Southend-on-Sea, Essex
Southend-on-Sea, on the Thames Estuary, is the nearest holiday resort to London and retains its popularity with day-trippers who invade the town in fleets of coaches, or use the fast train services. In fact, th...
Arlingham, Gloucestershire
Arlingham is a small and isolated village, thirteen miles from Gloucester, situated in a bend of the River Severn. It is mainly a farming community, spreading out from a crossroads. At the end of a straight lan...
Lambourn, Berkshire
Lambourn is a village located in the Lambourn Valley, between beautiful chalk downlands, in the heart of the North Wessex Downs, which has been designated as an area of outstanding natural beauty. The open view...
East Garston, Berkshire
East Garston, situated below the Downs in the Lambourn Valley, is a beautiful village of thatched and timber-framed, brick-infilled cottages. All Saints Church is outside the village, near Manor Farm. Built of ...
Brontë Country (Haworth), Yorkshire
Brontë Country can loosely be defined as the area containing the majestic landscapes and quiet Yorkshire villages which inspired the talented Brontë family. The windswept Brontë Moors and stone and slate hillsi...
Malvern Hills, Worcestershire
The Malverns have attracted many famous and non famous visitors over the centuries. George Bernard Shaw described Malvern as, "Quite the best bit of England". To Sir Edward Elgar, a country life was essential, ...
Great Malvern and Little Malvern, Worcestershire
The Malverns have attracted many famous and non famous visitors over the centuries. George Bernard Shaw described Malvern as, "Quite the best bit of England". To Sir Edward Elgar, a country life was essential, ...
Long Compton and The Rollright Stones, Warwickshire
Long Compton is a small village set in a delightful area of the Cotswolds, north-west of Chipping Norton, consisting of stone built and thatched cottages. Accommodation and meals are provided at the only pub, T...
Ilmington, Warwickshire
Ilmington is an attractive village, situated on the edge of the Cotswolds, four miles north-west of Shipston on Stour. It has many mellow stone built cottages with mullioned windows. The land is very hilly, ris...
Portmeirion, Snowdonia, Wales
Portmeirion is the creation of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis, the Welsh architect, who after being enchanted by the Italian fishing village of Portofino, set out to find a naturally beautiful site in Britain where ...