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...
Middle Beach, Studland, Dorset
Middle Beach, Studland in Dorset, is a very popular sandy beach between Knoll Beach and South Beach. If offers good safe bathing and there are plenty of refreshment facilities. The National Trust own the Studla...
Shell Bay, Studland, Dorset
Shell Bay is the northern part of Studland Beach in Dorset, just across the entrance to Poole Harbour from Sandbanks and can be reached by the Sandbanks Chain Ferry. It was known as South Haven. Local fishermen...
Sandbanks, Dorset
Sandbanks is a small peninsula at the entrance to Poole Harbour in Dorset. Although less than one square mile in area, it contains some of the most expensive houses in Britain. Sandbanks' coastline is packed wi...
Montacute, Somerset
Montacute in Somerset, is a village of exceptional interest. The buildings are almost entirely of golden coloured Ham Hill stone, including Montacute House, one of the finest Elizabethan houses in Britain. Th...
Ham Hill Country Park, Somerset
Ham Hill, west of Yeovil in Somerset, is a hill from which the famous honey-coloured building stone has been quarried for over 2,000 years. It has been used to build Roman villas, Saxon and Medieval churches, s...
Marlborough, Wiltshire
Marlborough is a market town in Wiltshire, situated on the A4, the old London to Bath Road. It is famous for its High Street, one of the widest in Europe and is lined with buildings full of character from diffe...
Avebury, Wiltshire
Avebury is a place of mystery and is one of the most important prehistoric sites in Europe. Larger than Stonehenge, covering twenty-nine acres and surrounded by an earth bank over fifteen feet high, this Neolit...
Wellow, Somerset
Wellow is a small village of about 500 inhabitants, four miles south of the City of Bath. It has many warm, golden coloured cottages and is situated in a conservation area. The Manor House in the High Street,...