Blewbury in Oxfordshire is a lovely village, three miles south of Didcot and fourteen miles south of Oxford. It is situated at the foot of the Berkshire Downs, close to the Ridgeway. London Street is the main r...
Lavenham claims to be England’s finest medieval town. The historic buildings have been well maintained and restored as required. Most of the buildings date from between 1400 and 1500 and it is easy to imagine h...
Kersey is one of the most picturesque villages in Suffolk. It is situated between two hills, two miles north-west of Hadleigh in Suffolk - not Essex. It dips from Church Hill, down to the ford across the stream...
Monks Eleigh is a small picturesque village, surrounded by open countryside, four miles from Lavenham.
Like many rural villages, it no longer has the range of shops and facilities it once enjoyed. Although t...
Boxford is a large attractive village of pastel coloured cottages. It is situated four miles west of Hadleigh and six miles east of Sudbury in Suffolk. The River Box weaves through the centre of the village. Th...
Nayland is a Suffolk village, seven miles north of Colchester, near the mouth of the River Stour. In the 16th century, it was a prosperous cloth town and The Old Guildhall in the High Street demonstrates this. ...
Cavendish is a large village near Long Melford and one of the most attractive in Suffolk. The extensive Village Green is famous for the view of the 14th century St. Mary's Church tower and the 400 year old pink...
Stoke-by-Clare is a small village in the River Stour Valley, on the Suffolk/Essex borders. It has a lovely village green, the Lion Pub, which dates from the 17th century and a community village shop, which incl...
Hadleigh is a small town in south-east Essex, five miles west of Southend-on-Sea on the A13 main road. The name Hadleigh, is derived from a Saxon word meaning, "clearing in the heath".
On the edge of the tow...
Old Leigh, Leigh-on-Sea is a small fishing village in Essex, thirty miles east of London on the River Thames Estuary. It is known locally as, "The Old Town". In the sixteenth century, it was a prosperous port c...
Canvey Island is an island in the Thames Estuary and although only approximately five miles by three miles, it has a population of over 50,000. The whole of the island is below sea level, which has obviously be...
Saffron Walden is a picturesque medieval market town in north-west Essex, 18 miles south of Cambridge. A market has been held here since 1141 and is held on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The town has many notable his...
Littlebury, in north-west Essex, is a small village with many attractive cottages. It stands on the River Cam, two miles north-west of Saffron Walden and fifteen miles south of Cambridge. It is close to Audley ...
South Benfleet is a small town in Essex, thirty miles east of London and north of Canvey Island. It is separated from Canvey by the Creek, a stretch of water which is also known as Hadleigh Ray. It is now desig...
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...
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 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 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 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 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...