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...
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...
Rodmell, Sussex
Rodmell is a small village in the South Downs of Sussex, four miles south of Lewis and a few miles north of the coast at Newhaven. It has many lovely old buildings. The Abergavenny Arms is a traditional famil...
Cookham, Berkshire
Cookham is a village in Berkshire in a lovely setting on the River Thames, four miles north of Maidenhead, between Marlow and Taplow. The village is distinct from Cookham Rise, which has a railway station and ...
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...
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...
Singleton, Sussex
Singleton is a small pretty village just off the main A286 Chichester to Midhurst Road, near the source of the River Lavant. The river bed is dry most of the year, but flows in the winter in a short valley to ...
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, Hampshire
Titchfield is a very attractive small village alongside the River Meon in Hampshire, close to Fareham. It has a long history stretching back to the 6th century. In the Domesday Book in 1066, it was known as T...
Clifton Hampden, Oxfordshire
Clifton Hampden is a quiet, attractive village on the River Thames, less than five miles from Abingdon. The 1885 edition of Charles Dickens's, Dictionary of the Thames, stated, 'this picturesque little village...
East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire
East Hagbourne is an extremely attractive village, one mile south of Didcot and eleven miles south of Oxford, close to the Berkshire Downs. It contains a variety of lovely old cottages, red-bricked Georgian an...
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Oxfordshire
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a pretty village in Oxfordshire close to Wallingford, located just off the A4130 road which by-passes the village. The unusual name of the village dates from 1948, when the two separa...
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...
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...
Helmsley, North York Moors, Yorkshire
Helmsley is an attractive market town, the only one in the North York Moors National Park, thirteen miles west of Pickering and twenty four miles north of York. A charter to hold a market was granted by Robert ...
Great Ayton, Yorkshire
Great Ayton is a large village, five miles south-west of Guisborough, on the banks of the River Leven in North Yorkshire. It is famous for its connections with James Cook and his family. He later became Captain...
Thornton-le-Dale, Yorkshire
Thornton-le-Dale, also known as Thornton Dale, is a small picturesque village on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, three miles east of Pickering. It is situated on the A170 main road between Thirs...
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 ...
Castleton, Peak District, Derbyshire
Castleton is one of the most beautifully situated villages in the Peak District in Derbyshire. It is at the head of the Hope Valley, sixteen miles from Sheffield and can be approached through the dramatic limes...
Cobham, Kent
Cobham is a picturesque village, four miles from Gravesend, close to the M25 and M2 motorways. Significantly, it is within walking distance of Higham, where Charles Dickens lived. He often walked to the village...