Waverley Abbey, Farnham, Surrey
Waverley Abbey is two miles south-east of Farnham town centre, situated on the flood plain of the River Wey. The ruins are in the care of English Heritage and are open to the public. Waverley Abbey was founded ...
Farnham, Surrey
Farnham is a Georgian market town in Surrey, thirty eight miles from London, on the Surrey Hampshire border. A milestone in the Woolmead area of the town states the distance from London. At one time, the stone ...
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...
Adlestrop, Gloucestershire
Adlestrop is a tiny settlement of honey coloured cottages, in the Cotswolds. It does not have a pub, but does have a church, village hall and a post office. This lovely isolated village is situated between Chip...
Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire
Chalfont St. Giles is a pretty village with a village pond in Buckinghamshire, 25 miles from London, on the edge of the Chiltern Hills. Chalfont means "chalk spring". It is in the valley of the River Misbourne ...
Kintbury, Berkshire
Kintbury is a small village, but has a railway station providing services to Reading and London. It is situated between the Lambourn Downs to the north and Hampshire Downs to the south. In the Sunday Times news...
Kennet and Avon Canal, Hungerford Wharf to Kintbury, Berkshire
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 ...
Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
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...
Whitstable, Kent
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
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
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...
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 ...
Bournemouth, Dorset
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
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...
Lavenham, Suffolk
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...
Finchingfield, Essex
Finchingfield is a small village in north-west Essex, six miles from Thaxted. The name, Finchingfield, means, “land belonging to Finc or his family”. It has been described as the most photographed village in En...
Cobham, Surrey
Cobham is a large village, only seventeen miles from central London, but which has a charming rural atmosphere. It is situated just inside the M25 motorway, ten miles north-east of Guildford, on the River Mole....
Compton, Surrey
Compton is a small village of only one thousand inhabitants, three miles south-west of Guildford. The Pilgrims' Way lies just to the north of the village. It has retained much of its original charm, with thirty...
Whitchurch, Hampshire
Whitchurch is a small town situated on the River Test, eight miles from Andover. The name means, "White Church", as the original Saxon Church was built of limestone or chalk. It was replaced by a Norman struc...