KATYA JACKSON

Colchester is the oldest recorded town in Britain. It was the capital of south-east England when the Romans invaded in AD 43. During the Middle Ages Colchester developed into an important weaving centre. I was interested to see a town with such an old history and decided to go and visit it. Colchester is only an hour away from London. Trains depart from London Liverpool Street station every 10 to…

Bath is an irresistibly beautiful city founded by the Romans and is famous for its thermal spa and Georgian architecture. I don’t know why it took me four years of living in England to finally visit this place and fall in love with it. I took an 8:30 am National Express bus from London Victoria and got to Bath in about 2.5 hours. It was a Sunday morning which was the reason…

In the whole of the UK there are only three hot springs. Nobody knows where they come from, but everybody knows the place where they rise – the city of Bath. The word SPA is associated with the Latin phrase ‘Salus Per Aquam’ or ‘health through water’. According to the legend, the healing properties of the natural thermal springs were first discovered by Prince Bladud around 863 BC, whose skin…

Last weekend was my second ever visit to Bath, and this time I wanted to see and do something different alongside admiring the gorgeous Georgian architecture. As it was sunny and hot I headed to recently opened pop up beach in Royal Victoria Park. I found it to be a really good place to spend at least half a day with friends or to have a quick break between visiting…