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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
Norton St. Philip, Somerset
Norton St. Philip is a small attractive village, only six miles from the City of Bath. From about 1230 until the dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII in 1539, it belonged to the Carthusian monks at Hin...
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset
Farleigh Hungerford Castle, near Bath, is on a hillside above the Somerset bank of the River Frome, the other bank being in Wiltshire. Originally a manor house, it was sold to Thomas Hungerford in 1369, who pr...
Bath, Somerset
Bath in Somerset, on the edge of the Cotswolds, is a World Heritage City. It attracts thousands of visitors from all over the world every year to see the fine Georgian buildings, beautiful parks, riverside walk...
Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire
Bradford on Avon is a small attractive town in Wiltshire, eight miles from Bath. Its name means 'broad ford', which, in the Middle Ages, was replaced by a stone bridge across the River Avon. This dates from the...
Devizes, Wiltshire
Devizes is an historic market town in Wiltshire, with almost 500 "listed" buildings. The Kennet and Avon Canal, with the spectacular Caen Hill Flight of 29 locks, is close by. Wadsworth Brewery is prominent at ...
Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire
Bishops Cannings is a small village of only 1,500 inhabitants, in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire, two and a half miles north east of Devizes. The Kennet and Avon Canal, with its famous swing bridge, is close to ...
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
St. Albans is a city that once was the largest Roman town in Britain, known as Verulamium. It has Roman remains dating back over 2,000 years. Only twenty miles north of London, it is a compact city with a magni...
Twickenham, Middlesex
Twickenham is a town south west of London, on the River Thames. It is famous for Twickenham Stadium, the largest rugby union venue in the world, with a capacity of 81,605, the home of English Rugby Union. It ...
Westward Ho! Devon
Westward Ho! is a popular seaside resort in north Devon, near Bideford and has the distinction of being the only place name in the British Isles that has an exclamation mark in its official name. It has a long...
Lustleigh, Dartmoor, Devon
Lustleigh is a small village on Dartmoor in Devon, nestling in the Wrey Valley, eight miles north west of Newton Abbot. Its deeply thatched pretty granite cottages lie on moorland, surrounded by huge granite b...
Appledore, Devon
Appledore is a quaint fishing village in North Devon, situated where the Rivers Taw and Torridge meet. Sailing is very popular and the view at low tide across a vast spread of sandbanks to the open sea, is par...
Long Crendon, Buckinghamshire
Long Crendon is an attractive village with its many sixteenth and seventeenth century thatched cottages, timber-framed houses and mellow stone walls. It was once an important lace-making centre. Needle-making, ...