Enjoy seaside views on the walk from Folkestone to Dover - Alamy Stock Photo One of the great things about London is that the city is incredibly easy to escape. With the multitude of train connections ...

My favourite walk is the walk down Ladbroke Grove to Kensal Rise. It starts on the Notting Hill side (depending on your personal belief) filled with Georgian townhouses and incidentally my childhood ...

It recently dawned on me that London is the ideal base from which to explore the countryside. The Green Belt architects and campaigners halted the spread of the suburbs in the 1930s and 40s, so true ...

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