Warwick Castle © Jo Ann Snover
The Heart of England beats with heritage and history, and also boasts some of Britain's most evocative countryside and prettiest villages. Stretching from the Cotswolds in the south to the Welsh Marches in the north, it embraces everything from mile after mile of lush farmland to the historic industrial centres of the Black Country and Potteries in the Midlands and Staffordshire.
You can make a pilgrimage to the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution at the Ironbridge Gorge Museums in Shropshire, and discover village life from Victorian times to the 1930s at the Black Country Living Museum in the West Midlands... Visit a needle museum, an historic pottery or 19th-Century jewellery workshops... Experience transports of delight at the Royal Air Force Museum, the Heritage Motor Centre and the Severn Valley Railway... Discover the landscapes that inspired Elgar and fired Tolkien's imagination, gaze upon Housman's Blue Remembered Hills and follow Jerome K. Jerome's boat-trip on the Thames... Imagine yourself the custodian of historic homes like Sudeley Castle in the heart of the Cotswolds...
Witness history in action thanks to Warwick Castle's amazing exhibits, and in romantic ruins at Ludlow... Feel the power of the cathedrals of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford (and thrill to the wonderful music of the Three Choirs Festival if you time your trip right) ... We can also take you to England's biggest timber-framed Tudor house and best-preserved 13th-century fortified manor... Oh, and then there's Shakespeare...!
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Suggested tours
Anne Hathaway's Cottage © Steve Geer
The home of Shakespeare's long-suffering wife is just one of Stratford-upon-Avon's myriad Bard-related attractions. And you must try to see a performance by the Royal Shakespeare Company.