Dickens fans who want to combine a celebration of his two hundredth birthday with some Christmas festivities (not Scrooge, then) should head to Yorkshire this weekend for the Grassington Dickensian festival, a Victorian-themed event around the town’s cobbled square.

Held on the first three Saturdays in December, the festival go …

A ghostly Christmas market? We’ll be there before you can say Ebenezeer Scrooge. Clank your way to Salisbury from this week for ghostly tours of the city, running alongside the Salisbury Christmas market.

Several buildings in Salisbury are rumoured to be haunted: the Debenhams department store is said to …

‘Real ale, real food and real entertainment’ is on offer this weekend in Flintshire, North Wales. The first ever Mold Beer Festival, running from 23-25 November, will see Welsh, Irish and English folk music, guitarist Steve Tempo and over thirty real ales, ciders and wines featured.

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It probably won’t be a surprise to those who holiday there – Cornwall has been named top all-round visitor destination at the British Travel Awards.

The county was awarded the top prize in several categories, being crowned Best Holiday County for the fourth year in a row. St Ives won …

The Cumbria town of Keswick has been named the UK’s most dog-friendly town in this year’s Kennel Club’s Open for Dogs Awards, taking the top dog spot from over 28,000 towns and businesses.

The awards, voted by dog owners, were started six years ago with the aim of making …