The cosy Book Town of fairy lights and a perfect day trip from Coventry

Just over two hours from Coventry and Birmingham, Hay-on-Wye is the world-famous Welsh Book Town that becomes irresistible in autumn — with independent bookshops, cosy cafés, fairy light storytelling and the Hay Festival Winter Weekend all waiting to be explored.

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