Tag: places to go
Places to go: Whitley Bay
The man who was responsible for the change of name from Whitley to Whitley Bay knew nothing about it.
William Oliver was Secretary of the...
Places to Go: Woking
I was first encouraged to visit Woking by train in order to echo Prince Andrew’s famous visit to the Pizza Express on 10th March...
Places to Go: Brampton
I wrote an article on Brampton in Cumbria after my planned trip there was cancelled after the Tier 4 lockdown measures were introduced. My...
Places to Go: Annan, Dumfries and Galloway
Annan is the first authentic Scottish town beyond the border. You can get a real sense of being “abroad” in an authentic Scottish town,...
Places to Go: Silverdale for Leighton Hall
I wanted a long journey last August to see how the railway was performing outside the north-east, so I went to tiny Silverdale in...
Places to Go: Brampton
I had my visit to Brampton all planned out for Saturday 2nd January. Then we, and they, went into Tier 4 in advance of the third...
Places to Go – Berwick-upon-Tweed by Alex Nelson
On the many occasions I have been to visit Berwick, I have always turned right out of the station to follow Castlegate into the...
Places to Go: Rochdale
My visit to Rochdale in May 2019 was something of an experiment. I was trying to see whether this Places to Go column could...
Places to Go: Dundee
A highly enjoyable visit to Dundee could be had without straying more than 100 metres from the newly rebuilt railway station. There is the...
Places to Go: MANCHESTER
The original plan was to go to Jodrell Bank, the radio astronomical observatory in Cheshire, walking distance from a little country station called Goostrey,...