America’s sweetheart fell in love with England – and an Englishman, actor Joe Alwyn, with whom she has since split – eight years ago.
Her enduring affection for Britain continues and, as she wraps up the UK leg of her worldwide Eras Tour, here’s where you can follow in her footsteps.
Taylor-made in London
Swift’s song London Boy suggests the songstress is in Highgate in the morning, Camden Town and Shoreditch in the afternoon and Brixton by night. I’ll save you the taxi fare and reveal her top spots in the capital.
First there’s The Savoy hotel, overlooking the Thames on the Strand, which featured in her End Game video shot with Ed Sheeran. It sees her occupying the Royal Suite, which costs more than £17,000 a night.
America’s sweetheart, Taylor Swift, seen here on her Eras Tour, fell in love with England eight years ago. The star’s favourite spots in the UK have been revealed by her biographer
Next up, slightly less expensively for Swifties on pilgrimages, is the Kentish Delight kebab shop at 381 Kentish Town Road. This was also in ‘End Game’ – and Swift remains a customer.
She and her entourage recently spent around £100 ordering 15 kebabs to the delight of owner, Ahmed Khan. He has commented: ‘From Taylor Swift, we get many, many, orders.’ Lucky chap.
Then you have the Black Dog pub in Vauxhall, at 112 Vauxhall Walk, where you may come across a trail of friendship bracelets left by fans. The pub is named after her song Black Dog from her album The Tortured Poets Department.
Swift also has a love of pubs with literary themes, and she and Alwyn were once regulars at The Spaniards Inn in Hampstead, near their now lyrically famous ‘house on the heath’. John Keats is said to have penned Ode To A Nightingale at the pub.
Swift and her ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn were once regulars at the Spaniards Inn in Hampstead (pictured above), which dates back to 1585
Taylor loves shopping and has been known to visit Liberty on Regent Street (pictured)
The Spaniards Inn dates back to 1585, while Highgate’s The Flask, another of her favourites, is almost as historic, having opened in 1663 and said to have been a haunt of Lord Byron.
Taylor also loves a spot of shopping, enjoying Liberty on Regent Street, and reportedly spending a jaw-dropping £30,000 in a single day at the Instagram-famous antiques store Alice’s on Portobello Road.
Where to stay: Doubles at The Savoy from £764 (fairmont.com); doubles at Bull & Last pub close to Hampstead Heath and Kentish Delight kebab shop from £165 (thebullandlast.co.uk).
The Lakes for Swifties
This image shows Buttermere in the Lake District. Swift mentions heading off to bathe in a clifftop pool near this peaceful hotspot in her 2020 song The Lakes
Swift was first introduced to the region by then boyfriend and One Direction singer Harry Styles in 2012. They visited Bowness on her 23rd birthday, even heading into Beatrix Potter World to retrace the steps of the Peter Rabbit author.
While her relationship fizzled out, Taylor returned again after turning 30 and later referenced it in her 2020 song The Lakes, where she name-checked the peaks around Windermere as a ‘perfect place to cry’ on her 2020 album Folklore.
She mentioned heading off to bathe in a clifftop pool with her ‘muse’, too. This is probably the famous Buttermere infinity pool, in the western Lakes.
Swift referenced the Lake District’s association with John Keats and William Wordsworth in her documentary, Long Pond Studio Sessions.
Where to stay: Doubles at Buttermere Court Hotel from £125 (buttermerecourthotel.co.uk).
Cotswolds Haven
Swift allegedly likes visiting the Fleece Inn (pictured above) in Bretforton, Worcestershire
The singer is known to enjoy the exclusive members’ club Soho Farmhouse, a haven for creatives and celebrities near Chipping Norton. Taylor is a fan of the cabins set among wildflower meadows on the 100-acre estate. Membership costs around £2,250 a year, and only members can book rooms.
She also likes the Fleece Inn, in Bretforton, three miles from Evesham. Its atmospheric timber-beamed rooms are allegedly home to a ghost.
Outdoors, astronomy fan Taylor might have climbed Cleeve Hill for a spot of dark-sky stargazing. Or there’s the Cotswolds answer to Stonehenge – the neolithic Rollright Stones.
Where to stay: Doubles at The Fleece Inn from £110 B&B (thefleeceinn.co.uk).
