If you have friends or family coming from overseas, you’ll know exactly what they’ll want to do as tourists. I myself am braced for future visitor’s itineraries. Obviously, a day trip to London will be in order to see the Houses of Parliament, Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, the West End, and all the other tourist must-do’s for newcomers to the UK.
However, one of these tourist essentials is a bit more abstract - to see an authentic English village. One tourism company took the village of Kidlington in Oxfordshire by surprise when locals found tourists from China taking photos of their houses. It turned out that the village had been advertised as a “beautiful English village close to Bicester Outlet Village.
” READ MORE: The hidden 45ft landmark near Coventry that takes visitors back to medieval times So if I have some visitors coming to Coventry from abroad, how might I give those nearest and dearest a taste of village life. Brinklow, half way between Coventry and Rugby, ticks a lot of those boxes. Bustling high street? Check.
Red phone box repurposed because we all now have mobiles? Absolutely. Ancient church flying the cross of St George? It’s here. When I arrived in Brinklow, I caught the village as it was preparing for its annual Scarecrow Festival.
Taking place over the long Summer bank holiday weekend, classic cars, children’s entertainment, and even a fly past of former RAF Lancaster bombers will come to the village. Yet in the days before, seeing .