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The Rose of Hungerford, Kennet and Avon Canal, near Hungerford

Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Wharf to Kintbury, Berkshire

Berkshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Hungerford Wharf is a good place to start a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath, which leads out of the town into the surrounding Wiltshire countryside. Hungerford is a market town, nine miles west of ...

Guyer's Lock No. 84 and Enborne Bridge, Kennet and Avon Canal

Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury Wharf to Marsh Benham, Berkshire

Berkshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Newbury is an ideal start for a walk along the Kennet and Avon Canal. The walk along the towpath is very pretty. The town prospered from the canal transporting cloth from the various weaving houses and later, g...

Aldermaston Lock and Lift Bridge, Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Lock

Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Wharf to Woolhampton, Berkshire

Berkshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Aldermaston Wharf, on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Reading, was once a major trade centre. Two hundred years ago, goods were transported from here all over the world. Horse-drawn barges carried...

Kennet and Avon Canal, between Pewsey Wharf and New Mill

Kennet and Avon Canal, Pewsey Wharf to New Mill, Wiltshire

England, South West England, United Kingdom, Wiltshire

Pewsey Wharf in Wiltshire, on the Kennet and Avon Canal, is almost one mile from Pewsey town itself and seven miles south of Marlborough. The Canal was once a busy industrial canal, but is now tranquil. The W...

Anne Hathaway's Cottage, Shottery, Stratford-upon-Avon

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

England, United Kingdom, Warwickshire, West Midlands

Stratford-upon-Avon on the west bank of the River Avon in Warwickshire, is known all over the world for its association with William Shakespeare. It is not to be confused with Stratford in East London, where th...

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Hambleden is an attractive Buckinghamshire village in the Chiltern Hills, three miles north-east of Henley-on-Thames and a short distance from the River Thames. It is one of the prettiest villages in the Chilte...

Remenham, Berkshire

Berkshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Remenham is a hamlet on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames, east of Henley-on-Thames. The name means "home of the ravens" and is probably derived from the Saxon god, Woden, whose symbol was the raven. Most ...

Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

England, Hertfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom

Much Hadham is regarded by many, as the most attractive village in Hertfordshire. It has a long main street, filled with well preserved Elizabethan cottages and fine quality gentlemen’s residences of the 18th a...

Preaching Cross, Quainton Windmill and Windmill Cottage, Quainton

Quainton, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

Quainton is a small village, six miles north-west of Aylesbury. The Old English spelling, Cwene-tun, means Queen's manor. The half-timbered thatched cottages for which the village is known, line The Green in th...

The Claydons, Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire, England, South East England, United Kingdom

The Claydons is a cluster of four small villages, six miles south of Buckingham, which grew up around Claydon House and the Estate, to house the workers and traditional craftsmen needed to support a farming com...

Sandwich, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Sandwich in Kent, is a well preserved medieval town, rich in 16th and 17th century architecture. It is now two miles from the sea, but was once one of the most important naval bases in England. Before the River...

Fishing boats, Whitstable Harbour, Whitstable

Whitstable, Kent

England, Kent, South East England, United Kingdom

Whitstable is a seaside resort on the north coast of Kent. The name is a combination of ancient British words for salt (whit) and market (stable). Oyster fishing on this coast, has been important since Saxon ti...

St Ives, Cornwall

Cornwall, England, South West England, United Kingdom

St Ives, near Penzance, is one of the most popular Cornish holiday resorts. It has breathtaking coastal scenery, with four white sandy beaches which have been awarded European Blue Flag clean water status. Port...

Osterley Park and House, Isleworth

England, Middlesex, South East England, United Kingdom

Osterley Park and House is one of the last surviving country estates in London. It forms one of the largest open spaces in West London, being 140 acres of landscape park and farmland. It is only ten minutes wal...

Sunset, Brinsley Colliery Headstocks, Eastwood

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

East Midlands, England, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

Eastwood is a former coal mining town, eight miles north-west of Nottingham. It was important in the 19th century as a major producer of coal, but the last pit closed in 1985. The majority of the men who lived ...

Bournemouth, Dorset

Dorset, England, South West England, United Kingdom

Bournemouth in Dorset, is a cosmopolitan seaside resort on the south coast of England. It has many enormous natural advantages and attracts over five million visitors every year, not only in the summer months, ...

Uffington and White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire

England, Oxfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom

Uffington is a village in the Vale of the White Horse, four miles south of Faringdon and seven miles west of Wantage. Although below the Berkshire Downs, it is now within Oxfordshire. The village is built almos...

Hendred Stores and Post Office, East Hendred

East Hendred, Oxfordshire

England, Oxfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom

East Hendred is a pretty Oxfordshire village, four miles east of Wantage, below the Downs, in the Vale of the White Horse. It does not have a through road, as it is south of the A417 and consequently, has windi...

Blewbury, Oxfordshire

England, Oxfordshire, South East England, United Kingdom

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, Suffolk

England, South East England, Suffolk, United Kingdom

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...

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

Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Wharf to Kintbury, Berkshire

Kennet and Avon Canal, Newbury Wharf to Marsh Benham, Berkshire

Kennet and Avon Canal, Aldermaston Wharf to Woolhampton, Berkshire

Kennet and Avon Canal, Pewsey Wharf to New Mill, Wiltshire

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire

Hambleden, Buckinghamshire

Remenham, Berkshire

Much Hadham, Hertfordshire

Quainton, Buckinghamshire

The Claydons, Buckinghamshire

Sandwich, Kent

Whitstable, Kent

St Ives, Cornwall

Osterley Park and House, Isleworth

Eastwood, Nottinghamshire

Bournemouth, Dorset

Uffington and White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire

East Hendred, Oxfordshire

Blewbury, Oxfordshire

Lavenham, Suffolk