Finchingfield, Essex
Finchingfield is a small village in north-west Essex, six miles from Thaxted. The name, Finchingfield, means, “land belonging to Finc or his family”. It has been described as the most photographed village in En...
Places to visit in England
Thaxted, Essex
Thaxted is a small town, seven miles south-east of Saffron Walden. It has several significant buildings, including the Guildhall, St. John the Baptist Church and John Webb's Windmill, as well as many traditiona...
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham is a large village, only seventeen miles from central London, but which has a charming rural atmosphere. It is situated just inside the M25 motorway, ten miles north-east of Guildford, on the River Mole....
Shere, Surrey
Shere is a small picturesque village situated below the North Downs, six miles south-east of Guildford and approximately twenty miles from London. It is regarded by many as the prettiest village in Surrey and i...
Compton, Surrey
Compton is a small village of only one thousand inhabitants, three miles south-west of Guildford. The Pilgrims' Way lies just to the north of the village. It has retained much of its original charm, with thirty...
Gomshall, Surrey
Gomshall is a small village close to the North Downs Way, situated on the A25 road between Dorking and Guildford. The River Tillingbourne flows through the village, including the most significant building in th...
Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire
Gunwharf Quays is a large shopping outlet on the quayside at Portsmouth. There are over ninety outlet stores, thirty restaurants, bars and cafes, as well as a cinema, bowling alley, hotel, casino and nightclub,...
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Whitchurch is a small town situated on the River Test, eight miles from Andover. The name means, "White Church", as the original Saxon Church was built of limestone or chalk. It was replaced by a Norman struc...
Chawton, Hampshire
Chawton is a delightful village which lies within the South Downs National Park, close to Alton.
Jane Austen, the novelist, moved to this lovely Hampshire village in 1809. The house had been an inn and was l...
Danebury Iron Age Hill Fort, Hampshire
Danebury Hill Fort (or Ring) is an Iron Age Hill Fort, north-west of Stockbridge. Managed by Hampshire County Council, it is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The name is derived from the Old English for "hillcamp"...
Stockbridge, Hampshire
Stockbridge is a village between Andover and Romsey, close to the cathedral cities of Winchester and Salisbury. It is set in the famous Test Valley, which has some of the best fly-fishing in England. The Grosve...
Nether Wallop, Hampshire
Nether Wallop is a small village with pretty thatched cottages, four miles north-west of Stockbridge. Readers of the Agatha Christie 'Miss Marple' novels, know the village as "St. Mary Mead", as most of the ori...
Wherwell, Hampshire
Wherwell is a very picturesque village in the Test Valley, three miles from Andover. Here can be seen some of the finest examples of straw thatching in England, displayed on the mainly black and white timber-fr...
Burley, New Forest, Hampshire
Burley is a pretty village in the New Forest, where ponies and cattle roam freely around the streets. It is one of the few remaining villages where "Commoning" is still practised. This tradition allows animals ...
Durdle Door to Swyre Head, Dorset
The South West Coast Path in this part of Dorset, attracts many visitors. Walkers generally leave their cars at Lulworth Cove, or the Durdle Door Holiday Park. The views here of the Jurassic Coast are spectacul...
Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door, Dorset
The South West Coast Path is considered to be one of the world's greatest walks. It includes all of the 95 miles of the Jurassic Coast, declared a World Heritage Site in 2001. It is the only place in the world ...
Lulworth Cove, Dorset
Lulworth Cove in Dorset, is a world famous horse-shoe shaped cove, at the end of the picturesque village of West Lulworth. It is geologically spectacular and a gateway to the World Heritage Jurassic Coast. At S...
Swanage, Dorset
Swanage in Dorset, is a small popular seaside resort, with a beautiful setting facing east to Swanage Bay in the Purbeck Hills, between Ballard Down and Peveril Point. The golden sandy beach has been given Euro...
Corfe Castle, Dorset
Corfe Castle is one of the most spectacular ruined castles in Britain, from whatever direction it is viewed. The name is also given to the village in which the castle is set. One of the best views clearly demon...
Old Harry Rocks, Studland, Dorset
Old Harry Rocks is the name given to the spectacular chalk stack formation at The Foreland or Handfast Point, one mile east of Studland, on the Isle of Purbeck. It can be reached by the South West Coast Path fr...