Box Hill, Surrey
Box Hill is on the North Downs and is easily accessible from the A24 main road, near Dorking in Surrey. Box Hill and West Humble railway station, which provides direct trains from London, is within a short walk...
Snowshill, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Snowshill is a small secluded village of honey coloured Cotswold stone cottages, set high on an escarpment, three miles above Broadway and the Vale of Evesham. It is considered to be one of the prettiest Cotswo...
Cowleaze Wood, near Stokenchurch, Oxfordshire
Cowleaze Wood, three miles west of Stokenchurch in Buckinghamshire, is a wood renowned for its bluebell displays in late April and May. It is easily reached from the A40 road, near the television mast and has a...
Eastwood, Nottinghamshire
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 ...
Uffington and White Horse Hill, Oxfordshire
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...
Blewbury, Oxfordshire
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...
Hadleigh Castle, Hadleigh, Essex
Hadleigh is a small town in south-east Essex, five miles west of Southend-on-Sea on the A13 main road. The name Hadleigh, is derived from a Saxon word meaning, "clearing in the heath".
On the edge of the tow...
Shere, Surrey
Shere is a small picturesque village situated below the North Downs, six miles south-east of Guildford and approximately twenty miles from London. It is regarded by many as the prettiest village in Surrey and i...
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"...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Devizes to Caen Hill Locks, Rowde, Wiltshire
Caen Hill Locks, on the Kennet and Avon Canal near Devizes in Wiltshire, provide an impressive sight. These 16 locks, taking the Canal up Caen Hill, create the steepest canal lock flight in the world, a rise o...
Wilmington, Sussex
Wilmington is situated at the foot of the South Downs, in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is renowned for the Long Man of Wilmington, a great figure 70 metres (231 feet) tall, cut out of the turf of W...
Birling Gap to Beachy Head, Cliff Walk, Sussex
View photos of the dramatic cliff top walk from Birling Gap to Beachy Head in Sussex, on the south coast of England.
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Birling Gap towards Cuckmere Haven, Beach Walk, Sussex
Walking along the beach from Birling Gap to Cuckmere Haven, gives a different view of the beautiful Seven Sisters cliffs. It is one of the most beautiful areas on the south coast of England.
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Birling Gap to Cuckmere Haven, Cliff Walk, Sussex
The walk from Birling Gap to Cuckmere Haven, along the top of the Seven Sisters cliffs, is one of the most beautiful on the south coast of England.
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