A conversation in London a few days ago when Birmingham was referred to as a 'northern city', led me to pose and attempt to answer this question. It's as near to Bristol as it is to Manchester, and driving up from Oxford on the M40 takes an hour. Birmingham has six hourly trains to and from London on weekdays with three different train companies, while trains to those cities in the north are slower and far fewer.
The bucolic Warwickshire countryside is on its southern edge, the delightful towns of Warwick and Stratford are very close- and the magical country houses at Baddesley Clinton and Packwood even have Birmingham postcodes. Not so grim (as) up north !
The bucolic Warwickshire countryside is on its southern edge, the delightful towns of Warwick and Stratford are very close- and the magical country houses at Baddesley Clinton and Packwood even have Birmingham postcodes. Not so grim (as) up north !
Edgbaston Reservoir, Birmingham