Discover Britain

Celebrating the best of our nation, every issue of Discover Britain is packed with features from history to travel. Read about the events that changed history, as well as British traditions and their origins, or be inspired for your next trip with great ideas for where to go and what to see. Whether you’re planning a weekend city break or an escape to the countryside, Discover Britain is your essential guide to getting the most out of your stay.

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Discover Britain

Brit Edit • Your curated guide to Britain this season

Over to you... • A historic estate goes viral on Facebook and we hear from a very happy reader: your letters this issue

DISCOVER YORKSHIRE

ALL PLACES great and small • Tina Walsh takes us on a gentle journey through Herriot Country, the setting for TV’s most heart-warming drama

Conservation in action • Jeremy Flint meets the people tasked with caring for the historic pieces in Harewood House’s collection

All about Anne • Henrietta Easton explains why Anne Brontë’s radicalism meant she has only recently gained the recognition she deserves and is finally stepping out of the shadows of her sisters

York • Few cities wear their past with as much pride as York, says Sally Coffey

The Ripon HORNBLOWER • On your next visit to Yorkshire, Sally Coffey implores you to witness one of the oldest traditions in Britain…

County PURSUITS • From the countryside to the coast, Sally Coffey selects the best Yorkshire days out

Flamborough HEAD • More than just a tourist attraction, in 1779 one of the most celebrated naval actions in US history took place off this Yorkshire headland

Champion SCRAN • Andrew Marshall on the origins of some of Yorkshire’s most famous delicacies and where you can enjoy them

SPOKEN like a LOCAL • Edward Aveyard, Honorary Treasurer of the Yorkshire Dialect Society, reveals some surprising language links in the area

INN from the cold • Joanna Whitehead has us dreaming of cosy weekends away with her pick of Yorkshire’s best inns

Bruce Almighty • Scotland’s King Robert I did what few imagined possible and freed Scotland from its English overlords, for a while at least, writes Diana Wright

Welcome to Welbeck • Russell Higham lords it up at the country seat of one of England’s most eccentric aristocrats, ‘The Burrowing Duke’, to discover the secrets of this enigmatic estate

Cotswolds Diary • Spring has sprung on Caroline Mills’ family farm…

Spring Awakens • From Easter to May Day, Henrietta Easton explores some of our more unusual spring traditions…

London SPOTLIGHT • This issue, Londonphile Russell Higham serves up six of London’s must-try restaurants

CROSSWORD & QUIZ