Visit England


Visit England with Leighton Travels.
It’s funny to think that, for a great deal of my adult life, I never thought of exploring my own country. Born in London and partly raised in various towns across Buckinghamshire, I eventually left England in 1997 and haven’t lived there since!

Visit England: The pretty market town of Chesham.
As a committed traveller, I was so busy adventuring around foreign lands that I never even considered England as a travel destination. Moreover, whenever I returned home from my global adventures, it was strictly to catch up with friends and family. Not to seek out new travel experiences.

Visit England: Lake Windermere.
They say the older you get the more you appreciate who you are and where you come from. There’s certainly some truth in that. In May 2019 I returned to London after two years in Asia. For the first time in… perhaps forever… I felt a burning desire to spend some time exploring England and reconnecting with my own culture.

Visit England: The Bridge of Sighs, Cambridge.
Thus I set off on what became an unforgettable, monthlong adventure. I spent some time discovering the city of my birth and revisiting childhood haunts. And then I was off on a cross-country escapade that will long live in the memory.

Visit England: St. Botolph’s Priory, Colchester.
I lost myself in some of England’s prettiest villages, towns and cities. I hit the parks, pubs, museums, beaches, churches and castles. Along the way, I crossed off movie sights, paid tribute to my musical heroes and gorged on what strikes me as the world’s most misunderstood cuisine.

Visit England: Crosby Beach, Liverpool.