Join the festive fun at Thomas Land

11:46am Tuesday 18th November 2008

THE award-winning Drayton Manor Theme Park, near Tamworth, Staffordshire, will celebrate this year’s festive season by re-opening its popular Thomas Land™ attraction.

Spa experience ideal for partners or pals

6:50am Saturday 15th November 2008

WHEN was the last day you spent doing absolutely nothing?

Relax in Christmas past

12:11pm Thursday 13th November 2008

'TIS the season to be jolly and visitors to the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley can leave the stresses and strains of Christmas present behind and step into Christmas past at Traditional Christmas Evenings on December 18, 19, 20 and 22.

Spend Christmas week in Lake District cottage

2:00pm Wednesday 12th November 2008

FAMILIES wanting a Christmas get-together or friends wanting festive fun can still find availability with the Coppermines and Lakes Cottages company in Coniston.

Relax or pick up new skills at country hotel

6:50am Saturday 8th November 2008

AS country retreats go, Thoresby Hall Hotel and Spa in Nottinghamshire certainly looks the part with its balconies, galleries and stags’ heads hanging on the wall of the majestic Great Hall.

Sooty stars in Snowdome wonderland

2:10pm Wednesday 5th November 2008

TO celebrate a magical time of year Santa Claus returns to his Winter Wonderland at the Snowdome Tamworth from November 28.

City is full of delights but short on bargains

3:14pm Monday 3rd November 2008

THE friendly welcome to 50,000 British soccer fans when Moscow staged the recent European Cup – and a temporary suspension of visa controls to ease their passage – suggested even this, often daunting, city has realised the value of tourism.

Peacocks and picnics at magnificent castle

11:00am Sunday 19th October 2008

IF Kirstie and Phil had been around during medieval times they’d have raved about Warwick Castle’s stunning riverside location.