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...
Piddinghoe, Sussex
Piddinghoe is a small picturesque village in East Sussex, in the valley of the River Ouse, five miles south of Lewes. It is close to the port of Newhaven. The River Ouse, which runs alongside the village, is ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Top Withens and Brontë Waterfalls, Haworth Moor, Yorkshire
The ruins of Top Withens, high up on the windswept heather covered Yorkshire moorlands of Haworth Moor, both inspire and depress. Believed by many to be the setting for Emily Brontë’s classic novel, Wuthering H...
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...
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...
Instow, Devon
Instow is a picturesque fishing village situated in Bideford Bay, in North Devon. It is on the estuary where the rivers Taw and Torridge meet, between the villages of Westleigh and Yelland. It is on the South W...
Lynmouth, Exmoor, Devon
Lynmouth is a coastal village in Devon, on the northern edge of Exmoor. It is situated where the West Lyn and East Lyn Rivers reach the sea, at the bottom of a seven hundred feet gorge below Lynton. Lynton and ...
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor, Devon
Widecombe-in-the-Moor is probably Dartmoor’s best known village. This is mainly due to the song, ‘Widecombe Fair’, of which the chorus contains the phrase, “Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all”. This has become part o...
Ashwell, Hertfordshire
Ashwell is a large village with many attractive, well preserved, mainly timber-framed buildings. Several buildings display pargeting, which is decorative fine patterned plasterwork. This is done whilst the plas...
East Meon, Hampshire
East Meon is a small village in Hampshire, the highest one in the Meon Valley, surrounded by the South Downs National Park. It is situated five miles west of Petersfield and twenty miles from the South Coast at...