Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Winchcombe is a Cotswold town, situated between Broadway and Cheltenham. It is a timeless place of yellow warm-toned stone cottages, exhibiting typical medieval architecture. The name Winchcombe, means "valley ...
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 ...
Stanton, Gloucestershire
Stanton, in northern Gloucestershire, is a beautiful Cotswold village that does not attract the publicity that Snowshill, Broadway and other Cotswold tourist locations enjoy. It is a quiet totally uncommerciali...
Elstead, Surrey
Elstead is a small village between Farnham and Godalming in Surrey, not far from the A3 London to Portsmouth main road. It is surrounded by woods, heathland and River Wey water meadows. Its buildings are situat...
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...
Bray, Berkshire
Bray is a very pretty historical riverside village, on the banks of the River Thames, between Maidenhead and Windsor, Berkshire. It is also known as Bray on Thames. It has a wealth of cottages and very expensiv...
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...
Lower Slaughter, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire
Lower Slaughter is one of the most beautiful villages in the Cotswolds. It is situated ten miles west of Chipping Norton. One mile away is the village of Upper Slaughter. Upper and Lower Slaughter are linked by...
Virginia Water, Surrey
Virginia Water Lake is on the southern edge of Windsor Great Park and is six miles from Windsor town centre. It is easily reached from the M25 motorway and there is a large car park close to the A30 main road. ...
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 ...
Hungerford, Berkshire
Hungerford is a small historic market town, nine miles west of Newbury, situated in the North Wessex Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The name, Hungerford, originates from the Saxon name, "Hanging ...
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, Aldermaston Wharf to Woolhampton, Berkshire
Aldermaston Wharf, on the Kennet and Avon Canal between Newbury and Reading, was once a major trade centre. Two hundred years ago, goods were transported from here all over the world. Horse-drawn barges carried...
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...
Hambleden, Buckinghamshire
Hambleden is an attractive Buckinghamshire village in the Chiltern Hills, three miles north-east of Henley-on-Thames and a short distance from the River Thames. It is one of the prettiest villages in the Chilte...
Remenham, Berkshire
Remenham is a hamlet on the Berkshire bank of the River Thames, east of Henley-on-Thames. The name means "home of the ravens" and is probably derived from the Saxon god, Woden, whose symbol was the raven. Most ...
Quainton, Buckinghamshire
Quainton is a small village, six miles north-west of Aylesbury. The Old English spelling, Cwene-tun, means Queen's manor. The half-timbered thatched cottages for which the village is known, line The Green in th...
The Claydons, Buckinghamshire
The Claydons is a cluster of four small villages, six miles south of Buckingham, which grew up around Claydon House and the Estate, to house the workers and traditional craftsmen needed to support a farming com...
Sandwich, Kent
Sandwich in Kent, is a well preserved medieval town, rich in 16th and 17th century architecture. It is now two miles from the sea, but was once one of the most important naval bases in England. Before the River...