places in Britain claim to have been sources of inspiration for JRR Tolkien, with the majority of them located within the borders of...

Down towards the southwest corner of Mercia, along the Severn south of Gloucester, lies a fascinating area of mystery. A high ridge...

I've written before about Bredon Hill in Worcestershire and some of the villages that surround it, so moving around from Elmley Castle we...

One of the strangest places I've ever visited, it fascinates people all over the world and has been called the Hobbit House, Castle of...

Thousands of pubs and inns are in business throughout the Mercia region, with the buildings and features of many of them being important...

Birchover is a small village nestling on the east side of the Peak District. Although the village itself is quaint enough, it lies at the...