Alfriston, Sussex
Alfriston is an ancient village set amongst the South Downs in East Sussex, only four miles from the chalk cliffs of Seaford. It stands where an ancient ridgeway, used by prehistoric man, crossed the River Cuc...
Telscombe Cliffs, to Eastern end of Undercliff Walk, Peacehaven, Sussex
The chalk cliffs at Peacehaven provide one of the best known images of England's south coast, stretching along the English Channel. The Undercliff Walk and the clifftop walk form part of the Seahaven Coastal T...
Seahaven Coastal Trail, Newhaven to Peacehaven, Sussex
The Seahaven Coastal Trail is a lovely walk of approximately twelve miles, which stretches from Exceat, in the Cuckmere Valley, to Saltdean. Exceat was a tiny village, which was abandoned in the 1400s and as s...
Runnymede – The Birthplace of Modern Democracy
Runnymede - The Birthplace of Modern Democracy and a good place to walk the dog
Runnymede can quite justifiably claim to be the most famous meadow in the world. Here, twenty-five miles from London, on 15th Ju...
Castle Combe, Wiltshire
Castle Combe is a breathtakingly beautiful village, which is recognised around the world from photographs printed on calendars and chocolate boxes. It is situated on the southern edge of the Cotswold Hills, tw...
Canadian War Memorials, Bramshott and Grayshott, Hampshire
There is a brown tourist sign after the Hindhead Tunnel, at the side of the main A3 London to Portsmouth Road. It says, "Canadian Memorial Planting". Many of the drivers who notice this sign do not have any k...
Cadsden and The Ridgeway to Chequers, Buckinghamshire
Cadsden is a tiny village, two miles north east of Princes Risborough, in Buckinghamshire. The origin of the name, Cadsden, is uncertain, but the word "Catsdean" was used in Anglo-Saxon times, when it meant va...
Weald and Downland Living Museum, Singleton, Sussex
The Weald and Downland Living Museum is on a forty acre site at the pretty village of Singleton, Sussex, seven miles north of Chichester. Visitors can examine the collection of more than fifty historic buildin...
D.H. Lawrence and Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
Where was D.H. Lawrence born and what was the greatest influence and inspiration for his work?
Eastwood is a former coal mining town, eight miles north-west of Nottingham. It was important in the 19th centur...
Titchfield Abbey, Titchfield, Hampshire
Titchfield Abbey is a grand ruined building, on the outskirts of Titchfield village. It was founded in the 13th century by the Bishop of Winchester for Premonstratensian Canons, an Order which was founded at P...
Portchester Castle, Portchester, Hampshire
Portchester Castle is a remarkable well preserved castle, in the care of English Heritage. Within the nine acre site, there is also the 12th century St. Mary's Church, which is the only surviving building of a...
Ewelme, Oxfordshire
Ewelme is an unspoilt historic village in the Chiltern Hills. It is situated fourteen miles south of Oxford and four miles from Wallingford. It is built on three south-facing terraces of a fold in the hills. At...
Richmond Castle and Town, Richmond, Yorkshire
Richmond is a market town in North Yorkshire, one of the most dramatically beautiful towns in the north of England. It is not to be confused with Richmond in Surrey, nor fifty-seven other "Richmonds" throughout...
Rievaulx Terrace and Temples, North York Moors, Yorkshire
Rievaulx Terrace is a superb 18th century landscape garden, with a half mile terraced lawn, set above the River Rye. It also has two temples, woodland and dramatic views over the Cistercian Rievaulx Abbey. It i...
Rievaulx Abbey, North York Moors, Yorkshire
Rievaulx Abbey, which was founded in 1132, was the first Cistercian abbey in the north of England and one of the great Cistercian monasteries of medieval Europe. The earliest Cistercian monastery, Waverley Abbe...
Rievaulx, North York Moors, Yorkshire
Rievaulx is a tiny village near Helmsley in the North York Moors National Park. It is located in the previous inner courts of Rievaulx Abbey. Here, at one time, were the brewhouse, bakehouse and guesthouse for ...
Ripley, Yorkshire
Ripley is an attractive village, three miles north of Harrogate, on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, just off the A61 Ripon to Harrogate main road. Ripley has one wide street and a small cobbled s...
Eyam, Plague Village, Peak District, Derbyshire
Eyam, known as the Plague Village, is in a beautiful setting, eight hundred feet up in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District. It is situated six miles north of Bakewell. When visiting Eyam, it is difficult ...
Lower Halstow, Kent
Lower Halstow is a small village in Kent, north-west of Sittingbourne, with an interesting history. It is situated on the banks of the River Medway Estuary and on the A2 Roman Road. It is also on the Saxon Shor...
Windsor, Berkshire
Windsor is a town twenty miles west of London, on the River Thames. It is situated close to Runnymede, where the Magna Carta was sealed and Eton, home of the famous Eton College, which can be reached across the...