Stream now with KPBS+ and YouTube / Watch Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV The heartland of England has sights that put the "Great" in Britain — its venerable universities, its royal ...

England's Cotswolds villages — while just a couple of hours' drive away from London — feel like a world apart. This tidy little region of characteristic old towns and gentle green hills is perfect for ...

While southern England gets most of the glory – and the tourists – the country’s far northeastern corner harbors some of England’s best historical sights. Hadrian’s Wall serves as a reminder that this ...

Two hundred and fifty years ago, Bath was the Hollywood of Britain. Today, this former trendsetter of Georgian England invites you to take a 90-minute train ride from London and sample its ...

The English countryside is studded with all manner of manors, castles and palaces. Many of these stately homes, as the English call them, were built in Victorian times by ridiculously rich nobles and ...

If you're visiting England for the first time, you're probably going to London straight away. It's a vibrant city, full of incredible history, culture, shopping, and nightlife. However, there is so ...

While southern England gets most of the glory — and the tourists — the country’s far northeastern corner harbors some of England’s best historical sights. Hadrian’s Wall serves as a reminder that this ...

Jane Austen turns 250 this year, and to mark this milestone, England is rolling out the Regency red carpet for throngs of ardent Austen fans. If your 2025 travel plans include Britain — Bath, in ...

The quintessence of charming England is the “West Country”: quaint Cotswold villages with their fine churches, manor homes, and gastropubs; Wells, England’s smallest cathedral town; and the New Age ...

In England’s Lake District, nature rules and humanity keeps a wide-eyed but low profile. At just about 30 miles long and 30 miles wide, the region is a lush, green playground for hikers and poets ...

For scenes straight out of a box of old-fashioned Christmas cards, head to England. Many classic Christmas trappings, from caroling to mince pie and wassail, have been part of English tradition for ...

Each of Europe’s famously quaint regions has a historical basis for its present-day charm. For the Cotswolds, it’s a combination of old sheep wealth, which produced big fancy manor houses, gorgeous ...