Someone, somewhere, looked at a collection of purpose-built shop units on the outskirts of Bicester and thought: what if we painted them pastel colours, hung some flower baskets up, and called it a village? Then they told Londoners it was a luxury outlet experience. Then the Londoners told each other. And now, every weekend, a…
Twenty-four pounds. That’s what English Heritage will charge you to walk around some rocks in a field. Big rocks, ancient rocks, genuinely mysterious rocks, but rocks nonetheless. Here’s the thing: you don’t have to pay it. The Secret Most Visitors Don’t Know About Right next to the paid visitor path sits a public byway called…
Somewhere between “genuinely interesting” and “what am I looking at” sits Woodhenge, a 4,500-year-old monument two miles north of Stonehenge that most visitors bolt onto their itinerary without really knowing what they’re in for. Spoiler: it’s a field with concrete stumps in it. That’s not me being harsh. That’s just what it is. What Woodhenge…