Alison Avery, Author at Beautiful England Photos

Top Withens and Brontë Waterfalls, Haworth Moor, Yorkshire

England, United Kingdom, Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber

The ruins of Top Withens, high up on the windswept heather covered Yorkshire moorlands of Haworth Moor, both inspire and depress. Believed by many to be the setting for Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering H...

Riley graves, plague victims, Riley's Field, Eyam

Eyam, Plague Village, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Eyam, known as the Plague Village, is in a beautiful setting, eight hundred feet up in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. It is situated six miles north of Bakewell. When visiting Eyam, it is difficult ...

Path to Back Tor and Lose Hill, The Great Ridge, Peak District

Mam Tor and The Great Ridge, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Mam Tor is a 517 metre peak near Castleton in the High Peak area of Derbyshire, sitting on the edge of the gritstone Dark Peak and the limestone White Peak. Mam Tor is known as the Shivering Mountain, due to th...

Winnats Pass, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Winnats Pass is a spectacular steep-sided limestone gorge in the Peak District of Derbyshire and forms part of the National Trust's High Peak Estate. It gets its name from a corruption of "Windygates" and on a ...

Waterside Cottages, Peaks Hole Water, Castleton

Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire

Derbyshire, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Castleton is one of the most beautifully situated villages in the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is at the head of the Hope Valley, sixteen miles from Sheffield and can be approached through the dramatic limes...

Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire

Bedfordshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Dunstable Downs is a chalk and grassland area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, on the highest point of the Chiltern Hills in Bedfordshire, at 797 feet. This windswept chalk ridge is home to a wide variety of wild...

Cobham, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Cobham is a picturesque village, four miles from Gravesend, close to the M25 and M2 motorways. Significantly, it is within walking distance of Higham, where Charles Dickens lived. He often walked to the village...

Pip's Graves, Charles Dickens, Great Expectations, St. James' Churchyard, Cooling

Cooling, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Cooling is a small, remote and windswept village, overlooking the North Kent Marshes. The northern boundary of the Thames Estuary is two miles away and the chimneys of Canvey Island, Essex, can be seen on the h...

St. Margaret of Antioch Church, Lower Halstow

Lower Halstow, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Lower Halstow is a small village in Kent, north-west of Sittingbourne, with an interesting history. It is situated on the banks of the River Medway Estuary and on the A2 Roman Road. It is also on the Saxon Shor...

Manor Cottage and The Old Manor House, Village Green, Brasted

Brasted, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Brasted is an attractive village in Kent and has a number of 18th century houses and several antique and art shops. It is situated on the A25 main road between Westerham and Sundridge. The M25 motorway follows ...

Windsor, Berkshire

Berkshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Windsor is a town twenty miles west of London, on the River Thames. It is situated close to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was sealed and Eton, home of the famous Eton College, which can be reached across the...

Where was The Holiday filmed? A look at Shere and Godalming, Surrey

England, Special Places, Surrey

Where was The Holiday filmed? The Holiday, a Christmas romantic comedy written and directed by Nancy Meyers, was released in 2006. The plot centres around two women who exchange homes after suffering devastati...

The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Windsor Castle, 19th May 2018

Berkshire, England, Special Places

When the engagement of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was announced and that the wedding would take place at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle on 19th May 2018, it immediately created worldwide interest. P...

Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire

England, Hertfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom

Ayot St. Lawrence is a picturesque village, situated a few miles from the suburbs of North London and yet can only be approached by narrow country lanes. The village’s most famous inhabitant, was George Bern...

Horsmonden, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Horsmonden is a village eight miles east of Royal Tunbridge Wells in the High Weald of Kent, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The word "Weald", is Old English for forest. Kent is known as the Garden of En...

St. Dunstan's Church, Snargate, Romney Marsh

Snargate, Romney Marsh, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Snargate is a small village in the heart of Romney Marsh, near New Romney in Kent, surrounded by rich farmland. The name Snargate, is derived from snaregate, or sluice gate. Henry II erected one here in 1254. S...

Church Cottage, from St. Mary's Churchyard, Turville (Vicar of Dibley village)

Where was The Vicar of Dibley filmed? A look at the real village of Dibley – Turville

Buckinghamshire, England, Special Places

The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley, which ran from 1994 to 1998, is an award winning comedy series starring Dawn French as the first female vicar of a little village called Dibley. While Dibley is fiction...

Brenchley, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Brenchley is a village situated nine miles east of Royal Tunbridge Wells, in the Weald of Kent and in the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, amongst orchards and farmland. Hops have been grown in th...

St. Augustine's Church, Brookland, Romney Marsh

Brookland, Romney Marsh, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Brookland is a small village, five miles west of New Romney, on the edge of Romney Marsh. Tourists are attracted by the unusual bell tower of St. Augustine's Church. This sixty feet high three tier structure, i...

Harbour, from coast path to Lobber Point, Port Isaac

Where is Doc Martin filmed? A look at the real Portwenn – Port Isaac

Cornwall, England, Special Places

Where is Doc Martin filmed? Port Isaac in Cornwall is home to ITV’s hit series, Doc Martin, which has been filmed here since 2004. The series stars Martin Clunes as Dr Martin Ellingham - a brilliant surgeon wi...

Alfriston, Sussex

Seaford to Tide Mills and Newhaven Walk, Sussex

Telscombe Cliffs, to Eastern end of Undercliff Walk, Peacehaven, Sussex

Seahaven Coastal Trail, Newhaven to Peacehaven, Sussex

Telscombe Cliffs, Peacehaven, Sussex

Undercliff Walk, Ovingdean, Rottingdean and Saltdean, Sussex

National Park Visitor Centre, Brecon Beacons

Tintern, Wye Valley, Wales

Rhossili, Gower, Wales

Tredegar, Blaenau Gwent, South Wales

Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Llandudno, North Wales

Port Eynon, Gower, Wales

Alison Avery

Top Withens and Brontë Waterfalls, Haworth Moor, Yorkshire

Eyam, Plague Village, Peak District, Derbyshire

Mam Tor and The Great Ridge, Peak District, Derbyshire

Winnats Pass, Castleton, High Peak, Derbyshire

Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire

Dunstable Downs, Bedfordshire

Cobham, Kent

Cooling, Kent

Lower Halstow, Kent

Brasted, Kent

Windsor, Berkshire

Where was The Holiday filmed? A look at Shere and Godalming, Surrey

The Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, Windsor Castle, 19th May 2018

Ayot St. Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Horsmonden, Kent

Snargate, Romney Marsh, Kent

Where was The Vicar of Dibley filmed? A look at the real village of Dibley – Turville

Brenchley, Kent

Brookland, Romney Marsh, Kent

Where is Doc Martin filmed? A look at the real Portwenn – Port Isaac

Author Alison Avery