Discover... The Midlands

The English counties that run along the Welsh border south of Cheshire shelter some of the most idyllic countryside in Britain, undiscovered jewels that do not catch the eyes of those who live elsewhere because they think there is nothing more to this region than the conurbations around Birmingham. They could not be more wrong.

It was on the fertile agricultural lands of the Midlands that some of the greatest fortunes of medieval England were made, and this is still an excellent place to find unspoilt villages and towns that have changed little in centuries.

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