Abinger Common, Surrey
Abinger Common is a small village in Surrey, five miles south-west of Dorking. It claims to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest village in England. It was inhabited by Stone Age men. In the grounds of the M...
Polstead, Suffolk
Polstead, this interesting Suffolk village, has several claims to fame. Thatched and colour-washed cottages border the lanes. In May, the cherry orchards are thick with blossom and the 'Polstead Black' cherry i...
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Stoke-on-Trent can be confusing to a visitor, particularly a motorist who is unfamiliar with the history of the City. Stoke-on-Trent is a city created in 1925 from an amalgamation of six towns, one of which is ...
Oare, Exmoor (Lorna Doone Country), Somerset
Oare is a remote village, deep in an Exmoor Valley, two miles from the coast, which can only be reached by winding lanes. Few people would have ever heard of Oare, had it not been chosen as the dramatic locatio...
Glastonbury, Somerset
Glastonbury is a thriving market town in Somerset, which has been a place of pilgrimage for thousands of years. The town is clustered around the ruins of Glastonbury Abbey, England's largest abbey, set in 36 ac...
